Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday January 23, 1973:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Maude [Reg]: Walter's 50th Birthday
Season 1, episode 15 W: Pamela Herbert Chais D: Hal Cooper With Brian Morrison (Phillip Traynor), John Heffernan (Floyd Crowley), Jan Arvan (Sam the Bartender). A crisis unfolds in the Findlay household as Walter and Maude prepare to "celebrate" Walter's 50th birthday.
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| [ABC 8:00] Marcus Welby, M.D. [Reg]: Gemini Descending
Season 4, episode 18 W: Robert M. Young D: Marc Daniels With James Coco (Quentin Bailey), Aneta Corsaut (Jenny Bailey), Don 'Red' Barry (Abner Dickens), Gary Dubin (Chris Bailey), Ronald Lieb (Lt. Stone). An overweight salesman undergoes a personality change due to Cushing Syndrome, a rare disease necessitating surgery.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Incredible Flight Of The Snow Geese [special]
Glen Campbell narrates a program devoted to the majestic beauty and spirit of the snow goose on its annual flight from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, singing a special theme song, "Fly High and Free", written especially for the program.
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| [CBS 8:30] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Here Today, Gone Tonight
Season 5, episode 17 W: Jerome Coopersmith D: Michael O'Herlihy With Monte Markham (Barry Dean), Sandra Smith (Bella Morgan), Madlyn Rhue (June Fleming), Douglas Kennedy (Peter Fleming), George Oshiro (Nathaniel), Lawrence Montaigne (Whitelaw). McGarrett and Danny Williams must solve the riddle of how a killer can appear to be in two widely separated places at the same time.
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| [ABC 9:00] NBA All-Star Game
The annual all-star confrontation between the Eastern and Western divisions of the NBA. Chris Schenkel and Bill Russell report.
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| [NBC 9:00] America: A Firebell In The Night [special]
The Civil War and the issue that triggered it -- slavery -- are Alistair Cooke's major topics in the sixth segment of his series on American history. Cooke traces the efforts to stop the spread of slavery, the compromise proposed by Henry Clay, the Dred Scott decision, and the rather unusual rejection of slavery by Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate forces. Cooke also patrols the battlefield at Shiloh and shows rare portraits of Abraham Lincoln and soldiers slain at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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| [CBS 9:30] Entertainer Of The Year [special]
With Liza Minnelli, Carroll O'Connor, Sonny and Cher, Duke Ellington, Lorna Luft, Vikki Carr, Neil Diamond, Jimmy Dean, Sammy Davis Jr., Roy Clark, Mac Davis. Ed Sullivan hosts a 90-minute variety program of awards presented by the American Guild of Variety Artists.
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| [NBC 10:00] And When The War Is Over - The American Military In The 70s
"If You Want To Stand Down, Tell Us" is the first segment in a two-part NBC News report studying the role of the U.S. military in world affairs and in shaping the foreign policy of this country. Major General Timothy Dacey, General J.C. Meyer, Rep. Les Aspin (D-Wis.), Professor Albert Carnesale, Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.), Sen. James Allen (D-Ala.) and General Curtis Lemay will be among those echoing their diverse views on the defense posture of the United States in the 1970s. Floyd Kalber will serve as narrator.
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