Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday March 1, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] Lassie [Reg]: Whitewater Fury
Season 16, episode 20 D: Tom Beemer With Buck Young (Dan). Ranger Bob Ericson is forced to "shoot" swift and turbulent rapids in the Colorado River to save Lassie's life.
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| [ABC 7:00] Land Of The Giants [Reg]: The Marionettes
Season 2, episode 23 W: William Welch D: Sobey Martin With Frank Ferguson (Goalby), Victoria Vetri (Lisa), Robert Hogan (Brady), Sandra Giles (Harem Dancer), Dianne Krabbe (Diane), Bob Baker (Puppet Man), Janos Prohaska (Bobo/Gorilla), Al Lampkin (Fire Eater), Carl Carlsson (Knife Thrower), Martin Liverman (Trainer). When a giant puppeteer saves the lives of Valerie and Betty, Fitzhugh and Betty decide to masquerade as performing puppets in an audition for a circus owner.
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| [NBC 7:00] Wild Kingdom: People That Time Forgot
A study of the aboriginal Australians. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 7:30] To Rome With Love [Reg]: Beautiful People
Season 1, episode 18 W: John McGreevey D: Charles Barton With Nina Foch (Diana Masterson), Heather Menzies (Andrea), Carl Esmond (Kurt). Mike Endicott becomes the target of a wealthy woman who wants to lure him into the jet-set.
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: Menace On The Mountain (1)
Season 16, episode 18 W: Robert Heverly D: Vincent McEveety With Mitch Vogel (Jamie McIver), Pat Crowley (Leah McIver), Charles Aidman (Jed McIver), Albert Salmi (Poss Timberlake), Eric Shea (Mark McIver), Jodie Foster (Suellen McIver), Richard Anderson (Major Galt), Dub Taylor (Cicero Everhart). First of a two-part Civil War adventure about a young boy's bitter struggle to prove his manhood and save his family home and property.
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| [CBS 8:00] The Ed Sullivan Show [Reg]: Tribute To The Beatles
Season 22, episode 22 With Dionne Warwick, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Peggy Lee, Duke Ellington. Film clips from the Beatles movie "Let It Be" are shown. Dionne sings "We Can Work It Out"; Peggy performs "Something" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer". Duke Ellington and his orchestra do a concerto based on Beatles' tunes, and Steve & Eydie duet "Fool on the Hill". In dance routines, Peter Gennaro's troupe does a "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" production number and Edward Villella of the New York Ballet dances to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". The Muppets provide an "Octopus' Garden" sketch with a wise-cracking octopus interrupting a diver.
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: Deadfall
Season 5, episode 25 W: Robert Heverly D: Don Medford With Buck Young (S.A.C. Bennett Adams), Robert Drivas (Frank Moonan), Wayne Rogers (Ronnie Brimlow), Paul Picerni (Fred Cochella), Grace Gaynor (Mrs. Florella), Peg Shirley (Madeleine Cerelli), Erin Moran (Vicki Florea), Rick Adams (Arthur Cody), Paul Tod (Surveillance Agent), Zohra Lampert (Mary Cochella), Anne Francis (Shelly Brimlow). Inspector Erskine puts his life on the line when he impersonates the husband of a kidnap victim and allows himself to be taken prisoner by the abductor, a bank robber on the FBI's "most wanted" list.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Bill Cosby Show [Reg]: The Blind Date
Season 1, episode 22 W: Warren S. Murray D: Ralph Senensky With Olga James (Verna Kincaid), Cicely Tyson (Mildred Hermosa), Gail Cameron (DiDi). Grudgingly agreeing to a blind date, Chet meets the girl of his dreams.
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| [CBS 9:00] The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour [Reg]
Season 2, episode 22 With Ella Fitzgerald, Raymond Burr, Neil Diamond, Charlie Manna. Campbell opens with "The Straight Life"; Burr demonstrates his talent as a whistler -- with help from the El Toro Marine Base Band; Miss Fitzgerald sings "Watch What Happens" then joins Glen on "Hey Jude"; Diamond solos "Niki Hoeky"; Manna offers a comedy monologue; finale finds the cast portraying famous duos of the screen.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965)
W: William H. Wright, Allan Weiss, Harry Essex D: Henry Hathaway With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Michael Anderson Jr., Earl Holliman, James Gregory, Paul Fix, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper. Four brothers return to the Texas town of Clearwater on the day of their mother's funeral and decide they must clear the tarnished family name.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: Return Engagement
Season 11, episode 22 W: Stanley Roberts D: Don Richardson With William Bryant (Lew), Hal Burton (Deputy Sheriff), Clifford A. Pellow (Higgins), Sally Kellerman (Lotta Crabtree), Joyce Bulifant (Bonnie), David McLean (Marshal Steve Fallon), Morgan Sterne (Stanhope), Bartlett Robinson (Howell). Openly enamored of an actress appearing in Virginia City, Hoss becomes the prime suspect when her leading man is shot.
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| [CBS 10:00] Mission: Impossible [Reg]: Orpheus
Season 4, episode 22 W: Paul Playdon D: Gerald Mayer With Albert Paulsen (Eric Bergman), Bart La Rue (Lt. Reikman), Jessica Walter (Valerie), Bruce Glover (Major Deiter), Booth Colman (Werner Stravos), Gene Benton (Dr. Mannerheim), Allen Joseph (Dr. Tratzmer), Karl Bruck (Defense Minister). Jim Phelps poses as a drug addict in a risky plan to get behind the Iron Curtain and stop an unknown assassin from killing an unknown victim.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The New Doctors [Reg]: Dark Is The Rainbow, Loud The Silence
Season 1, episode 10 W: Max Hodge D: Barry Shear With Than Wyenn (Dr. Udo Giesen), Jack Klugman (Leland Rogers), Oliver McGowan (Donald Freeland), Katherine Woodville (Kim Rogers), John Raynor (Inspector Hendy). Doctors Craig, Stuart and Hunter race time to find a cure for a noted author, a presidential aide who's part of an important peace talk team.
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