Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday April 19, 1973:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: An Easter Story
Season 1, episode 24 W: John McGreevey D: Philip Leacock With John Ritter (Rev. Matthew Fordwick), David Doremus (G.W. Haynes), Victor Izay (Dr. Vance), Ann Carol Pearson (Admissions Clerk), Don Collier (Dr. Miller), Joe Frank Carollo (Tom). In a special two-hour episode, a severe crisis in the Walton home occurs when Olivia is stricken with polio and faces the possibility of permanent paralysis. She tries to effect a cure herself based on faith and sheer will, at the same time encouraging the children to develop their own interests as if nothing had changed.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Mod Squad [Reg]: The Connection
Season 5, episode 1 W: Rick Husky D: George McCowan With Cesar Romero (Frank Barton), Edward Asner (Sgt. Lassiter), Stefanie Powers (Francie Drango), Robert Reed (Jerry Silver), Bradford Dillman (Charlie Drango), Cleavon Little (Bolo), Richard Pryor (Cat Griffin), Gene Washington (Anthony Wilson). Series returns for a fifth season. Pete, Linc and Julie, the young investigators, join a police sergeant on the case when Capt. Greer is wounded in escorting a prisoner from Chicago. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/14/1972)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Flip Wilson Show [Reg]
Season 3, episode 11 With Raymond Burr, Dom DeLuise, Gladys Knight and the Pips. In skits, Burr and guests do a soap opera; DeLuise plays a TV producer who wants to do a documentary on the great Koolit (Flip); Burr tries to get a job in Charley's Diner. The Pips sing "Giving Up". (Repeat program, originally aired 11/30/1972)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: The Streets Of San Francisco
Season 1, episode 1 W: Edward Hume, Eugene Price, Carolyn Weston D: Walter Grauman With Robert Wagner (David J. Farr), Tom Bosley (Satetti), Kim Darby (Holly Jean Berry), Edward Andrews (Joe Caswell), Lawrence Dobkin (Gregory Praxas). A dramatic series about police work in the Bay City, with Karl Malden making his debut in a series playing a veteran policeman. In the first episode, the body of a pretty girl is found floating in the bay. Attached to her necklace is the card of a swinging attorney. When questioned he reveals the names of several suspects. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/16/1972)
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| [NBC 9:00] Bob Hope Special [special]
With Milton Berle, Joey Heatherton, Glen Campbell. Bob's seventh and final show of the season is his annual vaudeville night, with guests taking part in sketches and blackouts.
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| [CBS 10:00] Up With People [special]
Contemporary folk-rock musical, a tribute to human understanding set to original music and lyrics and voiced by 130 young citizens of the world, aged 17-24. The program is excerpts of the performances being given around the United States and abroad by students. Troupes have performed to live and television audiences in 28 countries and at college and high-school campuses in hundreds of cities, as well as on stage from Carnegie Hall in New York to London's Albert Hall to bullrings in Spain.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Dean Martin Show [Reg]
Season 8, episode 17 With Steve Lawrence, Dick Martin. In the highlight skit, Dom DeLuise is a judge and Lawrence and Martin are the attorneys battling over Dean, who is in court on bigamy charges. Dean, Steve and Dick sing "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams". (Repeat program, originally aired 1/18/1973)
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