Prime-time network TV listings for Friday January 3, 1975:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
W: Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes D: Ken Hughes With Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, Gert Frobe. A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.
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| [ABC 8:00] Kung Fu [Reg]: This Valley Of Terror
Season 3, episode 3 W: Katharyn Michaelian, Michael Michaelian D: Harry Harris With James Hong (Madman), Sondra Locke (Gwyneth), Howard Duff (Jenkins), Jan Sterling (Mrs. Jenkins), Joe Renteria (Brings Plenty), Ken Swofford (Tracer), John Quade (Johnson), Bobby Clark (Father), Bill Catching (Frank). A journey to mysterious Indian burial grounds -- and into the frightening recesses of the human mind -- awaits Caine when he encounters a woman who has escaped from an insane asylum. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1974)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: The Surprise Party
Season 4, episode 1 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Norman Abbott With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Fuddle Bagley (Jesse). The fourth season begins with Fred Sanford returning home after a long trip to St. Louis. Lamont arranges a surprise party for him, but it's Lamont who gets the shock of his life. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/13/1974)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Garage Sale
Season 1, episode 13 W: Ed Jurist D: Peter Baldwin With Florida Friebus (Althea Nelson), Hope Summers (Lucille Nelson), Richard X. Slattery (Inspector Flynn), Louis Quinn (Rudy), Carl Gottlieb, Paul Lichtman. When Ed and Chico stage a garage sale, their antique items are matched by bizarre customers.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Six Million Dollar Man [Reg]: The Pioneers
Season 2, episode 2 W: Bill Svanoe D: Christian I. Nyby II With Alan Oppenheimer (Dr. Rudy Wells), Mike Farrell (David Tate), Joan Darling (Nicole Simmons), Robert F. Simon (Sheriff), Vince Howard (Walker), Milt Kogan (Air Force Major), Bill Sorrells (Air Force Sergeant). The crash of a space capsule testing a cryogenically frozen couple forces Steve Austin to use all his bionic powers to subdue one of the astronauts who has gained incredible strength and has run amok. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/20/1974)
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: Aura Lee, Farewell
Season 1, episode 14 W: Edward J. Lakso D: Jackie Cooper With Robert Webber (Sen. Evan Murdock), Lindsay Wagner (Sara Butler), Greg Mullavey (Dirk Shaefer), Bill Mumy (Trask), Melissa Greene (Aura Lee Benton), Henry Slate (Oscar), Linda Dano (Ellen Murdock), Tom Scott (Motel Clerk). The operator of a boutique shop hires Rockford again to solve the homicide of her friend, this time involving a state senator and a conman.
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| [ABC 10:00] Illegal Aliens: The Gate Crashers
An examination of the problems and effects on our society of the millions of illegal aliens who have entered the country and continue to enter the country in disregard of our laws. Ted Koppel narrates.
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Woman [Reg]: Target Black
Season 1, episode 14 W: Irving Gaynor Neiman D: Charles S. Dubin With Warren Stevens (Neil Armitage), Paul Linke (Harry), Ruby Dee (Cora Sanders), Alan Weeks (Michaels), Terrence Locke (Raynor), Karen Morley (Landlady), Pervis Atkins (Boomer), Jason Wingreen (Taxi Manager), Robert B. Williams (Gardner), Ralph Manza (Lombardi), Elliott Apstein (Fred), Robert Ginty (Anson Croy), Borah Silver (Maddox), Mary Alice (Marnie). A political activist, against her wishes, gets protection from the undercover unit during a visit to a university campus.
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