Prime-time network TV listings for Friday August 27, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Selling Of The F-14
The story behind the United States' controversial $2 billion fighter-bomber sale to Iran.
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| [ABC 8:00] Donny And Marie [Reg]
Season 1, episode 12 With Gabe Kaplan, Ruth Buzzi, The Osmond Brothers, Paul Lynde. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/16/1976)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: A Pain In The Neck
Season 5, episode 22 W: Rick Mittleman D: Alan Rafkin With Nancy Kulp (Mrs. Hopkins), Tim Herbert (Panjib), Lance Taylor (President), Ernest Anderson (Doctor). Fred's back ailment threatens to dampen the festivities when he is named Watts Businessman of the Year. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/5/1976)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Bird In A Gilded Cage
Season 2, episode 10 W: Bernie Kahn D: Jack Donohue With Bill McLean (Customer), Carmel Myers (Herself), Carlos Romero (Cafe Manager). Just as Ed is reminiscing about his "secret love" for silent film star Carmel Myers, Ed meets her and proceeds to disrupt her life. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/21/1975)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Planet Of The Apes (1968)
W: Michael Wilson, Rod Serling D: Franklin Schaffner With Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, Woodrow Parfrey, Norman Burton, Wright King. An astronaut crew crash lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Bad Company (1972)
W: David Newman, Robert Benton D: Robert Benton With Jeff Bridges, David Huddleston, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, John Savage, Jerry Houser, Geoffrey Lewis, Ed Lauter. A God-fearing Ohio boy dodging the Civil War draft arrives in Jefferson City where he joins up with a hardscrabble group of like runaways heading west.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Serpico: The Deadly Game (1975)
W: Robert Collins D: Robert Collins With David Birney, Tom Atkins, Allen Garfield, Burt Young, Lane Bradbury, Sydney Lassick, Mario Roccuzzo, Will Kulava. Undercover New York police officer is assigned to the narcotics squad. Pilot movie for the Serpico series.
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