Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday November 17, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Good Times [Reg]: J.J.'s New Career (2)
Season 4, episode 8 W: Roger Shulman, John Baskin D: Gerren Keith With Chip Hurd (Rochelle), Alan Manson (Fred), Andre Edwards (Ernie), Grand Bush (Leon), John Dewey-Carter (Detective #1), F. William Parker (Detective #2), Bernard Stevenson (Moving Man). When Florida discovers the true nature of J.J.'s latest efforts to get his family out of the ghetto, she has only one choice as a course of action.
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| [ABC 8:00] Dorothy Hamill Special [special]
With Gene Kelly, Jim McKay, Carrie Weber (6-year-old skating star). The Olympic ice skating champion and current Ice Capades soloist stars in her first network television program.
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| [NBC 8:00] Hallmark Hall Of Fame: The Disappearance Of Aimee [special]
W: John McGreevey D: Anthony Harvey With Faye Dunaway, Bette Davis, James Woods, James Sloyan. A district attorney attempts to prove that the flamboyant Aimee Semple McPherson faked her disappearance with a kidnapping story to cover up a romantic rendezvous.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Tom The Hero
Season 3, episode 8 W: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan D: Jack Shea With Mickey Deems (Mickey), Ed Cambridge (Curt Randall). George gags on the debt of gratitude he owes Tom for saving him from choking to death.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Chinatown (1974)
W: Robert Towne D: Roman Polanski With Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd, Roy Jenson, Richard Bakalyan, Perry Lopez, Darrell Zwerling. A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
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| [ABC 9:00] John Denver Special [special]
With Dennis Weaver, Joanne Woodward, Starland Vocal Band, the shark from 'Jaws'. John Denver hosts an hour of music and comedy.
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| [ABC 10:00] Olivia Newton-John Special [special]
With Lee Majors, Rock Hudson, Elliott Gould, Rona Barrett, Lynda Carter, Tom Bosley, Ron Howard. The country music star hosts a musical variety special.
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| [NBC 10:00] Quest [Reg]
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