Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday October 30, 1975:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Competition
Season 4, episode 8 W: Nancy Greenwald, Paul West D: Alf Kjellin With Michael O'Keefe (Chad Marshall). A handsome forestry student arrives on Walton's Mountain and both Erin and Mary Ellen are smitten.
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| [ABC 8:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Discovery
Season 2, episode 8 W: Tom Reeder, Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward D: Lee Bernhardi With Jack DeLeon (Marty), Ray Stewart (Daryl Driscoll), Philip Sterling (Mr. Buckholtz), Paul Jenkins (Sgt. Forbes), John LaMotta (Bellevue Attendant). One of Barney's men is accused of extortion by a member of the gay community.
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| [NBC 8:00] Van Dyke & Company [special]
With Carl Reiner, Ike Turner, Tina Turner, Gabe Kaplan, Kenneth Mars, Lynn Lipton. A musical comedy special starring Dick Van Dyke.
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| [ABC 8:30] On The Rocks [Reg]: Dear John
Season 1, episode 8 D: John Rich With Ann Morgan Guilbert (Mrs. Palik), Maria Grimm (Maria), Dee Timberlake (Angie), Pat Cranshaw (Gabby). Fuentes and his fellow shut-ins try to console their disheartened roomie, Nicky, when he receives a "Dear John" letter.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: The French Connection (1971)
W: Ernest Tidyman D: William Friedkin With Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco. The true story of a large break in an international heroin smuggling ring.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Trial Of Terror
Season 4, episode 8 W: Jim Byrnes D: Michael Preece With Meg Foster (Nancy Elizabeth Mellon), Greg Mullavey (Beau), Kenneth Tobey (Sheriff Kenney), Tony Cacciotti (Marty Long), Philip Bruns (Pete), Ford Rainey (Haggard Mellon), James Woods (Doug), Morgan Jones (Swede), Charles Weldon (J.W. Flowers), Aldine King (Betty Jo Washington). Keller's life is in jeopardy when he tries to protect a girl who was a witness to her boyfriend's murder.
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| [NBC 9:00] Ellery Queen [Reg]: The Adventure Of The Mad Tea Party
Season 1, episode 8 W: Peter S. Fischer D: James Sheldon With Jim Backus (Howard Biggers), Edward Andrews (Spencer Lockridge), Rhonda Fleming (Laura Lockridge), Larry Hagman (Paul Gardner), Julius Harris (Doyle), Carmen Matthews (Letetia Allingham), Patricia Smith (Diana Gardner), Julie Sommars (Emmy Rhinehart), Lew Brown (Lt. Carr), Olan Soule (Train Conductor), George Janek (Johnny Lockridge). Ellery visits an eccentric millionaire who wants to back a Broadway version of an Ellery Queen mystery novel.
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| [ABC 10:00] Harry O [Reg]: Tender Killing Care
Season 2, episode 8 W: Norman Strum D: Richard Lang With Bill Henderson (Spencer Johnson), Kenneth Mars (Dr. Mangram), Howard Hesseman (Senator Lawler), Robert Ito (Chang Lee), Allan Rich (Charlie Kravitz), Bill Overton (Horace Ball), Richard Stahl (Dr. Samuelson), Janet Brandt (Mrs. Farber), Jester Hairston (Jefferson Johnson). Harry investigates a nursing home which is apparently being used as a front for underworld dealings.
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| [NBC 10:00] Medical Story [Reg]: The Moonlight Heater
Season 1, episode 8 D: Richard Benedict With Robert Forster (David Corbin), Leif Erickson (Dr. Taussig), Rosemary DeCamp, Christopher Stone (Mickey Barnes), Sam Jaffe (Dr. Gershowitz), Ann Sothern (Mrs. Metulski). A doctor jeopardizes his career by taking a second job working as the overnight medic at an emergency hospital.
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