Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday January 24, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Harlem Globetrotters: The Road To Mexico [special]
The fabulous Trotters are seen displaying their basketball wizardry and enjoying the sights while in Puerto Rico and Mexico. Meadowlark Lemon, the clown prince of basketball, narrates the wild play against the Trotters' touring patsies, the New Jersey Reds. In a special segment, complete with all the fanfare, Matador Meadowlark steps into a Mexican ring to display his prowess with the cape -- and a young bull.
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| [ABC 7:30] Let's Make A Deal
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| [NBC 7:30] The Andy Williams Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 17 W: Chris Bearde, Allan Blye With Jimmie Rodgers, Tiny Tim, Charlie Callas, Deanna Lund, The Lettermen. Andy sings "Manhattan"; choreographer Jaime Rodgers and six male dancers perform in a segment titled "Prison Theme".
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| [ABC 8:00] Newlywed Game
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| [CBS 8:30] My Three Sons [Reg]: Dodie's Tonsils
Season 10, episode 16 W: Douglas Tibbles D: Fred De Cordova With Roy Roberts (Dr. Roy Conlin), Jane Dulo (Welcome Lady). It's one of those times for the Douglases: Dodie has her tonsils out, Steve sprains an ankle, and the triplets are hospitalized while mom and dad are vacationing in Mexico. Dr. Conlin performs heroic service.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Lawrence Welk Show
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| [NBC 8:30] Adam-12 [Reg]: Log 14 -- S.W.A.T.
Season 2, episode 14 W: Michael Donovan D: Alan Crosland Jr. With Dick Geary (Benson), Adam Wade (Ron Thompson), Lew Brown (Sgt. Baron), Alma Platt (Katy Anderson), Thomas Bellin (John Kursko). Malloy and Reed are joined by other specially trained officers in order to capture a sniper lodged atop a theater building.
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| [CBS 9:00] Green Acres [Reg]: Bundle Of Joy
Season 5, episode 17 W: Jay Sommers, Dick Chevillat D: Richard L. Bare With Herb Voland (Judd Carling), Bartlett Robinson (Ma Robinson), Sid Grossfeld (Mr. Sternweiss), Patience Cleveland (Janet Glassworth), Mary Alice Fox (Susie). An abandoned puppy is left on the Douglas doorstep while Oliver is away in New York. In the confusion of a phone call from Lisa right in the middle of a legal conference, Oliver thinks the foundling is a baby.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Last Safari (1967)
W: John Gay D: Henry Hathaway With Stewart Granger, Kaz Garas, Gabriella Licudi, Johnny Sekka, Liam Redmond. A white hunter feels disillusioned because his career has degenerated to the point where he's only a servant to trigger-happy tourists. On his own, he decides to seek and destroy Big Red, a fabled killer elephant who was responsible for the death of his best friend. Filmed in Kenya.
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| [CBS 9:30] Petticoat Junction [Reg]: The Valley's New Owner
Season 7, episode 18 W: Charles Stewart, Dick Conway D: Elliott Lewis With William Mims (Mayor Potts). Uncle Joe kicks Orrin Pike out of the hotel for keeping Bobbie Jo out too late, then he's horrified to learn that an old deed has been uncovered naming Orrin owner of all Hooterville.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Hollywood Palace
Season 7, episode 15 W: Joe Bigelow, Jay Burton D: Mark Breaux With Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme host. In skits, Steve and Jayne portray a couple who spend a second honeymoon on an ocean cruise; Sid and Imogene play a middle-class couple living in suburbia wondering what to do on weekends.
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: Blind Mirror
Season 3, episode 17 W: Don Brinkley D: Nick Webster With Ed Gilbert (Lieutenant), Craig Littler (Jerry Smith), Robert Lansing (George Diamond), Diane McBain (Stella Diamond), Mike Farrell (Clay Riegles), Linda Marsh (Winifred Hill). Joe Mannix becomes caught up in a domestic quarrel between an estranged married couple which ends in homicide. Mannix finds the key to the caper rests in the conflicting stories surrounding the previous near-drowning of the victim.
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