Friday January 12, 1973
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Prime-time network TV listings for Friday January 12, 1973:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Mission: Impossible: Boomerang Movie: Petulia (1968)
ABC The Brady Bunch: Law And Disorder The Partridge Family: For Whom The Bell Tolls . . . And Tolls . . . And Tolls Room 222: Rights Of Others The Odd Couple: I Gotta Be Me Love, American Style
NBC Sanford And Son: A Visit From Lena Horne The Little People: Honest Sean Drives Again Circle Of Fear: Dark Vengeance Banyon: Time Lapse


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[CBS 8:00] Mission: Impossible [Reg]: Boomerang
Season 7, episode 15
W: Howard Browne   D: Leslie H. Martinson

With Laraine Stephens (Eve Vayle), Ron Feinberg (Stanley Luchek), Walter Barnes (Homer Chill), Charles Guardino (Johnny Vayle), Amzie Strickland (Mildred), Jerry Jones (Cabbie), Richard Reed (Dorlan), Charles Picerni (Ollie Maybrick). The wife of a crime syndicate boss becomes the target of both the underworld and the IMF when she has her husband killed and steals his records of the syndicate's operations.

[ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: Law And Disorder
Season 4, episode 14
W: Elroy Schwartz   D: Hal Cooper

With Shawn Schepps (Jill), Harlen Carraher (Steve), Cindy Henderson (Girl), Jon Hayes (Jon). Bobby becomes very unpopular when he decides to be the best safety monitor at school, and in his enthusiasm not only does he report his friends for minor infractions of school rules, he also turns in his brothers and sisters at home.

[NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: A Visit From Lena Horne
Season 2, episode 16
W: Allan Katz, Don Reo   D: Jack Shea

With Lena Horne (Herself), John Amos (Luther), Joan Prather (Tour Guide), Robert Munk (Chauffeur), Arthur Mathews (Art), Billy Allyn (Billy), Leroy Daniels (Leroy), Ernest Mayhand (Skillet). Fred Sanford discovers Lena Horne's car in the parking lot while touring NBC Studios in Burbank. He then has an overwhelming desire to meet "the first lady of his dreams".

[ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: For Whom The Bell Tolls . . . And Tolls . . . And Tolls
Season 3, episode 15
W: Dale McRaven   D: E.W. Swackhamer

With Arte Johnson (Morris Dinkler), Nelson D. Cuevas (Officer Metscur), Mel Gallagher (Sam Barner). The family accidentally sets off their new burglar alarm system so often that the police merely call up to check instead of rushing to the scene.

[NBC 8:30] The Little People [Reg]: Honest Sean Drives Again
Season 1, episode 16
D: Gary Nelson

With Steven Hague (Alfred Landis), Josie Over (Denise), Ward Bensen (Examiner), Sean Tyler Hall (Stewart), Reta Shaw (Miss Gormley). Dr. Sean Jamison is exposed to frustration and embarrassment because of Puni's failure to remind him to renew his license. He's stopped by officer O'Shaughnessy after running a stop sign.

[CBS 9:00] Movie: Petulia (1968)
W: Lawrence B. Marcus   D: Richard Lester

With Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill, Shirley Knight, Joseph Cotten, Pippa Scott. At a fashionable San Francisco ball, an uninhibited woman spots a noted doctor leaving a dreadful party and decides to pick him up.

[ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: Rights Of Others
Season 4, episode 16
W: Jerry Rannow, Greg Strangis   D: Harry Falk

With Dabney Coleman (Sgt. Webster), Wendell Burton (Gary). The longtime dream of career soldier Webster is shattered when his son's girlfriend becomes pregnant.

[NBC 9:00] Circle Of Fear [Reg]: Dark Vengeance
Season 2, episode 2
W: Peter L. Dixon   D: Herschel Daugherty

With Martin Sheen (Frank), Kim Darby (Cindy), Shelly Novack (Art). A mysterious box unearthed during an excavation turns into a virtual Pandora'a box when a small wooden horse found inside opens a bizarre door to the past.

[ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: I Gotta Be Me
Season 3, episode 15
W: Joe Glauberg, David W. Duclon   D: Mel Ferber

With Elinor Donahue (Miriam Welby), Cliff Emmich (Harold), Barbara Rhoades (Marie), Norman Shelley (Dr. Abel). To understand each other better, Felix and Oscar reverse their roles -- Felix turning slob and Oscar becoming a fussbudget. When this gets them nowhere they agree to attend a group therapy session.

[ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1.   Love And The Impossible Gift
W: Jerry Rannow, Greg Strangis   D: Sam Strangis

With William Dozier (Miles Stanwood), Richard Haydn (Edward), Ann Rutherford (Carlotta Stanwood), Ben Freedman (Bum), John Fujioka (Japanese Man), Yuki Shimoda (Japanese Man), Joel Tappis (Man).  
A girl's efforts to find a birthday present for her wealthy husband causes all kinds of problems for their elderly butler.

2.   Love And The Face Bow
W: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant   D: Leslie H. Martinson

With Wendell Burton (Leo Brubaker), Sterling Holloway (Dr. Muller), Cindy Williams (Naomi Brubaker).  
On their honeymoon in a deserted mountain cabin, a couple discover they both wear orthodontic face bows.

3.   Love And The Love Kit
W: David Ketchum, Bruce Shelly   D: Jim Parker

With Stuart Margolin (Fenton), Donna Douglas (Annabelle), Dub Taylor (Grover), Lori Saunders (Saleslady).  
A shy farmboy uses a "love kit" complete with perfume, recordings and conversational guides to woo his love.

[NBC 10:00] Banyon [Reg]: Time Lapse
Season 1, episode 15
W: Ed Adamson, Milton Gelman   D: Daniel Petrie

With Donna Mills (Trina King), Charles McGraw (Steve Kanderis), John Fiedler (Trumbull), John Williams (Albert Sten), Estelle Winwood (Birdie Hope), Anne Seymour (Conseulo), Ken Lynch (Ben Granick), Lenore Kasdorf (Margie), Florence Lake (Taffy), Joan Crosby (Madeleine). Banyon goes after an alimony-owing ex-husband and winds up being held captive by a big-time mobster holed up in a Pasadena hotel. (Last show of the series.)

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