Prime-time network TV listings for Friday August 17, 1973:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] 60 Minutes
A 'drop-out' wife; Toronto, Canada; the rise of tennis.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: Greg Gets Grounded
Season 4, episode 15 W: Elroy Schwartz D: Jack Arnold With Hope Sherwood (Rachel), Gracia Lee (Jenny). A near accident in the family car results in Greg's being grounded and losing the use of the auto for a week. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/19/1973)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Rated X
Season 2, episode 24 W: Ilunga Adell D: Peter Baldwin With Cal Wilson (Guard), Jack DeLeon (Director), Ralph James (Producer), Kelly Thordsen (Police Lieutenant), Leo G. Morrell (Detective). Fred and Lamont almost become stars in an X-rated movie until they are faced with the "naked truth". (Repeat program, originally aired 3/16/1973)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: Felix's First Commercial
Season 3, episode 8 W: Albert E. Lewin D: Jerry Paris With Deacon Jones (Himself), Arthur Batanides (Bartender), Bob W. Hoffman (Assistant), Louise Troy (Judy Jones). Felix is given the opportunity to direct a razor commercial on television provided he gets Deacon Jones to appear in it. Felix implores Oscar to to use his influence with Jones, an old friend. Oscar reluctantly agrees, then blows the deal. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/3/1972)
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| [NBC 8:30] The Little People [Reg]: Break A Leg
Season 1, episode 20 D: Richard Lang With Zulu (Chief Hanamakii). Stewart receives a skateboard from Alfred, then leaves it in a hallway where Dr. Jamison accidentally steps on it. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1973)
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| [CBS 9:00] Sticks And Bones (1973) [special]
With Tom Aldredge, Anne Jackson, Cliff De Young, Alan Caldwell, Brad Sullivan, Joe Fields, Asa Gim, Ron Nealy, Stan Levine. The Tony Award-winning contemporary drama about the callous reception an American veteran returning blinded from the Vietnam war gets from his family is the second of a series of dramatic specials produced by Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival.
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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: To Go With The Bubbles
Season 4, episode 23 W: Leonard Stadd, Arlene Stadd D: Herman Hoffman With Audrey Landers (Donna Carpenter), Tani Guthrie (Mrs. Carpenter). When Olympic swimming champ Donna Carpenter returns to Whitman High, the warm admiration of her fellow students quickly turns to cool resentment. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/9/1973)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Alamo (1960), part two
W: James Edward Grant D: John Wayne With John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Linda Cristal, Chill Wills, Joan O'Brien, Patrick Wayne, Ken Curtis, Denver Pyle. Conclusion of the epic drama, culminating the United States' war with Mexico, finds the hopelessly outnumbered Texas band led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie standing valiantly against the forces of Gen. Santa Anna of Mexico.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Corner Bar [Reg]: Mixed Doubles
Season 2, episode 3 D: Peter Baldwin Mae is fearful that the bar has been chosen as a meeting place for wife swapping.
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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