Prime-time network TV listings for Monday March 25, 1974:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Selfish Giant [special]
W: Peter Sander D: Peter Sander With Paul Hecht. Animated adaptation of Oscar Wilde's story of a hard-hearted giant who had to endure life in a permanent winter blizzard because he refused to allow little children to play in his beautiful garden. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Rookies [Reg]: Frozen Smoke
Season 2, episode 4 W: Robert I. Holt D: Harry Falk With Walter Brooke (Karl Halley), John Travolta (Eddie Halley), Scott Jacoby (Tim Halley), Sally Carter (Mrs. Potter), Judy Farrell (Ruth Skidmore), Annette O'Toole (Pregnant Woman), Charles Shull (John Skidmore), Kristen Gipson (Saundra Potter). While assigned to the juvenile detail, rookies Terry Webster and Willie Gillis witness a 16-year-old boy beating another boy over the alleged theft of a bicycle, with tragic results. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/1/1973)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Magician [Reg]: The Illusion Of The Cat's Eye
Season 1, episode 20 W: David Chase, Paul Playdon D: Paul Stanley With Joseph Sirola (Dominick), Claudette Nevins (Suzanne Kelly), Don Gordon (Larry Ford), John Dehner (Simon Russell), Marianna Hill (Leila Russell), J. Jay Saunders (Lt. Kendricks), David Frankham (Derek Sheffield), Joseph Ruskin (Hassid), Joseph Mell (Hal). In the search for a missing art treasure, Anthony Blake tracks a ruthless beauty and her killer panther.
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| [CBS 8:30] Dr. Seuss' The Lorax [special]
Animated children's story, based on characters created by Theodore (Dr. Seuss) Geisel, tells of the Lorax, a Seussian symbol of ecology, who speaks out in a plea for the preservation of some threatened Truffula trees and Grickle grass. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] Here's Lucy [Reg]: Lucy And Danny Thomas
Season 6, episode 1 W: Bob O'Brien D: Coby Ruskin With Danny Thomas (Danny Gallupi), Hans Conried (William Barkley), Sid Gould (Bidder). The sixth season begins with an undiscovered painter whose plight intrigues Lucy and leads her to promote his artistic talent instantly. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/10/1973)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Cleopatra (1963), part two
W: J.L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDonough, Sidney Buchman D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Hume Cronyn, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, Cesare Danova, John Hoyt. Conclusion of the epic tale of Julius Caesar and his fatal attraction to Queen Cleopatra of Egypt -- ultimately Caesar is assassinated. Caesar's closest friend, Marc Antony, is also fatally attracted, leading to a battle for the leadership of Rome.
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| [NBC 9:00] NCAA Basketball Tournament
Final game, Marquette vs. North Carolina State, from Greensboro, NC.
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| [CBS 9:30] The New Dick Van Dyke Show [Reg]: Those Who Care
Season 3, episode 1 D: Alan Rafkin With Carl Reiner (Announcer), Barbara Rush (Margot Brighton). The third season opens in a new setting -- Hollywood -- as Dick and Jenny Preston have moved from Arizona to California so that Dick can pursue an acting career. Tonight's episode finds Dick landing the job of second lead in a daytime serial, whose star makes Jenny nervous. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/10/1973)
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| [CBS 10:00] Medical Center [Reg]: The World's A Balloon
Season 5, episode 22 W: Martin Roth D: Michael Caffey With Beverly Garland (Kay), Dom DeLuise (Max), Norman Fell (Frank), Lee H. Montgomery (Jerry), Karen Morrow (Norma), Anne Seymour (Judge), Dale Tarter (Dr. Wayburn). An aging, lackluster but ever-ambitious ventriloquist finds his dearest pal and manager -- his 14-year-old orphaned nephew -- about to be separated from him by the court after the boy is found to be seriously ill.
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