Prime-time network TV listings for Friday September 17, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Spencer's Pilots [Reg]: The Drone
Season 1, episode 1 W: Karl Tunberg, Terence Tunberg D: Bill Bixby With Sam Groom (Jim Buckner), Eldon Quick (Cliff Russell), John McLiam (Cal Atkins), Michael McGuire (Dr. Parker), Gordon Jump (Dr. Quentin), Kurt Andon (Sheriff). Debut of an adventure series about two free-wheeling pilots who work for a crusty veteran pilot, the owner of a small aviation company. In the first episode, a case of industrial espionage involving a drone aircraft endangers the lives of the two pilots.
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| [ABC 8:00] Donny And Marie [Reg]
With Bob Hope, Kate Smith, Paul Lynde, The Osmond Brothers. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Earthquake II
Season 5, episode 1 W: Jerry Ross D: Bill Foster With Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Reva Rose (Mrs. Johnson), Britt Leach (Mr. Johnson), Barry Wright (Jackpot Winner), Steve Lawrence (Himself), Eydie Gorme (Herself), Merv Griffin (Himself). The fifth season starts with several earthquakes rocking the Sanford home, following some announcements made by Russian seismologists. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/12/1975)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: The Big Brush-Off
Season 2, episode 17 W: Larry Siegel D: Jack Donohue With Tony Orlando (Tomas Garcia), Irene de Bari (Maria Esteban). Chico is rebuffed by his new flame because he looks too much like her former fiancee. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1976)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Slither (1974)
W: W.D. Richter D: Howard Zieff With James Caan, Sally Kellerman, Peter Boyle, Louise Lasser, Richard B. Shull, Allen Garfield. While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife and a kooky drifter find themselves being followed.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: The Love Boat (1976)
W: Dawn Aldredge, Carl Kleinschmitt, Marion C. Freeman, Bob Illes, James R. Stein D: Richard Kinon, Alan Myerson With Ted Hamilton, Dick Van Patten, Teddy Wilson, Sandy Helberg, Karen Valentine, Harvey Korman, Tom Bosley, Florence Henderson, Don Adams, Gabe Kaplan, Cloris Leachman, Hal Linden. The adventures of the passengers and crew aboard a luxury liner on a cruise from California to Mexico. Pilot movie for the series.
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| [NBC 9:00] Neil Sedaka - Stepping Out [special]
With David Brenner, Bette Midler. Sedaka stars in his first American TV special with his son Marc and his daughter Dara.
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| [NBC 10:00] Dean Martin Celebrity Roast Of Muhammad Ali [special]
With Orson Welles, Floyd Patterson.
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