Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday September 21, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Tony Orlando & Dawn Rainbow Hour [Reg]
Season 3, episode 1 With Alice Cooper. The third season begins with an overhauled format. George Carlin becomes a regular with a weekly five-minute report ("Time" is the opening topic).
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Fonzie Loves Pinky
Season 4, episode 1 W: Arthur Silver D: Jerry Paris With Ken Lerner (Rocco), Roz Kelly (Pinky Tuscadero), Michael Pataki (Count Mallachi), Doris Hess (Tina), Kelly Sanders (Lola). Bold Pinky Tuscadero roars back into Fonzie's life and he falls hopelessly in love with her.
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| [NBC 8:00] Black Sheep Squadron [Reg]: Flying Misfits
Season 1, episode 1 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Russ Mayberry With John Durren (Doc Roberts), Sandra Kerns (Nurse), Jake Mitchell (Lieutenant Boyle), Janice Carroll (Nurse Delmonte), Byron Morrow (Admiral Nimitz), James Murtaugh (Medical Lieutenant), James Lough (Admiral's Aide), Peter Donat (Col. Mathis), Sharon Gless (Nurse), George Gaynes (Gen. Chennault), Lance LeGault (Huckabee), Anthony Charnota (Freddy), John Lawlor (Dr. Reese). Series debut. Robert Conrad stars as World War II ace pilot Pappy Boyington. In tonight's special two-hour premiere, Boyington decides he needs a smashing victory over Japan's airmen to forestall his court-martial.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Bug Out
Season 5, episode 1 W: Jim Fritzell, Everett Greenbaum D: Gene Reynolds With Richard Lee-Sung (Cho Man Chin), Frances Fong (Rosie), Don Eitner (Captain), Barry Cahill (Pilot). In this hour-long episode, a rumor that battle conditions will force the 4077th hospital unit to evacuate suddenly becomes true just as Col. Potter is denying it.
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| [ABC 9:00] Rich Man, Poor Man (Book II): Chapter 1 [special]
W: Millard Lampell D: Lou Antonio With Peter Strauss, Gregg Henry, James Carroll Jordan, Ray Milland, Van Johnson, Kay Lenz, William Smith, Tim McIntire, Susan Sullivan, Davey Davison, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Dimitra Arliss. The popular drama of last season returns, picking up in 1965. Rudy Jordache becomes a central figure in the lives of his late brother's son and his wife's son.
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| [CBS 10:00] Switch [Reg]: The Pirates Of Tin Pan Alley
Season 2, episode 1 W: Walter Dallenbach D: David Impastato With Sonny Bono (Darcy Taggart), Howard Hesseman (M.W. Huffman), William Pierson (Phil), John Orchard (Coffey), Harlee McBride (Sharon), James Jeter (Randall), Amelia Laurenson (Trudi), Hampton Fancher (Jeff Louden), Jimmy Cross (Eddie), Antony Alda (Terry), Stefan Arngrim (Keith). Pete and Mac investigate when a disc jockey's ex-wife and a friend are killed in a strange accident.
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Story [Reg]: Payment Deferred
Season 4, episode 1 W: Leonardo Bercovici D: Corey Allen With Eddie Egan (Sgt. Harry Volmer), Phillip Pine (Capt. Holmes), Antony Carbone (Billy Kark), Donald O'Connor (Holly), Verna Bloom (Marge Connor), Vince Edwards (Sgt. Joe Barley). A police sergeant's vengeance in the pursuit of the slayer of his long-time partner leads him to force a reformed junkie and informer to return to the deadly underworld he had left behind.
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