Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday May 17, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] Lassie [Reg]: The Chase
Season 16, episode 11 W: Bob Schaefer, Eric Freiwald D: Dick Moder With Skip Homeier. Forest Ranger Scott Turner pursues two thrill-seeing snowmobilers who have run a helpless deer to exhaustion. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/14/1969)
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| [ABC 7:00] Land Of The Giants [Reg]: A Place Called Earth
Season 2, episode 12 W: William Welch D: Harmon Jones With Warren Stevens (Olds), Rex Holman (Mezron), Jerry Douglas (Fielder), Jerry Quarry (Bron), Scott Thomas (Messenger), Jon Mooney (Pharmacist), Gene LeBell (Mezron's Brother). Two travelers from the distant future force the earthlings to help them with a plan to destroy the people of earth. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/7/1969)
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| [NBC 7:00] Wild Kingdom
A look at a catlte roundup on a ranch along Guyana's Rupununi River. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 7:30] To Rome With Love [Reg]: We Remember Mama
Season 1, episode 26 With Nancy Malone (Janice). An old friend from home helps Mike learn something about his daughters.
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: The Scarecrow Of Romney Marsh (2)
Season 10, episode 18 W: Robert Westerby D: James Neilson With Patrick McGoohan, Eric Pohlmann, Geoffrey Keen. A country vicar dons a disguise to lead a smuggling gang for the benefit of the poor in 18th century England. (Originally aired in 1964.) (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1964)
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| [CBS 8:00] The Ed Sullivan Show [Reg]
Season 22, episode 33 With Rodney Dangerfield, The Lettermen, Stu Gilliam, The West Point Glee Club. The Lettermen sing "Going Out of My Head" and "She Cried". The West Point Glee Club sings "America the Beautiful" and performs a medley of George Gershwin songs. There is a film of Ringo Starr singing "Sentimental Journey".
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: Silent Partners
Season 5, episode 5 W: Jack Turley D: William Hale With June Dayton (Betty Grayson), Dallas Mitchell (S.A.C. Cullinan), Logan Field (Attorney), Robert Yuro (Victor Berris), Jerome Thor (Simms), Walter Burke (Benny Logan), Virginia Vincent (Mrs. Wyatt), Nelson Olmsted (Doctor), Frank Biro (Philip Grayson), Tyler McVey (Judge), Robert Hooks (Steve Harber), Cicely Tyson (Elaine Harber), Wesley Addy (Carl Torrance). The Bureau receives a tip that a juror in the trial of a Mafia boss had been bribed. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/12/1969)
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| [NBC 8:30] The Bill Cosby Show [Reg]: A Word From Our Sponsor
Season 1, episode 12 W: Marvin Kaplan D: Sid McCoy With Lee Weaver (Brian Kincaid), Alan Oppenheimer (Dwight McDevitt), Kathleen Freeman (Eloise Hardy), Mike Farrell (Al Socconis), Victor Izay (Fitzgerald), Michael Chase (Malcolm Owens). Chet lands an assignment for a TV commercial and discovers that acting is not always easy as pie. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/7/1969)
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| [CBS 9:00] The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour [Reg]
Season 2, episode 17 With Ray Charles, George Gobel, Gloria Loring. Campbell and Charles duet "Hallelujah, I Love Her So"; Gobel tells of his early days in show business; Miss Loring sings "Aquarius" and "Get Together" then joins Glen on "Here, There and Everywhere"; Charles solos "Eleanor Rigby"; Concert Spot showcases Campbell with "Poor Wayfaring Stranger", "Jean" and "Reuben James". (Repeat program, originally aired 1/25/1970)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: The Naked Prey (1965)
W: Clint Johnston, Don Peters D: Cornel Wilde With Cornel Wilde, Gert van den Bergh, Ken Gampu, Patrick Mynhardt. A white hunter -- set free without clothes, weapons, food or water -- is pursued by natives in the untamed Africa of 1850.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: Silence At Stillwater
Season 11, episode 3 W: Preston Wood D: Joseph Lejtes With Strother Martin (Lonnie Stern), John Zaremba (Dr. Menring), Gene Tyburn (Deputy), Gene Shane (John Ferson), Eddie Ryder (Vern Crandall), Teddy Quinn (Peter), Frank Marth (Barnum), Dan Kemp (Jim Hale), Pat Hingle (Sheriff Austin), Gene Dynarski (Hostler). Candy is jailed in a small town as the chief suspect in the murder of a rancher and his family. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1969)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mission: Impossible [Reg]: The Controllers (2)
Season 4, episode 4 W: Laurence Heath D: Paul Krasny With David Sheiner (Dr. Karl Turek), Robert Ellenstein (Deputy Premier Voss), Lee Duncan (Barney's double), Dina Merrill (Meredith), Alfred Ryder (Colonel Borodin), Brooke Bundy (Katherine), H.M. Wynant (Lorkner), Harry Davis (General Zagin), Leonard Stone (Major Alud), Jonathan Brooks (Martyn), Michael Stefani (Jailhouse Guard), Ralph Leabow (Corridor Guard), Ben Dobbins (Lorkner's double). Jim Phelps lets himself be framed for murder in a scheme to discredit a scientist who's developed a mind-destroying drug. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/19/1969)
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| [NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers [Reg]: The Crowd Pleaser
Season 1, episode 3 W: Frank Fenton D: Vincent Sherman With Mel Torme (Harry Carter), Georg Stanford Brown (Richie), Juanita Moore (Emma Greenley), Dana Elcar (D.A. Shannon), Lillian Lehman (Thelma), Vince Williams (Callahan), Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Valerie Yamagata). A defendant is freed of a homicide charge, and, following the trial, admits his guilt to attorney Neil Darrell. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/2/1969)
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