Prime-time network TV listings for Friday January 31, 1975:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat [special]
W: Theodor Geisel D: Hawley Pratt With Allan Sherman, Daws Butler, Pamelyn Ferdin, Tony Frazier, Gloria Camacho. Animated adventure of the well-versed cat with the stovepipe hat. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Kolchak: The Night Stalker [Reg]: Chopper
Season 1, episode 15 W: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Steve Fisher, David Chase D: Bruce Kessler With Art Metrano (Henry "Studs" Spake), Larry Linville (Captain Jonas), Jim Backus (Herb Bresson), Sharon Farrell (Lila Morton), Jay Robinson (Professor Strig), Jesse White (Watchman), Steve Franken (Morgue Attendant), Fern Barry (Rita Baker), Joey Aresco (Electric Larry), Jack Bernardi (Otto), Jim Malinda (Snow White), Jimmy Murphy (Beaner), Ralph Montgomery (Claude). Kolchak's life is threatened when he stumbles into the path of a headless motorcycle riding executioner from the 1950's seeking revenge in the Chicago streets.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: The Masquerade Party
Season 4, episode 18 W: Ted Bergman D: Norman Abbott With Pat Morita (Ah Chew), John Barbour (Harry Monty), June Christopher (Brenda). Fred Sanford, dressed as a gorilla, and Grady, dressed as a ballerina, participate in a TV game show. They become contestants on "Wheel and Deal", hosted by John Barbour, in order to win a birthday gift for Lamont.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Little Mermaid [special]
W: Christine Larocque, Peter Sander D: Peter Sander Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale about a beautiful sea creature in search of an immortal soul. Richard Chamberlain narrates. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: If I Were A Rich Man
Season 1, episode 16 W: Jerry Ross D: Bill Foster With Liberty Williams (Marilyn Simmons), Perry Cook (Customer). It's Ed's job to tell Chico that his fiancee has returned his engagement ring, but the message never quite gets delivered.
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| [CBS 9:00] Smithsonian Special: Flight: The Sky's The Limit [special]
W: George Lefferts Through the eyes of four high-school boys who devote all their spare time to restoring vintage airplanes, the fun and excitement of mankind's age-old romance with flight unfolds, from the early balloon and biplane pioneers to landings on the moon. The program follows the boys from Silver Hill and the Air and Space Museum to an aerial circus in Virginia to Kitty Hawk.
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| [ABC 9:00] Hot L Baltimore [Reg]: Millie's Beau
Season 1, episode 2 W: Rudy DeLuca, Barry Levinson With Phil Leeds (Ronald Shelburne). Trying to shield Millie from the truth about her boyfriend seems destined to backfire when tragedy strikes the "gentleman" in question.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: Claire
Season 1, episode 17 W: Stephen J. Cannell, Edward J. Lakso D: William Wiard With Linda Evans (Claire Prescott), Lance LeGault (Stone), Jackie Cooper (Capt. Highland), Lane Smith (Willett), Douglas Fowley (Ted). Rockford does a favor for a former fiancee and is promptly plunged into a tug-o-war between police and the underworld. She persuades him to check on a "friend" under the pretense that she is being victimized by a loan shark.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: The Rent Strike
Season 5, episode 17 W: Martin A. Ragaway D: Norm Gray With Herbie Faye (Elmer), Victor Buono (Hugo Lovelace), Fritzi Burr (Mrs. Perkins), Peter Hobbs (Lawyer), Ed Peck (Mr. Ralston), Rodney Allen Rippy (Building Owner), Georgia Schmidt (Mrs. Osgood). To improve the poor service in the building, Felix organizes the tenants and when they eventually turn against him only Oscar remains loyal.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Best Congress Money Can Buy
CBS reports on political campaigning which cost an estimated $80 million for the mid-term Congressional elections of 1974, and has become a big-money event relying on the contributions of special interest groups. Dan Rather narrates.
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| [ABC 10:00] Baretta [Reg]: Woman In The Harbor
Season 1, episode 3 W: Robert I. Holt, Don Balluck D: Bernard L. Kowalski With Bill McKinney (Daniel Greach), Ann Coleman (Virginia Marriott), Carole Cook (Mrs. Marriott), Ron Soble (Carl Brazil), Brock Peters (John Shockley), Ed Lauter (Ed Borgere), Helen Funai (Kim), Gina Alvarado (Maid). When Baretta investigates the supposed death of a girl, he fears she is alive, but has disappeared. He then tries to get help from a police lieutenant to find the girl but meets with a strange reluctance.
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Woman [Reg]: No Place To Hide
Season 1, episode 17 W: Sean Baine D: Leonard Horn With Katherine Justice (Mary Webster), Tom Rosqui (Erik Mundy), David Selby (Nate Fesler), Mark Harmon (Paul Donin), Stephen Young (Ray Bradford), C. Lindsay Workman (Medical Examiner), Sarah Simmons (Susan), Carolyn Stellar (Tina), Gerald York (Jay Miller), John Finnegan (Sgt. Bingham), Joan Crosby (Landlady), Gordon Jump (Professor Southern), Jerry Fujikawa (Dr. Taka), Leanna Johnson (Wanda), Jim Malinda (Rizzo). Sgt. Pepper Anderson and Sgt. Bill Crowley seek the slayer of several people who had been living under assumed names and false identities.
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