Prime-time network TV listings for Friday March 28, 1975:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Grandpa Max [special]
W: Aaron Ruben D: John Rich With Larry Best, Michael Lerner, Dick Van Patten, Brad Savage, Suzanne Astor. In a comedy pilot for a possible series, a crusty widowed grandfather decides to move to a senior citizen's home because his son treats him like a feeble old man.
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| [ABC 8:00] Kolchak: The Night Stalker [Reg]: The Sentry
Season 1, episode 20 W: L. Ford Neale, John Huff D: Seymour Robbie With Craig R. Baxley (The Creature), Kathie Browne (Lt. Irene Lamont), Frank Campanella (Ted Chapman), John Hoyt (Dr. Beckwith), Tom Bosley (Jack Flaherty), Albert Paulsen (Dr. Verhyden), Margaret Avery (Ruth Van Galen), George Finley (Dr. Phillips), Frank Marth (Colonel Brody), Tom Moses (Dr. Gordon), Cliff Norton (Arnie Wisemore). Kolchak's investigation of bizarre deaths in an underground archives unearths the guardian of mysterious eggs that threaten to scramble Kolchak's big story into his own obituary. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Season 4, episode 2 W: Jerry Ross D: Bill Foster With Beverly Sanders (Nora Simpson), Cathy Cooper (Woman), Gloria Delaney (Janet), John Hawker (William). In order to collect money bequeathed by an uncle, Fred Sanford tries to get Lamont a wife with the help of a computer dating service. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/20/1974)
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| [CBS 8:30] We'll Get By [Reg]: A Moving Story
Season 1, episode 3 George is offered the job of his dreams, but it would mean uprooting the family and leaving New Jersey.
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Borrowed Trouble
Season 1, episode 5 W: Norman Barasch, Carroll Moore D: Peter Baldwin With Larry Hovis (Customer), Alma Beltran, Raymond Vago (Customer), Julio Medina (Delgado). Though Ed is reluctant, Chico convinces him that borrowing money is a "good old American custom". (Repeat program, originally aired 10/11/1974)
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| [CBS 9:00] We'll Get By [Reg]: A Woman's Place Is In The World
Season 1, episode 4 W: Alan Alda Liz is undecided whether to go back to school for a teaching degree, or give up the dream for good.
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| [ABC 9:00] Hot L Baltimore [Reg]: Historic L Baltimore
Season 1, episode 10 W: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran With Bernie Kopell (Travez), John Fujioka (Mitsobushi), George Skaff (Sheik), Jerry Fujikawa (Tamaka). Ainsley, thwarted for months in his plans to save the hotel from being torn down, finally gets it declared a historical landmark.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), part one
W: James Lee Barrett, George Stevens D: George Stevens With Max Von Sydow, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Telly Savalas, John Wayne, David McCallum, Dorothy McGuire, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer, Roddy McDowall, Donald Pleasence. A dramatic presentation of Christ's life based on the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. The film opens with birth of Jesus in Bethlehem and King Herod's subsequent order to have all male children in that city killed. Concludes Saturday at 9 pm.
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| [CBS 9:30] TV Movie: Force Five (1975)
W: Michael Gleason, David Levinson D: Walter Grauman With Gerald Gordon, Nicholas Pryor, William Lucking, Leif Erickson, Bradford Dillman, David Spielberg, Roy Jenson, James Hampton. When regular police tactics fail to control crime in the streets and citizens start taking the law into their own hands, a special undercover unit is formed, composed of ex-cons chosen for their diverse backgrounds and special skills.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: Strike Up The Band Or Else
Season 5, episode 6 W: Rick Mittleman D: Jay Sandrich With Pernell Roberts (Billy Jack), Jim Boles (Sam), Alan Copeland (Piano Player), Dick Curtis (Dick). Oscar drops $500 in a poker game with a wealthy Texan and covers his debt by offering the services of a western band -- Felix's -- for the winner's party. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/17/1974)
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| [ABC 10:00] Baretta [Reg]: If You Can't Pay The Price
Season 1, episode 4 W: John Thomas James, Tony Morgan D: Bernard L. Kowalski With John Marley (Louis Durone), Jan Merlin (Slater), Danny Goldman (Harrow), Gene LeBell (Driver), Roy Jenson (Patsy), Dick Durock (Kogan), Larry Goldman (Doctor), Harold Fong (Servant), Ref Sanchez (Gateman), Val Bisoglio (Pete Skalare), Bert Santos (Mola). A close relationship develops between Baretta and a "godfather" who is trying to retire, but is involved in one last shipment of narcotics. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/7/1975)
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