Prime-time network TV listings for Friday April 8, 1977:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Here Comes Peter Cottontail [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Danny Kaye, Paul Frees, Casey Kasem, Vincent Price, Joan Gardner. Peter fails to deliver more Easter eggs than the evil Irontail, but is saved by Mr. Sassafrass and his time machine. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Donny And Marie [Reg]
Season 2, episode 1 With Desi Arnaz, Milton Berle, Peggy Fleming, George Gobel, Arthur Godfrey, Robert Hegyes, Lassie, Art Linkletter, Paul Lynde, Groucho Marx, Harriet Nelson, Gale Storm. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1976)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: I Dream of Choo Choo Rabinowitz
Season 6, episode 6 W: Larry Mintz, Alan Eisenstock D: Alan Rafkin With Marlene Clark (Janet), Edward Crawford (Roger), Leonard Stone (Mr. Grayson), Royce Wallace (Mrs. Gordon). To impress Lamont's future mother-in-law, Fred decides to get into the official book of world records. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/22/1976)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Uncle Sonny
Season 3, episode 21 W: Henry Irving D: Jack Donohue With John Voldstad (Cab Driver), Lisa Mordente (Sugar Britches), Sonja Haney (Sonja), Alvin Hammer (Telegram Man), Chanin Hale (Annalou Brown), Susan McIver (Susie). After Ed goes off on a fishing trip, his swinging uncle arrives followed by a bevy of girls.
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| [CBS 9:00] Nashville 99 [Reg]: Joldy
Season 1, episode 2 W: Ron Bishop D: Lawrence Dobkin With Tammy Wynette (Herself), Ben Jones (Calvin Bonner), Pat Hingle (Turley Bonner), John Dennis Johnston (Daniel Bonner), Blake Emmons (Sheriff Beam), Joe Dorsey (Judge). Lt. Stoney Huff takes on a backwoods family's tradition of vigilante justice when he picks up the father of a slain child for the murder of the killer.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Bang The Drum Slowly (1973)
W: Mark Harris D: John Hancock With Robert DeNiro, Michael Moriarity, Vincent Gardenia, Phil Foster, Barbara Babcock, Ann Wedgeworth, Tom Ligon, Tom Signorelli, Heather MacRae, Patrick McVey. The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season.
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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. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/1/1976)
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| [CBS 10:00] Martinelli: Outside Man [special]
W: Paul A. Magistretti D: Russ Mayberry With Ron Leibman, Woody Strode, Al Ruscio, Nicholas Colasanto, Robert Donner, Pepper Martin, Janet Margolin. Relying on wit and chance, a tough federal agent investigates a bank robbery that has left two policemen dead, by going underground and dealing with the men passing the stolen money.
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Woman [Reg]: Trial By Prejudice
Season 3, episode 3 W: Sean Baine D: Barry Shear With John Kerry (Sergeant Tripp), Susan Gailey (Rosie), Adam Wade (Sergeant Dalton), Carol Lynley, Jack Ging (Captain Harris), Pat Crowley (Marlene Simpson), Colleen Meeker, Edward Binns (John Solvana). Pepper is falsely accused of sexually molesting a female criminal suspect and undergoes a departmental investigation. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/12/1976)
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