Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday July 26, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The David Steinberg Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 2 With John Astin, Patty Duke, James Taylor, Carly Simon. Highlights: a "group therapy" session; a skit about isometric exercises; Steinberg recalls classroom exams.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Super [Reg]: Joe's Affair
Season 1, episode 6 With Maureen Arthur. A troubled divorcee moves into an apartment and becomes interested in Joe, who in turn seeks out his cronies for advice on how to handle the situation.
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: Eyewitness
Season 4, episode 23 W: James Doherty D: Christian Nyby With Norm Crosby (Charlie), Allison McKay (May Owens), Mitch Carter (Terry Colvin), Jessica Jones (Mrs. Colvin), Frank DeVol (Professor Mark), Morgan Jones (Frank Slater), Tiger Williams (Gary Colvin), Louise Lorimer (Naomi Ernst), Vincent Van Lynn (Kenneth Ludlow). Malloy and Reed get directions from a police helicopter as they pursue armed robbery suspects in a wild chase climaxed by a shootout in Griffith Park. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/8/1972)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Corner Bar [Reg]: Bonnie's Bundle
Season 1, episode 6 A substitute waitress at the tavern becomes pregnant and bartender Harry and his customers try to find the father.
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| [NBC 8:30] Columbo [Reg]: Short Fuse
Season 1, episode 6 W: Jackson Gillis D: Edward M. Abroms With William Windom (Everett Logan), James Gregory (David Buckner), Ida Lupino (Doris Buckner), Roddy McDowall (Roger Stanford), Anne Francis (Valerie Bishop), Jason Wingreen (Policeman), Lew Brown (Farrell), Stuart Nisbet (Pinstripe), Eddie Quillan (Ferguson), Lawrence Cook (Quincy). Det. Columbo investigates a murder caused by an exploding cigar box, and has a confrontation with the killer on the Palm Springs tramway. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/19/1972)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Deadlock
Season 3, episode 21 W: Stephen Kandel D: Michael Caffey With Michael Tolan (Dr. Larry Crown), Michael Anderson Jr. (Blake), Jo Ann Harris (Dana Warren), Susan Howard (Linda Crown), Peter Brown (Dr. Musante), Jared Martin (Jason). A doctor's wife is kidnapped and her husband notified that the price for her safe return is the death of a patient who needs emergency surgery. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1972)
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| [ABC 9:00] Migrants - Dirt Cheap
Report by Geraldo Rivera.
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| [ABC 9:30] ABC Comedy Hour: The Kopykats
With Orson Welles. This edition of The Kopykats, taped in London, features the cast regulars saluting James Cagney, the Galloping Gourmet and Welles' One-Minute Theater. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/26/1972)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: The Playground
Season 3, episode 4 W: Ed Adamson D: Paul Krasny With Robert Conrad (Mitch Cantrell), Leslie Parrish (Mona), Ralph Montgomery (Gene), Dan Barton (Director), Tommy Huff (Bud), Bill Erwin (Prop Man), Paul Comi (Rudy), Ben Cooper (Pete). Even after Joe Mannix turns up a number of prime suspects, an egomaniacal Western movie star refuses to believe that somebody is out to kill him. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/18/1969)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore W: Rod Serling D: Jeff Corey With Broderick Crawford (Joe Fulton), Lana Wood (Maid), Severn Darden (Dr. Kessler), Henry Jones (Malcolm Hample), Cloris Leachman (Mrs. Fulton). A couple of the future becomes upset with their domestic robot and destroys it. When they obtain another one from Robot-Aids, they're warned that the firm cannot tolerate such abuse. 2. The Sins Of The Fathers W: Halsted Welles D: Jeannot Szwarc With Richard Thomas (Ian Evans), Barbara Steele (Widow), Michael Dunn (Servant), John Barclay (4th Mourner), Terence Pushman (3rd Mourner), Alan Napier (2nd Mourner), Cyril Delevanti (1st Mourner), Geraldine Page (Mrs. Evans). In a tale of an old Welsh funerary custom, a devastating famine forces a young boy to play the part of a sin-eater at a dead man's wake. His duties: to cleanse the departed of sin by feasting in the presence of his corpse.
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| [ABC 10:30] The Hand That Rocks The Ballot Box
Traces the involvement of women in political life from the suffragettes to the present. Marlene Sanders narrates.
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