Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday January 17, 1974:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Heritage
Season 2, episode 18 W: Dale Eunson D: Harry Harris With Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Brimmer), Robert Donner (Yancy Tucker), Noah Beery Jr. (Mr. Harmon), Norman Andrews (Bus Driver), Charles Kuenstle (Ken Lambert). A large corporation planning a health resort offers the Waltons an enormous sum of money for their land. Being in debt, the family is hard-pressed to decide what to do.
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| [ABC 8:00] Chopper One [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Ronald Austin, James D. Buchanan D: Harry Falk With Richard X. Slattery (Sergeant), Arch Johnson (Motorcycle Cop), Skye Aubrey (Hostage), Hank Brandt, Jesse Vint. Debut of a series starring Jim McMullan and Dirk Benedict about policemen who combat crime from a helicopter. In the first show, they check out a robbery at a downtown hotel, a 14-story structure.
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| [NBC 8:00] Trial By Wilderness [special]
Former astronaut Neil Armstrong narrates an adventure story of how five young adults from urban areas adapt to life in Africa. The five youths set out to learn how to live in the wild and how to better appreciate and protect the unspoiled land. They were guided by Barry Clements, director of the Wilderness Leadership School, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of wildlife.
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| [ABC 8:30] Firehouse [Reg]: Burst Of Flame
Season 1, episode 1 W: Robert Pirosh D: Don Weis With Joan Van Ark (Cynthia), Melissa Newman, Charles Robinson, Heidi Vaughn. Debut of a series focusing on the working men of a fire department. James Drury returns to a weekly series as captain of Engine Co. 23. In the opening episode they succeed in getting a net under a "jumper" and rush to an office building fire.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Horror At 37,000 Feet (1973)
W: Ron Austin, Jim Buchanan D: David Lowell Rich With Chuck Connors, Buddy Ebsen, Roy Thinnes, William Shatner, Tammy Grimes, Lyn Loring, Jane Merrow, France Nuyen, Paul Winfield. The air shipment of an old English abbey sets off a terrifying invasion of a giant jet liner by a ghostly and evil power.
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| [ABC 9:00] Kung Fu [Reg]: A Dream Within A Dream
Season 2, episode 14 W: John T. Dugan D: Richard Lang With Tina Louise (Carol Mercer), Howard Duff (Noah Fleck), Sorrell Booke (Sheriff Hodges), John Barrymore Jr. (Alex McGregor), Ruth Roman (Rhoda Norman), Mark Miller (Horace Mercer), Bennie Dobbins (Todd), Fred Lerner (Blaney), Tony Epper (Dirk), Rudy Diaz (Toluca). Caine's discovery of the body of a town's leading citizen causes him to be accused of murdering the man.
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| [NBC 9:00] Ironside [Reg]: Once More For Joey
Season 7, episode 15 W: Samuel Roeca D: Krashna Shah With Pamela Bellwood (Nancy), Judy Carne (Miss Manning), Kip Niven (Joey), Richard B. Shull (Max), Paul Hampton (Dee), Bert Holland (Cutter), Geoffrey Deuel (Mo), Roger Davis (Willie). Ironside is tracking a rock music pirate when the guitarist for a group is electrocuted at a recording session. He is the only sighted member of a blind group.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Chapel Of The Damned
Season 2, episode 16 W: Robert Schlitt D: George McCowan With Pegi Boucher (Julie Sloane), Stephen Oliver (Mark Dillon), Signe Hasso (Madam Vasiliev), Diana Douglas (Mrs. Sloane), William Campbell (Ice House Owner). A wealthy woman's daughter is kidnapped and the girl's boyfriend is strongly suspected.
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| [NBC 10:00] Music Country U.S.A.
Season 1, episode 1 With Jerry Reed, Lynn Anderson, Charlie Rich, Mac Davis, Wayne Newton, Ray Stevens. Debut of a weekly program devoted to country music which will feature 15 acts taped in Nashville, Los Angeles and other locations.
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| [CBS 10:30] CBS News Special Report
An examination of last October's controversial military alert called by President Nixon. Marvin Kalb, Bob Schieffer and Charles Collingwood report. Some of the questions raised include: how necessary was the alert; how dangerous it was; what were its implications, and what was the state of readiness of the American forces placed on alert.
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