Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday February 3, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Hero
Season 5, episode 19 W: Kathleen Hite D: Tony Brand With Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Brimmer), Lynn Carlin (Sarah Griffith), Eileen McDonough (Patsy Brimmer). John-Boy acts on a suggestion of Grandma's and organizes a memorial to the Jefferson County Doughboys of World War I. Sheriff Ep Bridges, the decorated hero, shows little interest.
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Has Anyone Seen Arnold?
Season 2, episode 18 W: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold D: Bob Lahendro With Helaine Lembeck (Judy Borden), Barbara Deutsch (Maxine Griffin). On the eve of his acting debut in a school play, Arnold Horshack disappears, only to emerge days later with the announcement that he is quitting school to get a job and support his family.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Fantastic Journey [Reg]: Vortex
Season 1, episode 1 W: Michael Michaelian, Katharyn Michaelian Powers D: Andrew V. McLaglen With Gary Collins (Dar-L), Scott Thomas (Dr. Paul Jordan), Leif Erickson (Captain Ben Wallace), Susan Howard (Eve), Scott Brady (Carl Johanson), Ian McShane (Sir James Camden), Karen Somerville (Jill), Mary Ann Mobley (Rhea), Don Knight (Paget), Byron Chung (George), Jason Evers (Atar), Jack Stauffer (Andy), Lynn Borden (Enid Jordan). Series debut. A team of scientists are mysteriously shipwrecked on an uncharted land mass which, they soon discover, is the location of a variety of time spheres represented by Varian -- a 23rd century man -- as well as 16th century British privateers and a trio of survivors from the lost continent of Atlantis.
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Dealer's Choice -- Blackmail
Season 9, episode 17 W: Tim Maschler D: Ernest Pintoff With John Ritter (Mike Welles), Amanda McBroom (Sandi Welles), Nehemiah Persoff (Victor Palua), Ernest Chan (Sgt. Tatapu), Emma Veary (Rose Tatapu), Michael Morgan (Sammy Crane), Jorie Remus (Jimmy Tanaka), Joe Moore (Jed Rucker), Barry Russo (Willy Vance), Rap Reiplinger (Stu Hinman), Earl Kingston (Joey), Reri Tava Jobe (Ellie Jacobs). McGarrett searches for the unidentified witness to the murder of a police officer, unaware that the youth he seeks is the brother of a colleague.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Abduction
Season 3, episode 16 W: Tom Reeder, Tony Sheehan, Reinhold Weege D: Bruce Bilson With Florence Stanley (Bernice Fish), David Clennon (Bodhisattva), Rod Colbin (Joe Wheaton), Vivi Janiss (Lois Wheaton), Buddy Lester (Sidney the Bookie), Jane Alice Brandon (Barbara Lynn Wheaton). The parents of a runaway girl attempt to snatch her from her new religious cult, and Barney has to work out a reconciliation.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Tony Randall Show [Reg]: Case: May vs. December
Season 1, episode 17 W: Gary David Goldberg D: Harvey Medlinsky With Annette O'Toole (Melissa), Ken Sansom (Leonard). Judge Franklin strongly objects to his daughter dating a much older man -- until the tables are turned.
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| [NBC 9:30] TV Movie: Yesterday's Child (1977)
W: Michael Gleason D: Corey Allen, Jerry Thorpe, Bob Rosenbaum With Shirley Jones, Ross Martin, Stephanie Zimbalist, Claude Akins, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Patrick Wayne, George Murdock. A young couple's three-year-old daughter is kidnapped and no trace is ever found of her. Fourteen years later, a young woman claiming to be that girl shows up at the parents' house.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: A Simple Case Of Terror
Season 5, episode 15 W: Calvin Clements D: Michael Caffey With Michael V. Gazzo (Mr. Farinelli), Peter Coffield (Tom Landry), Robert Yuro (Eddie), Paul Bryar (Cooley), Herb Armstrong (Byrds), Jim Bohan (John Stevens). A war-scarred Vietnam veteran becomes the patsy in a murder committed by his best friend, who makes the mentally disturbed ex-soldier think he is responsible for the death.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Who Killed Helen French?
Season 5, episode 14 W: Robert W. Lenski D: Allen Reisner With John Kerr (Gerald O'Brien), Marlyn Mason (Helen French/Angela Somes), Dan Ferrone (Fred Milner), Alan Fudge (Doug French), Trish Stewart (Susan Ross), Noah Keen (Tom Filer), Jay Jacobus (Judge Baker), Ellen Geer (Betty Rollins), Will Hare (Dr. Meyers). Lt. Mike Stone tracks down a missing woman believed by police to have been murdered by her husband. The glamorous runaway, it turns out, had personal reasons for hiding.
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