Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday October 2, 1975:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Prophecy
Season 4, episode 4 W: Marion Hargrove D: Harry Harris With Lynn Carlin (Eula Mae), James Gammon (Zack Roswell), Jeff Cotler (B.C. Graddy Jr.), Deanna Lund (Mrs. Graddy), Sandra Deel (Rachel Stubblefield), James Ray (G. Cleveland Cathcart), William Phipps (John Martin Renshaw), Beaumont Bruestle (Dr. Porter), Nicole Henzel (Ernestine), Brian Part (Melvin Graddy), Nobel Willingham (B.C. Graddy). John Walton becomes depressed by the approach of the 25th reunion of his high school class.
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| [ABC 8:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Ambush
Season 2, episode 4 W: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan D: Noam Pitlik With Milt Kogan (Officer Kogan), David Doyle (Emil Ditka), Dick O'Neill (Detective Kelly). One of Barney's officers is sidelined by a gunshot wound that proves more embarrassing than painful.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Montefuscos [Reg]: Do You Take This Montefusco?
Season 1, episode 5 Poppa and Mama renew their marriage vows for their 40th wedding anniversary but Mama causes great consternation, especially for Poppa, when she refuses to say "obey".
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| [ABC 8:30] On The Rocks [Reg]: The Legacy
Season 1, episode 4 D: John Rich With Pat Cranshaw (Gabby), Jack Grimes (Baxter). While recuperating in the infirmary, Fuentes is given a map to money that was buried by a fellow inmate who thinks he's not long for this world.
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| [NBC 8:30] Fay [Reg]: Jack's Heart Attack
Season 1, episode 5 Jack has an apparent heart attack and makes a hospital bed confession of his marital indiscretions to ex-wife Fay, only to learn later that he's not going to die.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Fear On Trial (1975)
W: David W. Rintels D: Lamont Johnson With George C. Scott, William Devane, Dorothy Tristan, William Redfield, Allan Miller, John Harkins, John Lehne, Ben Piazza, John McMartin, Lois Nettleton, John Houseman, Judd Hirsch, David Susskind, Mark Goodson, Milt Kogan. The story of John Henry Faulk, a radio/TV personality of the 1950s, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Faulk sued the organization that was behind the blacklisting, and the resultant trial, and Faulk's victory, helped to put an end to the blacklisting period.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Men Will Die
Season 4, episode 4 W: Shirl Hendryx D: William Hale With Deirdre Lenihan (Nancy Price), Michael Parks (Jack Marlow), Vera Miles (Catherine Wyatt), Sheila Wells (Miss Bennington), Anitra Ford (Mildred Parker), Jennifer Shaw (Angie). An organization of angry rape victims helps a friend of Stone's daughter press for conviction of the man who raped her.
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| [NBC 9:00] Ellery Queen [Reg]: The Adventure Of The Comic Book Crusader
Season 1, episode 4 W: Robert Van Scoyk D: Peter H. Hunt With Ken Swofford (Frank Flannigan), Tom Bosley (Bud Armstrong), Lynda Day George (Alma Van Dyne), Donald O'Connor (Kenny Freeman), Eddie Firestone (Phil Collins), George Sperdakos (Vincent Porter), Joseph Maher (Lyle Shannon), Arch Johnson (Deputy Commissioner Hayes), Herbie Faye (Moe Fletcher), Alan Landers (Ronald Himes), Sandy Ward (Guard). Ellery's clashes with a tyrannical comic book publisher make him a suspect when the man is slain.
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| [ABC 10:00] Harry O [Reg]: Shades
Season 2, episode 4 W: Michael Sloan D: Richard Lang With Bill Henderson (Spencer Johnson), Anjanette Comer (Grace Duvall), Lou Gossett Jr. (Cleon Jackson), Linden Chiles (Raymond Duvall), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Nat Collins), Maidie Norman (Clara Wooster), Thayer David (Peter MacNamara), David Moody (Steele), G.W. Bailey (Garner). A wealthy woman hires Harry to help her housekeeper, who admits to murdering a small-time blackmailer but refuses to discuss the reason, hoping to hide the fact that her employer is really her illegitimate daughter.
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| [NBC 10:00] Medical Story [Reg]: A Life In The Balance
Season 1, episode 5 With Desi Arnaz Jr. (Jerry Mitchell), Edward Albert (Thor Halverson), Meredith Baxter (Erica Schiff), Arnold Johnson (Jeremiah Johnson), Rick Lenz (Dr. Donahue), Stephen McNally, Doris Dowling (Marjorie Lister), John Kerr (Dr. Barrett), Peggy McCay, David Arkin. A compassionate but impulsive medical student is at odds with a hospital's doctors while training there.
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