Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday April 19, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] It Takes A Lot Of Love [special]
A plush hotel for dogs in New Jersey, dogs who provide loving therapy for emotionally disturbed children, and a woman who raises beavers are highlights of a program about animal fanciers and their pets.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: A Little Help From My Friend
Season 3, episode 20 W: Stan Cutler, Martin Donovan D: Hal Cooper With Sammy Davis Jr. Norman and an insurance agent friend who is obsessed on the subject of safety offer to take care of Eddie while Tom is away for the weekend. The first thing that happens to the trio is getting stuck in an elevator. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/9/1972)
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: Extortion
Season 4, episode 1 W: Robert I. Holt D: Christian Nyby With Benny Rubin (Mr. Gold), John Bleifer (Mr. Fine), George O'Hanlon Sr. (Drunk), Lillian Ames (Mrs. Fine), Bob Hastings (Bartender), Willie Aames (Little Boy). Law and order series returns for a fourth season on a new night. Officers Malloy and Reed round up a gang of hoodlums engaged in an anti-Semitic shakedown. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/15/1971)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Smith Family [Reg]: Winner Take All
Season 2, episode 18 D: Herschel Daugherty With Betty Anne Rees (Anne), Guy Madison, Booth Colman, Steve Brodie. Investigating the robbery of an armed truck in which the guard is killed, Chad recognizes the driver as a former policeman.
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| [NBC 8:30] McMillan And Wife [Reg]: The Easy Sunday Murder Case
Season 1, episode 2 W: Burt Prelutsky D: Barry Shear With Yale Summers (George Fairborn), June Havoc (Francesca Fairborn), Paul Stewart (Chief Yeakel), Wally Cox (Dr. Carmichael), Shepperd Strudwick (Rudolph Dimrose), Joey Forman (Motorcycle Policeman). The McMillans plan a peaceful weekend but it's interrupted with the disappearance of a show dog and then a murder. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/20/1971)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Idolmaker
Season 3, episode 5 W: John Meredyth Lucas With Pamela Payton-Wright (Jessie), Roger Davis (Bob MacGill), David Roberts (Tim Cooper). Dr. Gannon tries to cope with two patients who refuse to undergo surgery: a woman evangelist depending on her faith for a cure-all; an old man tired of living. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/13/1971)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine [Reg]
Season 1, episode 13 With Roger Moore, The Honey Cone. Roger joins Marty in skits as a dentist who really believes in getting into his work, a competing undertaker, and a photo machine director. Marty, in other segments, plays a 1930's flyboy hero and a motorist with a tire problem.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Persuaders [Reg]: The Old, The New, And The Deadly
Season 1, episode 6 W: Brian Clemens D: Leslie Norman With Patrick Troughton (Count Marceau), Anna Gael (Suzy), Frederick Jaeger (Luther), Derren Nesbitt (Groski), Jasmina Hilton (Serena), Gary Cockrell (Frank), Kenneth J. Warren (Verner), Michael Segal (Denton), Juliet Harmer (Prue). A newspaper photo becomes a death warrant when an ex-Nazi believes Danny Wilde is the owner of a German eagle statuette. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/23/1971)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: Woman In The Shadows
Season 5, episode 5 W: Karl Tunberg D: Paul Krasny With Ina Balin (Lisa Ralph / Julia Stefan), Eric Braeden (Viktor Gruniev), Jim Antonio (Don Ralph). A woman who inherits part of a priceless manuscript comes to Mannix for assistance when it appears that Soviet agents intend to get their hands on it. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/13/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. A Question Of Fear W: Theodore J. Flicker D: Jack Laird With Leslie Nielsen (Denny Malloy), Fritz Weaver (Dr. Mazi), Ivan Bonar (Fred), Jack Bannon (Al). A former Army officer bets an acquaintance $10,000 that he can survive a night in a haunted house. 2. The Devil Is Not Mocked W: Gene Kearney D: Gene Kearney With Mark de Vries (Machine Gunner), Gino Gottarelli (Radio Man), Martin Kosleck (Hugo), Hank Brandt (Kranz), Francis Lederer (Master of the Castle), Helmut Dantine (General von Grunn). A Nazi general hunting for resistance fighters gets a strangely warm welcome at a Balkan castle.
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