Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday April 11, 1974:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Roots
Season 2, episode 5 W: Sheldon Stark D: Philip Leacock With Hal Williams (Harley Foster), Lynn Hamilton (Verdie Foster), Noble Willingham (Mr. Denton), Erin Blunt (Jody Foster). Widow Verdie Foster asks John-Boy to help her persuade an itinerant fruit picker to settle down and marry her. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/11/1973)
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| [ABC 8:00] Chopper One [Reg]: Downtime
Season 1, episode 13 W: Ronald Austin, James D. Buchanan D: Richard Newton With Kenneth Tobey (Sgt. Reardon), William Watson (Peter Link), Dub Taylor (Rudy). Thinking that they will be able to relax while their chopper is undergoing repairs, Burdick and Foley find that they must race the clock to locate an extortionist before a bomb which he planted in a downtown building goes off. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Flip Wilson Show [Reg]
Season 4, episode 2 With William Windom, Sandy Duncan, Monty Hall, The Pointer Sisters. A highlight is a takeoff on TV host Monty Hall's Let's Make a Deal. The Pointer Sisters portray the screaming audience and Sandy, as an elderly lady, and Geraldine (Flip) Jones are the traders for the "big deal". Flip, Monty and Sandy sing and perform a medley of songs about walking. The Pointer Sisters sing "Old Songs" and "Cloudburst". Windom, who starred in the television series "My World and Welcome to It", based on characters by James Thurber, recites excerpts from Thurber. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/27/1973)
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| [ABC 8:30] Firehouse [Reg]: False Alarm
Season 1, episode 13 W: Robert Pirosh With Nora Heflin (Sandy), Peter Haskell (Gurney). Smoke inhalation sidelines Captain Ryerson and temporarily leaves Company 23 with a new leader. He is a maverick from the fire prevention squad, and his performance is under the tough scrutiny of the men.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Crosscurrent (1971)
W: Herman Miller D: Jerry Thorpe With Robert Hooks, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, John Randolph, Jose Ferrer, Jeremy Slate. Well-made San Francisco cops-and-robbers film with a 70s style murder story and a black inspector, who takes on the establishment over the murder of a shipping magnate's son, with particular emphasis on the menacing atmosphere created in a confrontation between the black cop and the black killers.
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| [ABC 9:00] Kung Fu [Reg]: The Cenotaph (2)
Season 2, episode 23 W: William Kelley D: Richard Lang With Nancy Kwan (Mayli Ho), Stefan Gierasch (McBurney / Kai Tong), Michael Pataki (Buskirk), Robert Ridgley (Whipple), Ned Romero (Lame Dog), Ed Bakey (Bloom), Ben Cooper (Goodnight), Ivan Naranjo (Tall Pot), Frank Ferguson (Bissell), Don Hanmer (Jaffe), Tim Haldeman (Shattrow). Caine and Logan arrive at the Sioux burial ground, to bury what Caine believes is Logan's wife in a huge crate, and are confronted by angry Sioux warriors who feel they are trespassing.
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| [NBC 9:00] Ironside [Reg]: In The Forests Of The Night
Season 7, episode 3 W: Michael P. Butler, Christopher Trumbo D: Russ Mayberry With Frank Aletter (Schneider), Lyle Bettger (Louis Blaine), Dana Wynter (Alexandra Hughes), Johnny Seven (Lt. Carl Reese), Mae Mercer (Zoe). The chief and his old flame happen to meet over a priceless art treasure that he intends to protect and she intends to steal. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/27/1973)
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| [ABC 10:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Going Home
Season 2, episode 5 W: Jack B. Sowards D: Robert Day With Milton Selzer (Eugene Beal), Arch Johnson (Caretaker at Alcatraz), Tom Bosley (Eddie Coughlin), Sheree North (Donna Coughlin), Brad Savage (Martin Coughlin). Dets. Stone and Keller hunt a bumbling thief before the mob gets him for holding up one of its numbers drops. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/11/1973)
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| [NBC 10:00] Music Country U.S.A.
Season 1, episode 10 With Jerry Reed, Jeanie C. Riley, Mac Davis, Buck Owens, Tom T. Hall, Freddie Hart. Dionne Warwick hosts.
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