Prime-time network TV listings for Monday October 9, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Gunsmoke [Reg]: The Drummer
Season 18, episode 5 W: Richard Fielder D: Bernard McEveety With Victor French (Daniel Shay), Fionnuala Flanagan (Sarah Morgan), Brandon Cruz (Jimmy Morgan). A former solider, trying to escape his past, meets an emotional challenge from a young widow and her half-breed son.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Rookies [Reg]: Covenant With Death
Season 1, episode 5 W: David P. Harmon, Skip Webster D: Leonard Horn With John Randolph (Howard Price), Lou Gossett Jr. (Toby Jones), Terry Lumley (Joni), Hoke Howell (Bailey), Joan Shawlee (Josie), Barry Cahill (Senior Officer), Ian Scott (Billy Conrad). An ex-junkie turned minister is thwarted in his work of rehabilitating other addicts when he is set up for a parole violation charge and a sniper's bullet.
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| [NBC 8:00] Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In [Reg]: Episode #121
Season 6, episode 5 W: Allan Katz D: Bill Foster With Henny Youngman, Michael Landon, Steve Allen, Della Reese, Cass Elliot. Landon guests as a director of commercials, a ship's captain on the S.S. Burbank and as an inmate in a straitjacket.
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| [CBS 9:00] Here's Lucy [Reg]: Lucy And Joe Namath
Season 5, episode 5 W: Bob O'Brien D: Coby Ruskin With Joe Namath (Himself), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Craig), Dick Patterson (Coach Hennessy), Kenny Endoso (Jimmy). Broadway Joe Namath crosses swords with Lucy when she objects to son Craig's football activities and the New York Jets' star tries to convince her that Craig has the makings of a top quarterback.
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| [ABC 9:00] ABC Monday Night Football
The Oilers, who once were a big power in the old American Football League, are now a rebuilt team with young players in many positions, especially on defense. The Raiders, another former AFL team, have a veteran squad with a potent defense, especially at the ends; and their offense has a good one-two punch with Daryle Lamonica and George Blanda at quarterback. Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell and Don Meredith report.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Firecreek (1968)
W: Calvin Clements D: Vincent McEveety With James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Gary Lockwood, Dean Jagger, Ed Begley, Jack Elam, James Best, Barbara Luna, Jacqueline Scott. A band of lawless adventurers ride into town to terrorize the citizens of Firecreek, while the sheriff tries to reason with them.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Doris Day Show [Reg]: Peeping Tom
Season 5, episode 5 W: Arthur Julian D: Marc Daniels With Larry Hovis (Larry Madison), John Stephenson (Sgt. Murdock), Joseph V. Perry (Sam). Cy Bennett's chance at winning the annual Man of the Year award as San Francisco's outstanding citizen is in peril.
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| [CBS 10:00] The New Bill Cosby Show
Season 1, episode 5 With Diahann Carroll, Marty Feldman, Hines, Hines and Dad, Sheldon Leonard. Highlights include Feldman as an English tourist who mistakes Miss Carroll for the Statue of Liberty; Feldman and Leonard join Cosby in a gangster spoof; Miss Carroll sings "Never Been to Spain"; Hines, Hines and Dad perform "Come On".
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