Prime-time network TV listings for Friday October 13, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour [Reg]: Show 24
Season 2, episode 5 With Jimmy Durante, Gilbert O'Sullivan. Cher plays pilgrim Priscilla Mullins and Martha Washington in skits. "Candy Man" is brought to life via an animated sequence by John Wilson.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: Today, I Am A Freshman
Season 4, episode 4 W: William Raynor, Myles Wilder D: Hal Cooper With John Howard (Dr. Howard), Vicki Cos (Kim), Kelly Flynn (Tom), John Reilly (Dick). Marcia panics about becoming a high school student and signs up for every club on campus so she can become involved.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Tooth Or Consequences
Season 2, episode 5 W: Adell Stevenson D: Peter Baldwin With Sid McCoy (Dentist #1), Hal England (Dentist #2), Ella Edwards (Receptionist), Ray Oliver (Hypnotist). When Fred Sanford gets a toothache, he insists that Lamont find a white dentist to treat him.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: A Penny For His Thoughts
Season 3, episode 5 W: Dale McRaven D: Bob Claver With Stuart Margolin (Snake), Judie Stein (Penny Sweetweather), James Beach (Tinker), Henry Olek (Gorgo), Bryan O'Byrne (Father), Helen Kleeb (Mother), Bill Quinn (Minister). The family's biker pal, Snake, drops in to say goodby -- he's going to do away with himself because his girlfriend Penny turned down his marriage proposal.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Little People [Reg]: The Stork Is Alive In Hawaii
Season 1, episode 5 Dr. Sean Jamison is determined not to address the local PTA despite Puni's pleading, and he convinces her that his daughter Anne would be the ideal speaker.
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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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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: Hands Across The Sea
Season 4, episode 5 W: Gene Thompson D: Sid McCoy With Kitty Carl (Fran). An English transfer student enrolls at Whitman High and becomes a leader, much to the chagrin of student Jason.
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| [NBC 9:00] Ghost Story [Reg]: The Summer House
Season 1, episode 5 W: Seeleg Lester D: Leo Penn With Carolyn Jones (Martha Alcott), Steve Forrest (Andrew Alcott), William Windom (Charlie Pender), Darlene Conley (Ruth Jerrold), Regis Toomey (Sam Streeter), Harvey Fisher (Plumber), Wayne Heffley (Postman), Robert Mandan (Walter Jerrold). A dead husband is one thing, but keeping him dead is another as a wife discovers when she arrives at a summer place which hates her.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: The Odd Monks
Season 3, episode 5 W: Garry Marshall D: Jerry Belson With Richard Stahl (Brother Ralph), Jack Collins (Brother Samuel), Robert Ball (Brother Lou), Charles Lampkin (Brother Lowell), Ed Peck (Brother Horace). To escape the turmoil of modern living, Felix and Oscar take up residence at a religious retreat.
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The Spaced Out Chick W: Maurice Richlin D: Arnold Margolin With Jed Allan (Sidney), Michele Lee (Vendra), Rene Auberjonois (George), Herbert Rudley (Father). An overworked writer is startled when a beauty introduces herself as a visitor from Venus. 2. Love And The Country Girl With Bridget Hanley (Christine), Pat Buttram (Pappy), Bill Daily (Donald Baxter), Erica Hagen (Wanda June), Shug Fisher (Abner). A salesman wins a poker game and discovers the prize is the right to wed the farmer's daughter. 3. Love And Dear Old Mom And Dad W: Frank Buxton D: James Sheldon With Roger Bowen (Bill / Dad), Hal England (Mike), Audrey Meadows (Eve / Harriet / Mom). A couple are given proof that men do tend to marry girls "just like the one that married dear old Dad". 4. Love And The High School Sweethearts W: Stanley Ralph Ross D: Charles R. Rondeau With Alice Ghostley (Gladys), Michael Constantine (Fred), Stephen Dunne (Bert Brockmeyer). A couple have a rift when she invites her old boyfriend to dinner.
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| [NBC 10:00] Banyon [Reg]: Meal Ticket
Season 1, episode 5 W: James D. Buchanan, Milton Gelman D: Lawrence Dobkin With Bo Svenson (Carlo), James McCallion (Johnny), Sharon Farrell (Wanda), Gabriel Dell (Sam Whitney), Char Fontane (Helena Baxter). Banyon tries to find a prize fighter who disappears right after scoring an upset victory.
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