Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday January 23, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
The use of private investigation agencies by insurance companies to check out possible risks is explored.
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| [ABC 7:00] The Brady Bunch Hour [Reg]
Season 1, episode 1 W: Ronny Graham, Terry Hart, Bruce Vilanch, Steve Bluestein, Mike Kagan D: Jack Regas With Farrah Fawcett, Lee Majors. Series premiere. The program will alternate with "Nancy Drew" and "The Hardy Boys" over the coming weeks. In tonight's episode the Bradys spend their first night in their new home and find themselves with two unexpected houseguests: Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett.
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Cristobalito, The Calypso Colt
Season 17, episode 1 With Roberto Vigoreaux (Chago), Walter Buso (Senor Rodriguez), Charles A. Gibbs (Hernandez I), Jose de San Anton (Hernandez II), Delia Esther Quinones (Mama Dolores), Jackie Ross (Speedy). Series returns for its 10th year with an adventure drama of a poor Puerto Rican boy who befriends a Paso Fino palomino and trains him into a champion. Filmed on location in Puerto Rico. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/13/1970)
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| [CBS 8:00] Rhoda [Reg]: Somebody Has To Say They're Sorry
Season 3, episode 17 W: Martin Rips, Joseph Staretski D: Tony Mordente With Robert Walden (Ernie Joyce), Valerie Curtin (Michele Joyce), Dave Shelley (Mel's Friend), Joe Warfield (Man), Ray Buktenica (Benny Goodwin). It's Rhoda against the establishment when she is mistakenly arrested for soliciting.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Six Million Dollar Man [Reg]: Danny's Inferno
Season 4, episode 16 W: Tom Greene D: Cliff Bole With Frank Marth (Dr. Bruner), Mills Watson (Lazarus), E.J. Peaker (Glennis), John Hoyt (Dr. Spruger), David Opatoshu (Dr. Monica), Lanny Horn (Danny Lasswell). When a 14-year-old boy accidentally invents a new form of thermochemical energy which could eliminate the need for oil, Steve Austin is called in to protect the boy from would-be kidnappers.
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| [NBC 8:00] McMillan And Wife [Reg]: Phillip's Game
Season 6, episode 3 W: Don M. Mankiewicz, Gordon Cotler D: Lou Antonio With Martha Raye (Agatha), Richard Gilliland (Sgt. DiMaggio), Shirley Jones (Ellyn Mandrake), Tony Roberts (Philip Bainbridge), Nina Foch (Marietta Galway), Lloyd Bochner (Gregg Patterson), William Windom (Charles Whalen), Jay Varela (Alvarez). Mac tries to solve the slaying of a building inspector while dealing with a charming hit man who informs Mac that he is his next victim.
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| [CBS 8:30] Phyllis [Reg]: Leonard And The Bribe
Season 2, episode 17 W: Bob Ellison D: Noam Pitlik With Don Porter (Jack), Charles Thomas Murphy (Larry), Rhodes Reason (Harris), Martin Garner (Weinglass), Barry Medina (Delivery Boy). Leonard is offered a $100,000 bribe to change his vote on an important issue.
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| [CBS 9:00] Switch [Reg]: Eyewitness
Season 2, episode 15 W: Robert Earll, Lew Davidson D: Leo Penn With Vince Howard (Judge), Joseph Ruskin (Roebuck), Joel Fabiani (J.D. Stolvac), Janice Heiden (Louisa), Lara Parker (Shirley Harris), Jeff David (Jack Blain), Joseph Ruskin (Roebuck), Richard X. Slattery (Modeer). A young blind woman turns to Pete and Mac for help after she is unable to convince anyone that a murder has taken place, but is being stalked by the killer.
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| [ABC 9:00] Roots: Part 1 [special]
W: William Blinn, Alex Haley, Ernest Kinoy D: David Greene With LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, O.J. Simpson, Ralph Waite, Cicely Tyson, William Watson, Moses Gunn, Maya Angelou, Hari Rhodes, Thalmus Rasulala, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Ernest Thomas. A story of the horrors of slavery and forced black emigration to America, based on the current best-selling novel by Alex Haley, who traced his ancestors back to 18th century Africa. In the opening segment, young Kunta Kinte is abducted from his home in Gambia, West Africa, and crammed with others like him into the hold of a cargo ship.
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| [NBC 9:30] McCloud [Reg]: The Moscow Connection
Season 7, episode 4 W: Michael Kozoll D: Bruce Kessler With Hoyt Axton (Johnny Starbuck), Britt Ekland (Tatiana Krasnavian), L.Q. Jones (Kenny Hingle), Nehemiah Persoff (Tereshkov), Morgan Paull (Pierre Belsen), David Hurst (Col. Krasnavian), Robert Phillips (Bresnovitch), Rick Traeger (Lukoff). A singing tour of the U.S.S.R., a drug-addicted country music vocalist, a Soviet diplomat's daughter and narcotics smuggling are the elements in a confrontation pitting the U.S. State Department against the Soviet secret police -- and Sam McCloud is in the middle.
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| [CBS 10:00] Delvecchio [Reg]: Dying Can Be A Pleasure
Season 1, episode 13 W: Steven Bochco D: Walter Doniger With Mariette Hartley (Angela Atkins), Terry Kiser (Billy Fifth Street), Robert Mandan (Zefferilli), Howard Hesseman (Goldie), George Wyner (Asst. D.A. Dorfman), Tom Reese (Sgt. Mitchell), Sydney Lassick (Mr. Murray), Robert Ginty (Attendant), Norman Bartold (Angelo Musto). As the only witness to a murder committed by a professional hit man, Delvecchio's courtroom credibility is shattered when he is framed by a paroled murderess seeking revenge.
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