Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday April 5, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Aquacade At Acapulco [special]
With Mel Brooks, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Ed McMahon. Tony Randall hosts a water-oriented variety special, filmed on location in Mexico. The show features divers and swimmers performing in the classic Olympic style, comedy water acts, water ballet and Acapulco's famous cliff divers. In comedy routines, Brooks plays a German archaeologist; Stiller and Meara get involved with food and buying bikinis.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: Two's Company
Season 3, episode 7 W: Shirley Gordon D: Bill Bixby With Madlyn Rhue (Dolores), Ronny Graham (Tony). Tom and Tina realize that they are being used in a cat-and-mouse game when they repeatedly fail to reunite Tom's old girlfriend with her ex-husband. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/27/1971)
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: The Dinosaur
Season 4, episode 12 W: Michael Donovan D: Ozzie Nelson With Heather North (Shirley Young), Del Monroe (Frank Young), Warren Stevens (Officer Art McCall). A police officer who returns to duty after eight years find changes more than he can endure. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/15/1971)
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| [ABC 8:30] ABC Comedy Hour: The Kopykats
With Tony Curtis. Regulars in the London-produced show include Rich Little, George Kirby, Frank Gorshin and Marilyn Michaels. In a running skit, Tony and George (as Sidney Poitier) are two handcuffed convicts escaping the law; Marilyn Michaels does Lena Horne; Rich Little, Fred Travalena and Joe Baker join Tony for scenes from his movies. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 8:30] McMillan And Wife [Reg]: Murder By The Barrel
Season 1, episode 1 W: Oliver Hailey D: John Astin With Kenneth Mars (Mr. Buchanan), David Huddleston (Pylant), Vito Scotti (Guido Barteloni), Warren Kemmerling (Dickerson), Michael Bow (Logan), Don Ross (Brady), Carmen Zapata (Mrs. Barteloni). Rock Hudson stars in his first comedy-drama series as Police Commissioner of San Francisco. Costarring in the segment of NBC's Mystery Movie trilogy is Susan Saint James as his wife. Tonight, a body pops out of a barrel on moving day for the McMillans and subsequently disappears. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/29/1971)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: The Imposter
Season 3, episode 3 W: Don Brinkley D: Richard Benedict With Forrest Tucker (Doc Yarman), Kim Hunter (Carla Yarman), Joy Bang (Peggy). A country doctor who has built a successful practice with no medical training lives in fear of being discovered. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/29/1971)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Persuaders [Reg]: A Death In The Family
Season 1, episode 14 W: Terry Nation D: Sidney Hayers With Diane Cilento (Kate), Denholm Elliott (Roland), Roland Culver (Duke of Caith), William Rushton (Lance), Moultrie Kelsall (Sir Angus), Christopher Sandford (Onslow), Ivor Dean (Mr. Beebe). Lord Sinclair assumes the role of three of his relatives in order to track down who is plotting his death. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/12/1972)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: To Save A Dead Man
Season 5, episode 14 W: Donn Mullally D: Paul Krasny With Robert Mandan (Ed Noble), Brooke Bundy (Sister Meg Costello), Jeremy Slate (Ted Kilgore), Barbara Baldavin (Alyce Taggart), Leonard Stone (Lyle Grandt), Melendy Britt (Adrienne Lindholm), Peter Brocco (C.W. Taggart), Arthur Franz (Father Vale). A condemned man insists he committed a murder although the evidence indicates he is innocent. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/15/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. Midnight Never Ends W: Rod Serling D: Jeannot Szwarc With Robert F. Lyons (Vincent Riley), Robert Karnes (Sheriff), Joseph V. Perry (Joe Bateman), Susan Strasberg (Ruth Asquith). A woman picks up a hitchhiking Marine and as they drive to a roadside cafe, both realize that they have had this identical experience before. 2. Brenda W: Douglas Heyes D: Allen Reisner With Laurie Prange (Brenda Alden), Glenn Corbett (Richard Alden), Pamelyn Ferdin (Francis Anne Emsden), Fred Carson (Creature), Sue Taylor (Elizabeth Emsden), Robert Hogan (Jim Emsden), Barbara Babcock (Flora Alden). A love story about a friendless teenager and the slimy creature she traps in an abandoned quarry.
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