Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday April 28, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Orangutans - Orphans Of The Wild [special]
Peter Ustinov hosts this closeup look at the orangutan and efforts being made to save the species from the encroachment of man.
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| [ABC 8:00] Wonder Woman [Reg]: Fausta: The Nazi Wonder Woman
Season 1, episode 2 W: David Ketchum, Bruce Shelly D: Barry Crane With Bo Brundin (Colonel Kesselmann), Colby Chester (Horst), Jeff Cooper (Major Scott), Keene Curtis (Mueller), Bill Fletcher, Lynda Day George (Fausta Grabels), Christopher George (Rojak). Germany sends her strongest woman and Olympic champion to Washington D.C. to defeat and bring to Germany America's own Wonder Woman.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Four Eyes
Season 2, episode 2 W: B.W. Sandefur D: William F. Claxton With Ford Rainey (Dr. Burke). Failing grades and trouble in school lead Charles Ingalls to seek medical help for Mary -- who learns that glasses can help, but they can also hurt. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1975)
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| [CBS 9:00] Cannon [Reg]: Nightmare
Season 5, episode 1 W: Robert Lenski D: Paul Stanley With John McMartin (Senator "Buck" Andrews), Elizabeth Allen (Arlene Thompson Richards), John McLiam (Captain Corday), Janet Ward (Wanda Backus), Harry Townes (Steve), Joe De Santis (Benito Conforte), Robert Doyle (Sterling), Sidney Clute (Carl Pesky). The fifth season opens with the most painful chapter in Cannon's life, when he hears the deathbed confession of a hit man who admits having killed Cannon's wife and infant son 14 years earlier -- but the man dies before explaining his motive. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/10/1975)
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| [ABC 9:00] Baretta [Reg]: The Fire Man
Season 2, episode 5 W: Gregory Tiefer D: Ted Post With Hector Elizondo (Jerry Damon), Patch Mackenzie (Brunette), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Jefferson Hayes), Bart Burns (Colonel Parrish). Tony Baretta enlists the aid of a friend who is an expert arson investigator when several explosive fires remain a mystery. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/8/1975)
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| [NBC 9:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Crossed Swords
Season 1, episode 1 W: Aaron Ruben D: Bud Yorkin With William Lanteau (Clerk), Robert Mandan (Auctioneer). Series debut. An aging black Los Angeles junk dealer and his 32-year-old son provide the comedy ingredients in a series based on the long-running British series "Steptoe and Son". Redd Foxx makes his series debut in the lead role. In the first show (taped before a live audience) a porcelain figurine appears to be an object that could provide a windfall for the junk dealers. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1972)
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| [NBC 9:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Ms. Liz
Season 2, episode 7 W: Jack Mendelsohn, Lynn Roth D: Jack Donohue With Bill McLean (Customer), Jeannie Linero (Liz Garcia). When Chico returns from his vacation and announces that he has met the girl he plans to marry, Ed decides Chico is crazy. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/31/1975)
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| [CBS 10:00] The Blue Knight [Reg]: Triple Threat
Season 1, episode 2 D: Ralph Senensky With Janet MacLachlan (Beth Willard), Carl Crudup (Sandy Willard), Jonathan Lippe (Tessler), Paul Comi (Stuchman), Aneta Corsaut (Vera), Warren Kemmerling (Lt. Gillis), Michael O'Keefe (Scooter). Bumper Morgan wounds a suspected mugger, then tangles with the injured man's fiercely protective sister, an attorney who won't believe that her brother is a criminal. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/24/1975)
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| [ABC 10:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: The Bait
Season 1, episode 9 W: James Schmerer, Don Balluck, Edward J. Lakso D: Ivan Dixon With Lynne Marta (Cheryl), Charles McCaulay (Danner), Akili Jones (Connie), Michael DeLano (Billy Harkness), David S. Cass (Shockley), James Karen (F.B.I. Agent Carter), Ken Scott (Sauders), Marc Alaimo (Eddie Moore), Sy Kramer (Goring). Wearing flashy clothes, driving a Rolls Royce and using a blonde as bait, Starsky and Hutch pose as well-financed heroin dealers in order to nail the city's top dope distributor. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/5/1975)
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| [NBC 10:00] Hawk [Reg]: The Theory Of The Innocent Bystander
Season 1, episode 6 W: Edward Adler D: Paul Bogart With Robert Duvall (Dick), Murray Hamilton (Cheever), Stanley Beck (Ham), Carol Rossen (Cindy). A masterpiece of criminal planning goes awry when a chauffeur, hired to help, realizes that the two partners are double-crossing each other. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/13/1966)
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