Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday August 14, 1976:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Uncle Bertram
Season 2, episode 7 W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell, Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernie West D: Jack Shea With Victor Kilian (Uncle Bertram). A stranger tries to pick up Mother Jefferson in the elevator, and George thinks it's very amusing until he finds out who the stranger is. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/25/1975)
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| [ABC 8:00] TV Movie: Brenda Starr (1976)
W: George Kirgo D: Mel Stuart With Jill St. John, Victor Buono, Jed Allan, Sorrell Booke, Tabi Cooper, Barbara Luna, Marcia Strassman, Royce D. Applegate, Joel Fabiani. The comic strip woman comes to life and sets out to track down a hermit-like billionaire in the Brazilian jungle, where she finds herself in the middle of an extortion plot, voodoo and supernatural occurrences.
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| [NBC 8:00] Emergency! [Reg]: Grateful
Season 5, episode 19 W: Michael Norell D: Georg Fenady With Ruth Buzzi (Amy Merkl), Royal Dano, Zina Bethune (Robin Elder), Paul Brinegar (Grady), Thomas Bellin (Grant Elder), Dick Van Patten (Carter Merkle). A married couple become overzealous fans of the paramedics after being rescued by the county fire department; a pair of elderly men try to copy a medical technique seen on TV; a diabetic passes out in a massage parlor; a child is struck in the eye by a BB gun. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/7/1976)
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| [CBS 8:30] Doc [Reg]: A Little Bit Of Soap
Season 1, episode 17 W: Dennis Klein D: Martin Cohan With Ron Rifkin (Gary), John Ritter (Jeff / George), Edward Winter. Doc is asked to be a medical consultant on a TV soap opera. He reluctantly accepts the assignment, then learns he has to pick a disease so that a member of the cast can be written out of the show as having "died".
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| [CBS 9:00] The Mary Tyler Moore Show [Reg]: Mary's Father
Season 6, episode 3 W: Earl Pomerantz D: Jay Sandrich With Ed Flanders (Father Terrance Brian). Guilt plagues Mary when a handsome priest confides in her that he is going to leave the church, and she suspects it's all because of her. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/27/1975)
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| [NBC 9:00] Preseason Football
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Washington Redskins.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Bob Newhart Show [Reg]: The Boy Next Door
Season 4, episode 23 W: Hugh Wilson D: Peter Bonerz With Brooke Adams (Mitzi Margolis), Amzie Strickland (Mrs. Walhauser), Moosie Drier (Howie Borden). The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and engage a beauty queen as his babysitter. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/21/1976)
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| [ABC 9:30] TV Movie: Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976)
W: Robert E. Thompson D: Michael O'Herlihy With Stella Stevens, Dabney Coleman, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Anderson Jr., Alan Fudge, Tisha Sterling, Robert Vaughn, Claude Akins, Morgan Paull, Steve Franken. A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.
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| [CBS 10:00] Diahann Carroll Show
With Sammy Davis Jr., Telly Savalas, Jon Lucien. Debut of a four-week summer musical-variety series. Diahann sings and takes part in sketches with guests.
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