Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday May 7, 1977:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] The Mary Tyler Moore Show [Reg]: Will Mary Richards Go To Jail?
Season 5, episode 1 W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich With Barbara Colby (Sherry), James Randolph (Harrison), Mary Ann Chinn (Kim), Darlene Conley (Matron), Charles Woolf (Mr. Everett), Don Macon (Reporter). The fifth season starts with Mary facing a possible term in jail when she refuses to reveal her source of a story about graft in high places. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/14/1974)
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[ABC 8:00] Tabitha [Reg]: Tabitha
W: Jerry Mayer D: Bruce Bilson With Barry Van Dyke (Roger Bennett), Eric Server (Andrew), Timothy Blake (Sherry), Mel Stewart (Marvin), Robert Urich (Paul). Samantha's daughter becomes a production assistant at a California TV station.
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[NBC 8:00] Off The Wall [special]
With Frank O'Brien. Comedy and confusion reign in a dormitory. Pilot for a series.
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[CBS 8:30] The Bob Newhart Show [Reg]: A Crime Most Foul
Season 5, episode 8 W: Sy Rosen D: John C. Chulay With Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman), John Fiedler (Mr. Peterson). Bob turns amateur detective when he believes his expensive tape recorder has been stolen. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/13/1976)
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[ABC 8:30] Movie: Thunderball (1965)
W: Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham D: Terence Young With Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter, Bernard Lee. Ian Fleming's thriller takes James Bond on a deadly chase for a NATO Vulcan bomber carrying an atomic load bound for Miami.
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[NBC 8:30] Quark [Reg]: Quark
Season 0, episode 1 W: Buck Henry D: Peter H. Hunt With Douglas Fowley, Misty Rowe (Interface). Pilot for a science fiction-comedy series starring Richard Benjamin, set in the year 2222. In this episode, an expanding enzyme cloud threatens to destroy the galaxy.
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[CBS 9:00] All In The Family [Reg]: Mike Goes Skiing
Season 7, episode 18 W: Ben Starr, Chuck Stewart D: Paul Bogart With John Karlen (Leo), Rod Loomis (Charlie), Tom Fitzsimmons (Frank), Mark Lonow (Pete Gavaris). Mike craftily gets out of taking Gloria to a party so he can go skiing with the boys, then is disappointed to find out that she does very well without him. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1977)
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[NBC 9:00] Man From Atlantis [Reg]: The Death Scouts
Season 1, episode 2 W: Robert Lewin D: Marc Daniels With Tiffany Bolling (Lioa/Dilly), Alan Mendell (Grant Stockwood), Burr DeBenning (Xos/Chazz), Annette Cardona (Ginny Mendoza), Kenneth Tigar (Dr. Miller Simon). When three scuba divers disappear, an investigation reveals water-breathing aliens from another planet are scouting Earth.
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[CBS 9:30] Alice [Reg]: A Piece Of The Rock
Season 1, episode 3 W: Ben Joelson, Art Baer D: Bill Persky With Pat Cranshaw (Andy), John Myhers (Frank Chasen), Cletus Young (Walker), Jennifer Billingsley (Gertrude Turner), Lurene Tuttle (Bubbles Turner). There's celebration at Mel's Diner when Alice discovers that her late husband left a sizable insurance policy. Then she finds that the beneficiary is another woman. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/6/1976)
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[CBS 10:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]: The Family Show
(Repeat program)
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