Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday September 4, 1974:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Cannon [Reg]: He Who Digs A Grave (1)
Season 3, episode 1 W: Stephen Kandel D: Richard Donner With Anne Baxter (Mayor Helen Blyth), David Janssen (Ian Kirk), Tim O'Connor (Martin Ross), Murray Hamilton (Arthur Gibson), Louise Troy (Louise Gibson), Barry Sullivan (Sheriff Luke), Virginia Gregg (Emma), Robert Hogan (Deputy), Royal Dano (Dr. Binns), Dabbs Greer (Windom Salter), Lee Purcell (Marian Luke), R.G. Armstrong (Denning), Cathy Lee Crosby (Irene Kirk). William Conrad returns for his third season as portly private eye Frank Cannon. Tonight, Cannon faces the hostitlity of a small cattle community as he attempts to clear an old friend of two murder charges. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/12/1973)
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| [ABC 8:00] That's My Mama [Reg]: Whose Child Is This?
Season 1, episode 1 W: Larry Siegel D: Bob Lahendro With Judy Pace (Judy Wilson), Teddy Wilson (Andrew Carruthers). Series concerning a black family living in Washington, D.C. where the son, Clifton, runs the family barbershop inherited from his father. Tonight, Clifton is presented with a baby boy and a marriage proposal when a former Army romance returns to haunt him, claiming that he is the father of her child.
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| [NBC 8:00] Fools, Females And Fun [special]
'What About That One?' stars Dick Sargent as an account executive who wants everything a co-executive seems to have, including his top client (Julie Newmar). 'Is There A Doctor In The House?' stars Barry Nelson as middle-aged Dr. David, and Barbara Rush as his ambitious, do-gooder wife, whose ski weekend with another couple gets more complicated than either planned. 'I've Gotta Be Me' stars Jack Cassidy as a Las Vegas singer whose trip to Palm Springs with a chorus girl (Julie Sommars) proves disastrous.
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: Trapped (1973)
W: Frank De Felitta D: Frank De Felitta With James Brolin, Susan Clark, Earl Holliman, Robert Hooks. A man finds himself trapped after hours in a department store with vicious guard dogs on every floor.
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| [NBC 9:30] Clarence Darrow [special]
Hanry Fonda stars as the famed trial lawyer in this one-man play by David W. Rintels, based on Irving Stone's book 'Clarence Darrow For The Defense'. The play covers Darrow's early life, deals with his thoughts and opinions, focuses on his two marriages and highlights some of his principal cases, including the 'monkey trial' confrontation with William Jennings Bryan in 1925.
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| [CBS 10:00] Kojak [Reg]: Dead On His Feet
Season 1, episode 18 W: Jack Laird D: Jeannot Szwarc With Jed Allan (Eddie Ryan), Harry Guardino (Det. Benny Furore), Malachi Throne (Solly DeChico), Joanne Linville (Ellen Ryan), Juno Dawson (Inez). A police detective keeps his terminal illness a secret as he begins the pursuit of his partner's murderer. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/6/1974)
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| [ABC 10:00] 1974 News Emmy Awards [special]
Dick Cavett is the host for this presentation of the Emmy Awards for television news and documentary programs. The program will tell the history of the year as the entries are nominated for honors.
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