Prime-time network TV listings for Friday April 12, 1974:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Ben-Hur (1959)
W: Karl Tunberg D: William Wyler With Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Sam Jaffe, Cathy O'Donnell, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring. A spectacular in the truest sense of the word, and one for the whole family, about the conflict between the Jews of Judea and the Romans in Jerusalem during the life of Christ. Heston plays an arisocratic Jew who suffers greatly at the hands of the Romans.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: Peter And The Wolf
Season 5, episode 5 W: Tam Spiva D: Leslie H. Martinson With Cindi Crosby (Sandra), Kathie Gibboney (Linda), Paul Fierro (Mr. Calderon), Alma Beltran (Mrs. Calderon), Bill Miller (Len). Peter poses as a high school senior to date an "older woman" so Greg can double-date a campus beauty. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/12/1973)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Fred, The Reluctant Fingerman
Season 3, episode 3 W: Gene Farmer D: Jack Shea With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins). Fred watches thieves rob Julio's home, but stubbornly refuses to identify the culprits. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1973)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Six Million Dollar Man [Reg]: Burning Bright
Season 1, episode 11 W: Del Reisman D: Jerry London With Quinn Redeker (Calvin Billings), William Shatner (Josh Lang), Warren Kemmerling (Dr. Ted Haldane), Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Ernesto Arruza), Anne Schedeen (Tina Larsen). An astronaut, after being exposed to an electrical field while in space, finds himself with the ability to communicate with dolphins and control people's minds..
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| [NBC 8:30] Lotsa Luck [Reg]: Will You Marry Me?
Season 1, episode 13 W: Steve Gordon D: Alan Rafkin With Pat Finley (Girlfriend). Stanley finds the girl he wants to spend the rest of his life with, but his girlfriend is not at all ready to get married. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/10/1973)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), part one
W: James Lee Barrett, George Stevens D: George Stevens With Max Von Sydow, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Telly Savalas, John Wayne, David McCallum, Dorothy McGuire, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer, Roddy McDowall, Donald Pleasence. An all-star cast gathered to recreate the Old Testament, detailing Christ's mission on earth and the events leading to the Crucifixion.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: The Songwriter
Season 4, episode 8 W: Buz Cohan, Bill Angelos D: Mel Ferber With Elinor Donahue (Miriam Welby), Wolfman Jack (Himself), Jaye P. Morgan (Herself). When Oscar dates Jaye P. Morgan, Felix is certain he can write a tune for her next show. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/2/1973)
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| [ABC 10:00] Toma [Reg]: The Madam
Season 1, episode 18 W: Juanita Bartlett D: Michael Schultz With Ina Balin, Suzanne Charny. Posing as a wealthy Italian businessman, Dave becomes friendly with the proprietress of a call girl ring to nail a procurer who turns young girls on to drugs to "turn them out" as prostitutes.
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