Prime-time network TV listings for Friday January 2, 1976:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Where The Lilies Bloom (1974)
W: Earl Hamner, Jr. D: William A. Graham With Julie Gholson, Jan Smithers, Matthew Burrill, Helen Harmon, Rance Howard. A true-to-life story of orphan children who live a lie to keep themselves together as a family.
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| [ABC 8:00] Barbary Coast [Reg]: Mary Had More Than A Little
Season 1, episode 12 W: Winston Miller D: Herb Wallerstein With Phillip Pine (Hungerford), Don 'Red' Barry (Paddington), Whit Bissell (Minister), Ben Hammer (Hendricks), Kaz Garas (Butch), Judy Strangis (Mary Ellen). Cable sets himself up to be mugged after a series of robberies occur outside the Golden Gate Casino where there is a pretty new card dealer.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: The Oddfather
Season 5, episode 13 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: James Sheldon With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Dick O'Neill (Commissioner), Roy Stuart (Martinson), Wally Taylor (Bill), Al Stevenson (Bert), Gloria Delaney (Nurse), Paul Harris (Daniel Tracy). Fred witnesses an attempted slaying -- a fact known by the perpretrator. He is also injured when it occurs, is hospitalized and given police protection.
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Auntie Connie
Season 2, episode 3 W: Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein D: Jack Donohue With Angelina Estrada (Aunt Connie). Ed and Chico get an unexpected visit from a brand-new millionairess who wants to take Chico on a trip around the world. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/26/1975)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Goldfinger (1964)
W: Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn D: Guy Hamilton With Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Harold Sakata, Bernard Lee. When it becomes apparent that England's gold reserve is being rapidly depleted by the smuggling activities of one of the world's greediest and most ruthless men, the British Secret Service calls on Agent 007 for help.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: The Farnsworth Stratagem
Season 2, episode 2 W: Juanita Bartlett D: Lawrence Doheny With Pat Finley (Peggy Becker), Gerald McRaney (Hotel Manager), Linda Evans (Audrey Wyatt), H.M. Wynant (Danzi), Paul Jenkins (Simon Lloyd), John Crawford (Christian), Eric Server (William MacKenzie), Al Hansen (Guardell). Jim combats a group perpetrating a fraud on his friend Det. Becker, with a scheme using jack-hammers and an oil rig. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/19/1975)
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| [CBS 10:00] The American Assassins
Did James Earl Ray, acting alone, kill the Rev. Dr. King? That will be the principal question examined by Dan Rather. Conspiracy theories will be examined, as will the controversy surrounding the FBI's role in the reported harassment of Dr. King and its actions as the principal agency investigating his murder. Other questions dealt with include those surrounding the guilty plea of Ray on March 10, 1969, its subsequent withdrawal and efforts since then by Ray and his attorneys to obtain a new trial.
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Story [Reg]: Spanish Class
Season 3, episode 13 W: Mark Rodgers D: Gary Nelson With Dane Clark (Lt. Frederickson), Joe Santos (Officer Fernandez), Desi Arnaz Jr. (Officer Taylor), David Toma (Investigator), Lenore Stevens (Maria), Manuel Padilla (Reuben Fuentes), Cindy Williams (Joanna). A young officer wangles a transfer to the wrong side of the tracks in a quest for more action, and soon gets it -- a street fight, a furniture store burglary in progress, a youth gang in a stolen car and a barroom brawl that pits him against hostile customers.
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