Category Archives: Television 1970s

‘Happy Birthday, Pop’ episode airs on ‘Sanford and Son’ 40 years ago tonight this hour (1972)


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(Friday, January 21, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Lamont buys Fred a new hat for his birthday and then tries to take him out on the town to celebrate on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom Sanford and Son. Continue reading ‘Happy Birthday, Pop’ episode airs on ‘Sanford and Son’ 40 years ago tonight this hour (1972)

‘The Ninety-Second War’ episode (part 1) airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)


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(Tuesday, January 11, 1972, 8:30 p.m. ET) — McGarrett is framed in an elaborate set up by Wo Fat, and has to contend with a foreign double amongst other problems on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘The Ninety-Second War’ episode (part 1) airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)

‘Edith’s Problem’ episode airs tonight on ‘All In The Family’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)


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(Saturday, January 8, 1972, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Archie, Mike and Gloria are stunned when Edith becomes a rollercoaster of moods on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom All In The Family. Continue reading ‘Edith’s Problem’ episode airs tonight on ‘All In The Family’ 40 years ago this hour (1972)

‘Odd Man In’ episodes airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)


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(Tuesday, December 28, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — A veteran criminal who has already had dealings with Five-O escapes, and plans to steal millions of dollars from drug smugglers on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Odd Man In’ episodes airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)

‘The Dinosaur’ episode airs on ‘Adam-12’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)

(Wednesday, December 15, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Eight years after an act of heroism put him out of commission, an officer returns to active duty, only to find that the changes made to the job that limit an officer’s power and increase suspect’s rights are too much to handle on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV police drama Adam-12.

‘Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise?’ episode airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)


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(Tuesday, December 14, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — McGarrett and the team must find out who is behind a series of ecological stunts, when it is feared that a company executive will be their next target on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise?’ episode airs on ‘Hawaii Five-0’ 40 years ago this hour (1971)