Wednesday July 25, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday July 25, 1973:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour: Show 12 (R) Dan August: Invitation To A Murder (R) Cannon: To Ride A Tiger (R)
ABC Thicker Than Water: The Return Of Jake Paine TV Movie: The Letters (1973) Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law: They've Got To Blame Somebody (R)
NBC Adam-12: Night Watch (R) Madigan: The Naples Beat (R) Search: The Packagers (R)


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour [Reg]: Show 12
Season 1, episode 12

With Tony Randall, The Honey Cone. Highlights: Randall portrays an egomaniacal student leader, Frederich Von Rotten, in "The Student Blintz". In the vamp segment, Cher playes Lady Chatterly, Sadie Thompson and Maid Marian; The Honey Cone rock group sings "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"; Cher solos "The Way of Love"; the hosts sing "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" and "You Are My Sunshine".
(Repeat program, originally aired 1/31/1972)

[ABC 8:00] Thicker Than Water [Reg]: The Return Of Jake Paine
Season 1, episode 7
D: Jerry Paris
Nellie and Ernie worry about their inheritance when Jonas holds a reunion with his brother Jake, a con artist.

[NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: Night Watch
Season 5, episode 19
W: Leo Gordon   D: Dennis Donnelly

With Tol Avery (Arch B. Warren), Charles Lampkin (Johnson), Carlos Romero (Detective Sanchez), Keefe Brasselle (George Baker). Officers Malloy and Reed have a busy night which culminates in three tragedies, and meanwhile Reed's sales resistance is tested by a used car dealer.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/14/1973)

[ABC 8:30] TV Movie: The Letters (1973)
W: James G. Hirsch, Ellis Marcus, Hal Sitowitz   D: Paul Krasny, Gene Nelson

With John Forsythe, Pamela Franklin, Ida Lupino, Dina Merrill, Leslie Nielsen, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Powell, Lesley Ann Warren, Henry Jones. Three letters, delayed a year in delivery, brings news that dramatically changes the lives of nine people. In one instance, the letter threatens to ruin a perfect marriage; another reveals why a young man ran out on his fiancee; and the third letter reveals the identity of a murderer.

[NBC 8:30] Madigan [Reg]: The Naples Beat
Season 1, episode 5
D: Boris Sagal

With Rossano Brazzi (Liuzza), Alfredo Varelli (Tosca), Raf Vallone (De Littro), Arnoldo Foa (Fontana), Gianni Musy (Gemelli), Esmeralda Ruspoli (Carlotta). Madigan is sent to Italy to bring back a deported American gangster who has decided to reveal top crime secrets to the United States. But upon arrival at the air terminal, an innocent passenger is murdered, the assassin thinking he was Madigan.
(Repeat program, originally aired 1/31/1973)

[CBS 9:00] Dan August [Reg]: Invitation To A Murder
Season 1, episode 7
W: Mel Goldberg   D: Robert Douglas

With Barney Phillips (Mike Golden), Alexandra Hay (Eadie Parker), Michael Strong (Amos Barnes), Kaz Garas (Phillip Henderson), Tim O'Connor (Max Winslow). A newspaper columnist seems more vengeful than bereaved when his spoiled daughter is found dead on the beach. He complicates the investigation and creates political pressure for August and the Santa Luisa police.
(Repeat program, originally aired 11/4/1970)

[CBS 10:00] Cannon [Reg]: To Ride A Tiger
Season 2, episode 19
W: Robert W. Lenski   D: Virgil Vogel

With John Larch (Sgt. Nelson), Scott Marlowe (Pappy Harris), Christine Belford (Anne Grainger), James McCallion (Pharmacist), Arch Whiting (Elmo Stocker), Michael Pataki (Orville Britton), Stewart Moss (Rackheim), Ramon Bieri (Chief). The attorney who successfully defends an ex-con on murder charges suddenly disappears and Frank Cannon, with some reluctance, tries to track him down.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/14/1973)

[ABC 10:00] Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law [Reg]: They've Got To Blame Somebody
Season 2, episode 20
W: Peter S. Fischer   D: Daniel Haller

With Robert Reed (Harker), Leslie Charleson (Edie), Lorraine Gary (Anne Harker), Don Stroud (Guy). Marshall is faced with defending his client, a camp owner charged with manslaughter as the driver of a bus involved in an accident that caused a death. Witnesses claim he was seen in a drunken brawl before the incident.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/14/1973)

[NBC 10:00] Search [Reg]: The Packagers
Season 1, episode 23
W: Robert C. Dennis   D: Michael Caffey

With Xenia Gratsos (Zuhra Singar), John Holland (General Harbison), Michael Pataki (Pierre Karim), John Orchard (Craig), Titos Vandis (President Singar), James Almanzar (Marduk), Roger Etienne (Morgue Attendant), Barry Kane (Honor Guard). Probe agent Grover is caught up in a life and death struggle when assigned to find a missing revolutionary leader who has been accused of plotting the overthrow of a Middle East country. (Last show of the series.)
(Repeat program, originally aired 4/11/1973)

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