Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 17, 1972:
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Program details:
[CBS 7:30] Anna And The King [Reg]: The King And The Egg
Season 1, episode 11 W: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish D: Terry Becker With Mako. When an egg is thrown at the King during a public audience, he decrees death for the culprit -- unaware he is hiding in Anna's quarters.
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[NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: Salty, The Hijacked Harbor Seal
Season 19, episode 10 A spunky harbor seal pup is captured by fishermen but escapes their nets and embarks on a perilous but hilarious journey from San Francisco Bay to the redwood country.
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[CBS 8:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Dear Dad
Season 1, episode 12 W: Larry Gelbart D: Gene Reynolds With Bonnie Jones (Lt. Bannerman), Lizabeth Deen (Becky), Gary Van Ormand (Corporal), William Katt (P.F.C.), Buck Young (M.P.), Odessa Cleveland (Ginger). Hawkeye brings his father up to date with a Christmas letter on the latest happenings of the unpredictable MASH unit, including his abortive try at being Santa Claus for some Korean kids.
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[ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: The Outcast
Season 8, episode 14 W: Howard Dimsdale D: Virgil Vogel With Michael Callan (John Prentiss), Katherine Justice (Ellen Conway), John Larch (Jules Harmon), Alex Rocco (Matt Wilnor). When a crime boss forbids one of his underlings to marry, the young hoodlum decides to pull a big job on his own and leave the country with his young bride.
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[CBS 8:30] The Sandy Duncan Show [Reg]: Write On
Season 2, episode 11 W: Earl Barret, Arne Sultan, Laurence Marks Alex writes a novel based on his exploits as a motorcycle cop, a book everyone thinks is lousy until Bert Quinn manages to sell it to a movie producer.
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[NBC 8:30] Hec Ramsey [Reg]: The Mystery Of The Green Feather
Season 1, episode 3 W: John Meston D: Herschel Daugherty With Rory Calhoun (Jim Patton), Lorraine Gary (Bella Grant), Morgan Woodward (Ben Buckley), Lloyd Bochner (Myles Wingate), Alan Hewitt (Samuels), John Fiedler (Pingree). Hec Ramsey suspects that a medicine bag left at the scene of a family massacre was placed there to blame the Indians. Further investigation points to a plot to scare away settlers.
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[CBS 9:00] The New Dick Van Dyke Show [Reg]: Blood Is Thicker Than Oatmeal
Season 2, episode 13 W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: Carl Reiner With Ronnie Schell (Henry), Stephanie Tamasauckas (Wilhelmina). Dick's problem in casting a girl to play his daughter in an oatmeal commercial are compounded when his own daughter Annie auditions for the role.
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[ABC 9:00] The Woman I Love [special]
W: John McGreevey D: Paul Wendkos With Richard Chamberlain, Faye Dunaway, Patrick Macnee, Murray Matheson, Eileen Herlie. A dramatization of the love affair and courtship that rocked the world - that of His Royal Highness King Edward VIII of England and Wallis Warfield Simpson, a twice-divorced American. Edward renounced his claim to the English throne to marry "the woman I love".
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[CBS 9:30] Mannix [Reg]: Light And Shadow
Season 6, episode 14 W: Harold Medford, Richard Murphy D: Sutton Roley With Christine Belford (Alison Bramante), John Hillerman (Larry Lawton), Christina Sinatra (Louise), Edward Bell (Bill Moseley), Murray Matheson (Snowy Bartlett), Michael Ebert (Nikky Lorenzo), Ed Hall (Roger), Cesare Danova (Bruno Bramante). The wife of one of the world's richest men is accused of murdering an international playboy and Mannix is hired to find evidence proving her innocence.
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[ABC 10:00] Of Men And Women [special]
W: Evan Hunter, John Tobias, Harry Muheim D: Lee Philips, Roger Duchowny, Robert Day With Lee Remick, Cloris Leachman, Jackie Cooper, George Maharis, Marlyn Mason. An anthology of four short dramatic pieces with the underlying theme of the sometimes amusing, sometimes complex relationships between men and women.
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[NBC 10:00] Puerto Ricans - The Uncertain Americans
Norman Rose narrates this documentary which explores the many life styles of Puerto Ricans on their home Island.
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