The Heath Post: On the Rocks

Thursday nights 1975 look a little more promising than most of the daily prime-time lineups.

I'm a Waltons fan, and I thought last season ended with one of the strongest stories in the show's three-years-so-far run. Even still, I'm going to have a hard time keeping away from ABC's returning Barney Miller and an intriguing new sitcom, On the Rocks.

NBC, meanwhile, is taking its chances with a couple of new entrants, The Montefuscos, which sounds none too appealing, and Fay, which I'm absolutely certain I would've loved.

I'm not much into murder mysteries or crime or hospital dramas, so ABC and NBC pretty much lose me at 8 p.m. Central.

So, that leaves me with The CBS Thursday Night Movies, which I'm thrilled to learn is scheduled to include a re-airing of the fantastic Bob Newhart/Dick Van Dyke delight, Cold Turkey, one of America's all-time-great films.