Prime-time network TV listings for Friday June 17, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] TV Movie: The Prince Of Central Park (1977)
W: Jeb Rosebrook D: Harvey Hart With Ruth Gordon, T.J. Hargrave, Lisa Richards, Brooke Shields, Dan Hedaya. A teenage boy and his younger sister flee from an abusive foster mother into Central Park, where they make their home in a treehouse they find. Along the way, they butt heads against a young hoodlum and befriend a lonely elderly woman.
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| [ABC 8:00] Movie: Star Spangled Girl (1971)
W: Arnold Margolin, Jim Parker D: Jerry Paris With Sandy Duncan, Tony Roberts, Todd Susman, Elizabeth Allen. A pair of 60's hippies fall in love with the girl next door, who is exactly the kind of square that they are fighting against.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Chinese Torture
Season 6, episode 16 W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Russ Petranto With Frank Nelson (Salesman), Philip Ahn (Chinese Man), Hazel Medina (Alice). Grady tries an Oriental magic trick and shackles Fred to Aunt Esther, but the directions for releasing the locks are written in Chinese. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1977)
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| [NBC 8:30] The Rockford Files [Reg]: The Trees, The Bees And T.T. Flowers (2)
Season 3, episode 15 W: Gordon Dawson D: Jerry London With Strother Martin (T.T. Flowers), Jack Stauffer (Brubaker), Tom Rosqui (Tom Brockmeyer), Alex Rocco (Sherman Royle), Roy Jenson (Winchell), Robert DoQui (SWAT Commander Willis), Karen Machon (Cathy Royle), Scott Brady (Jack Muellard), Linda Ryan (Maid), Fred Stuthman (Homer Hodges). Jim Rockford succeeds in freeing T.T. Flowers from the sinister rest home where his scheming daughter and son-in-law had him committed, but the old man panics. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1977)
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| [CBS 9:30] Movie: Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (1973)
W: John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington D: J. Lee Thompson With Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Lew Ayres, Paul Williams, Severn Darden. Ten years after conquering the Earth, ape leader Caesar wants the ruling apes and enslaved humans to live in peace. But warring factions of apes led by a militant gorilla general as well as various human groups threaten the stability.
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| [ABC 9:30] Movie: Jenny (1970)
W: George Bloomfield, Martin Lavut D: George Bloomfield With Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Marian Hailey, Charlotte Rae, Philip Bruns, Fred Willard, Estelle Winwood. An unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger who is avoiding the draft, and the marriage of convenience eventually leads to romance.
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| [NBC 9:30] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: A Star Is Dead
Season 1, episode 3 W: Lou Shaw, Glen A. Larson, Michael Kozoll D: Noel Black With Lynette Mettey (Lee), Robert Foxworth (Congressman Charles Sinclair), William Daniels (Paul Reardon), Donna Mills (Roberta Rhodes), June Lockhart (Mrs. Rhodes), Frank Marth (Roy Keefer), Peter Palmer (Lance Tucker), Dick Wesson (Clarence), H.M. Wynant (Doyle), Carla Borelli (Danielle). Quincy learns that his friend, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, may be a suspect in the mysterious death of a movie star. An insurance company pressures Quincy for a suicide verdict so that the company can save money. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/28/1976)
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