Video: 'Helen Reddy - I Am Woman (Midnight Special - Feb 2, 1973)'
(Saturday February 3, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EST) —Midnight Special, a late-night musical variety series, debuted this morning as a regular series (it had premiered as a special on Aug. 19, 1972) on NBC-TV, with Helen Reddy as the host. Continue reading ‘Midnight Special’ debuts as a series on NBC 40 years ago this hour (1973)
Video: 'Barnaby Jones - S1E1 - Requiem For A Son' (Jan. 28, 1973)
(Sunday, January 28, 1973, 9:30 p.m. EST) —Barnaby_Jones, a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, debuted tonight on CBS-TV.
Video: 'Schoolhouse Rock Classics: Multiplication Rock'
(Saturday, January 6, 1973) —Schoolhouse Rock!, an American interstitial programming series of animated musical educational short films that aired during the Saturday morning children’s programming, debuted today on ABC-TV.
Video: Aug. 30, 1972 (only 'Imagine' missing from ABC-TV broadcast of Dec. 15, 1972)
(Friday, December 15, 1972, 10 p.m. EST) — An Aug. 30, 1972, performance by ex-Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono with The Plastic Ono Elephant’s Memory band at Madison Square Garden in New York City to benefit the Willowbrook School for Children, a home for retarded children, was televised tonight on ABC.
Video: 'Password' (Dec. 1, 1972)
(Friday, December 1, 1972, 9:30 p.m. ET) — When Password host Allen Ludden invites Oscar to be a celebrity guest on his show, Felix pesters Oscar to let him be his partner on tonight’s episode of the ABC-TV sitcom The Odd Couple. In 1997, the episode was ranked #5 on TV Guide‘s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Video: 'Badge Heavy' (part 1)
(Wednesday, October 25, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Reed puts his reputation on the line when he decides to file a formal complaint against a fellow officer after witnessing him use excessive force on a suspect on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12. Continue reading ‘Badge Heavy’ episode airs on ‘Adam-12’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)
Video: 'Kung Fu - SE 1 EP 1 - King Of The Mountain (1972)'
(Saturday, October 14, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Kung Fu, a drama that follows the adventures of a Shaolin monk who travels through the American Old West armed only with his spiritual training and his skill in martial arts, as he seeks his half-brother, debuted tonight as a regular series on ABC-TV (it had aired as a full-length feature TV pilot on Feb. 22, 1972). It starred David Carradine, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn and Radames Pera.
(Wednesday, October 4, 1972, 11:30 p.m. EDT) — Comedian and actor Bob Hope appeared on tonight’s The Dick Cavett Show on ABC-TV.
Video: 'Lost And Found' (part 1)
(Wednesday, October 4, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Malloy and Reed transport an unconscious 8-year-old boy to Rampart General Hospital and help him and his parents cope with the ordeal on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12. Continue reading ‘Lost and Found’ episode airs on ‘Adam-12’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)
Video: 'Archie's Fraud'
(Saturday, September 23, 1972, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — Archie’s Sunday job, driving taxi cabs for Bert Munson, has been a fine extra job for additional income. However, Archie has failed to report the extra income on his tax returns on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family.
