Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday October 16, 1976:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The Lie Detector
Season 3, episode 4 W: Tedd Anasti, David Talisman D: Jack Shea With Tom Lacy (Bill Hoffman), Arny Freeman (Mr. Prescott), Macon McCalman (Roger Tulley). Lionel's principles could cost him his job when he is strapped to a lie detector on his first day at work.
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| [ABC 8:00] Holmes And Yoyo [Reg]: The Dental Dynamiter
Season 1, episode 3 W: Jack Sher, Lee Hewitt D: Leonard Stern With James Callahan (Weston), Lew Horn (Dr. Rubin), Dick Yarmy. Some nut is planting time bombs in dental offices all over town, but is thoughful enough to call in a warning before each explosion.
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| [NBC 8:00] Movie: The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
W: Lawrence Edward Watkin D: Francis Lyon With Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, John Lupton, Eddie Firestone, Kenneth Tobey, Harry Carey Jr., Slim Pickens, Jeff York. During the Civil War, a Union spy is asked to lead a band of soldiers into the South to destroy the railway system.
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| [CBS 8:30] Doc [Reg]: Quartet
Season 1, episode 5 W: Earl Pomerantz D: Burt Brinckerhoff With Stanley Brock (Smiley), Jay Robinson (Hollister), Richard A. Dysart (Helpman). Doc "operates" on a cello when he joins a doctors' string quartet to participate in a church benefit program produced by his wife. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/4/1975)
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| [ABC 8:30] Mr. T. & Tina [Reg]
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| [CBS 9:00] The Mary Tyler Moore Show [Reg]: What's Wrong With Swimming?
Season 7, episode 4 W: David Lloyd D: Marjorie Mullen With Caren Kaye (B.J. Smathers). Mary hires a new sportscaster who refuses to cover any sports but swimming, and is faced with the prospect of firing her.
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| [ABC 9:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Gillian
Season 2, episode 5 W: Ben Masselink D: George McCowan With Karen Carlson (Gillian Ingram), Mike Kellin (Al Grossman), Sylvia Sidney (Olga Grossman), Doodles Weaver (Eddie Hoyle), Diana Canova (Nancy Rogers), Joanna Kerns (Joy), Richard Foronjy (Harry Blower), Marilyn Joi (Pepper), Ted Grossman (Evans). A pretty girl creates a conflict between Starsky and Hutch when Hutch falls in love with a call girl.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Bob Newhart Show [Reg]: Still Crazy After All These Years
Season 5, episode 4 W: Hugh Wilson D: Alan Myerson With Leonard Stone (Dr. Ned Podbillion). The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 10, episode 4 With Madeline Kahn. In "The Family" skecth, Eunice and her eccentric co-star (Kahn) rehearse for a play.
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| [ABC 10:00] Most Wanted [Reg]: The Sky Killer
Season 1, episode 1 W: Guerdon Trueblood D: Don Medford With Harris Yulin (Billy Wilcox), Robert Mandan (Fred Watson), Allan Miller (Anthony Celli), Ward Costello (Andrew Harris), Roy Poole (Larry George). Debut of a drama series about the exploits of a special semi-autonomous unit of the L.A. police department assigned to deal with dangerous criminals and with crimes that generate extraordinary media attention. Robert Stack returns in the weekly series as captain of the unit. In the first show, a skyjacker conducts an airborne "trial" of the congressman who was responsible for his murder conviction.
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