Prime-time network TV listings for Friday December 20, 1974:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Planet Of The Apes [Reg]: Up Above The World So High
Season 1, episode 14 W: Shimon Wincelberg, Arthur Browne Jr. D: John Meredyth Lucas With Ron Stein (Gorilla Guard), Eldon Burke (2nd Trooper), Mark Lenard (Urko), Booth Colman (Zaius), Frank Aletter (Leuric), Joanna Barnes (Carsia), Martin E. Brooks (Konag), William Beckley (Council Orang), Glenn R. Wilder (Human Driver). A terrified chimp unwillingly takes to the sky when Galen flies a crude glider invented by a human the astronauts befriend. (Last show of the series.)
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| [ABC 8:00] Kung Fu [Reg]: The Vanishing Image
Season 3, episode 12 W: Gustave Field D: Barry Crane With Lew Ayres (Beaumont), Tom Nardini (Matoska), Benson Fong (Li Yu), Jonathan Hole (Hobbs), Bill Saito (Sai Si). Caine's search for his brother leads him to a dying photographer who may hold the key to his quest.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: The Merger
Season 4, episode 14 W: Jerry Ross D: Bill Foster With Gregory Sierra (Julio Fuentes), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Howard Platt (Officer Hopkins), Danny Wells (Haywood Jones), Dick Whittington (TV Voice). Fred balks when Lamont and Julio want to combine their junk business into one "junk pile".
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Natural Causes
Season 1, episode 11 W: Steve Gordon D: Peter Baldwin With Bill McLean (Alfred), Luis de Cordova (Doctor), Shirley O'Hara (Betty). Ed reads about a friend dying of natural causes and gets help from Chico and a doctor to help fight off this "dreaded disease".
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Kansas City Bomber (1972)
W: Calvin Clements Sr., Thomas Rickman D: Jerrold Freedman With Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy, Helena Kallianiotes, Norman Alden, Jeanne Cooper, Jodie Foster. Comedy-drama of a roller derby queen who has the whole team going in circles when she races after romance.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Six Million Dollar Man [Reg]: The Peeping Blonde
Season 2, episode 11 W: William T. Zacha, Wilton Denmark D: Herschel Daugherty With Farrah Fawcett (Victoria Webster), Roger Perry (Charles Colby), Hari Rhodes (Karl), W.T. Zacha (Victor), Christopher S. Nelson (Billy Jackson). A pretty TV newswoman's film story on Steve Austin leads to the Baja Desert where they are tracked down by kidnappers who have plotted to send Austin to a foreign power.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: Profit And Loss (1)
Season 1, episode 12 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Lawrence Doheny With Joe E. Tata (Solly Marshall), Val Bisoglio (Carl Bovino), Ned Beatty (Leon Fielder), Sharon Spelman (Doris Parker), Priscilla Pointer (Helen Morris), John Carter (Alec Morris), Paul Jenkins (Stan Gorrick), Michael Lerner (Arnold Love), Don Billett (Dan Shavelson), J. Jay Saunders (Computer Programmer). Kidnappers knock out Jim Rockford while abducting a client from his trailer who was involved in a stock price manipulation.
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| [ABC 10:00] Kolchak: The Night Stalker [Reg]: Horror In The Heights
Season 1, episode 11 W: Jimmy Sangster D: Michael Caffey With Phil Silvers (Harry Starman), Ned Glass (Joe), Benny Rubin (Julius "Buck" Fineman), Murray Matheson (Lane Merriott), Barry Gordon (Waiter), John Bleifer (Charlie), Jim Goodwin (Frank Rivas), Robert Karnes (Officer Thomas), Shelly Novack (York), Eric Server (Officer Boxman), Paul Sorenson (Officer Prodman), Naomi Stevens (Mrs. Goldstein), Herb Vigran (Sal Goldstein). A trail of killings leads Kolchak into a confrontation with a creature that assumes the likeness of a trusted friend.
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Woman [Reg]: Shoefly
Season 1, episode 13 W: Edward DeBlasio D: Alvin Ganzer With Rory Calhoun (Lou Gerard), Audrey Dalton (Rose Hess), Ed Nelson (Lt. Hess), Murray MacLeod (Sonny Boyer), Ken Renard (Judge), Luke Andreas (Maitre d), William Malloy (Beldon), Joseph Sicari (Benedetti), Kandi Keith (Harriet Styles), Robyn Hilton (Trudy), John Finnegan (Sgt. Bingham), Tony Young (Woody Lane), Phillip Pine (Capt. Peters), Annette O'Toole (Donna Hess), David White (Albin). Police are aware of a nightclub owner being a gangster, but his connections prevent them from putting him behind bars. When an informant tells Sgt. Pepper that he has hired a hit man for an assassination plot, the police move in.
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