Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday September 20, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 6, episode 2 With Carol Channing, Marty Feldman. Feldman plays a slightly mad plastic surgeon whose patients include Harvey Korman and the two Carols. Carol and guests spoof TV commercials. In a "Carol and Sis" segment, a "girly" magazine is found in Roger's briefcase. The cast takes part in a musical salute to Johnny Mercer.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Paul Lynde Show [Reg]: Whiz Kid Sizzles As Quiz Fizzles
Season 1, episode 2 W: Ed Jurist D: William Asher With Herb Voland (J.J. McNish), Anson Williams (Jimmy), Roy Rowan (Emcee), Jonathan Daly (Bill). Paul Simms' encyclopedic-minded son-in-law goes on a television quiz show, hoping to earn enough money for him and his wife Barbara to move into their own apartment.
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: The Late Baby
Season 5, episode 2 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Lawrence Dobkin With Tina Sinatra (Marilyn Tate), Frank Sinatra Jr. (Officer Tom Boyd), Herb Vigran (Gus Archer), Stuart Nisbet (Burglar), Winnie Collins (Mrs. Fowler). Officer Malloy dates the new girl in the steno pool, causing a fellow officer great concern. Meanwhile, he teams with partner Reed to help a flower vendor get married and apprehend two thieves operating an old racket.
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: Haunts Of The Very Rich (1972)
W: William Wood D: Paul Wendkos With Lloyd Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Edward Asner, Anne Francis, Tony Bill, Donna Mills, Robert Reed, Moses Gunn, Michael Lembeck. Seven people who arrive at an idyllic, tropical resort after receiving mysterious invitations find their dream of paradise turning into a hellish nightmare with little chance of escape.
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| [NBC 8:30] Madigan [Reg]: The Manhattan Beat
Season 1, episode 1 W: Roland Wolpert D: Alex March With Tony Lo Bianco (Joe Lakka), Jennifer Harmon (Janet Lakka), James J. Sloyan (Tommy Lakka), Michael Vale, Antonio Rey. The second of a trilogy series in this time slot stars Richard Widmark, making his series debut, as a New York City police detective, a role he created in the 1968 movie of the same title. In the first episode, he's asked to break in a new detective, a recent college graduate. Before the day is over, his rookie partner faces his first real police situation.
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Cycle Of Peril
Season 4, episode 2 With Michael Masters (Foreman), Nancy Walker (Mrs. Bainbridge), James Stacy (Neil), Pamela Payton-Wright (Lori). An ambitious husband insists that he cannot be the father of the child expected by his wife, while she refuses an emergency operation for fear it will endanger her pregnancy.
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| [CBS 10:00] Cannon [Reg]: Sky Above, Death Below
Season 2, episode 2 W: Hal Sitowitz D: George McCowan With Richard Hatch (Lyle Barry), Leslie Charleson (Katherine Mason), Norman Foster (Christopher Mason), Ken Scott (Tully), Nora Marlowe (Bertha Johnson), Ken Lynch (Mr. Flagg), Elaine Devry (Irene Plevin). The mysterious death of a prominent labor union official who fell from a ski lift brings Cannon to the rugged mountain country of Colorado to investigate.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Julie Andrews Hour [Reg]
Season 1, episode 2 With Carl Reiner, Cass Elliot. In a musical spoof of "All About Eve", retitled "All About Wheels", Julie plays roller queen Helen Wheels. Carl plays critic Addison Slime and Cass is Tiny Waddle, trainer and all-around yenta. In a tribute to the "Age of Aquarius", Julie sings songs linked to birthdays of famous people. Cass joins Carl in "It Was a Very Good Year". Julie solos "This Is My Beloved" and "Favorite Things".
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| [NBC 10:00] Search [Reg]: One Of Our Probes Is Missing
Season 1, episode 2 W: Leslie Stevens D: Philip Leacock With Ford Rainey (Dr. Barnett), Stefanie Powers (Jill Davenport), Larry Linville (Treasury Agent Hugh Emery), Allen Garfield (Marty Zacharian), Milton Selzer (Lucas Kapos), Jacqueline Hyde (Lena Kapos). The stability of the world monetary community is at stake when an agent investigating a $100 bill duplicating racket suddenly disappears. World Securities send agent Nick Bianco (Tony Franciosa, making his debut in the series) in search of the man and also to take over the investigation.
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