Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday January 24, 1974:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Gift
Season 2, episode 19 W: Carol Evan McKeand D: Ralph Senensky With Rance Howard (Dr. McIvers), Ron Howard (Seth Turner), Ken Swofford (Red Turner), Patricia Quinn (Wilma Turner). Seth Turner hopes to join his father's country and western band, but then is shocked to discover has has leukemia.
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| [ABC 8:00] Chopper One [Reg]: Strain Of Innocence
Season 1, episode 2 W: Robert I. Holt D: E.W. Swackhamer With James Luisi (Eddie), James Daughton (Phil Collins), Laurie Prange (Janie Hall), Dabbs Greer (Motel Manager), Rosanne Katon (Cashier). A pregnant girl whom Don has befriended, who is being held in a holdup, goes into labor and gives birth as the helicopter rushes her to the hospital.
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| [NBC 8:00] Jack Benny's Second Farewell Special [special]
With George Burns, Johnny Carson, Redd Foxx, Dinah Shore, The DeFranco Family. As with Benny's first farewell show, he encounters frustrating situations and continues to weigh the pros and cons of retiring. In skits, Jack tries to get Redd to appear on his show; Jack and George, as a couple of Roman statues, discuss tourists; a number of surprise guests appear in cameos. Dinah sings "It Had to Be You". The DeFrancos sing "Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat".
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| [ABC 8:30] Firehouse [Reg]: Sentenced To Burn
Season 1, episode 2 W: William Levinson D: James B. Clark With Julie Mannix (Claire), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Franklin). After rescuing a man from a mudslide, the men from Company 23 put out a prison fire only to become hostages of the convicts.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Valley Of The Dolls (1967)
W: Helen Deutsch, Dorothy Kingsley D: Mark Robson With Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward, Lee Grant, Martin Milner. A story of four women caught up in the heady world of show business. As tensions and disappointments increase in their lives, some of them turn to pills and stimulants, seeking escape from reality.
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| [ABC 9:00] Kung Fu [Reg]: The Way Of Violence Has No Mind
Season 2, episode 15 W: David Michael Korn D: Lee Philips With Ron Soble (Sheriff), Fritz Weaver (Hillquist), Robert Ito (Capt. Lee), Gary Merrill (Hoyle), June Vincent (Meg), Ted Gehring (Sarnicky), William Traylor (Maulpede), Jesse Dizon (Quoy), Victor Sen Yung (Chu). Caine finds himself caught in the middle when a trio of Chinese "Robin Hood" raiders prey on claim jumpers.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bob Hope Special [special]
With Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, Dionne Warwick, The DeFranco Family. Hope and Burt spoof "Papillon". Miss Warwick sings "Promises, Promises" and "My Love".
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| [ABC 10:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Blockade
Season 2, episode 17 W: James Menzies D: Virgil Vogel With Cheryl Ladd (Susan Morley), Ida Lupino (Wilma), Jock Mahoney (Mr. Morley), Patty McCormack (Jill Lawrence), Don Stroud (Chet Barrow), Charles Martin Smith (Rusty). Dets. Stone and Keller hunt for two men guilty of a coldly premeditated sexual assault and murder.
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| [NBC 10:00] Music Country U.S.A.
Season 1, episode 2 With Dionne Warwick, Tom T. Hall, Dorsey Burnette, Mac Davis, Donna Fargo, Jerry Reed.
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