Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday January 9, 1975:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Rikki-Tikki-Tavi [special]
W: Chuck Jones D: Chuck Jones With June Foray, Les Tremayne, Lennie Weinrib, Michael LeClair, Shepard Menken. Animated special narrated by Orson Welles, based on Kipling's story of the mongoose who is saved from drowning by a boy and his parents. The animal not only becomes a member of the household, but is the family's defender against two dreaded cobras.
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| [ABC 8:00] Adventure In America [special]
Singer-composer Judy Collins will tell the story in word and song of people facing the constant threat of forest fires in two small communities located in the hot, dry pine lands east of San Diego.
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| [NBC 8:00] Of Women And Men
A special three-hour presentation examining the changing relationships between women and men in this country. The opinions of 100 outstanding Americans in widely contrasted fields are presented to determine the probable shape of man-woman relationships in the next quarter-century. Barbara Walters and Tom Snyder are the cohosts.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Waltons [Reg]: The Matchmakers
Season 3, episode 17 W: John McGreevey D: Jack Shea With John Ritter (Rev. Matthew Fordwick), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Corabeth Walton), Jon Locke (Beldon), Audrey Berindey (Rebecca), Lanna Saunders (Mrs. Cook). John's spinster cousin arrives for a short visit that becomes so extensive that the family encourages her to marry Ike Godsey.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: False Witness
Season 3, episode 15 W: Mort Fine D: Paul Stanley With A Martinez (Officer Vega), John Kerr (Jerry O'Brien), Lloyd Battista (Roberto Perez), Lenore Stevens (Dorothy Silveira), Malachi Throne (Mr. Howard), Jay Varela (Rodriguez), Carmen Zapata (Maria Vega), Rafael Campos (Chico), Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Ramon Vega), Lenore Kasdorf (Bonnie), Les Lannom (Officer Bryce), Robert Brubaker (Judge George), Tony Perez (Ybarra). An officer has a personal vendetta with a narcotics dealer and Inspector Keller unwittingly gets involved in planting evidence.
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| [CBS 9:30] Benjamin Franklin: The Rebel [special]
W: David Shaw D: Glenn Jordan With Richard Widmark, Honor Blackman, Georgia Brown, Hurd Hatfield, Ian Holm, John Neville, Anthony Quayle, Roger Livesey. The third of the miniseries of four drama specials based on the life of Benjamin Franklin. This episode portrays Franklin during his long stay in London as a representative of several American colonies. During this time Franklin revised his belief that there could be a reconciliation between England and her colonies in America, finally becoming convinced that rapport between the two was impossible.
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| [ABC 10:00] Harry O [Reg]: The Last Heir
Season 1, episode 14 W: Gene Thompson D: Richard Lang With Jeanette Nolan (Letty), Katherine Justice (Anne), Clifford David (Jeff), Sylvia Field (Loretta), Whit Bissell (Col. Zachary), Irene Tedrow (Helen). Harry is stranded at a rich old woman's desert home, where one member of her family is killing off all the other potential heirs.
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