Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday December 28, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Tony Orlando & Dawn Rainbow Hour [Reg]
Season 3, episode 10 With Fred MacMurray, Cory Braverman.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: A Mind Of His Own
Season 4, episode 3 W: Jack Winter D: Jerry Paris With Larry Golden (Butch), Gary Springer (Bernie), Lynn Benesch (Miss Franklin), Bill Idelson (Doctor), Michele Nichols (Laura). The Cunninghams become concerned after Fonzie engages in a series of fights and convince him to see a psychiatrist -- which abruptly changes his lifestyle. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/5/1976)
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| [NBC 8:00] Black Sheep Squadron [Reg]: Flying Misfits (2)
Season 1, episode 2 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Russ Mayberry With John Durren (Doc Roberts), Sandra Kerns (Nurse), Jake Mitchell (Lieutenant Boyle), Janice Carroll (Nurse Delmonte), Byron Morrow (Admiral Nimitz), James Murtaugh (Medical Lieutenant), James Lough (Admiral's Aide), Peter Donat (Col. Mathis), Sharon Gless (Nurse), George Gaynes (Gen. Chennault), Lance LeGault (Huckabee), Anthony Charnota (Freddy), John Lawlor (Dr. Reese). Boyington decides he needs a smashing victory over Japan's airmen to forestall his court-martial. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/21/1976)
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: It's The Water
Season 1, episode 10 W: Greg Strangis D: Dennis Klein With Greg Lewis (Wolfgang Gessler). Shirley is promoted to official beer taster by an executive who knows she gets tipsy when she sips the brew. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/6/1976)
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Season 5, episode 3 W: Ken Levine, David Isaacs D: Gene Reynolds With Judy Farrell (Nurse Able), Bobbie Mitchell (Lt. Gage), Enid Kent (Nurse Bigelow), Tom Sullivan (Tom Straw), Dudley Knight (Maj. Overman). Hawkeye suffers blindness and severe burns after attempting to light a gas stove which explodes. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/5/1976)
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| [ABC 9:00] Rich Man, Poor Man (Book II): Chapter 12 [special]
W: Millard Lampell D: Ted Post With Peter Strauss, Gregg Henry, James Carroll Jordan, Susan Sullivan, William Smith, Kay Lenz, Dimitra Arliss, Peter Haskell, George Gaynes, Peter Donat. Wes seeks vengeance, and tracks Falconetti to Las Vegas.
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| [NBC 9:00] Police Woman [Reg]: Night Of The Full Moon
Season 3, episode 12 W: Don Balluck D: Alvin Ganzer With John David Carson (Tommy Shaw / Charles Parker), Lisa Hartman (Evelyn), Sarah Cunningham (Helen Shaw), Woodrow Chambliss. Pepper is the decoy in a strategy to capture a schizophrenic young man who strangles middle-aged women.
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| [CBS 9:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Happy New Year
Season 2, episode 12 W: Jack Elinson, Norman Paul, Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant D: Herbert Kenwith With Dick O'Neill (Orville), Fred Stuthman (Clifford), Nedra Volz (Mrs. Peabody). The girls' resourcefulness spares the lonely residents of a retirement home another dismal New Year's Eve.
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| [CBS 10:00] Switch [Reg]: Death By Resurrection
Season 1, episode 11 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Alf Kjellin With Don Porter (Paul Lorimer), Cheryl Ladd (Jill Lorimer), Joanna Cameron (Jenny Brown), Alfred Ryder (Nathan Monk), George Wyner (Sterling), Charles Frank (Charlie), Zitto Kazann (Naylin), John Kerry (Bedford), Todd Martin (Patterson), John Finnegan (Sergeant). Pete and Mac take what seems to be a routine case where Pete goes to New York City to conduct a confidential investigation, but instead is beaten up, arrested, and then returns to Los Angeles only to be kidnapped. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/2/1975)
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| [ABC 10:00] Family [Reg]: Rites Of Friendship
Season 2, episode 10 W: Gerry Day, Bethel Leslie D: Glenn Jordan With Brian Byers (Zeke Remsen), Biff McGuire (Simon Remsen), Robert Doran (Carl Baker), Morgan Jones (Desk Sergeant). Willie's good friend, Zeke, comes home from college and is busted in a raid on a gay bar. When he tries desperately to explain his coming-to-terms with his homosexuality to his childhood friend, Willie becomes intolerant and hostile.
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Story [Reg]: Payment Deferred
Season 4, episode 1 W: Leonardo Bercovici D: Corey Allen With Eddie Egan (Sgt. Harry Volmer), Phillip Pine (Capt. Holmes), Antony Carbone (Billy Kark), Donald O'Connor (Holly), Verna Bloom (Marge Connor), Vince Edwards (Sgt. Joe Barley). A police sergeant's vengeance in the pursuit of the slayer of his long-time partner leads him to force a reformed junkie and informer to return to the deadly underworld he had left behind. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/21/1976)
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