Prime-time network TV listings for Friday March 8, 1974:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Dirty Sally [Reg]: Much Ado About Nothing
Season 1, episode 8 With Harold Gould (Lucius), Julie Cobb (Melinda), Virginia Baker (Martha), John Harmon (Miller). A damsel in distress picks Pike for her leading man. He rushes to save her, but discovers she's with a theatrical troupe.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: The Hair-Brained Scheme
Season 5, episode 22 W: Charles Stewart Jr. D: Jack Arnold With Robbie Rist (Oliver), Barbara Bernstein (Suzanne), Hope Sherwood (Gretchen), Bern Hoffman (Man #1), John Wheeler (Man #2), Brandy Carson (Woman). Bobby sells Greg a hair conditioner that turns his hair strawberry blonde just in time for his graduation. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Aunt Esther And Uncle Woodrow, Pffttt. . .
Season 3, episode 22 W: Ilunga Adell D: Bud Yorkin With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woodrow Anderson), Hilda Haynes (Aunt Minnie), Dorothy Meyer (Aunt Flossie). Lamont and Grady have an unexpected visitor: Woody, Aunt Esther's husband, who has been thrown out of the house and asks to move in. Things get worse when Aunt Esther decides to move in instead.
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| [CBS 8:30] Good Times [Reg]: Michael Gets Suspended
Season 1, episode 5 W: Eric Monte D: Herbert Kenwith Michael gets suspended from school and faces punishment from his parents -- but he won't take back his remark about George Washington.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Six Million Dollar Man [Reg]: Eyewitness To Murder
Season 1, episode 7 W: William Driskill D: Alf Kjellin With Gary Lockwood (John Hopper), William Schallert (Lorin Sandusky), Regis Cordic (Host), Leonard Stone (Lt. Tanner), Ivor Barry (Mr. Hanley). Steve Austin's bionic vision spots the face of a sniper in his attempt on a special prosecutor's life, but the suspect has an airtight alibi: he was on a live TV show at the time of the shooting.
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| [NBC 8:30] Lotsa Luck [Reg]: Bummy's Girl
Season 1, episode 21 W: Steve Gordon D: Alan Rafkin With Suzanne Somers (Gloria). When Bummy finds that he must spend time out of town, he asks Stanley to entertain Gloria for a few evenings. The couple's resulting mutual interest causes problems for the trio as well as the rest of the Belmont household.
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| [CBS 9:00] Really Raquel [special]
W: Joe Layton D: Dave Wilson With The Sid and Marty Krofft puppets. Hollywood sex symbol Raquel Welch bursts upon the scene in a glossy TV version of her successful Las Vegas nightclub act. The opening number has Raquel, in a slinky black gown, singing "Let Me Entertain You", and she sets the pace for a stylish show of song, dance and chatter. A highlight is a medley of Raquel's movie roles in which the Kroft puppets assist in engaging song-and-dance vignettes.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Girl With Something Extra [Reg]: The Not-So-Good Samaritan
Season 1, episode 21 W: Stan Cutler D: Bob Claver With Don Knotts, Teri Garr (Amber), Arlene Golonka, Toni Berrell (Jerry's Date). An all-time loser saves Sally from falling in a manhole and starts a chain of events that begins with him losing a job.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: New York's Oddest
Season 4, episode 21 W: Ben Joelson, Art Baer D: Harvey Miller With Elinor Donahue (Miriam Welby), Michael Lerner (Sergeant Chomsky), James Millhollin (Hiccup Man), Billy Sands (Mr. Bennick), George Jordan (Narcotic Agent), Sam Nudell (Neighbor), Lassie Lou Ahern (Mrs. Bennick). To Oscar's amusement, Felix becomes a member of the Civilian Police Reserves and fails to blow the whistle on a masked burglary suspect.
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| [NBC 9:30] The Brian Keith Show [Reg]: No Man Is An Atoll
Season 2, episode 19 W: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield With Jack Elam (Capt. Tuttle), Sean Tyler Hall (Stewart). An eccentric recluse thwarts Dr. Jamison and his party in their effort to "turn back the clock" while vacationing on a remote island.
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| [CBS 10:00] Shanghai
A frequently illuminating examination of the Chinese city of Shanghai, the biggest city in the biggest country of the world. Many insights into the attitudes of the people are gleaned during the program, particularly in a visit with the Wu family -- mother, father, child and grandparents -- as well as a former coolie for whom the past was menial and the present is full of hope.
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| [ABC 10:00] Toma [Reg]: The Contract On Alex Cordeen
Season 1, episode 15 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Alexander Grasshoff With Eddie Fontaine (Gino Torre), Harold J. Stone (Gustav Petroan), Frank DeKova (Alex Cordeen), Jan Arvan, Pamela Hensley. A powerful mobster, who is believed to have ordered the execution of a rival syndicate leader, seeks Toma's help to save his own life and prevent a major gangland war.
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| [NBC 10:00] Glen Campbell - The Musical West [special]
With John Wayne, Burl Ives, Michele Lee. With John Wayne along as guide, Campbell and his guests explore the history and folklore of the American West in song and story in a program taped in London. Glen sings "This Land Is Your Land" and joins Ives and Miss Lee for "Wagon Wheels". Wayne talks about legendary figures and a folklore medley is sung by Glen and Ives.
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