Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday December 31, 1975:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Tony Orlando And Dawn [Reg]
Season 2, episode 14 With Minnie Pearl, Tony Randall. A New Year's Eve Show features sketches about three sanitation workers celebrating the holiday at the dump, and a TV series that involves characters from real shows in a tale of murder. Tony Randall and Dawn perform the tongue-twisting "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers". Minnie reminisces about life in her home town. Tony Orlando shows photos of his gridiron days during a salute to New Year's Day bowl games. Tony Orlando and Dawn sing a college fight song medley, and Tony sings "Moments to Remember".
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[ABC 8:00] Sugar Bowl
Alabama vs. Penn State from the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
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[NBC 8:00] King Orange Jamboree Parade [special]
Joe Garagiola and Anita Bryant cohost the 42nd annual parade in Miami, with Michelle Moore as the 1976 Orange Bowl Queen. The theme of the parade is "Odyssey to Freedom".
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[CBS 9:00] Cannon [Reg]: To Still The Voice
Season 5, episode 13 W: S.S. Schweitzer D: Leo Penn With Robert Burton (Austin Bishop), Herb Edelman (Jordan Price), Richard Venture (D.A. Archie Allen), Carl Franklin (Garth Raymond), Elaine Giftos (Margaret), Joe George (Rafe Peccora), Pamela Bellwood (Louise Bishop), Marc Ross (Mike Devery), Jenny Sherman (Lee), Adrian Ricard (Willa Raymond), Michael Taylor (Ferris), Charles Robinson (Hank Colcutt). A black political leader is assassinated and her son asks Frank Cannon to investigate the possibility of a conspiracy. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/3/1975)
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[NBC 9:30] Petrocelli [Reg]: A Deadly Vow
Season 2, episode 12 W: Leonard Katzman D: Irving J. Moore With Salome Jens (Leah Barnes), Warren Kemmerling (Lt. Carter), Rosemary Forsyth (Lauren), Len Wayland (Jack Mayhew), Alan Landers (Jeff Morgan), Davey Davison (Ginny Morgan), Sandy Rosenthal (Goldie), Stephen Blood (Alan Edwards). A woman asks Petrocelli about the penalties for homicide, telling him she is going to do away with her husband.
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[CBS 10:00] The Blue Knight [Reg]: Odds Against Tomorrow
Season 1, episode 3 W: Anthony Lawrence D: Daniel Haller With Anjanette Comer (Reba), Charles Aidman (Aaron Kosslyn), Dick Davalos (Vern), Ron Harper (Bronski), Joseph Ruskin (Zoot), Lee Paul (Tommy), Harry Lauter (Watch Commander). When the mistress of a sadistic crime boss tries to leave him he beats her up, and vice officers ask Bumper Morgan's help in using the incident to persuade the girl to lead them to her long wanted boyfriend.
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[NBC 10:30] My Wife Next Door [special]
With James Farentino, Julie Sommars. A married couple decide to separate amicably, only to end up occupying adjacent apartments. Pilot for a series.
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