Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday January 28, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Hee Haw
Season 1, episode 19 With Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard. Lynn and Haggard drop by for songs like "Dear Uncle Sam" and "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am".
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| [ABC 7:30] Nanny And The Professor [Reg]: The Wiblet Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out
Season 1, episode 2 W: A.J. Carothers D: Russ Mayberry With Joanna Moore (Dr. Alice Miller). Nanny tells Prudence that the way to stop her imaginary night visitor, the Wiblet, is to see him in the light. But the gambit fails when she decides to switch rooms with Prudence. Meanwhile, Hal and Butch plot to show their little sister a Wiblet.
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| [NBC 7:30] The Virginian [Reg]: Holocaust
Season 8, episode 17 W: Robert Van Scoyk D: Jeannot Szwarc With Tony Franciosa (Kordick), Harold J. Stone (Adam Southcort), Sean McClory (Walter May), John Hoyt (John Weston), Jeanette Nolan (Holly Grainger), Sandy Kenyon (Rafe Ogden), Ross Elliott (Sheriff Abbott). The suave agent for an Eastern combine splits the Cattlemen's Assn. by buying off two members, but Clay Grainger leads the opposition by forming a cattle drive aimed at salvaging their financial plight.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: The Mod Couple
Season 1, episode 20 W: Peggy Chantler Dick D: Ralph Senensky Mrs. Livingston decides to quit her job as housekeeper because she feels she has made things so nice for the Corbetts that Tom won't bother to look for a wife.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Beverly Hillbillies [Reg]: Shorty Spits The Hook
Season 8, episode 19 W: Paul Henning, Dick Wesson D: Robert M. Leeds With Elvia Allman (Elverna Bradshaw), Shad Heller (Shad), Cookie Gilchrist (Cookie), Earl Faison (Earl). Jed has his hands full keeping Shorty from running out on his wedding to Elverna. Meanwhile Drysdale has his hands full too, with the burly brothers of one of his bank's secretaries.
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| [ABC 8:30] Room 222 [Reg]: Once Upon A Time There Was Air You Couldn't See
Season 1, episode 20 W: John D.F. Black D: Lee Philips With Liam Dunn (Mr. Waters), Gloria Lord (Miss Jackson), Helena Hatcher (Teacher), Lieux Dressler (Waitress), Walter Brooke (Mr. Barker). Pete and two of his students plan their own television campaign against smog.
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| [CBS 9:00] Danny Thomas Looks At Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow [special]
The second Danny Thomas special of the season is a comedy-music program that, in Danny's words, "is an affectionate look at yesterday, a quizzical look at today and a hopeful look at tomorrow". Bob Hope, Carol Channing, Juliet Prowse, Dionne Warwick and Tim Conway, plus Marjorie Lord and Angela Cartwright from Danny's TV family, along with several surprise guests take part.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Johnny Cash Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 2 With Glen Campbell, Nancy Ames, Marty Robbins. Glen solos "Honey Come Back" and "Sweet Country Girl"; Johnny and Glen dig into "Papa Played the Dobro", "Orange Blossom Special" and "Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home". Robbins sings "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" and accompanies himself on the piano.
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| [NBC 9:00] Kraft Music Hall [Reg]
With Sid Caesar, Florence Henderson, Sacha Distel. Eddy Arnold hosts. Highlights include Caesar as a nuisance in a sidewalk cafe skit; Eddy, Florence Henderson and Sacha Distel perform a Richard Rodgers medley.
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| [CBS 10:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The One With The Gun
Season 2, episode 19 W: Robert C. Dennis D: Murray Golden With Mitch Mitchell (George Byas), Josie Over (Lilo), Tommy Fujiwara (Shogi), John Colicos (Lorenzo Corman), Julie Gregg (Maggie Corman), Jack Soo (Sam Quong), Arthur Franz (Del Enright), Steve Logan (Peter Corman), Bruce Wilson (Larry Puana). Dissatisfied with Steve McGarrett's progress on a murder, a man sets out to track down his young brother's killer and almost becomes a murderer himself.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Engelbert Humperdinck Show
Season 1, episode 2 With Elke Sommer, Arte Johnson, Georgia Brown, Roger Miller. Cast takes part in a spoof of NET's serialization of Galsworthy's "The Forsyte Saga". Engelbert sings "Day by Day", "Spanish Eyes" and "From Here to Eternity".
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| [NBC 10:00] Then Came Bronson [Reg]: That Undiscovered Country
Season 1, episode 18 W: Ben Masselink D: Robert Totten With Mark Jenkins (Harold Mueller), Heidi Vaughn (Dorothy Hofer), Rance Howard (Carl Mueller), June Dayton (Kristine Mueller), Bebe Kelly (Jan Clover). Jim Bronson unintentionally creates a crisis for a betrothed Amish boy and girl when his presence excites their interest in the "outside" world. The troubles arise when the boy thinks his girl has become too attracted to Bronson.
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