Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday November 16, 1976:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Tony Orlando & Dawn Rainbow Hour [Reg]
Season 3, episode 8 With Johnny Cash. In a comedy sketch Lou Effy (Telma) plays Cupid for a hesitant Moreen (Joyce). Jimmy Martinez is a talent agent for an unusual tap-dancer and Tony plays an Army recruiting officer interviewing an applicant with 18 personalities. Johnny sings a medley of his hits, Tony and Dawn perform "What the World Needs Now", Joyce sings "Mr. Melody", and Tony & Johnny sing "Making Little Ones Out of Big Ones".
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They?
Season 4, episode 7 W: Steffen Zacharias, Steve Zacharias D: Jerry Paris With Charlene Tilton (Jill Higgins), Gary Epp (Bubba), Marc McClure (Jimmy Bradkip). Fonzie agrees to be Joanie's partner in the marathon dance contest, but he arrives exhausted after pushing his cracked-up bike for 12 miles. If he loses the contest, he has to get a crewcut.
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| [NBC 8:00] Black Sheep Squadron [Reg]: Up For Grabs
Season 1, episode 9 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Ivan Dixon, Alex Beaton With George Takei (Major Kato), Harry Fleer (Gen. Douglas MacArthur), Yuki Shimoda (Col. Samuchi), James Saito (Commando), Phil Montgomery (Radio Officer). Japanese commandos take Pappy Boyington and his squad by surprise and get into Marine uniforms in an attempt to seize Gen. MacArthur, who is scheduled to visit the camp.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Look Before You Leap
Season 2, episode 6 W: Deborah Leschin, David W. Duclon D: James Burrows Laverne blacks out after a brewery party and has no idea what did -- or did not -- take place.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Mulcahy's War
Season 5, episode 8 W: Richard Cogan D: George Tyne With Brian Byers (Pvt. Fitzsimmons), Ric Mancini (Sgt. Hodkey), Richard Foronjy (Sergeant). Father Mulcahy finds himself at a loss for words when a private with an admitted self-inflicted wound won't listen to Mulcahy's counsel because the priest hasn't shared his traumatic experience of front-line duty.
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| [ABC 9:00] Rich Man, Poor Man (Book II): Chapter 7 [special]
W: Robert Presnell Jr. D: Harry Falk With Peter Strauss, Gregg Henry, James Carroll Jordan, Susan Sullivan, John Anderson, Kimberly Beck, Sorrell Booke, Peter Haskell, Peter Donat, Lynn Carlin. Rudy races against Estep's henchman to New Orleans in search of Sarah Hunt, the key to unlocking the billionaire's mysterious past.
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| [NBC 9:00] Police Woman [Reg]: Brainwash
Season 3, episode 6 D: John Newland With Pepper Martin (Oaks), William Smith (Cody), Judy Carne (Melinda), James Olson (Curry), Karen Lamm (Pamela), Ed Gilbert, Curtis Credel (Rustler). Several teenagers are found dead at an expensive private school that specializes in "reprogramming" runaways, and Sgt. Pepper Anderson poses as a news reporter to find out how and why.
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| [CBS 9:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: David's New Job (2)
Season 2, episode 7 W: Jack Elinson, Norman Paul D: Herbert Kenwith With Alan Brasington (Reverend Howland). On the eve of her marriage to David, Ann is more than just a nervous bride as she comes to grips with what may be one of the most painful decisions of her life.
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| [CBS 10:00] Switch [Reg]: Gaffing The Skim
Season 2, episode 7 W: Robert Dellinger D: Bruce Evans With Bill Dana (Obie), Jesse Welles (April Showers), Bernie Kopell (Gaylord Henderson), Norman Fell (Marty), Carol Vogel (Sheryl Harper), Val Avery (Irving Munn), Margaret Fairchild (Louise Henderson). Pete joins the carnival environment of the midway after a county fair's administrative executive is kidnapped.
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| [ABC 10:00] Family [Reg]: Jury Duty (1)
Season 2, episode 5 W: George Lefferts D: Glenn Jordan With Genie Francis (Alice Dennison), Martin Eric (Nate Molin), Laurence Haddon (Marc Hanes), Kenneth Mars (Bob Fingerman), Willie Aames (T.J. Latimer), Michael McGreevey (Sam Wilkes), Sydney Lassick (Benson Margotte), Eloy Casados (Rudy Cortes), Mitzi Hoag (Clara Briault), Hilda Haynes (Emma Lassere), Jerry Hardin (Jury Foreman). Kate Lawrence is the only juror who believes that alleged rape-murderer Rudy Cortes is innocent, and must bear the pressure of the other 11 jurors.
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Story [Reg]: Trash Detail, Front And Center
Season 4, episode 6 W: Rick Kelbaugh D: Seymour Robbie With Robert Forster (Bob Vandon), Phillip Pine (Capt. Holmes), Chuck Connors (Lew Randle), Gary Lockwood (Marty Costa), Paul Henry Itkin (Steve Kelly), Lisle Wilson (Bud Kruegar), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Gold Tooth), DeWayne Jessie (Alvin Stepler), Herman Poppe (Investigator Lemm). A lieutenant risks his career by ignoring departmental politics and teaming officers from rival divisions for a homicide case.
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