Prime-time network TV listings for Friday May 12, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] O'Hara, U.S. Treasury [Reg]: Operation: Bandera
Season 1, episode 2 W: William P. McGivern D: Allen Reisner With Richard Anderson (Agent Schurz), Ross Hagen (Delane), Billy Halop (Bart), Albert Popwell (Hughes), Don 'Red' Barry (Harry), Tol Avery (J.D. Morgan), Lawrence Dobkin (Monte Jackson), Raymond Mayo (Neely), Pilar Seurat (Juanita Rivera). Agent Jim O'Hara goes undercover to trap a group of exiles who are trying to get firearms. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1971)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: The Brady Braves
Season 3, episode 3 W: Tam Spiva D: Oscar Rudolph With Jay Silverheels (Chief Dan Eagle Cloud), Michele Campo (Jimmy Pakaya). Cindy and Bobby are aided by an Indian boy when they become lost at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/1/1971)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: The Copper Caper
Season 1, episode 4 W: Aaron Ruben D: Bud Yorkin With Noam Pitlik (Officer Swanhauser), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Leonard Stone (Otto), Clancy Cooper (Kelly). Fred is suspicious of a man selling copper, but son Lamont makes the purchase after checking the Wall Street Journal. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1972)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: Anatomy Of A Tonsil
Season 2, episode 5 W: Coslough Johnson D: Lou Antonio With Gary Dubin (Punky Lazaar), Marshall Thompson (Dr. Milstead). Danny, facing a tonsillectomy, panics when he sees Dr. Marcus Welby on television advising a mother not to let her son know the grave danger of an imminent operation. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/15/1971)
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| [NBC 8:30] Movie: Story Of A Woman (1970)
W: Leonardo Bercovici D: Leonardo Bercovici With Bibi Andersson, Robert Stack, James Farentino, Annie Girardot. A Swedish woman has an unfortunate romance in Rome then meets another man whom she marries. When confonted by her former lover she's torn between the two.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Murder Once Removed (1971)
W: Irving Gaynor Neiman D: Charles Dubin With John Forsythe, Barbara Bain, Richard Kiley, Joseph Campanella, Reta Shaw, Wendell Burton. A scheming doctor plots to break up a romantic triangle involving the wealthy wife of a patient.
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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: And In This Corner. . .
Season 3, episode 17 W: Richard Bluel D: Charles R. Rondeau With Georg Stanford Brown (Jerry), Vince Howard, Sandy Champion (Chuck), Harry Caesar. Pete Dixon puts on the gloves with a student to prove that boxing isn't the way to success. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1972)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: Where's Grandpa?
Season 2, episode 18 W: Albert E. Lewin D: Jack Donohue With Larry Gelman (Vinnie), Garry Walberg (Speed), Ann Doran (Loretta Spoon), Madge Kennedy (Mimi). Felix's grandfather, tossed out by his wife because of his insane jealousy, arrives at his grandson's apartment. In a dual role, Tony Randall plays both Felix and his grandpa. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1972)
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The House Bachelor W: Stan Dreben D: Gary Nelson With Van Johnson (Don), Sue Ane Langdon (Joyce), Paul Lynde (Stanley), Kathy Kersh (Tina). A pair give up having an evening alone because their best friend loves her cooking. 2. Love And The Particular Girl W: Bernie Kahn D: Oscar Rudolph With Stefanie Powers (Helen), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Cooper), Dennis Allen (Morton), Norman Alden (Paul), Dick Van Patten (Jack). A mother fears that her daughter will never marry unless she gives up karate. 3. Love And The Fountain Of Youth W: Laurence Marks D: Gary Nelson With Anne Archer (Louise), Richard Deacon (Charlie), Billy Sands (Joe), Peg Shirley (Harriet), Patti Chandler (Mary), Rick Gates (Fred). A middle-aged man tries the mod route to attract a girl half his age. 4. Love And The Waitress W: Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso D: Charles R. Rondeau With Lewis Charles (Charles), Bob Crane, Abby Dalton, Sherry Jackson, Angela Greene (Older Woman). A man's ex-wife turns up as a waitress in a place where he's dating an actress.
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| [CBS 10:30] The Don Rickles Show [Reg]: The Mercy Of The Court
Season 1, episode 3 Don becomes his own defense attorney in court when he pleads guilty to stealing a TV set and bases his defense on a "terrible explanation". (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1972)
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