Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday September 4, 1975:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Dyn-O-Mite Special [special]
A look at the new season's CBS children's programs, starring Jimmie Walker, Ralph Carter and Bernadette Stanis, the Evans kids.
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| [ABC 8:00] Evel Knievel: Portrait Of A Daredevil [special]
A retrospective look at the accomplishments of the flamboyant motorcycle stunt rider.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Montefuscos [Reg]: Behind Papa's Back
Season 1, episode 1 A series about a stern but lovable patriarch of an Italian-American family which gathers at his home each Sunday for equal portions of food, philosophy and fun. In the first show, Poppa upsets the family by scheduling the reading of his will after dinner.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Waltons [Reg]: The Venture
Season 3, episode 25 W: Joseph Bonaduce D: Ralph Waite With Rance Howard (Dr. McIvers), James Gammon (Zack Rosswell), M. Emmet Walsh (David Fletcher), John Carter (Walt Cutlett), Craig Hundley (Joseph), Claudia Bryar (Nurse Howard), Herbert Anderson (Mr. Bennett), Celia Bonaduce (Barbara), Jerry Crews (Music Judge). John Walton is elated at winning a large lumber contract, but Grandpa comes down with the flu and John insists on doing the work of both men -- until Olivia finds him unconscious. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/6/1975)
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| [NBC 8:30] Fay [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Susan Harris D: Alan Arkin With Ron Liberti (Piero), Kevin McCarthy (Bill). A series about a 43-year-old woman with two grown children, looking for her identity after an unfulfilling marriage. In the first show, she receives a proposal of marriage, thereby creating a dilemma for her.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Ten Dollar Murder
Season 3, episode 18 W: D.C. Fontana D: William Hale With Carol Rossen (Insp. Irene Elliott), Mark Wheeler (Bobby Elliott), Joe Spano (Cab Driver), Jerry Douglas (Bill Benson), Bob Bralver (John Cova), Michael Talbott (Tiny Reynolds), Ted Hartley (John Dornen), Bruce Kirby (Carl Severn). Stone and Keller are after two teenage boys for a murder, not knowing that one of the youths is the son of a policewoman. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/30/1975)
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| [NBC 9:00] Medical Story [Reg]: Medical Story
Season 1, episode 1 W: Abby Mann D: Gary Nelson With Beau Bridges, Claude Akins, Carl Reiner, Jose Ferrer, Ford Rainey, Shirley Knight, Wendell Burton, Harold Gould, Madlyn Rhue, Sydney Chaplin. A special two-hour drama leads off a new series which will run weekly Thursdays at 10 pm. The question of whether a young actress should have a hysterectomy pits an intern against three established doctors. The story is based on the near-fatal experience of Harriet Karr, the wife of executive producer Abby Mann. Miss Karr plays the ailing actress.
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| [CBS 9:30] Three For The Road [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Jerry McNeely D: Boris Sagal With Julie Sommars (Amy Parsons), John Beck (Rick Sadler), John McLiam (Thurman Parsons), Katie Sagal (Receptionist), Alan McRae (Doctor), Lucille Benson (Gas Station Attendant). A free-lance photographer's assignments take him across America in a motorhome he shares with his two sons.
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| [ABC 10:00] Harry O [Reg]: Street Games
Season 1, episode 22 W: Herman Groves D: Richard Lang With Maureen McCormick (Nancy Wayne), Claudette Nevins (Marge Wayne), John McMurtry (Cicero Kern), Philip Sterling (Maxie Reardon), Ray Vitte (Bama), Stanley Bennett Clay (Willie Ravell), Ketty Lester (Sally Jackson), Lani O'Grady (Jean), W.T. Zacha (Cutter), Vince Martorano (Hitch), Anthony Mason (Jambo), Leslie Dalton (Gina). A 16-year-old dope addict is a murder witness who can put away a syndicate boss -- if she lives long enough to testify. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/13/1975)
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