Prime-time network TV listings for Friday December 10, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Friends, Romans, Communists
Explores the emergence of the far left in Italy, and their influence in politics and at the ballot box. Journalist Luigi Barzini points out the paradoxes of the opulent life-styles and the support from many creative artisans who cherish their freedom and independence.
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| [ABC 8:00] Rudolph's Shiny New Year [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam. An animated production featuring the voices of Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin and Morey Amsterdam. Happy, the Baby New Year, is missing and Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer goes to the rescue. His travels take him to exotic islands, including the desert of the sands of time and the islands of lost years.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Aunt Esther Meets Her Son
Season 6, episode 13 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Al Rabin With Raymond Allen (Uncle Woody), Eric Laneuville (Daniel). Aunt Esther has a fit and turns her newly adopted son out of her home when she learns that he doesn't believe in God.
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Mucho Macho Ed
Season 3, episode 9 W: Si Rose D: Jack Donohue With Maria O'Brien (Anita Gomez). Ed is delighted when a young woman informs him he is the father of the child she is expecting -- though Ed can't remember when or how the alleged affair with the woman took place.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Report To The Commissioner (1975)
W: Abby Mann, Ernest Tidyman D: Milton Katselas With Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo. Hard-hitting drama of an idealistic rookie policeman's ensnarement in the complexities of big-city police politics.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: What's Up, Doc? (1972)
W: Buck Henry, David Newman, Robert Benton D: Peter Bogdanovich With Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars. An eccentric girl and an equally eccentric young professor become involved in a zany chase to recover four identical flight bags.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: Return To The Thirty-Eighth Parallel
Season 3, episode 9 W: Walter Dallenbach D: Bruce Kessler With Veronica Hamel (Marcy Brownell), Ned Beatty (Al Brennan), Norman Burton (Markell), Paul Stevens (John Stabila), Robert Karnes (Capt. Hulette), James Congdon (Alvin Thomas), John Mahon (Lt. Hayes), Chuck Winters (Kevin Lindsay), Tom Stewart (Aarons), Bart Burns (Fire Chief), Jeff David (Funeral Director), Michael Ebert (Lee Nejman). An old Army buddy inveigles Rockford into accepting a client who says she is looking for her missing sister, but the trail leads instead to stolen art objects.
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| [NBC 10:00] Serpico [Reg]: Rapid Fire
Season 1, episode 8 W: David H. Vowell D: Alex March With John Hillerman (Raoul Christie), Tony King (Ralph Hobbes), Tovah Feldshuh (Erica), John Karlen (Eddie Hibbard), Richard C. Adams (Wagner), Angelo Grisanti (Lincoln), Sylvester Words (Harold), Tobar Mayo (Walter Moten), John Morgan Evans (Sonny), James DiAngelo (Todd), Dianne Harper (Angela). Serpico enlists the help of the operator of an exotic brothel to trap a dangerous arms dealer and literally winds up holding the bag -- with a built-in bomb device set to detonate the second he lets go.
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