Prime-time network TV listings for Friday May 7, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Sara [Reg]: Grandpa's Girl
Season 1, episode 12 With Kristy McNichol. An old prospector dies and leaves half of his gold mine to Sara -- and all of his feisty 14-year-old granddaughter. (Last show of the series.)
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| [ABC 8:00] Donny And Marie [Reg]
Season 1, episode 3 With Paul Lynde, Andy Williams, The Osmond Brothers, Jimmie Walker, Carl Ballantine. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/6/1976)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Brother, Can You Spare An Act?
Season 5, episode 6 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Bill Foster With Nancy Kulp (Mrs. Hopkins), Cha-Cha Hogan (Heckler), Dap Sugar Willie (Theater Manager), Timmie Rogers (Smiley Rogers), Mary Alice (Frances Victor), Allan Drake (Rodney Victor). Fred goes into show business to get his white brother-in-law out of his house and out of his hair. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/17/1975)
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| [NBC 8:30] The Practice [Reg]: Jules And The Bum
Season 1, episode 13 W: Steve Gordon, Arnold Somkin D: Bill Persky With Victor Buono (Bernard), Mary Wilcox (Nurse). Dr. David Bedford, against his father's advice, welcomes into his home a once-famous author.
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| [CBS 9:00] Queen Of The Stardust Ballroom [special]
W: Jerome Kass D: Sam O'Steen With Maureen Stapleton, Charles Durning, Michael Brandon, Charlotte Rae, Michael Strong, Beverly Sanders, Alan Fudge, Jacquelyn Hyde. A widow finds that her enemies are loneliness, empty days and the attempts of well-meaning relatives to protect her from reality. The rebuilding of her life leads to her first encounter with the business world and to those of her contemporaries who find companionship at the Stardust Ballroom. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: The Last American Hero (1973)
W: Tom Wolfe, William Roberts, Bill Kerby D: Lamont Johnson With Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty, Gary Busey. A race car driver's success strains his relaitonship with his family.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: Pastoria Prime Pick
Season 2, episode 11 W: Gordon Dawson D: Lawrence Doheny With Warren Kemmerling (Vern Soper), Richard Herd (Sheriff Gladish), Bill Quinn (Judge Russell), William Lucking (Pete Kolodny), Kathie Browne (Karen Sanders), Smith Evans (Rita Sanders), Bill Zuckert (Emmett Byrd), Don Billett (Gilbert Univaso), Jack Garner (Court Clerk). While waiting for his car to be repaired in the small town of Pastoria, Rockford uncovers a criminal scheme concocted by the local prosecutor, the sheriff and the mayor. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/28/1975)
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Story [Reg]: Firebird
Season 3, episode 18 W: E. Arthur Kean D: Lee H. Katzin With Scott Brady (Vinnie), Karen Machon (Sandy), John Astin (Dr. Milford), Tony Lo Bianco (D.J. Perkins), Macdonald Carey (Chief Blandings), Jim Antonio (Polk), Allen Case (Barnett), Anne Seymour (Beatrice), Richard Drout Miller (Fremont). A police officer suffers extensive burns in a helicopter training accident. Though saved from death, he must face the prospect of disfigurement and long years at a dull desk job. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/6/1976)
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