Prime-time network TV listings for Friday January 7, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] To The Top Of The World - Assault On Mt. Everest [special]
Documentary of the trek up the mountain, taken by the American Bicentennial Everest Expedition of two men and one woman, focuses on the personalities of the climbers and their relationships to one another rather than on the climb itself.
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| [ABC 8:00] Donny And Marie [Reg]
Season 2, episode 12 With Buddy Hackett, Gary Burghoff, Paul Lynde, Chuck Berry.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Here Today, Gone Today
Season 6, episode 12 W: Warren S. Murray D: Bill Foster With Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Marlene Clark (Janet), Bob Goldstein (Mr. Trild). Fred collects insurance on the furniture his friends and family secretly removed for reupholstering. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/7/1976)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: The Dress
Season 3, episode 12 W: Ben Starr, Chuck Stewart D: Jack Donohue With John J. Fox (Policeman), Danny Mora (Salvador), Charles Pierce (Brad Rushton). A famous female impersonator wants to buy a dress which once belonged to Ed's wife.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Man On A Swing (1974)
W: David Zelag Goodman D: Frank Perry With Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson, George Voskovec, Ron Weyand. A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic.
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| [ABC 9:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: The Las Vegas Strangler
Season 2, episode 1 W: Michael Fisher D: George McCowan With Joan Blondell (Mrs. Pruitt), Frank Converse (Jack Mitchell), Paul Burke (Lieutenant Cameron), Lynda Carter (Vicky), George Dunn (Officer O'Keefe), James Ray (Dr. Cleveland), Stymie Beard (Duke), Jayne Kennedy (Gretchen), Collette Bertrand (Glenda Hollander), Victoria Ann Berry (Sharon Flint), Roz Kelly (Iris Thayer), Darrell Fetty (Eugene Pruitt), Foster Brooks (Comic), George Tobias (Ace). The second season starts with a two-part episode. The detectives go undercover for the Las Vegas police to find a "Jack the Ripper"-type killer whose victims are beautiful chorus girls. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/25/1976)
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: There's One In Every Port
Season 3, episode 12 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Meta Rosenberg With Joan Van Ark (Christina Marks), Howard Duff (Eddie Marks), Steve Landesberg (Kenny Hollywood), Jack Riley (Adrian Lyman), George Memmoli (Blast Gillette), John Dehner (Judge Lyman), Byron Morrow (George Greenleaf / Ray Fahasateur), John Mahon (Victor Sherman), Michael DeLano (Sharkey), Kenneth Tobey (Captain), Stanley Brock (Morris). Jim is taken by a father-daughter team of con artists who rob him and others of $200,000 at a private poker party.
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| [ABC 10:00] Justice On Trial
Howard K. Smith reports on inequities in the justice system, how the courts deal with hardened criminals and what could be done to improve the system.
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| [NBC 10:00] Serpico [Reg]: Sanctuary
Season 1, episode 12 W: Shimon Wincelberg D: Steven Hilliard Stern With Linda Purl (Magda), Elayne Heilveil (Rivka), Gabriel Dell (Shotness), Joseph Ruskin (Alexie), Richard Foronjy (Foster), Brian Dennehy (Jody), Shera Danese (Jan), Tamar Cooper (Mrs. Pahel), Nick Corello (Sgt. Millet), Mark L. Taylor (Feigelman). An escaped Soviet gymnast won't apply for political asylum until her parents have defected to Austria.
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