Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday March 29, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]: Family Show
Season 5, episode 24 Carol and company present a full-length spoof of a musical, "The Doily Sisters". Carol and Vicki play singing waitresses in a small New York cafe who make it to the big time on Broadway, then to entertaining the troops in the trenches of France and back to the "Great White Way". Harvey Korman plays Harry Handsome, big star-songwriter; Lyle Waggoner plays Bernie Bernie, famous agent.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: Getting Back On The Horse
Season 3, episode 3 W: Bob Rodgers D: Harry Falk With Richard X. Slattery (Robbie MacDonald). Eddie decides to hang up his rubber spikes when he gets hit by a fast pitch during a junior league game. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/29/1971)
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: Assassination
Season 4, episode 11 W: Michael Donovan D: Christian Nyby With Charles Knox Robinson (Mark Donin), Angela Cartwright (Cindy Williams), John Lupton (Ron Taylor), Timothy Brown (Station Attendant). Malloy and Reed are twice attacked by a sniper, pick up a blood donor at the airport, and prevent a distraught man's suicide. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/8/1971)
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| [ABC 8:30] ABC Comedy Hour: The Friars Roast Sammy Davis Jr.
With Alan King, Jack Carter, Red Buttons, Peter Lawford, Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, Henny Youngman. Carroll O'Connor is roastmaster in the second show of this series.
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| [NBC 8:30] McCloud [Reg]: Somebody's Out To Get Jennie
Season 2, episode 3 W: Robert Presnell Jr. D: Jack Smight With Julie Sommars (Jennie Tanaquil), Barry Sullivan (General Ralph Touhy), Cameron Mitchell (Robert Devlin), Gabriel Dell (Ira Mastin), Gerald Hiken (Dr. Gortgaard), Priscilla Pointer (Shirley), Anne Randall (Beverly Armstrong). A secretary who fears someone is trying to drive her insane prompts Marshal McCloud to investigate a helicopter accident which claimed the life of her boss, and he determines that she has good reason to be frightened. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/24/1971)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Blood Line
Season 3, episode 1 W: Jackson Gillis With Carol Lawrence (Flora McCrae), William Windom (Nick McCrae), Percy Rodrigues (Lt. Preston), Vincent Van Patten (Jimmy McRae), Ed Hall (Dr. Bricker). Third season gets underway with doctors Gannon and Lochner faced with an unusual problem: a critically ill child needs the type of blood only his fugitive father can supply. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/15/1971)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Persuaders [Reg]: Take Seven
Season 1, episode 3 W: Terry Nation D: Sidney Hayers With Laurence Naismith (Judge Fulton), Sinead Cusack (Jenny Lindley), Christian Roberts (Mark Lindley), Garfield Morgan (Peter Hayward), Richard Hurndall (David Conron), Sue Lloyd (Maggie), Julie Crosthwaite (Mandy), Colin Vancao (The Major). Danny and Brett try to help a girl whose long-missing brother suddenly appears to claim the estate she's inherited. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/2/1971)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: Cold Trail
Season 5, episode 2 W: Ed Waters D: Barry Crane With Bert Kramer (Boyle), Paul Mantee (Frank Viola), Nicholas Cortland (Gilbert Douglas), Patricia Medina (Mrs. Corot), Gregory Morton (Professor Brooks Finlan/Anton Brokov), Heidi Vaughn (Marie Finlan), Steven Benson (Waiter), Patty Elder (Barbara), George Voskovec (Niles), Tom Stewart (Dr. Wellesley), Len Wayland (Chief Wedlow), Bob Orrison (Kalish), Bill Burton (Harker). Why the stepdaughter of an obscure college professor should be the target of a professional kidnapper presents a mystery to Joe Mannix. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/22/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. A Fear Of Spiders W: Rod Serling D: John Astin With Patrick O'Neal (Justus Walters), Kim Stanley (Elizabeth Croft), Tom Pedi (Boucher). A woman who has been rejected by a writer vows that someday he will need her desperately. 2. Junior W: Gene Kearney D: Theodore J. Flicker With Bill Svanoe (Junior), Barbara Flicker (Mother), Wally Cox (Father). Parents have to cope with a demanding youngster in the middle of the night. 3. Marmalade Wine W: Jerrold Freedman D: Jerrold Freedman With Robert Morse (Roger Blacker), Rudy Vallee (Dr. Deeking). A rather vague youth seeks refuge from a storm with a retired surgeon who sees a special value in his guest. 4. The Academy W: Rod Serling D: Jeff Corey With Pat Boone (Holston), Leif Erickson (Director), John Gruber (Cadet), E.A. Sirianni (Chauffeur), Robert Gibbons (Simmons), Stanley Waxman (Bradley), Ed Call (Drill Instructor), Larry Linville (Sloane). A father decides to check out a military academy run by a director who claims he knows how to handle delinquent boys.
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