Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday April 30, 1975:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Magnificent Monsters Of The Deep [special]
A look at the rare southern right whale and the story of zoologist Roger Payne's sojourn to the desolate Patagonian coast of Argentina with his wife and their four children to study the great mammal. Orson Welles narrates.
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[ABC 8:00] That's My Mama [Reg]: The Shakedown
Season 1, episode 17 W: Rick Mittleman D: Stan Lathan With Lonny Stevens (Nate Pritchart), George Reynolds (Pig Iron Brooks), Ella Mae Brown (Martha Pritchart), Dave Turner (Big Jelly), Alfonso Williams (Red Dog). Loan sharks turn Clifton's barbershop into a bookie joint after he co-signs a loan for Earl. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/15/1975)
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[NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: School Mom
Season 1, episode 9 W: Ward Hawkins D: Michael Landon With Tracie Savage (Christy Kennedy), Robert Hoffman (Sandy Kennedy), Jimmy McNichol (Harry Baker), Dirk Blocker (Abel Makay), Kelly Thordsen (Baker Makay). Ma has a problem with an out-sized oafish boy during the time she substitutes at the schoolhouse. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/13/1974)
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[ABC 8:30] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Starsky & Hutch
Season 0, episode 1 W: William Blinn, Aaron Spelling D: Barry Shear With Michael Lerner (Fat Rolly), Albert Morgenstern (D.A. Mark Henderson), Michael Conrad (Cannell), Richard Ward (Captain Dobey), Gilbert Green (Frank Tallman), Carole Ita White (Gretchen Kneble), Don Billett (Steele), Gordon Jump (Vinnie), Karen Lamm (Patty), Douglas Fowley (Litah), Larry Manetti (Sian), Buddy Lester (Coley). An unorthodox pair of tough undercover cops investigate a double homicide only to discover that they are the intended victims. Pilot for the series.
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[CBS 9:00] Cannon [Reg]: The Avenger
Season 4, episode 7 W: Robert Sherman D: Corey Allen With Robert Walker Jr. (Del Foxworth), Dane Clark (Arthur), Greg Mullavey (Calloway), Kay Lenz (Sally), Diana Douglas (Mrs. Foxworth), Henry Beckman (Billy Burrows), Nora Marlowe (Edna), George Gaynes (Edward Foxworth), Karl Lukas (Truck Driver), Florence Sundstrom (Mae), Sandy Balson (Ruth Anschluss), Pat Morita (Chuck Yamagata), David Dukes (Ted Anschluss). A former police officer is bent on avenging the death of his policeman brother who died while doing Cannon a favor. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/30/1974)
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[NBC 9:00] TV Movie: The Blue Knight (1973), part one
W: Joseph Wambaugh, E. Jack Neuman D: Robert Butler With William Holden, Lee Remick, Joe Santos, Sam Elliott, Eileen Brennan, Vic Tayback. In an adaptation of Joseph Wambaugh's best-seller, Bumper Morgan, a 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, decides to retire. The drama will air in two parts, concluding on Thursday at the same time.
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[CBS 10:00] Dan August [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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[ABC 10:00] Baretta [Reg]: This Ain't My Bag
Season 1, episode 12 W: Paul Magistretti D: Jerry London With John Ward (Foley), June Smaney (Rosie), Sharon Cintron (Mimi), Keene Curtis (Eric Metz), Maggie Sullivan (Catherine Ellison), Joseph George (Coroner), Maida Severn (Dowager), Arnold Turner (Policeman), Alice Allyn (Alice), Granville Van Dusen (George Parsons), Michael Murphy (Mike Parsons), Fritzi Burr (Mrs. Schwartz), Matilda Calnan (Mrs. Stark). Sent to posh Mount Chester to find a beautiful and rich young missing woman, Tony Baretta discovers the flowers are about the only things which really smell sweet in the exclusive suburb and yearns for his regular beat on the city's seamy streets.
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