Prime-time network TV listings for Friday October 1, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Spencer's Pilots [Reg]: The Matchbook
Season 1, episode 3 W: Tim Maschler D: Ernest Pintoff With Sydney Chaplin (Pike), Richard Mulligan (Babcock), Mills Watson (Sheriff Scruggs), William Watson (Ed Scanlon), Bridget Hanley (Mary Beth), John Davis Chandler (Sam Lark), Kirk Mee (Mike McNeil), William Bogert (Bill Fraser). An industrialist's daughter is the victim of a skyjack during a flying lesson.
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| [ABC 8:00] Donny And Marie [Reg]
Season 2, episode 2 With George Burns, Peggy Fleming, Evel Knievel, Chubby Checker, The Osmond Brothers. A salute to television.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: The Hawaiian Connection (3)
Season 6, episode 3 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Alan Rafkin With Frank Nelson (Co-Pilot), Fritzi Burr (Woman on Plane), Hal Williams (Officer Smith), Robert Kino (Japanese Tourist), Danny Kamekona (Cop #2), Sandra Kerns (Stewardess), Sheldon Leonard (Davis), Don Ho (Himself), Greg Morris (Freddy Wells), James Gregory (Commander), Pat Paulsen (Percy), Barbara Rhoades (Gladys), David Huddleston (Cop #1). Jewelry thieves chase Fred all over Honolulu, thinking he has their loot in his possession.
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Della Moves In
Season 3, episode 1 W: Hal Kanter, Michael Morris D: Jack Donohue With Danny Mora (Salvador). Season premiere. A new neighbor moves in across the alley and is greeted by Ed with insults -- not realizing that she owns the land under his garage.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Paper Moon (1973)
W: Alvin Sargent D: Peter Bogdanovich With Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, Noble Willingham, Randy Quaid. During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976)
W: Richard Fielder D: Lee Philips With Katharine Ross, Steve Forrest, Stella Stevens, Hector Elizondo, Michael Constantine, Katherine Helmond, Warren Berlinger. Etta Place, desperate following the deaths of Butch and Sundance, seeks help from Pancho Villa in exchange for guns and ammunition.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: The Oracle Wore A Cashmere Suit
Season 3, episode 2 W: David Chase D: Russ Mayberry With Robert Webber (Roman Clementi), Bonnie Bartlett (Casey Patterson), Robert Walden (Barry Silverstein), John Furlong (Detective Caselli), Pepe Serna (Ray Ochoa), Terrence O'Connor (Eileen), James Hong (Forensic Expert). A phony psychic fingers Jim in the death of a dope pusher while ostensibly helping the police solve the slaying -- but he's really only furthering his efforts to rob the dead man.
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| [NBC 10:00] Serpico [Reg]: The Traitor In Our Midst
Season 1, episode 2 W: Robert Hamilton D: Michael Caffey With Dan O'Herlihy (Terence Delaney), Stephen Macht (Bobby Delaney), Arnold Moss (Tiller), Mary Alice (Angel), Alexander Courtney (Mort Haskell), Marian Mercer (Sister Margaret), Jana Bellan (Lisa), David Moody (Arnold), Joey Green (Luther), Ralph Manza (Monsignor Rossi). Serpico, posing as a derelict, leads a raid on a skid row mission known to be a numbers drop.
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