Prime-time network TV listings for Friday July 22, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Moscow Circus: Part 1 [special]
William Conrad hosts animal & aerial acts, trained horses & bears.
|
| [ABC 8:00] TV Movie: The Night That Panicked America (1975)
W: Nicholas Meyer, Anthony Wilson D: Joseph Sargent With Vic Morrow, Cliff De Young, Michael Constantine, Paul Shenar, Will Geer, Tom Bosley, Eileen Brennan, Meredith Baxter, John Ritter, Granville Van Dusen, Burton Gilliam, Liam Dunn, Joshua Bryant. The story of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama that caused a mass panic by convincing millions of people that America was being invaded by Martians.
|
| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: California Crude
Season 6, episode 4 W: Larry Mintz, Alan Eisenstock D: Norman Abbott With Patrick Campbell (Professor Miller), Ross Martin (Aram). Fred goes on a spree when an Arab oil executive assures him that there is oil under his garden in the junkyard. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/8/1976)
|
| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Old Is Gold
Season 3, episode 10 W: Jack Mendelsohn D: Jack Donohue With Jim Jordan. Jim Jordan, radio's Fibber McGee, makes his TV acting debut as a 73-year-old mechanic who is hired by Ed Brown in an attempt to give a fellow senior citizen a job, but isn't given anything meaningful to do. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1976)
|
| [CBS 9:00] Movie: The Other (1972)
W: Tom Tryon D: Robert Mulligan With Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Victor French, Norma Connolly, Lou Frizzell, John Ritter, Loretta Leversee, Jenny Sullivan. One of a young pair of twins has a strange compulsion to prey upon members of his own family.
|
| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: To Protect And Serve (1)
Season 3, episode 19 W: David Chase D: William Wiard With Luke Andreas (Syl), George Loros (Tony Gagglio), Pat Finley (Peggy Becker), Joyce Van Patten (Lianne Sweeney), Leslie Charleson (Patsy Fossler), Jon Cypher (Michael Kelly), Luis Delgado (Officer Billings), Jason Ledger (Sgt. Salcedo), Charles Parks (Officer Drum), James Coleman (Officer Haydu). A police buff causes problems for Det. Becker when she involves herself in Rockford's search for a mobster lawyer's missing fiancee. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/11/1977)
|
| [ABC 9:30] TV Movie: Dog And Cat (1977)
W: Heywood Gould, Tom Greene, Owen Morgan, Henry Rosenbaum D: Bob Kelljan With Lou Antonio, Kim Basinger, Matt Clark, Charles Cioffi, Dale Robinette, Janit Baldwin, Geoffrey Scott, Richard Lynch. A veteran detective loses his partner in a shooting while they are investigating a gangster who is controlling the local porno rackets. He is stunned to discover that the new partner he is assigned is not only a rookie, but a female.
|
| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: The Two Sides Of Truth
Season 2, episode 4 W: Eugene Thompson D: Ron Satlof With Frank Campanella (Max Wilbur), June Dayton (Judge), Barry Sullivan (Dr. Stone), Michael Callan (William Farrell), Mark Goddard (Martin Borland), Aimee Eccles (Alice Ting), Suzanne Rogers (Elaine Farrell), Jason Wingreen (Dr. Freeman). Quincy goes up against his mentor, the foremost pathologist in the country, in a case involving a possible homicide and a fraudulent insurance claim. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/25/1977)
|