Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday January 9, 1974:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour [Reg]: Show 58
Season 3, episode 15 With Dr. Joyce Brothers, Jack Palance, Ted Neely, O.J. Simpson. Football superstar O.J. Simpson and singer-actor Ted Neely ("Jesus Christ Superstar") are the guests. O.J. and Teddy join in the "Super Bowl Follies", a series of blackouts about gridiron antics; and in the laundromat, Cher heads the offense in a verbal drive against football and its fans. Jack Palance and Dr. Joyce Brothers make cameo appearances. Songs include, "Another's Lifetime" (Ted), "Holly Holy" (Cher) and "Top of the World" (Sonny & Cher).
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| [ABC 8:00] Dick Clark Presents The Rock And Roll Years
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: The Sweet Smell
Season 6, episode 14 W: Jim Carlson D: Dennis Donnelly With Sheila Bromley (Myrna Huffman), Stuart Nisbet (Rev. Sherman), George Chandler (George Atchison), Olan Soule (Vernon Barber), Lennie Weinrib (Tony). A spilled bottle of perfume in their squad car signals a bad day for Officers Malloy and Reed when everyone notices the odor.
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: Shootout In A One-Dog Town (1974)
W: Dick Nelson D: Burt Kennedy With Richard Crenna, Jack Elam, Richard Egan, Arthur O'Connell, Stefanie Powers, Gene Evans. The only banker in a small town turns into a one-man army when he finds that the only way he can protect $200,000 from a gang of outlaws is to blow up the bank with himself inside.
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| [NBC 8:30] Faraday And Company [Reg]: A Matter Of Magic
Season 1, episode 4 With Ralph Meeker (Ed Kelso), J. Pat O'Malley (Luther Dupar), Carmen Zapata (Frieda Dupar), Don Keefer (William Stafford), Leigh Hamilton (Lisa), Pat Renella (Coleman). When burglaries threaten to put the firm out of business, private detective Frank Faraday attempts to find out how thieves are penetrating a sophisticated security system. (Last show of the series.)
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| [CBS 9:00] Cannon [Reg]: Catch Me If You Can
Season 2, episode 22 W: Douglas Day Stewart D: William Hale With William Sargent (Lt. Barry Driscoll), Dana Wynter (Dr. Deedra Pace), Anthony Zerbe (Ralph Hooper), Kate Hawley (Betty), Jay W. MacIntosh (Mrs. Talbot), Jack Riley (Programmer), Florida Friebus (Julie McElroy). Frank Cannon gets a strange request from an admitted mass murderer: Stop him before he commits another crime. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/7/1973)
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| [CBS 10:00] Kojak [Reg]: Siege Of Terror
Season 1, episode 1 W: Robert Heverly D: William Hale With Harvey Keitel (Jerry Talaba), James Sloyan (Jack Murzie), William Hansen (Old Man Hostage), David Proval (Calvelli), Jude Farese (Mike Amazeen), John Garwood (Frank Talabo), Bart Burns (Deputy Commissioner), Rick Hurst (Crew Cut Hostage), Ralph James (Albie Linnick), Jannis Durkin (Woman Model Hostage), Allan Manson (Detective), Arnold Soboloff (Mastin), Alvin Hammer (Store Owner). Telly Savalas stars as New York City police detective Theo Kojak in a series patterned after the TV movie "The Marcus-Nelson Murders". Tonight, Kojak faces a two-hour deadline in a daring effort to save the lives of five hostages held by a trio of holdup men. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/24/1973)
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| [ABC 10:00] The Fragile Mind
Actress Joanne Woodward narrates this program which deals with mental problems, depicting people ranging in age from 10 to 55 in various stages of nervous stress or nervous breakdowns.
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| [NBC 10:00] Bell System Family Theater: Married Is Better [special]
W: Gary Belkin D: Walter Miller With Bill Bixby, Sandy Duncan, David Doyle, Joe Flynn, Anita Gillette, Arte Johnson, Kay Medford, Brandon Cruz, Richard Schaal. An hour which offers a wry, perceptive look at contemporary married life. The comedy-with-music special is based on the poems of Judith Viorst.
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