Prime-time network TV listings for Friday April 28, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] O'Hara, U.S. Treasury [Reg]: Operation: Payoff
Season 1, episode 12 W: Herb Purdum D: Daniel Haller With Claudio Martinez (Elfrego), Robert Patten (Ed Miller), Pepe Hern (Santiago Bustamente), Marc Hannibal (Al Crisp), Francis DeSales (William Teal), Alan Dexter (Richard S. King), William Stevens (Glen Mackey), John Lupton (Edward Bell), Mitchell Ryan (Agent Fletcher), Dennis Patrick (Agent Dalton), Harry Townes (E.J. Wallace), Joanna Barnes (Hannah). O'Hara presents himself to a crime czar as an avaricious Internal Revenue Service official eager to attempt large-scale bribery in return for assuring the mobster that he can get away with large-scale tax evasion. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/10/1971)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: Ghost Town, U.S.A.
Season 3, episode 1 W: Howard Leeds D: Oscar Rudolph With Jim Backus (Zaccariah T. Brown), Hoke Howell (Gas Station Attendant). The third season begins with the first of a three-part episode about the family's vacation to the Grand Canyon. When they camp at an old deserted mining town a grizzled prospector suspects they've come to jump his gold claim. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1971)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Happy Birthday, Pop
Season 1, episode 2 W: Aaron Ruben D: Bud Yorkin With Stefanianna Christopherson (Hat Check Girl), Jack Manning (Man in Restaurant), Eddie Carroll (Bartender), Harold Fong (Waiter). In honor of his 65th birthday, Fred gets treated to a night on the town by his son Lamont. But neither a Chinese restaurant nor a movie seems to please Fred. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1972)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: A Tale Of Two Hamsters
Season 2, episode 9 W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Roger Duchowny With Gordon Jump (Albertson), C. Lindsay Workman (Hotel Manager), Dick Yarmy (Patterson), Karen Lee Bowman (Karen). Danny Partridge breeds a garage full of hamsters and then can't find any buyers. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/12/1971)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chronolog
Tom Pettit reports on the lifestyle at Oral Roberts University. In this first in-depth profile of the university and its president, Pettit notes the Tulsa (Okla.) campus is growing, affluent, anti-permissive, militantly religious in a non-denominational way and yet quite mod. The new university (1965) has old-fashioned rules which prohibit smoking, drinking, dancing and swearing; male students must wear ties, and hot pants for coeds are prohibited. Garrick Utley anchors.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: A Tattered Web (1971)
W: Art Wallace D: Paul Wendkos With Lloyd Bridges, Frank Converse, Broderick Crawford, Sally Shockley, Anne Helm. A bizarre killing forces a dedicated police detective into conflict with his duties, his devotion as a father and his natural instinct for self-preservation.
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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: Stay Awhile, Mr. Dream Chaser
Season 3, episode 9 W: Douglas Day Stewart D: William Wiard With Larry Wilcox (Denny), Ben Cooper. A substitute teacher for Pete Dixon impresses the class with his imitations of historical figures although he doesn't offer any solid program to help the students. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/12/1971)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: Surprise, Surprise!
Season 2, episode 13 W: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum D: Jerry Paris With Cindy Henderson (Party Girl), Cindy Eilbacher (Party Girl), Serrina McLendon (Party Girl), Frank Loverde (Harry), David Fresco (Charley), Peter Dawson (Big Al), Hal Smith (Sherman the Clown), Pamelyn Ferdin (Edna Unger). Oscar upsets Felix's carefully made plans for his daughter's birthday with his poker game. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1971)
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The Eskimo's Wife With Sharyn Winters, Alex Karras, Joe Flynn, Frank DeKova. A bit about Eskimo wife-sharing. 2. Love And The Accidental Passion W: Joe Terry D: Charles R. Rondeau With E.J. Peaker (Jill Hollister), Warren Berlinger (David Spencer), Steve Franken (Roger Burlingame), Jack Kruschen (Dr. Deets), Alan Hewitt (Attorney). A woman has a passion for love after having an accident. 3. Love And The Black Limousine With Garry Walberg (Sam Simpson), Pippa Scott (Kathy), Richard Schaal (Rocky), Ned Glass (Papa), Jane Dulo (Mama), John Dennis (Maurice). Tale of a worried mom and dad who think their daughter might marry a mobster. 4. Love And The Tuba With Frankie Avalon (Henry), Annette Funicello (Millie), Gary Crosby (Bellboy), Hans Conried (Manfried the Great), Ann Morgan Guilbert (Mrs. Manfried), Phil Leeds (Uncle George). A tale of newlyweds stuck in a tuba.
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| [CBS 10:30] The Don Rickles Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 1 With Frank Aletter (Dr. Hoyt), Parley Baer (Vanderpoole), George Tyne, Mary Wickes. Debut of a situation comedy series about an advertising executive and family man who is plagued by the annoyances and aggravations of the average man. In the first show, nervous tension causes a sudden illness, and Don's wife recalls a similar situation 10 years earlier. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1972)
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