Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday March 26, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Clownaround [special]
Ed Sullivan presents the art of the buffoon with an assist from Lucie Arnaz, Tiny Tim, Chuck McCann, professional clown George Carl and a stellar array of circus acts, including trapeze artist Jay Alexander. Sullivan, in makeup as Smiley the Clown, introduces the acts solely in pantomime and performs as an inept magician. Miss Arnaz is the singing clown and Sullivan's interpreter, Tiny Tim is the Love Clown, McCann the Villain Clown and Carl the Meek Clown.
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: Michael O'Hara The Fourth (1)
Season 18, episode 18 D: Robert Totten With Jo Ann Harris (Michael O'Hara IV), Dan Dailey (Michael O'Hara III), Nehemiah Persoff (Artie Moreno), Michael McGreevey (Norman), Mike Henry (Fargo), William Bramley (Commissioner), James Almanzar (Rodriguez), Maggie Wellman (Wilma). First half of a comedy-adventure story about a pretty young girl who's determined to carry on the law enforcement tradition of her family. Police detective Mike O'Hara has his hands full when his daughter, Michael O'Hara IV, launches an unofficial investigation of a notorious counterfeiter.
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: The Game Of Terror
Season 7, episode 9 W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Ralph Senensky With Richard Thomas (John Chilton), Jerry Houser (Bryan Welles), Gary Tigerman (George Kingerman), Alex Nicol (Wayne Kingerman). Prep school students John Chilton and Brian Welles abandon a schoolmate in a mine shaft and collect $25,000 from his father. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/7/1971)
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| [CBS 8:30] Dick Van Dyke Meets Bill Cosby [special]
W: Ernest Chambers D: Bill Foster Repeat of an NBC comedy special showcasing the talents of Dick Van Dyke and Bill Cosby. Highlights: Van Dyke portrays an old man attempting to conduct an orchestra, takes off on Cosby's Fat Albert character with a boyhood tale of "Fat Alfred" and is joined by Mel Berger in a Laurel and Hardy segment. Cosby hosts a gymnastic "ballet" and offers a monologue on sports; the stars join for an enactment of the classic tale of the grasshopper and the ant and a sketch about a playboy visited by a modern Gabriel sent to end the world. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:30] The Jimmy Stewart Show [Reg]: Love In A Briefcase
Season 1, episode 2 W: Hal Kanter D: Christian Nyby With William Lanteau (Clyde Fister). Prof. Howard's family's insistence that a man of his position needs a proper briefcase creates some problems when they fail to check with each other. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/26/1971)
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Jigsaw (1972)
W: Robert E. Thompson D: William A. Graham With James Wainwright, Vera Miles, Richard Kiley, Andrew Duggan, Edmond O'Brien, Gene Andrusco, Marsha Hunt, Irene Dailey, Ken Lynch. Suspense drama about a veteran police lieutenant who struggles to clear his record when he's transferred due to an incident in which he shot a suspect but is unable to produce the body or the female witness he claims saw the shooting. Pilot movie for the series.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: A Visit To Upright
Season 13, episode 25 W: Joseph Bonaduce D: William Wiard With Stuart Nisbet (Sheriff), Harry Hickox (Mr. Turner), Loretta Swit (Ellen Sue Greely), Richard Stahl (Snedaker), Anne Seymour (Miss Frost), Ernest Sarracino (Frenchy), Fran Ryan (Widow Lucas), Alan Oppenheimer (Darius Dalrymple), Dan Tobin (Blakely). The Cartwrights are deluged with offers to buy a dilapidated saloon in the nearby town of Upright when rumors fly that there's hidden treasure on the property.
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| [CBS 9:30] Cade's County [Reg]: The Fake
Season 1, episode 23 W: Pat Fielder D: Richard Donner With Edward Asner (Nick Grainger), Shelley Fabares (Stephanie Grainger), Ed Flanders (Ben Crawford), Lawrence P. Casey (Merle Green), Eddie Firestone (Hassett), Felice Orlandi (Eddie Pine), William Bassett (Howard Tanner), Anne Randall (Carla Ardmore), Betty Ann Carr (Betty Ann Sundown), Philip Kenneally (Harry), Gene LeBell (Wally). A former syndicate boss refuses to believe Sam Cade's warning that he's been marked for execution.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers [Reg]: The Invasion Of Kevin Ireland
Season 3, episode 1 W: Jack B. Sowards D: Alexander Singer With Darren McGavin (Kevin Ireland), Kathie Browne (Maggie Ireland), Dana Elcar (Gale), Todd Martin (D.A. Skinner), John S. Ragin (Fred Carter), Pat Harrington Jr. (Mr. Fox), Clark Gordon (Allen), Martin Ashe (Judge). The first lawyers segment of the season is the story of a former executive whose reputation, career and marriage have been destroyed by an unethical corporation president. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/26/1971)
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