Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday May 18, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Show [special]
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Fonzie The Flatfoot
Season 3, episode 9 W: Marty Nadler D: Jerry Paris With Beatrice Colen (Marsha), Ken Lerner (Frankie), Jeffrey Kramer (Lefty), Melinda Naud (Roberta), Ed Peck (Kirk). Fonzie does a change of character and turns policeman in order to prevent a rumble at Arnold's drive-in. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/4/1975)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Rich Little Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 14 With Bill Bixby, Mel Torme. Highlights: Bixby as a bionic bridegroom; also a movie trivia song quiz. Rich portrays General Patton in a World War II spoof. (Last show of the series.)
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| [CBS 8:30] Good Times [Reg]: Willona's Dilemma
Season 3, episode 10 W: Roger Shulman, John Baskin D: Herbert Kenwith With J.A. Preston (Walter Ingles). The fact that the new man in Willona's life has a physical disability doesn't lessen her interest in him, but it does create a problem in their relationship. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/11/1975)
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Mother Knows Worst
Season 1, episode 15 W: Arthur Silver D: Alan Myerson With Pat Carroll (Lily 'Barb' Feeney), Bill Chaffin (Billy), Helen Page Camp (Mrs. Havenwurst). A telegram brings the relatively disturbing news that Shirley's mother is coming to visit.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Of Moose And Men
Season 4, episode 11 W: Jay Folb D: John Erman With Johnny Haymer (Sgt. Zale), Lois Foraker (Nurse), Tim O'Connor (Col. Spiker). Sleepless from a night of emergency operations, Hawkeye antagonizes an officious field artillery colonel. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/21/1975)
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| [ABC 9:00] S.W.A.T. [Reg]: Courthouse
Season 2, episode 8 W: Robert I. Holt D: Don Weis With Robert Webber (McVea), Elisha Cook Jr. (Albert Winters), Brad Dexter (Captain Ward), Deidre Hall (Diane), H.M. Wynant (Jason Bridges), Bill Fletcher (Howard Wilson), Zitto Kazann (Frank Peterson). Following a $2 million racetrack heist, one of a gang is captured and the rest begin spending part of the fortune on guns and manpower to free him during his trial. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/1/1975)
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| [NBC 9:00] Police Woman [Reg]: The Purge
Season 2, episode 12 W: Burton Armus D: Alvin Ganzer With Don 'Red' Barry (Lt. Bocin), Lee Paul (Stanley Lawrence), Hayden Rorke (Judge Bruce), Stephen Pearlman (Lt. Sullivan), Bert Remsen (Ed Berrigan), Rick Jason (James Basterie), David Huddleston (Milton Brooks), Tige Andrews (Lieutenant McKay). Sgt. Bill Crowley's career with the police department is jeopardized when he accidentally kills a 15-year-old boy during the investigation of a warehouse heist. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/25/1975)
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| [CBS 9:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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| [CBS 10:00] Switch [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, Life, Liberty And Lunch [special]
With Alan Arkin, Alan King, Zero Mostel, Cyril Ritchard, Dick Shawn. Four new comedies by four Broadway playwrights, Herb Gardner, Murray Schisgal, Neil Simon and Peter Ustinov.
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| [NBC 10:00] City Of Angels [Reg]: Match Point
Season 1, episode 13 W: Stephen Karpf, Elinor Karpf D: Ralph Senensky With Dana Wynter (Celia Torry), Renne Jarrett (Sarah), Randolph Roberts (Kemmerer), Victor Holchak (Sanders), David Young (Swindon), George Sperdakos. An American tennis star is accused of a homicide which could have international implications, and Axminster is hired to investigate. (Last show of the series.)
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