Prime-time network TV listings for Monday December 31, 1973:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Gunsmoke [Reg]: Dirty Sally (1)
Season 16, episode 23 W: Jack Miller D: Bernard McEveety With Jeanette Nolan (Dirty Sally), Cliff Osmond (Tom Macomb), William Murphy (Loomis), Woodrow Chambliss (Lathrop), Dack Rambo (Cyrus Pike), Ross Hagen (Hicks), William Mims (Hawkins), Jim Boles (Sutro), Jon Jason Mantley (Billy), Maria Mantley (Girl # 1), John Puglia (Boy # 1), Susan Newmark (Girl # 2), Billy McMickle (Boy # 2). Sally Fergus finds a wounded outlaw unconscious in the desert after being shot by Festus during a robbery of the freight office in Dodge. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/1/1971)
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[ABC 8:00] Sugar Bowl
Alabama vs. Notre Dame from New Orleans. Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson and Howard Cosell report.
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[NBC 8:00] Orange Bowl Parade [special]
Peter Marshall and Robert Morse cohost the 40th annual Orange Jamboree Parade from Miami. The theme this year is "The Broadway Magic". The floats will be styled to represent Broadway musical hits including "Annie Get Your Gun", "The King and I" and "Showboat".
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[CBS 9:00] Here's Lucy [Reg]: Lucy And Mannix Are Held Hostage
Season 4, episode 4 W: Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Pugh Davis D: Coby Ruskin With Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane), Robert Foulk (Officer), Mike Connors (Joe Mannix), Marc Lawrence (Ruby), John Doucette (Vernon), Vince Howard (Officer). Mike Connors, in his role of private eye Joe Mannix, answers Lucy's call for help when she stumbles on the identity of two bank robbers. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/4/1971)
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[NBC 9:00] Koska And His Family [special]
W: Roger Price D: Dan Dailey With Herb Edelman, Barbara Barrie, Liam Dunn, Jack David Walker, Ellen Sherman, Albert Henderson. An unemployed aerospace technician, aided by his eccentric family, restructures his life. Pilot for a series.
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[CBS 9:30] The New Dick Van Dyke Show [Reg]: He Who Steals My Friends
Season 3, episode 14 W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: Alan Rafkin With David Huddleston (Gordon), Maureen Arthur (Ginger), Alan Rafkin (Lieutenant Farraday). The Richardsons are thrilled that their friends the Prestons and the Elliots enjoy each other so much, until it appears that they prefer each other to the exclusion of the Richardsons.
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[CBS 10:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Clash Of Shadows
Season 5, episode 5 W: Martin Roth D: Paul Stanley With Rae Allen (Rose), Andrew Duggan (Garson), Diane Baker (Sharon), Martin Sheen (Glen). When a young mother's 4-month-old son dies without warning and for no obvious reason while at rest in his crib, the grief-stricken mother mistakenly blames it on her presumed neglect of the child. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/8/1973)
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[NBC 10:00] If I Had A Million [special]
W: Oliver Hailey, Robert Van Scoyk et al D: Daryl Duke With John Schuck, Joseph Wiseman, Ruth McDevitt, Kenneth Mars, Peter Kastner, Val Bisoglio, Brett Somers, Ted Gehring, Rae Allen. Four vignettes tell the story of a multimillionaire with no heirs who decides to give his money to virtual strangers whose lives have touched his in one way or another.
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