Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday April 28, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Tiger, Tiger [special]
Richard Widmark narrates the life, history & habitats of the endangered Bengal tiger.
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Sweathog, Nebraska Style
Season 2, episode 7 W: George Yanok D: Bob Lahendro With Susan Pratt (Jenny Hansen). Julie's teenage sister runs away from her home in Nebraska and winds up in Brooklyn, where she quickly becomes a Sweathog in Kotter's class and falls for Juan. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/11/1976)
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| [NBC 8:00] Death Trap [special]
Vincent Price narrates a close-up view of the methods used by some turtles, plants & insects to capture prey.
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: Shirley's Date
Season 1, episode 8 W: James R. Stein, Bob Illes D: Anthony Chickey With Bryan O'Dell (Marvin), Janet MacLachlan (Mrs. Cavendish), Ralph Wilcox (Allan), Cinque Attucks (Dewey). Rerun, Dwayne and Roger each secretly try to get a party date for Shirley to spare her the embarrassment of going alone. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/4/1976)
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| [CBS 9:00] When Television Was Young [special]
Charles Kuralt reports on the medium's development from 1948 through 1961. Highlights include: Don Larsen pitches a perfect game in the World Series; Paul Newman plays Plato; Grace Kelly plays the lead in a drama.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Escape Artist
Season 1, episode 11 W: Howard Leeds, Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward D: Noam Pitlik With Roscoe Lee Browne (Charlie Jeffers), Reid Cruikshanks (Bellevue Attendant), Danny Dayton (Harry), Judson Pratt (Lt. Faraday), Leonard Frey (Roland Gusik). A prison escape artist is captured and Barney has to hold hm at the station until he's returned to prison. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/10/1975)
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Snowbeast (1977)
W: Joseph Stefano D: Herb Wallerstein With Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux, Robert Logan, Clint Walker, Sylvia Sidney, Thomas Babson. A Colorado ski resort is besieged by a sub-human beast that commits brutal murders on the slopes.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Interlude
Season 5, episode 19 W: Larry Alexander D: Harry Falk With Lois Nettleton (Carolyn Blake), Linden Chiles (Jerry Blake), Camila Ashland (Mary Johnson), Jed Allan (Fred M. Dawes), Arthur Roberts (Jack Callaway), Paul Comi (Alexander Dichter), Gilbert Green (Joe Ayles), Ward Wood (Gordon F. Dillworth), Alan Feinstein (Roger Callaway). The wife of a deputy district attorney becomes a slayer's next target when she inadvertently becomes the only witness to a murder.
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