Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday November 15, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 6, episode 10 With Ruth Buzzi, John Davidson. A musical comedy salute to the great Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movies, including "Lust for Life", "National Velvet" and "Camille". In another comedy highlight, Miss Burnett and Miss Buzzi are seen as Zelda and Gladys, two members of the studio audience. Also, Miss Buzzi appears as a retiring beauty queen who is making her last appearance before relinquishing her crown and, much to the embarrassment of the emcee, she tells it like it is.
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| [ABC 8:00] Undersea World Of Jacques Cousteau: The Smile Of The Walrus
A look at the massive "horses of the north" in the area around the Bering Straits between Alaska and Siberia. Cousteau and his son, Philippe, examine the ecological relationship between Eskimos and the walrus.
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: The Surprise
Season 5, episode 9 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Dennis Donnelly With Don Stroud (Bert Stanley), Felton Perry (Floyd Sinclair), John Goddard (Paul), Victor Campos (Officer Benson), William Wellman Jr. (Officer Snyder), Sam Edwards (Suspect). All through the day's investigation of commercial burglaries, Malloy tells Reed that he knows the other officers are planning to give him a surprise party, and he doesn't really want one.
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| [NBC 8:30] Banacek [Reg]: To Steal A King
Season 1, episode 5 W: Stephen Kandel D: Lou Antonio With Kevin McCarthy (Allen Markham), Janis Paige (Lydia Markham), Brenda Vaccaro (Sharon Clark), Pernell Roberts (Matthew Donniger), Roger C. Carmel (Oliver Garson), Irene Tedrow (Dr. Bancroft), Tod Andrews (Graves), Anthony Eustrel (Butler), John Finnegan (Lt. Hallohan), Will Hare (Greyson), Logan Ramsey (Roland Garson), David Spielberg (Wendell Church), Hope Summers (Mrs. Liddell), William Taylor (Ballinger). A coin collection of unlimited value vanishes from a hotel vault and police and hotel security are unable to solve the case. The collection was to have been auctioned for $3 million and Banacek discovers there was a rivalry between the owner of the collection and his competitor.
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: The Outcast
Season 4, episode 10 W: Herb Bermann D: Michael Caffey With Louise Sorel (Louise Morgan), Dick Kallman (Dr. Styles), Ken Howard (Kevin Morgan), Kay Medford (Mattie). A brilliant research scientist, trying to conceal a secret that threatens his career, finds himself under heavy pressure when a wealthy woman cancer victim pins her hopes of recovery on his work.
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| [ABC 9:00] Burt Bacharach Special [special]
An intimate glimpse into the close professional relationships between Burt Bacharach and Sammy Davis Jr., Anthony Newley and Vikki Carr.
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| [CBS 10:00] Cannon [Reg]: Child Of Fear
Season 2, episode 9 W: Robert W. Lenski D: David Lowell Rich With Clu Gulager (Burdick), John Lasell (Dale Lucas), Julie Adams (Mrs. Lucas), Jerry Summers, H.M. Wynant (Lt. Paul Milo), Murray MacLeod (Jeff Miller), Warren Kemmerling (Sheriff). A security chief shows immediate antagonism toward Cannon when the private eye arrives at a large cattle ranch to begin looking for its missing owner.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Wonderful World Of Aggravation, Part XII [special]
With Lee Grant, Tony Randall, Jack Klugman, Larry Storch, Ron Carey, Timmie Rogers. Alan King hosts a music-comedy program spoofing the medical profession, old age homes, divorces, cab drivers, women's lib, crime and traffic.
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| [NBC 10:00] Search [Reg]: The Adonis File
Season 1, episode 9 W: Jack Turley D: Joseph Pevney With Deanna Lund (Linda Harte), Bill Bixby (Mark Elliott), G.D. Spradlin (Stephen Ackerman), Victoria George (Anne Delaware), Brenda Benet (Carol Lesko), Philip Bourneuf (Mr. Kinser), Robert Carson (Mr. Hartley), John Warburton (Mr. Thomas), Peggy Walton (Sandra Elliott). Hugh Lockwood is hired to solve a kidnapping but becomes suspicious of the setup, which involves a television celebrity running for office.
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