Prime-time network TV listings for Friday August 29, 1975:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] TV Movie: Shell Game (1975)
W: Harold Jack Bloom D: Glenn Jordan With John Davidson, Tom Atkins, Robert Sampson, Maria O'Brien, Joan Van Ark, Louise Latham, Karen Machon, Robert Symonds, Gary Sandy, Jack Kehoe. A convicted con man risks another prison term when he sets out in Robin Hood style to fleece the crooked head of a big charity fund.
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[ABC 8:00] NCAA Preseason Special
Keith Jackson and Bud Wilkinson look at the upcoming college football season, profile three Heisman Trophy prospects (UCLA's John Sciarra, Oklahoma's Joe Washington, Ohio State's Archie Griffin), and review highlights of the '74 season including clips of the USC-Notre Dame and Michigan-Ohio State games.
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[NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: The Merger
Season 4, episode 14 W: Jerry Ross D: Bill Foster With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Danny Wells (Haywood Jones), Dick Whittington (TV Voice). Fred balks when Lamont and Julio want to combine their junk business into one "junk pile". (Repeat program, originally aired 12/20/1974)
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[NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: James Komack, Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernie West D: Peter Baldwin With Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Customer), Sidney Clute (Police Officer #1), Jerry Fogel (Police Officer #2). An irascible aging garage owner in the barrio of East Los Angeles takes on a young Chicano in an unpredictable partnership. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/13/1974)
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[ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Search For The Gods (1975)
W: Ken Pettus D: Jud Taylor With Stephen McHattie, Kurt Russell, Raymond St. Jacques, Ralph Bellamy, Victoria Racimo, Albert Paulsen. Evidence of prehistoric visitors to earth is the lure for three people to pursue a priceless medallion.
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[NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: Charlie Harris At Large
Season 1, episode 19 W: Zekial Marko D: Russ Mayberry With Tony Musante (Charlie Harris), David Spielberg (Sergeant Garvey), Warner Anderson (Alfred Bannister), Diana Muldaur (Linda Bannister), Mel Stewart (Police Lieutenant), Zekial Marko (Dr. Gabriel), Luis Delgado (Counterman), Eddie Firestone (Haines). A playboy who is suspected in the death of his wealthy wife turns to his former prison cellmate, Rockford, to prove his innocence. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/14/1975)
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[CBS 9:30] TV Movie: Kate McShane (1975)
W: E. Jack Neuman D: Marvin Chomsky With Anne Meara, Sean McClory, Charles Haid, Cal Bellini, Christine Belford, Charles Cioffi, Larry Gates, Stefan Gierasch, Alan Fudge. A flamboyant lawyer gets her father, who is a retired cop, and her brother, who is a Jesuit priest and a law professor, to help her solve the case of a rich woman accused of murdering her husband. Pilot film for a series.
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[NBC 10:00] Police Woman [Reg]: Blast
Season 1, episode 16 W: Chester Krumholz D: Alvin Ganzer With Robert Vaughn (Andrew Simms), George Murdock (Macon), Laraine Stephens (Christina Little), Maidie Norman (Nurse), John Crawford (Chief Parks), Gwil Richards (Doctor), Pete Marino (Maitre d), Hank Rolike (Trainer), Santos Morales (Carlos Ramirez), Frank O'Brien (Daner), Robert Emhardt (Apartment Manager), Ned Romero (Gomez), George Marshall (Jonas Van Dyke), Joyce Jillson (Florence). Sgt. Pepper Anderson poses as a go-go dancer working for a saloonkeeper in order to investigate a murder. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/24/1975)
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