Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday October 12, 1976:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Tony Orlando & Dawn Rainbow Hour [Reg]
Season 3, episode 4 With Bernadette Peters, Sly & The Family Stone. Bernadette plays a patient romantically involved with her doctor (Tony) in a spoof of soap operas. Bernadette teams up with Tony in a takeoff of the film "Silent Movie". Telma Hopkins plays a feisty old nanny who's fed up with stepping and fetching for faded Southern plantation owners. Musical highlights: Sly and the Family Stone perform "Dance to the Music" and "Stand", Bernadette sings "Razzle Dazzle", Dawn performs "I Won't Last a Day Without You" and Tony sings "That's All".
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[ABC 8:00] Major League Baseball Playoffs
New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals.
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[NBC 8:00] Black Sheep Squadron [Reg]: Prisoners Of War (2)
Season 1, episode 6 W: Ken Pettus D: Jackie Cooper With Angela May (Karen), Dennis Robertson (Sergeant), Jerry Hardin (Lewis), Rob Clotworthy (Lt. Wyatt), Michael J. McDonough (Seaman Tucker), Keith Walker (Naval Officer), Elaine Pepparde (Nurse), Clyde Kusatsu (Tenyu Araki). A Japanese air ace shot down by Pappy faces rough treatment at the hands of his men.
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[CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Lt. Radar O'Reilly
Season 5, episode 4 W: Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell D: Alan Rafkin With Lynne Marie Stewart (Nurse Baker), Johnny Haymer (Sgt. Zale), Sandy Kenyon (Sgt. Woodruff). Radar's sudden promotion to lieutenant stuns everyone in the company except Hawkeye and B.J.
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[NBC 9:00] Police Woman [Reg]: Trial By Prejudice
Season 3, episode 3 W: Sean Baine D: Barry Shear With John Kerry (Sergeant Tripp), Susan Gailey (Rosie), Adam Wade (Sergeant Dalton), Carol Lynley, Jack Ging (Captain Harris), Pat Crowley (Marlene Simpson), Colleen Meeker, Edward Binns (John Solvana). Pepper is falsely accused of sexually molesting a female criminal suspect and undergoes a departmental investigation.
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[CBS 9:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: The Runaways (3)
Season 2, episode 3 W: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant D: Herbert Kenwith With John Mark Robinson (Dan), Lane Binkley (Mary), Howard Morton (Hal Butterfield), K Callan (Alice Butterfield), William Kirby Cullen (Chuck Butterfield), Kelly Britt (Rest Stop Rosey), Ron Vernan (Policeman), Jim Isaacs (Used Car Salesman). The drifting Julie and Chuck learn a hard lesson on life from their "houseguests" while Schneider continues efforts to bring the runaways home.
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[CBS 10:00] Switch [Reg]: The Argonaut Special
Season 2, episode 4 W: Walter Dallenbach D: John Peyser With William Mims (Sheriff Hodges), Jim Stathis (Don Christopher), Eddie Ryder (Blinky), Richard Mulligan (Andy Rowen), William Schallert (Wayne Buford), Douglas Fowley (Jake), Beverly Garland (Nancy Thomas), Booth Colman (Phil Hardice), Norman Bartold (Perry Curtis), Vince Howard (Rogers). Mac and Pete help protect a friend and ranchers from a ruthless land speculator.
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[NBC 10:00] Police Story [Reg]: Two Frogs On A Mongoose
Season 4, episode 3 W: Rick Kelbaugh D: Bob Kelljan With Robert Lipton (Stallman), Paul Koslo (Sleepy), Alan Oliney (Mongoose), J. Jay Saunders (Severance), Susan Stafford (Debbie), Joe Santos (Poteet), Steve Lawrence (Deke), Barry Sullivan (Lieutenant Bellin). Narcotics investigators get a tip that provides the opportunity to go after the biggest raid of all.
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