Prime-time network TV listings for Monday March 15, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Rhoda [Reg]: Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye
Season 2, episode 1 W: Michael Leeson D: Robert Moore With Richard Masur (Nick Lobo), Wes Stern (Lenny Fiedler), Ruth Gordon (Carlton's Mother), Jess Nadelman (Detective Lail), Joe George (Detective Parker), Lee Vines (Raymond). The second year kicks off with Ruth Gordon guesting as the mother of Carlton the Doorman, who comes along to vouch for her son's competence and efficiency in spite of his being fired from his job. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/8/1975)
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| [ABC 8:00] On The Rocks [Reg]: Old Fish, New Fish
Season 1, episode 1 W: Dick Clements, Ian La Frenais D: John Rich With Hamilton Camp (Howie Weston), Rita Moreno, Logan Ramsey (Warden Poindexter), Yvonne Wilder (Lillian), Britt Leach (Mechanic), Richard Stahl (Doctor), Sorrell Booke (Judge). Comedy series about a group of inmates who are "low risk" inhabitants of a minimum security prison. In the first show, Hector Fuentes arrives at the facility to play a return engagement, and teaches his fellow shut-ins little tricks. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/11/1975)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Rich Little Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 7 With Michael Landon, Ron Howard, The Sylvers.
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| [CBS 8:30] Phyllis [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich With Barbara Colby (Julie Erskine), John Harkins (Mr. Carlson), Dee Carroll (Louise), Ian Wolfe (Minister). Cloris Leachman stars as the newly-widowed Phyllis Lindstrom (the character she created on the Mary Tyler Moore show), who makes the move to San Francisco to begin a new life. In the opening segment, she discovers the responsibilities of supporting herself and daughter Bess. Moving in with Lars' mother and stepfather, she begins a search for work. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/8/1975)
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| [ABC 8:30] Good Heavens [Reg]: Good Neighbor Maxine
Season 1, episode 3 W: Sy Gomberg D: Carl Reiner With Clu Gulager (Jim Pearson), Loretta Swit (Maxine), Michael Pataki (Ray Sherwood), Ron Masak (Buck), Huntz Hall (Barney), R.B. Sorko-Ram (State Trooper), Michael Gregory (Rocky). When a woman tells Mr. Angel she'd like a more adventurous life, she didn't bargain for a wild dune buggy ride and fending off the advances of a burly truck driver.
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| [CBS 9:00] All In The Family [Reg]: The Very Moving Day
Season 6, episode 1 W: Hal Kanter D: Paul Bogart With Betty Garrett (Irene Lorenzo). The sixth season opens as the Stivics move next door and Gloria's announcement makes the occasion even more joyful -- she's going to have a baby. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/8/1975)
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| [ABC 9:00] Rich Man, Poor Man: Conclusion [special]
W: Dean Riesner D: David Greene With Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, Susan Blakely, Dorothy Malone, Dorothy McGuire, Helen Craig, Murray Hamilton, Robert Reed, William Smith, Van Johnson, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Bill Quinn, Eddie Barth. The miniseries ends. Tom Jordache finds his son, falls in love and marries, and comes face-to-face again with the villainous Falconetti. Rudy's political career and private life clash in one desperate and final confrontation involving a college paper which runs photos of a drunken and naked Julie.
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| [NBC 9:00] Joe Forrester [Reg]: Welcome To The Gardens
Season 1, episode 4 W: S.S. Schweitzer D: Barry Shear With Richard Yniguez (Dan Palomar), Hector Elias (Oso), Lazaro Perez (Nando Salazar), Mary Maldonado (Ginger), Valentine Villareal (Jesus), Guillermo San Juan (Rudy), Jon Linton. Joe Forrester and his young partner work hard to gain the trust of youngsters who are afraid to set foot outside their homes in a housing project. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/30/1975)
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| [CBS 9:30] Maude [Reg]: Maude's Ex-Convict
Season 4, episode 24 W: Charlie Hauck D: Anthony Chickey With Bob Balaban (Ambrose Riley). Maude has nothing but good intentions when she hires an ex-convict as a cook.
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| [CBS 10:00] Medical Center [Reg]: If Wishes Were Horses
Season 7, episode 24 W: James Henerson D: Gene Reynolds With Philip Michael Thomas (Dr. Sam Karter), Kim Richards (Penny), Scott Hylands (Dr. Al Healey), Mary McCarty (Charlotte), William Redfield (Dr. Frank Waldman), Eugene Roche, William Windom (Crail), Percy Rodrigues. The owner-doctors of a San Francisco ghetto health clinic face an uncertain future when a vengeful police officer places it off-limits to ambulance service because the doctors refuse to turn wounded street fighters over to the police. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 10:00] Jigsaw John [Reg]: The Mourning Line
Season 1, episode 7 With Sandy Ward, Barra Grant, Stephen Collins (Elliott Lacey), Rafael Campos, Marc Singer (Wade Bedell), Phillip Antora. Jigsaw's investigation into the murder of a barber-bookie centers on a fashionable executive who owed the gambler a large sum of money.
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