Those Were the Days

Series Premiere

Emergency! - Mascot - NBC - January 15, 1972

Action Adventure Medical Series

Running Time: 60 minutes

Written by Preston Wood

Produced by Robert A. Cinader

Directed by Lawrence Dobkin

Stars:

Robert Fuller as Dr. Kelly Brackett

Julie London as Dixie McCall, R.N.

Bobby Troup as Dr. Joe Early

Randolph Mantooth as Firefighter Paramedic John Gage

Kevin Tighe as Firefighter Paramedic Roy DeSoto

Dick Hammer as Captain Dick Hammer

Tim Donnelly as Firefighter Chester B. "Chet" Kelly

Marco Lopez as Firefighter Marco Lopez

Mike Stoker as Firefighter Specialist Mike Stoker

Patricia McAneny as Paula Slayton

Linda Watkins as Mrs. Esther Leeds

Jock Mahoney as Lee

Beverly Powers as Holly

Jeff Davis as Peter Ballard

Roland Barton as Chopper Pilot

Candace Howerton as Genevieve McCurtain

Series Premiere

Maude - Maude's Problem - CBS - September 12, 1972

Sitcom

Running Time: 30 Minutes

Written by Susan Silver

Produced by Rod Parker

Directed by Robert H. Livingston

Stars:

Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay

Bill Macy as Walter Findlay

Adrienne Barbeau as Carol Traynor

Conrad Bain as Dr. Arthur Harmon (Credits Only)

Esther Rolle as Florida Evans (Credits Only)

William Redfield as Dr. Stern

Helen Page Camp as Mrs. Manley

TV Guide July 16 - 22. 1966

Frederick Martin MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) Film and television actor and singer who appeared in more than 100 films and a successful television series during a career that spanned nearly a half-century, from 1930 to the 1970s.  In 1960, he turned to television as Steve Douglas, the widowed patriarch on My Three Sons, which ran on ABC from 1960 to 1965 and CBS from 1965 to 1972.  During that same time he also appeared in numerous Disney films.  MacMurray had a provision in his My Three Sons contract that all of his scenes on that series were to be shot in two separate month-long production blocks and filmed first, permitting him to pursue his career in film and leisure activities.     (Wikipedia)

Series Premiere (Pilot)

M*A*S*H - Pilot Episode - CBS - September 17, 1972

Comedy / Drama / Medical

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Larry Gelbart

Produced by Gene Reynolds

Directed By Gene Reynolds

Stars:

Alan Alda as Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce

Wayne Rogers as "Trapper" John McIntire

McLean Stevenson as Colonel Henry Blake

Loretta Swit as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan

Larry Linville as Major Frank Burns

Gary Burghoff as Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly

George Morgan as Lt. Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy

G. Wood as Brigadier General Charlie Hammond

Patrick Adiarte as Ho Jon

Karen Phillip as Lt. Maria "Dish" Schneider

Timothy Brown as Captain Oliver Harmon "Spearchucker" Jones

Odessa Cleveland as Lt. Ginger Bayliss R.N.

Laura Miller as Knocko

John Orchard as Capt "Ugly John" Black

Linda Meiklejohn as Lt. Leslie Scorch R.N.

Bruno Kirby as Pvt Lorenzo Boone

Series Premiere

UFO - Identified - ITV - September 16, 1970 / USA - CBS - 1972

Science Fiction

Running Time: 60 minutes

Written by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and Tony Barwick

Produced by Gerry Anderson

Directed by Gerry Anderson

Stars:

Ed Bishop as Colonel Edward "Ed" Straker

Gabrielle Drake as Lieutenant Gay Ellis 

George Sewell as Colonel Alec Freeman

Grant Taylor as General James Henderson

Wanda Ventham as Colonel Virginia Lake

Peter Gordeno as Captain Peter Carlin

Dolores Mantez as Lieutenant Nina Barry

Gary Myers as Captain Lew Waterman

Keith Alexander as Lieutenant Keith Ford

Antonia Ellis as Lieutenant Joan Harrington

Norma Ronald as Miss Ealand

Harry Baird as Lieutenant Mark Bradley

Georgina Moon as Lieutenant Sylvia Howell

Ayshea Brough as Lieutenant Johnson

Basil Dignam as Cabinet Minister

Series Premiere

Hec Ramsey - The Century Turns - NBC - October 8, 1972

Western / Detective

Running Time: 90 minutes

Written by Harold Jack Bloom

Produced by William Finnegan

Directed by Daniel Petrie

Stars:

Richard Boone as Deputy Chief Hector "Hec" Ramsey

Rick Lenz as Chief Oliver Stamp

Sharon Acker as Nora Muldoon

Harry Morgan as Doc Amos Coogan

R. G. Armstrong as Ben Ritt

Robert Pratt as Steve Ritt

Ray Middleton as Judge Leroy Tate

Dennis Rucker as Constable Arnie Tornquist

Perry Lopez as Sgt Juan Mendoza

Bill Vint as Constable Davey Watson

Colby Chester as Roy

Dick Van Patten as Earl Enright

Brian Dewey as Andy Muldoon

Robert Phillips as Lew Tarris

Paul Carr as Fenner

Maurice Jara as Rides-With-The-Sun

Francis De Sales as Wingate

Len Wayland as Harley

Harry Harvey Sr as Drew

Series Premiere

Love Thy Neghbour - New Neighbours - ITV - April 13, 1972

Sitcom

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Vince Powell and Harry Driver

Produced by Stuart Allen

Directed by Stuart Allen

Stars:

Jack Smethurst as Eddie Booth

Rudolph Walker as Bill Reynolds

Nina Baden-Semper as Barbie Reynolds

Kate Williams as Joan Booth

George Roderick as the Removal Man

Series Premiere

Sanford and Son - Crossed Swords - NBC - January 14, 1972

Sitcom

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Aaron Ruben

Produced by Aaron Ruben

Directed by Bud Yorkin

Stars:

Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford

Demond Wilson as Lamont Sanford

William Lanteau as Clerk

Series Premiere

Me and the Chimp - Mike's Day With Buttons - CBS - January 13, 1972

Sitcom

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Garry Marshall

Produced by Alan Rafkin

Directed by Alan Rafkin

Stars:

Ted Bessell as Mike Reynolds

Anita Gillette as Liz Reynolds

Scott Kolden as Scott Reynolds

Kami Cotler as Kitty Reynolds

Jackie as Buttons

Reta Shaw as Pearl Cutler

Eddie Quillan as Harley

TV Guide - July 9 - 15, 1966

Brian Kelly (February 14, 1931 – February 12, 2005) was an American actor and producer widely known for his role as Porter Ricks, the widowed father of two sons on the NBC television series Flipper.

Kelly headed to Hollywood in the late fifties after choosing acting as his career. Following minor roles in Adventures in Paradise, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Rifleman, Kelly starred in two television series, NBC's 21 Beacon Street (1959), with Dennis Morgan and Joanna Barnes, and ABC‘s Straightaway (1961-1962) with John Ashley.

In 1964, Kelly took over the Chuck Connors role from the 1963 family film Flipper, playing Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve and recently widowed father of Sandy Ricks (Luke Halpin) in the 1964 sequel Flipper’s New Adventure. He continued the role in the family-oriented action and adventure television program Flipper that same year. In the TV series, Porter would also have a second son, Bud (Tommy Norden). (Wikipedia)

Series Premiere

The Sixth Sense - I Do Not Belong to the Human World - ABC - January 15, 1972

Paranormal Thriller

Running Time: 60 minutes

Written by Anthony Lawrence

Produced by Stan Shpetner

Directed by Alf Kjellin

Stars:

Gary Collins as Dr. Michael Rhodes

Catherine Ferrar as Nancy Murphy

Belinda J. Montgomery  as Tina Norris

Jim McMullan as Peter Martin

Kip Niven as Randy Blake

Bert Freed as Prof. Calvin Blake

John Milford as Det. Sgt. Crowell

Christina Crawford as Betty Blake

Series Premiere

Arthur of the Britons - Arthur is Dead - ITV - December 6, 1972

Historical Drama

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Terence Feely

Produced by Peter Miller

Directed by Peter Sasdy

Stars:

Oliver Tobias as Arthur, Chief of the Celts

Michael Gothard as Kai

Jack Watson as Llud the Silver-Handed

Brian Blessed as Mark of Cornwall

Rupert Davies as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons

Donald Burton as Dirk the Crafty

Michael Graham Cox as Herward the Holy

Norman Bird as Ambrose

Meic Stevens as Cabot, the Minstrel

Tom Chadbon as Spy

Series Premiere

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids! - Lying - CBS - September 9, 1972

Animated / Educational

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Bill Danch and Jim Ryan

Produced by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott

Directed by Hal Sutherland

Narrated by Bill Cosby

Voice Stars:

Fat Albert Robertson by Bill Cosby

James "Mushmouth" Mush by Bill Cosby

"Dumb" Donald Parker by Lou Scheimer

William "Bill" Cosby by Bill Cosby

Russell Cosby by Jan Crawford

"Old Wierd" Harold Simmons by Gerald Edwards

Rudy Davis by Pepe Brown

Series Premiere

Are You Being Served? - Pilot - BBC One - September 8, 1972

Sitcom

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft

Produced by David Croft

Directed by Bernard Thompson

Stars:

Trevor Bannister as Mr James/Dick Lucas

Mollie Sugden as Mrs Betty Slocombe

Frank Thornton as Captain Stephen Peacock

Arthur Brough as Mr Ernest Grainger

John Inman as Mr Wilberforce Claybourne Humphries

Wendy Richard as Miss Shirley Brahms

Nicholas Smith as Mr Cuthbert Rumbold

Larry Martyn as Mr Mash

Michael Knowles as The Customer

Harold Bennett as "Young" Mr Grace

Series Premiere

The Adventurer - Miss Me One, Miss Me Twice, and Miss Me Once Again ... - ATV - September 29, 1972

Action / Adventure

Running Time: 60 minutes

Written by Marty Roth

Produced by Monty Berman

Directed by Cyril Frankel

Stars:

Gene Barry as Gene Bradley

Catherine Schell as Diane Marsh

Barry Morse as Mr. Parminter

Ed Bishop as Wayne

Alex Scott as Gregory Varna

John Barrie as Vladimir Horvic

Bernard Kay as Nicholas Zenter

Margaretta Scott as Lady Hargrom

Ray Chiarella as Hotel Clerk

Paul Greaves as Aide

Keith Ashley as Manservant

Elaine Montgomerie as Woman Delegate

Series Premiere

Ghost Story - The Dead We Leave Behind - NBC - September 15, 1972

Anthology / Thriller

Running Time: 60 minutes

Written by Robert Specht

Produced by Joel Rogosin

Directed by Paul Stanley

Hosted by Sebastian Cabot as Winston Essex

Stars:

Jason Robards as Elliot Brent

Stella Stevens as Joanna Brent

Jack Kelly as Motorist

John McLiam as Titus Paul

Skip Ward as Tommy Howard

TV Guide - July 2 - 8, 1966