Prime-time network TV listings for Friday August 12, 1977:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Keane Brothers
Debut of a four-week series spotlighting the musical talents of John and Tom Keane, ages 12 and 13.
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| [ABC 8:00] Donny And Marie [Reg]
Season 1, episode 2 With Bob Hope, Ted Knight, The Harlem Globetrotters. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/30/1976)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Fred Sings The Blues
Season 6, episode 24 W: Larry Mintz, Alan Eisenstock D: Russ Petranto With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woody), Basil Hoffman (Maitre 'd), B.B. King (Himself), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Edmond), Happy Hairston (Man), Hannah Dean (Woman). Buoyed by his success in an amateur songwriting contest, Fred tries to peddle some of his songs to blues singer B.B. King, but B.B.'s got the blues because the woman he once loved ran away with a junkman from St. Louis. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/18/1977)
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| [CBS 8:30] A Year At The Top [Reg]
Greg and Paul have second thoughts about Hanover's ability to handle their careers.
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Morgan And The Man
Season 3, episode 8 W: Carol Gary, Doris Prouder D: Jack Donohue With Kristi Jill Wood (Morgan). When Chico proposes marriage to a divorcee he knew in high school, Ed is opposed to the plan -- until he meets her child. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/3/1976)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
W: Howard Rodman D: Jerry Thorpe With David Janssen, John Anderson, Howard Da Silva, Zalman King, Andrea Marcovicci, Jodie Foster, Tim McIntire, Clu Gulager. A likeable private investigator, who takes only the cases that intrigue him, becomes involved with a cover girl marked for murder by a photographer who has also murdered her estranged husband. Second pilot movie for the 'Harry O' series.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: What's Up, Doc? (1972)
W: Buck Henry, David Newman, Robert Benton D: Peter Bogdanovich With Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars. An eccentric girl and an equally eccentric young professor become involved in a zany chase to recover four identical flight bags.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: Sticks And Stones May Break Your Bones, But Waterbury Will Bury You
Season 3, episode 13 W: David Chase D: Jerry London With Simon Oakland (Vern St. Cloud), James Karen (John LaPointe), Linda Dano (Gwen Molinaro), Robert Riesel (Wass), Cleavon Little (Billy Merrihew), Val Bisoglio (Marv Potempkin), Anthony Costello (Ted Clair), Katherine Charles (Susan Hanrahan), Brian Libby (Garth McCreary), Fritzi Burr (Receptionist), George Pentecost (Carl Colavito), Jack Garner (Bartender). Rockford's clients are fellow private investigators who are being illegally forced out of business by a conglomerate agency which goes to elaborate means, including homicide, to stamp out competition. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1977)
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Hit And Run At Danny's
Season 2, episode 5 W: Gregory S. Dinallo D: Alvin Ganzer With Carl Betz (Paul Barkley), Renne Jarrett (Jenny), Joe Maross (John Blake), Jack Colvin (Bill Leggett), Elizabeth Robinson (Robbi Parker), Than Wyenn (Dr. Redman), H.M. Wynant (FBI Agent Maxwell), Clyde Kusatsu (Hokaido), Jan Shutan (Janet Martin). Quincy's efforts to save his friend from financial ruin following an accident involving one of Danny's customers are hampered by federal agents. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/11/1977)
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