Prime-time network TV listings for Friday March 10, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] O'Hara, U.S. Treasury [Reg]: Operation: Smoke Screen
Season 1, episode 22 W: Dan Ullman D: James Neilson With Don Stroud (Willie Smth), Leslie Parrish (Olga), Jack Ging (Arthur Harlan), Carl Ballantine (Doc Ellery), Norman Fell (Leo Walsh), Paul Picerni (Bill Clark), Len Wayland (Walter Land). Agent O'Hara goes to school to learn the trade and then hires on as a dealer in a desert casino, all for the purpose of trying to get evidence of income tax evasion against a tycoon. (Last show of the series.)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: The Fender Benders
Season 3, episode 23 W: David P. Harmon D: Allen Baron With Jackie Coogan (Harry Duggan), Robert Emhardt (Judge). A minor parking lot accident becomes a court case for Carol Brady.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Coffins For Sale
Season 1, episode 9 W: Aaron Ruben D: Charles S. Dubin With Slappy White (Melvin), James Wheaton (Nelson B. Davis). Fred insists on sleeping outside when his son brings two coffins into the house.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: All's War In Love And Fairs
Season 2, episode 23 W: John Wilder D: Mel Swope With Harry Morgan (Cal Courtney), Josephine Hutchinson (Amanda May Courtney), Ivan Naranjo (Paul), Sandra Ego (Ruth), Lee Casey (Tommy). The family learns a great deal from a visit to a Navajo reservation -- including the reason why the proprietor of a desert garage had delayed their departure for two days.
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| [NBC 8:30] Movie: How To Frame A Figg (1971)
W: George Tibbles D: Alan Rafkin With Don Knotts, Joe Flynn, Edward Andrews, Elaine Joyce, Yvonne Craig, Frank Welker, Pitt Herbert, Bill Zuckert, Parker Fennelly. When mild-mannered Hollis Figg is recruited by the city council of a small town as a bookkeeper, he's unaware that the present corrupt government, which has been defrauding the citizens, expects him to be the "fall guy" if anything goes wrong.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Hunter (1973)
W: Cliff Gould D: Leonard Horn With John Vernon, Fritz Weaver, Steve Ihnat, Edward Binns, Sabrina Scharf, Ramon Bieri, Barbara Rhoades. A fatal racetrack mishap in which a government agent is badly hurt uncovers a fantastic enemy scheme to brainwash the man for an unknown purpose. A man with a unique talent of disguising his own personality is hired to assume the identity of the injured agent. Pilot for a TV series.
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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: KWWH
Season 3, episode 1 W: Douglas Day Stewart D: Seymour Robbie With Burgess Meredith, Jane Dulo, Carol Green (Kim), Judith DeHart, Ta-Tanisha (Pam), Carol Green (Kim). The third season starts with a school board member giving the school a radio station, despite strenuous opposition from a public official. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1971)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: Natural Childbirth
Season 2, episode 1 W: Bill Idelson, Harvey Miller D: Hal Cooper With Ogden Talbot (Howard), Hilary Thompson (Martha). The second season begins with shows filmed before a live audience to get honest reactions to situations. Joan Hotchkis joins the regulars, playing Dr. Nancy Cunningham, Oscar's girlfriend. In the first show, Oscar's pregnant niece arrives at the apartment and announces that she intends to have her baby by natural childbirth. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1971)
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The Loud Mouth W: David P. Harmon D: Charles R. Rondeau With Michael Callan, Eddie Quillan, Sid Melton (Andy), Yvonne Craig (Helen). A pair check into a rustic motel for a few days of honeymoon bliss and discover the bride's recently worked-on molar is picking up radio signals. 2. Love And The Penal Code W: Skip Webster D: Charles R. Rondeau With Carol Wayne (Carlotta), McLean Stevenson (Lt. Miller), Marj Dusay (Debbie), Ken Berry (Calvin), Maureen Arthur (Arlene). A man staggers into a police station to report that he's been assaulted by two love-starved females. 3. Love And Formula 26B W: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant D: Charles R. Rondeau With Stefanie Powers (Betty), Steve Franken (Carl), Harriet MacGibbon (Lydia Price), Christopher George (Chuck), Edward Andrews (Mr. Price). An executive in a pharmaceutical company stumbles upon a stimulant that can arouse the passions in a woman.
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| [CBS 10:30] The Don Rickles Show [Reg]: The Candidate
Season 1, episode 8 With James Gregory (Clay Carraway), Parley Baer (Vanderpool). Don is assigned to handle the advertising for the political campaign of a former movie cowboy turned politician, a prospect that excites him until he learns the man has feet of clay.
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