Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday April 16, 1975:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Tony Orlando And Dawn [Reg]
Season 1, episode 2 With Jackie Gleason, Nancy Walker. Jackie gives Tony a lesson in coining phrases, Nancy is cast as a snowbird, and Tony attempts to salute his childhood cowboy heroes. The entire cast gets together for "That's Entertainment", a series of blackouts covering show business from vaudeville to the present. Jackie and Tony do "I'll Teach You Everything I Know"; Tony sings "Snowbird" and "I Shot the Sheriff"; Tony Orlando and Dawn do "Hello, My Baby", and Tony closes with "Hava Nagila". (Repeat program, originally aired 12/11/1974)
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[ABC 8:00] That's My Mama [Reg]: Cousin Albert
Season 1, episode 4 W: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon D: Bob Lahendro With Gordon Jump (Officer O'Reilly), William Elliott (Albert). Mama wants Clifton to be successful like his Cousin Albert. What she doesn't know is that her nephew's money comes from dealing in drugs. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/25/1974)
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[NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: If I Should Wake Before I Die
Season 1, episode 6 W: Harold Swanton D: Victor French With Josephine Hutchinson (Amy Hearn), Ruth McDevitt (Maddie), Herman Poppe (Andy), Brett Parker (Sean), Robin Muir (Maureen), Janice Carroll (Mother), Betty Lynn (Bridget), Henry Olek (Father Gorman). Pa Ingalls helps an elderly neighbor stage her own wake in order to bring her distant offspring home. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/23/1974)
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[ABC 8:30] TV Movie: The Bait (1973)
W: Gordon Cotler, Don Mankiewicz, Dorothy Uhnak D: Leonard Horn With William Devane, Donna Mills, Michael Constantine, Arlene Golonka, June Lockhart, Thalmus Rasulala, Noam Pitlik, Gianni Russo. An attractive undercover policewoman risks her life as she lures a homicidal maniac into a trap that almost backfires when she is tapped as the next victim.
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[CBS 9:00] Cannon [Reg]: Lady In Red
Season 4, episode 4 W: Max Hodge D: William Wiard With Claudia Jennings (Susan Williams), Steve Forrest (Mr. Rogers), Laraine Stephens (Evelyn Rogers), David Soul (Udo Giesen), Robert Emhardt (J.N. Hagenson), Lawrence Montaigne (Armand Duvall), Elissa Von Zobor (Leni Giesen). A businessman hires Cannon to covertly oversee his female courier's risky mission and then fires him when distaste overtakes the operation. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/2/1974)
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[NBC 9:00] Lucas Tanner [Reg]: Three Letter Word
Season 1, episode 6 W: Leonard Stadd, Arlene Stadd D: Walter Doniger With Ben Wilson (Ted Randolph), Jack Collins (Edward Trask), Kathleen Hughes (Clare Jay), Jim Bradford (Doug Raynor), Nancy Malone (Mrs. Howell), Kathleen Quinlan (Joyce Howell), Michael Baseleon (Tim Howell), Tom Troupe (Mike Sweet), Cissy Wellman (Angela). Tanner faces a major confrontation with parents and the school board when one of his classroom assignments prompts the need for a frank discussion of sex. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/23/1974)
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[CBS 10:00] The Manhunter [Reg]: Web Of Fear
Season 1, episode 15 W: Robert C. Dennis With Bill Fletcher, David White (Bullock), George DiCenzo (Horgan), Michael Baseleon (Williams), Shirley Knight. A young woman sees the murder of a grand jury witness and becomes a target for the killers. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/1/1975)
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[ABC 10:00] Baretta [Reg]: The Secret Of Terry Lake
Season 1, episode 11 W: Philip DeGuere D: Russ Mayberry With Sharon Cintron (Mimi), John Ward (Foley), Rickey Johnson (Tommy), Allan Rich (Joe the Hammer), Norman Cole (Ryan), Margot Kidder (Terry Lake), Joe Santos (George Marcos), M. Emmet Walsh (Potter), Nicholas Colasanto (Danelle), Alice Allyn (Alice), Don Carrara (Garcia). Baretta comes to believe that a mobster is being framed for the murder of his boss, when the man's girlfriend is too scared to confirm his alibi.
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[NBC 10:00] The Law: Part 2: Special Circumstances [special]
W: Tom Greene, Joel Oliansky D: Joel Oliansky With Judd Hirsch, Eugene Roche, Val Avery, Ron Masak, Gerald McRaney, Tyne Daly, Jim Antonio, Quinn Redeker, Annazette Chase, Alex Nicol. Attorney Murray Stone takes over the penalty phase of a trial and tries to save the life of a confessed and convicted killer.
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