Prime-time network TV listings for Friday August 5, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] A Year At The Top [Reg]
Mickey Rooney locks horns with the Devil's son to save the souls of his nephews in the opening show of a five-part series.
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| [ABC 8:00] Lucan [Reg]: Lucan
Season 0, episode 1 W: Michael Zagor D: David Greene With Ned Beatty (Larry MacElwaine), Stockard Channing (Mickey MacElwaine), Lou Frizzell (Casey), Ben Davidson (Coach Dalton), George Wyner (Rantzen), William Jordan (Gene Boone). Pilot for the series. A series of flashbacks show a man being helped by his doctor-scientist friend and others on his evolving journey from wild Wolf Boy to honorable 20-year-old man. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/22/1977)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: When John Comes Marching Home
Season 6, episode 18 W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Russ Petranto With Marlene Clark (Janet), Frank Nelson (Waiter), Edward Crawford (Roger), James A. Watson Jr. (John). Lamont is in for a big surprise just as he and his fiancee, Janet, are about to tie the knot -- Janet's ex-husband turns up asking for a second chance. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1977)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Ready When You Are, CB
Season 3, episode 11 W: Si Rose D: Jack Donohue With Bill McLean (Lonesome Rabbit), Rose Marie (Kissy Face). While fiddling with a CB radio, Ed makes a date with somone called "Kissy Face" and the next thing he knows they're headed for Las Vegas in her camper. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/24/1976)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
W: Alan Trustman, James R. Webb D: Gordon Douglas With Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Edward Asner, Jeff Corey, George Spell. San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs is called in to investigate when a liberal street preacher and political candidate is accused of murdering a prostitute.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: Rattlers' Class Of '63
Season 3, episode 8 W: David Chase D: Meta Rosenberg With Elayne Heilveil (Regine Boyajian), Avery Schreiber (Azie Boyajian), James Wainwright (Gene Chechik), John Durren (Leo Kale), Rudy Ramos (Bobby Boyajian), Sandra Kerns (Robin Seidlitz), Stacy Keach Sr. (Reverend), Stanley Brock (Elliot Deutch), Ed Vasgersian (Hank Boyajian), Gerald McRaney (Jerry). Angel's wedding plans turn out to be a ploy in a gigantic real estate scheme, and the Armenian brothers of the bride set out to get revenge. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/26/1976)
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| [ABC 9:30] Movie: The Legend Of Hell House (1973)
W: Richard Matheson D: John Hough With Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roland Culver, Peter Bowles. A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove/disprove survival after death.
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: An Unfriendly Radiance
Season 2, episode 9 W: Rudolph Borchert D: Corey Allen With Jerry Douglas (Johnson), Melinda Fee (Annie), Joby Baker (Donald Bigelow), Ronald Joseph (Ray Sanchez), Edith Diaz (Maria Sanchez), Carmine Caridi (Dr. Brown), Casey Kasem (Sy Wallace), James Wainwright (Arthur Lanz). A technician involved in a scheme to sell reactor secrets is given a lethal dose of radiation by his accomplices. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/29/1977)
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