Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday April 14, 1974:
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Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] The Waltons [Reg]: An Easter Story
Season 1, episode 24 W: John McGreevey D: Philip Leacock With John Ritter (Rev. Matthew Fordwick), David Doremus (G.W. Haynes), Victor Izay (Dr. Vance), Ann Carol Pearson (Admissions Clerk), Don Collier (Dr. Miller), Joe Frank Carollo (Tom). In a special two-hour episode, a severe crisis in the Walton home occurs when Olivia is stricken with polio and faces the possibility of permanent paralysis. She tries to effect a cure herself based on faith and sheer will, at the same time encouraging the children to develop their own interests as if nothing had changed. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/19/1973)
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| [ABC 7:30] The F.B.I. [Reg]: Confessions Of A Madman
Season 9, episode 22 W: Richard Landau D: Philip Abbott With Elliott Street (Darsie Neal), Mary Frann (Pat Driscoll), Christine Dixon, Jodean Russo, Lynne Marie Stewart. After fatal attacks on two university coeds have occurred, Inspector Lewis Erskine is called in to investigate the attempted murder of a third girl.
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: Secrets Of Pirate's Inn (1)
Season 16, episode 8 W: Herman Groves D: Gary Nelson With Ed Begley (Dennis McCarthy), Paul Fix (Vern Padgett), Charles Aidman (Carl Buchanan). The adventure tale of a retired Irish sea captain who searches for the legendary treasure of pirate Jean Lafitte in Louisiana. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/23/1969)
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: Thursday's Game (1974)
W: James L. Brooks D: Robert Moore With Gene Wilder, Bob Newhart, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Martha Scott, Nancy Walker, Rob Reiner, Valerie Harper, Norman Fell, Richard Schaal, Dick Gautier. Satirical story of two married men who continue to celebrate their once-a-week freedom even after the break-up of their weekly poker game, and wander the streets discussing their life and marriages.
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| [NBC 8:30] McMillan And Wife [Reg]: Death Of A Monster...Birth Of A Legend
Season 3, episode 1 W: Gordon Cotler, Don M. Mankiewicz D: Daniel Petrie With Roddy McDowall (Jamie McMillan), Roger C. Carmel (Houston Gorman), John McLiam (Desmond Ramsey), Jennifer Leak (Nell), Scott Thomas (Duncan), Diana Webster (Mrs. McTaggert). The third season kicks off as the McMillans are summoned to Scotland by Mac's Uncle Michael, who is found dead on their arrival. Although it appears to be a suicide, the commissioner comes across some likely suspects, including his uncle's grandson, the only heir to a sizable fortune. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/30/1973)
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| [CBS 9:30] The First Woman President [special]
With Eva Marie Saint, Richard Basehart, Edward Binns, Gene Raymond. Adapted from the Gene Smith book, "When the Cheering Stopped", this program dramatizes the story of the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, and his wife Edith - who took over the reins of the presidency after the President suffered a stroke in 1919 - and kept him incommunicado from members of government for the remainder of his term.
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| [NBC 10:00] NBC Reports
A report on the problem over 70 million Americans have - that of being overweight. Paul Cunningham, producer and reporter for the program, went coast to coast interviewing various experts on the subject of obesity and asking some of the best ways to reduce.
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