Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday July 19, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The David Steinberg Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 1 With Leslie Uggams, Ed McMahon. Comedy-music program replaces Carol Burnett for five weeks. In skits, Steinberg tries to measure up to the "ideal man"; McMahon is an old FBI agent putting up with an applicant (Steinberg) for a job. Miss Uggams sings "Opus 72".
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| [ABC 8:00] The Super [Reg]: Joe's Scheme
Season 1, episode 5 W: Mickey Rose Joe Girelli and family want to go on vacation, but in order to raise money Joe hopes to sell some war surplus.
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: Back-Up One L-20
Season 4, episode 21 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: James Neilson With Buddy Lester (Victor Lamson), Paul Gleason (Patrolman Arnold), Edward Faulkner (Sgt. Ed Powers), Walter Burke (Billy Fuller), Chuck Bowman (Sgt. McCall), Angela Greene (Sharon), Fred Stromsoe (Suspect). Despite Officer Malloy's eyewitness account, four other witnesses claim a police sergeant was driving recklessly when his car struck a pedestrian. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/23/1972)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Corner Bar [Reg]: Cook's Night Out
Season 1, episode 5 With Lillian Hayman. The bar's cook has told his mother that he actually owns Grant's Toomb, and he begs Harry to help him with his hoax. Harry agrees, and the two switch places.
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| [NBC 8:30] McCloud [Reg]: A Little Plot At Tranquil Valley
Season 2, episode 5 W: Peter Allan Fields D: Jack Smight With Diana Muldaur (Chris Coughlin), Vic Morrow (Richard), Burgess Meredith (Marvin Sloan), Joyce Van Patten (Lucy Sloan), Moses Gunn (Morgan), Allen Garfield (Ralphie Goodbody), Alfred Ryder (Dudley), Arlene Martel (Tour Guide), Bruce Kirby (PR Man), Lonny Chapman (Gabe Lester). Marshal Sam McCloud is kidnapped by penicillin smugglers but chief Clifford refuses to exchange a hospitalized prisoner for him. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/12/1972)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: The Choice
Season 3, episode 20 W: Lionel E. Siegel D: Leo Penn With David Huddleston (Sheriff), Clu Gulager (Jack Filmore), Monte Markham (Dr. Grainger), Tyne Daly (Dr. Barbara Latimer). A hospital administrator treats an accident victim in a community with no doctor and is tempted to return to active medical practice. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/9/1972)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine [Reg]
Season 1, episode 15 With Orson Welles, Marsha Hunt, Osibisa. Highlights: Marty is a jury foreman who can't make up his mind; Orson and Marty do serious poetry readings; Marty is a captured British flyer interrogated by a Nazi officer.
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| [ABC 9:30] ABC Comedy Hour: The Kopykats
Robert Young returns for a second guesting in this London-originated variety hour. Resident impressionists are Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, George Kirby, Marilyn Michaels, Joe Baker and Fred Travalena. A highlight has Young recreating the role he played 25 years ago in a scene from the film "Crossfire" -- a speech about intolerance and prejudice that's very relevant today. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/8/1972)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: Murder Times Three
Season 5, episode 12 W: Stephen Kandel D: Leonard Horn With Pippa Scott (Barbara), Gene Evans (Dan), Pamela Payton-Wright (Lisa), Joe Maross (Barden), Daniel J. Travanti (Tom Stabler), Alan Bergmann (Alan Boone), Tol Avery (Grossman), Ann Summers (Elaine Bardin), Jeff Morris (Grove), B.J. Mason (Alex), Lee De Broux (Teal). A runaway girl's father hires Joe Mannix to find her and then tries to pay him to cancel the search. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/1/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. Pamela's Voice W: Rod Serling D: Richard Benedict With Phyllis Diller (Pamela), John Astin (Jonathan). A nagging wife continues her diatribe against her husband even after he has murdered her. 2. Lone Survivor W: Rod Serling D: Gene Levitt With John Colicos (Survivor), Torin Thatcher (Captain), Hedley Mattingly (Doctor), Carl Milletaire (Quartermaster #2), Brendan Dillon (Quartermaster), Edward Colmans (Captain #2), William Beckley (Richards), Charles Davis (Wilson), Pierre Jalbert (Officer of Watch #2), Terence Pushman (Helmsman). A passing ship rescues an unconscious man in a lifeboat labeled "Titanic" -- three years after the liner sank. 3. The Doll W: Rod Serling D: Rudi Dorn With John Williams (Colonel Masters), Shani Wallis (Miss Danton), Henry Silva (Pandit Chola), John Barclay (Butler), Than Wyenn (Indian), Jewel Blanch (Monica). A hideous doll becomes an agent of revenge against an officer in Queen Victoria's colonial forces.
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