Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday April 12, 1972:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 5, episode 4 With Ken Berry, Cass Elliot. Carol and cast spoof the ice musicals of the '40s, and do a takeoff of "High Noon". Cass sings a medley of marriage songs. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/13/1971)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: Tell It Like I'm Telling You It Is
Season 3, episode 4 W: Stan Cutler, Martin Donovan D: Hal Cooper With Frank Corsentino (Marvin Flair), Alan Oppenheimer (Sy Freeman), Lou Jacobi (Mr. Hausman). A delivery man trips on Eddie's roller skate and Tom is sued for $300,000. Tom's lawyer fears the worst when Mrs. Livingston honestly believes they are at fault for leaving the skate in the doorway. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/6/1971)
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: The Princess And The Pig
Season 4, episode 15 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: James Neilson With Leslie Charleson (Kathy Royal), James McEachin (Lt. Moore), Bobby Troup (Michael Hayes), Michael Warren (Larry Carter), Art Balinger (Capt. Grant), Don Ross (Steel), Squire Fridell (Palmer), Kaz Garas (David Bolanz). Reed works undercover and gets help from a dope-sick folk singer in a plot to smash a narcotics ring. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/12/1972)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Smith Family [Reg]: Off Duty Cop
Season 2, episode 17 D: Herschel Daugherty With Wayne Heffley (Scott), Tom Troupe (Reporter), Scott Walker (Holdup Man), Peggy Stewart (Mrs. Dennison), Richard O'Brien (Capt. Farrell). Det. Sgt. Chad Smith has to make a difficult decision while in a crowded supermarket during a robbery.
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| [NBC 8:30] Columbo [Reg]: Death Lends A Hand
Season 1, episode 2 W: William Link, Richard Levinson D: Bernard L. Kowalski With Ray Milland (Arthur Kennicutt), Pat Crowley (Lenore Kennicutt), Robert Culp (Brimmer), Brett Halsey (Ken Archer), Eric James (Denning), Lieux Dressler (Ceil Gentry), Barbara Baldavin (Secretary). A private investigator called in to check out an unfaithful wife gives her husband a phony clean bill of health report and then attempts to blackmail the young woman. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/6/1971)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Conspiracy
Season 3, episode 13 W: Lou Shaw D: Daniel Petrie With Suzanne Pleshette (Mary), Leslie Nielsen (Frank), Lee H. Montgomery (Alec). A woman with lung cancer refuses to postpone her wedding and forbids Dr. Gannon to tell her fiancee. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/8/1971)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine [Reg]
Season 1, episode 1 With Orson Welles, Sunday's Child. The British comedian who made his U.S. TV debut on Dean Martin's summer program begins his own series. In skits and blackouts, Marty does a takeoff on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, battles a flower that doesn't want to be picked, plays the world's greatest cameraman (with Welles assisting) and tangles with a cannon that has its own personality.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Persuaders [Reg]: Chain Of Events
Season 1, episode 5 W: Terry Nation D: Peter H. Hunt With Suzanna Leigh (Emily Major), Peter Vaughan (Schubert), George Baker (Britten), John Glyn-Jones (Dr. Hubert Rogers), Morris Perry (Beecham-Bennett), Jeremy Child (Carlton), James Bree (Bill Wilton), Leon Eagles (Prokofiev), Neil Wilson (Police Constable), James Beckett (Previn). Danny Wilde becomes the quarry of a host of secret agents when they think the attache case chained to him contains top-secret information. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/16/1971)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: The Glass Trap
Season 5, episode 8 W: Edward J. Lakso D: Reza Badiyi With Robert Foxworth (Ross Santini), H.M. Wynant (Tom Wall), Charles Picerni (Harris), Maidie Norman (Helen Frank), Stacy Keach Sr. (Charles Colton), Doreen Lang (Mrs. Colton), James W. Gavin (Pilot). Mannix is suspicious of the police detective when he turns over a criminal to his custody. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/3/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] Rod Serling's Night Gallery [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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