Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday January 26, 1977:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Good Times [Reg]: Willona's Surprise
Season 4, episode 16 W: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish D: Gerren Keith With Carl Lee (Ray Woods). Willona is less than happy when she finds out the surprise guest at her birthday party is her ex-husband.
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[ABC 8:00] The Bionic Woman [Reg]: Doomsday Is Tomorrow (2)
Season 2, episode 13 W: Kenneth Johnson D: Kenneth Johnson With Lew Ayres (Dr. Elijah Cooper), Kenneth O'Brien (Dr. Evtuhov), David Opatoshu (Mr. Satari), Sam Chew Jr. (Russ), Ned Wilson (Major Maxwell), George Whiteman (Co-Pilot). Jaime faces defeat in her duel with a master computer for control of a deadly bomb countdown when her bionic limb is injured.
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[NBC 8:00] C.P.O. Sharkey [Reg]: Kowalski, The Somnambulist
Season 1, episode 7 W: Ted Lang, Aaron Ruben, Mort Scharfman With Dick Van Patten (Psychiatrist). Chief Sharkey is confronted with a sleepwalking recruit whose antics disrupt barracks life and are outright insubordinate.
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[CBS 8:30] The Jacksons [Reg]
Season 2, episode 2 D: Bill Davis With Carroll O'Connor.
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[NBC 8:30] The McLean Stevenson Show [Reg]: Janet Leaves Home
Season 1, episode 6 With Sandra Kerns (Susan), Chris Beaumont (George). Janet takes the kids and moves out, but Mac and Peggy urge Janet to return home when they find that her apartment is a hovel and her neighbor is a peeping tom.
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[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Helter Skelter (1976), part two
W: J.P. Miller D: Tom Gries With George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe, Marilyn Burns, Christina Hart, Cathey Paine, Alan Oppenheimer, Rudy Ramos. The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
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[ABC 9:00] Baretta [Reg]: Open Season
Season 3, episode 16 W: Dallas L. Barnes D: Reza Badiyi With Stefan Gierasch (Walter Larkin), Art Lund (Damon Marsh), Roger Robinson (David Gordean), Helen Boll (Mrs. Schwartz), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Marcie), Almeria Quinn (Pam), Strother Martin (Doc Stockwell), Julie Gregg (Virginia), Harvey Parry (Harrigan), Roberta Leighton (Cathy Larkin). When the daughter of a prominent banker dies of a drug overdose, Tony not only must arrest the junkie responsible but protect him from a hit man hired by the victim's father.
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[NBC 9:00] Sirota's Court [Reg]: D.A. -- D.O.A.
Season 1, episode 7 W: Jim Parker D: Harvey Miller A vacancy in the district attorney's office sets Bud Nugent spinning, as he fantasizes himself in the top spot.
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[NBC 9:30] The Practice [Reg]: Oh, Brother
Season 2, episode 9 W: Rick Mittleman D: Noam Pitlik With Jan Murray (Harry). The reappearance of Jules' long-lost brother causes sentiment to get in the way of common sense, and Jules forgets the the fellow's larcenous habits. (Last show of the series.)
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[ABC 10:00] Roots: Part 4 [special]
W: James Lee D: Marvin Chomsky With LeVar Burton, John Amos, Lorne Greene, Lou Gossett Jr., Leslie Uggams, Scatman Crothers, Chuck Connors, Sandy Duncan, George Hamilton, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Carolyn Jones, Richard Roundtree, John Schuck, Ben Vereen, Roxie Roker, Robert Reed, Madge Sinclair. Kunta is now the plantation master's personal wagon driver, and passes up his last chance at escape because of the birth of his daughter.
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[NBC 10:00] Danger! Radioactive Waste
An in-depth look at the serious problem of how to dispose of the vast amounts of leftover contaminated nuclear waste materials which, if not planned for and controlled, can do profound damage to life and the environment.
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