Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday May 8, 1974:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour [Reg]: Show 59
Season 3, episode 16 With Danny Thomas, Ken Berry, George Foreman. Songs include "Heartbeat"; Cher solos "Dark Lady"; Cher sings with daughter Chastity at the end of the program. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/16/1974)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Cowboys [Reg]: Requiem For A Lost Son
Season 1, episode 12 W: James T. Byrnes, John Hawkins D: William Witney With Ted Gehring (Eben Graff), Irene Tedrow (Harriet Graff), Belinda Balaski (Obie Graff), Jerry Wills (Hiram Graff). Cameron employs a molasses-loving burro to avert a tragedy when a mountain family seeks revenge for the loss of a son. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: Lucas Tanner (1974)
W: Jerry McNeely, Eugene Price D: Richard Donner With David Hartman, Joe Garagiola, Kathleen Quinlan, Rosemary Murphy, Ramon Bieri, Nancy Malone, Robbie Rist, Michael Baseleon. A small-town high school teacher's progressive methods of classroom tactics threaten his job and his position in the community. Pilot movie for the series.
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: Killdozer (1974)
W: Theodore Sturgeon, Ed MacKillop D: Jerry London With Clint Walker, Carl Betz, Neville Brand, James A. Watson Jr., James Wainwright, Robert Urich. It's machine over man when a giant bulldozer goes berzerk after being possessed by a strange force in a meteorite it unearths, and begins attacking the construction crew.
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| [CBS 9:00] Cannon [Reg]: A Well Remembered Terror
Season 3, episode 15 W: Robert I. Holt D: Seymour Robbie With Robert Goulet (Capt. Mel Danvers), Davey Davison (Betty Wilson), Robert Pine (Paul Wilson), Eric Server (Co-Pilot), Michael Strong (Sporting Goods Owner). An airline captain's involvement in a $1 million skyjacking several years earlier becomes a clue in a bizarre case of harassment and vandalism. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/12/1973)
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| [NBC 9:30] Movie: In Tandem (1974)
W: Robert L. Collins, Herb Meadow D: Bernard L. Kowalski With Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Sondra Blake, Richard Angarola, Janis Hansen, Titos Vandis, Ann Coleman, Richard O'Brien. Two independent truck drivers, one a veteran and the other his young, college-educated partner, get involved with a group of beleaguered citrus growers. Pilot movie for the "Movin' On" series.
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| [CBS 10:00] Kojak [Reg]: The Only Way Out
Season 1, episode 22 W: Alvin Sapinsley D: Joel Oliansky With Howard Platt (Roy Benson), Joshua Bryant (Simon Hecht), Paul Jenkins (Timmy Oakes), Lee H. Montgomery (David Hecht), John Hillerman (Mark Gallant), Katherine Theodore (Melinda), Dori Brenner (Miss Rosenberg), Linda Weeks (Paula McKeown), William Tepper (Santangelo). Kojak helps a boy look for his missing father and finds a connection between his disappearance and a big-time jewel thief now living in Brazil.
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| [ABC 10:00] Doc Elliot [Reg]: And All Ye Need To Know
Season 1, episode 1 W: Sandor Stern D: Robert Totten With Meredith Baxter (Jenny), Mills Watson (Emmett), John Mitchum (Tucker), Link Wyler (Lloyd Patterson), William Mims (Baker), Woodrow Chambliss (Kelsey). Debut of a series in which James Franciscus returns to television as a modern-day doctor in Colorado. In the first episode, a blind girl reaches a critical point in her marriage when Elliot urges an operation that may restore her sight. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/10/1973)
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