Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday October 12, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Typewriter
Season 1, episode 5 W: Theodore Apstein D: Philip Leacock With Mariclare Costello (Miss Hunter), George Tobias (Vernon Rutley), Harry Hickox (Junkyard Owner). The Baldwin sisters reluctantly entrust John-Boy with the loan of their historic 1908 typewriter, and Mary Ellen thoughtlessly sells it to a junkman.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Mod Squad [Reg]: Taps, Play It Louder
Season 5, episode 5 W: Sandor Stern D: E.W. Swackhamer With Robert F. Simon (Fred Styles), Peter Hooten (Jim Styles), Michele Nichols (Mary Styles), Ann Doran (Eva Styles), Dabbs Greer (Store Owner), Timothy Blake (Olive), Bruce Kirby (Col. Broidy), Bill Zuckert (Frank Morrissey). Julie's Kansas cousin enlists her aid in trying to find her brother, who hasn't been heard from since his discharge from the Army three months ago.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Flip Wilson Show [Reg]
Season 3, episode 5 With Bill Russell, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Kenny Rankin, Paul McCartney and Wings. In skits, Bill teams with Flip in the elevator shoe business; Flip tries to prove that Bill's height doesn't help him in shooting pool.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Marlowe (1969)
W: Stirling Silliphant D: Paul Bogart With James Garner, Carroll O'Connor, Gayle Hunnicutt, Rita Moreno, Sharon Farrell, Jackie Coogan, William Daniels, Bruce Lee, H.M. Wynant, Kenneth Tobey, Christopher Cary, Corinne Camacho, Paul Stevens. Private eye Phillip Marlowe is hired to find the missing brother of a pretty girl and his investigation uncovers a blackmail plot.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Delphi Bureau [Reg]: The Deadly Little Errand Project
Season 1, episode 1 With Martha Scott (Martha), Harry Townes (Clergyman), Tina Chen (Mei Ling), Kent Smith (Prescott), Richard Loo (Shen Si). Glenn Gregory is assigned to deliver the ransom after an important Red Chinese official is kidnapped.
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| [NBC 9:00] Ironside [Reg]: Down Two Roads
Season 6, episode 4 W: Sy Salkowitz D: Don Weis With Felton Perry (Roger Stewart), Sandy Ward (Doctor), Eugene Roche (Marty Chapman), Michael Lerner (Adrian Father), Joshua Bryant (John Moore), Lisa Moore (Student), David Spielberg (Tom Ryan), Joseph Bernard (Daniel Feldman). Mark Sanger, following law school graduation, must decide between private practice and the office of Public Defender.
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| [ABC 10:00] Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law [Reg]: Journey Through Limbo
Season 2, episode 5 With Pat Harrington Jr. (D.A. Charlie Giannetta), Norma Crane (Marie Giannetta), Michael Brandon (Pete), Sheila Larken (Betty Saunders). Marshall defends a district attorney's son, who is charged with murder when a girl found unconscious in his car dies of a drug overdose.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Dean Martin Show [Reg]
Season 8, episode 5 With Hugh O'Brian, Monte Hall, Anne Murray. A spoof of Let's Make a Deal.
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