Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 12, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Departure
Season 3, episode 13 W: Joanna Lee D: Ivan Dixon With Joanna Moore (Mrs. Champion), Panos Christi (Stravos), Ann Loos (Hester White), Seamon Glass (Clerk), Jack Garner (Mr. Gary), Jimmy Don Moore (Donavan). Discontented with his life, John takes a job in the city without consulting Olivia. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/5/1974)
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Follow The Leader (2)
Season 1, episode 17 W: Jerry Rannow, Jewel Jaffe D: Bob Lahendro Kotter's frustrations mount as he tries to untangle the mess following a class election. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1976)
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| [NBC 8:00] Come Into My Parlor [special]
An examination of several of the more than 20,000 varieties of spiders. Peter Ustinov narrates. John Cooke, former curator of spiders at the American Museum of Natural History, comments.
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: The Birthday Present
Season 1, episode 2 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Bud Yorkin With Debbi Morgan (Diane), Joe Morton (Manager), Helen Martin (Millie), Rozelle Gayle (Guard), Eric Laneuville (Kid). Roger and his pals set out to get a birthday present for Mrs. Thomas and get into a heap of ttrouble.
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: A Killer Grows Wings
Season 8, episode 21 W: Orville H. Hampton D: Philip Leacock With Robert Witthans (Vadney), Josie Over (Dr. Maitland), Bruce Wilson (Dr. Weatherby), Reggie Ho (Jose Gomez), Paul Shenar (Warren Chadwick), Carol Vogel (Kate Holbrook). Three criminals, threatening to destroy the sugar cane industry and willing to murder in the bargain, become Five-O targets. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/5/1976)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Trial Of Terror
Season 4, episode 8 W: Jim Byrnes D: Michael Preece With Meg Foster (Nancy Elizabeth Mellon), Greg Mullavey (Beau), Kenneth Tobey (Sheriff Kenney), Tony Cacciotti (Marty Long), Philip Bruns (Pete), Ford Rainey (Haggard Mellon), James Woods (Doug), Morgan Jones (Swede), Charles Weldon (J.W. Flowers), Aldine King (Betty Jo Washington). Keller's life is in jeopardy when he tries to protect a girl who was a witness to her boyfriend's murder. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/30/1975)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Klute (1971)
W: Andy Lewis, Dave Lewis D: Alan J. Pakula With Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider, Dorothy Tristan, Rita Gam. A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: A Taste For Murder
Season 4, episode 12 W: Robert W. Lenski D: Walter Grauman With Dabney Coleman (George Clark), Renne Jarrett (Allison Clark), Bonnie Ebsen (Maxie Lister), Lee Purcell (Kathy Cooper), Don Knight (Bertram Fisher), Bryan Montgomery (Tommy Allen), Eddie Firestone (Andy Burns), Robert Doyle (Wayne Tucker), Robert Gibbons (A.J. Ambrose), Joel Stedman (Ted Forester). A calculating girl who has infiltrated the social "horsey set" to set up burglaries for her boyfriend decides she wants to make the arrangement permanent. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/4/1975)
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| [ABC 10:00] ABC Special Report: The Sex Role Debate
The "men's movement" and individuals who are now questioning their traditional roles in society.
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| [ABC 10:30] ABC Special Report: The Women Of R___s Island
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