Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday January 20, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: John's Crossroad
Season 5, episode 17 W: Andy White, Paul West D: Richard Thomas With Donald Moffat (Mr. Morgan), Christopher Gardner (Lucas Farnham), Kenneth Tigar (Clem Beal), Patch Mackenzie (Mavis Crawford), Betty Jinnette (Miss Agnes), Daniel Levins (Kyle Jeffers), Tom Howard (Clint Davis), William Phipps (Mel Parsons). John Walton wonders if his new white-collar job with the highway department is worth both losing time with his family and the freedom of being his own boss.
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Kotter And Son
Season 2, episode 16 W: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold D: Bob Lahendro With Harold J. Stone (Charlie Kotter). Gabe's father is in town, eager for his son to quit teaching and take over his business.
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| [NBC 8:00] Monsters - Mysteries Or Myths? [special]
A Smithsonian Institution investigation into the existence of phenomena such as the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman and Bigfoot. Opinions of believers and skeptics are interspersed with location foootage and films. Rod Serling narrates. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: The Hospital Stay
Season 1, episode 13 W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Mark Warren With Mel Stewart (Spike Gibbs), Judy Pace (Nurse Jennings), Hope Clarke (Elizabeth Duncan). Raj, hospitalized with a knee injury, meets a grouchy old baseball player who has not talked to his daughter for 12 years because she married a white man.
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Ready... Aim...
Season 9, episode 15 W: Tim Maschler D: Jerry London With Manu Tupou (Nahashi), Jimmy Borges (Robert Makala), John Stalker (Mr. Hodges), France Nuyen (Iso), Edward James Olmos (Dancer), Nana Nakano (Iso's Daughter), Roger Perry (Morrison). Steve McGarrett attempts to smash a gun-running operation that stretches from Hawaii to Tokyo.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Rand Report
Season 3, episode 14 W: Reinhold Weege D: Noam Pitlik With Martin Garner (Steven Himmel), Anna Berger (Mrs. Himmel), John William Evans (Mark Schweikert). Rather than return one week per month to uniformed patrol, Wojo quits the force.
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| [NBC 9:00] Give 'Em Hell, Harry! [special]
W: Samuel Gallu D: Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt With James Whitmore. James Whitmore's one-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman, recounting tales of key White House decisions and Mr. Truman's early life in Missouri. Truman's daughter Margaret provides a brief introduction to the film.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Tony Randall Show [Reg]: Case: Whatever Happened To Mary Jane
Season 1, episode 15 W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: John C. Chulay With Zane Lasky (Mario Lanza), Michael Durrell (Gene Locatelli). Judge Franklin's eagerness to help his loyal friend and court reporter backfires when an overzealous city attorney "busts" the judge on a marijuana charge.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Testament Of Power
Season 5, episode 13 W: Stanley Roberts D: Alf Kjellin With Pernell Roberts (Matthews), Susan Dey (Linda Jason), Nancy Olson (Thelma Thompson), Frances Bergen (Margaret Jason), Richard Bakalyan (Harry Layton), James Congdon (Cap Hutchinson), Alfred Avallone (Porter), Katie Hopkins Zerby (Claire), Beau Billingslea (O'Donnell), Larry Watson (Phillips), Linda Lee Cadwell (Lorna). Barnaby attempts to connect the death of a wealthy man and the apparent suicide of a woman who was the man's secretary 20 years before.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: The Cannibals
Season 5, episode 13 W: Glen Olson, Rod Baker D: Walter Grauman With Tim O'Connor (Frank McGuire), Andrew Robinson (Ronnie McGuire), Len Birman (David Bradley), Mark Goddard (Brian Phillips), Rod Browning (Leary), Robert Doyle (Louie Pulaski), Richard Foronjy (Bernard Rizino), Richard Herd (Greene), Johnny Weismuller Jr. (Duke Barrett), Paul Sylvan (Emmelio), Jason Laskay (Officer Hadley), Bruce Mackey (Sims), Michael Strong (Stockwood), Victor Hall (Officer Drake). The son of a syndicate boss becomes a hitman's target after he robs his own father of $250,000.
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