Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday April 5, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] Lassie [Reg]: More Than Meets The Eye
Season 16, episode 10 W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald With Kathy Martinez (Kathy), Alex Valdez (Greg), Bert Borja (Steve), Debbie Parker (Nancy), Regina Brink (Sandra), Sheila Killian (Sherry). Filmed along the U.S. Forest Service's new Braille Nature Trail in California's San Bernardino National Forest, the story tells of Lassie and Ranger Scott Turner's efforts to teach a frightened blind girl to listen with her mind. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/30/1969)
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| [ABC 7:00] Land Of The Giants [Reg]: Six Hours To Live
Season 2, episode 2 W: Dan Ullman D: Sobey Martin With Bill Quinn (Warden Sloane), Sam Elliott (Martin Reed), Larry Pennell (Guard), Stewart Bradley (Police Sergeant), Richard Anderson (Joe Simmons), Anne Seymour (Martha Cass), George Mitchell (Harry Cass), Max Power (Pharmacist), Michael Quinn (Gateman). Steve, Dan and Fitzhugh overhear a confession to murder, a crime for which a young giant is to be executed in just six hours. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1969)
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| [NBC 7:00] Wild Kingdom
A yearling cougar learns to fend for himself when his mother gives birth to a new litter. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 7:30] To Rome With Love [Reg]: A Friend For Penny
Season 1, episode 22 With Christine Matchett (Maria), Jean-Michel Michenaud (Nico). Penny finds a new friend in the daughter of a wealthy family who's too busy to notice the child's growing attachment to the Endicotts.
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: The Hound That Thought He Was A Raccoon
Season 11, episode 1 D: Tom McGowan With Lee Nugent. This 1960 film edited for television presents an animal adventure tale of a pup who was weaned by a mother raccoon and, after being returned to civilization, becomes the leader of a well-trained pack of raccoon-hunting hounds. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/20/1964)
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| [CBS 8:00] The Ed Sullivan Show [Reg]
Season 22, episode 27 With George Hamilton, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, The Temptations, Buddy Rich, John Byner. The Temptations sing "You Make Me So Very Happy" and "Psychedelic Shack"; Roy Rogers & Dale Evans do a medley of patriotic songs: "This Is My Country" and "God Bless America." George Hamilton offers a medley of Hank Williams songs: "Hey Good Lookin'", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)", "Cold Cold Heart", "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "I Saw the Light" and "Your Cheatin' Heart"; Jazz drummer Buddy Rich's orchestera performs "Oh Ruth" then Rich teams up with Marilyn Maye for a "Cabaret" medley.
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: The Challenge
Season 5, episode 8 W: Donald Sanford, Mark Weingart D: Jesse Hibbs With Forrest Compton (R.A. McAdams), Jason Wingreen (Detective), Richard Anderson (Clifford Banning), Barry Atwater (Andrei Vallone), Nancy Fisher (Shirley Thompson), Charles Stewart (Noel Phillips), John Zaremba (Keller), Kirk Scott (Agent Cobb), Robert Stiles (Frank Miller), Sherry Mitchell (Linda Rice), Don Ross (Security Guard), Joanne Linville (Ruth Banning), Fritz Weaver (Paul Winters). The Bureau investigates the slaying of a surfer in an area where a Communist trawler is anchored near a space weaponry plant. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/2/1969)
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| [NBC 8:30] The Bill Cosby Show [Reg]: Really Cool
Season 1, episode 26 W: Ed Weinberger, Bill Cosby D: Melvin Van Peebles With Robert Rockwell (Tom Bennett), Sid McCoy (Mr. Langford), Bobby Diamond (Harvey Sanderson), Olga James (Gail Hathaway), Willie Harris (Boxer). An interview for the school paper about his athletic career puts Chet in an embarrassing position.
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| [CBS 9:00] The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour [Reg]
With Bob Newhart, Cher, Neil Diamond. Campbell opens with "Mystery Train"; Newhart performs his telephone routine about the caterer to the Pilgrims; Cher sings "The First Time" then joins Glen for "All I Really Want to Do"; Diamond offers "Holly Holy"; Concert Spot showcases Campbell with "By The Time I Get to Phoenix", "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay", "If You Go Away" and "I'll Come". (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: The Lonely Man (1957)
W: Harry Essex, Robert Smith D: Henry Levin With Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Elaine Aiken, Robert Middleton, Elisha Cook Jr., Claude Akins, Lee Van Cleef, Denver Pyle, John Doucette. A reformed gunfighter, trying to straighten out his estranged son, is baited into one last fight.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: The Horse Traders
Season 11, episode 26 W: Jack B. Sowards D: Herschel Daugherty With Dub Taylor (Luke Calhoun), Victor French (Jesse Potter), John Harmon (Rider), Jack Collins (Manker), Ann Prentiss (Meena Calhoun), Robert Donner (Owen), George Morgan (Virg), Henry Oliver (Firman). Joe and Hoss embark on what they hope will be a lucrative business venture, but run into some stiff competition.
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| [CBS 10:00] Mission: Impossible [Reg]: The Code
Season 4, episode 1 W: Ken Pettus D: Stuart Hagmann With Nate Esformes (Lacerda), A Martinez (Young Man), Joaquin Martinez (Desk Guard), Art Lewis (Janitor), Roberto Contreras (Captain Avila), Harold Gould (Vincente Bravo), Michael Constantine (Nikor Janos), Alexandra Hay (Lynn), Victor Campos (Mansion Guard), Joany Playdon (Stewardess), Jay Tavars (Technician). In order to crack a vital code, the IMF must hijack a plane so the enemy can capture one of the passengers. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1969)
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| [NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The Protectors [Reg]: A Case Of Good Whiskey At Christmas Time
Season 1, episode 1 W: L.T. Bentwood, Betty Deveraux D: Robert Day With Edward Andrews (Harris Conrad), Frank Maxwell (Mayor Alesi), Charles Drake (Jack Sheehan), Amy Thomson (Sharon Taylor), Michael Bell (Sgt. Miller), Lorraine Gary (Maragret Sheehan), Fred Williamson (Arnold Bartell). Danforth and Washburn go after a syndicate responsible for the theft of money allocated for slum improvements. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1969)
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