Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 20, 1970:
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Program details:
[CBS 7:30] Family Affair [Reg]: Marooned
Season 4, episode 16 W: Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson D: Charles T. Barton With William Boyett (Pete), Mark Tapscott (Trooper). French, Buffy and Jody are marooned in a blizzard while on the way to Vermont to meet Uncle Bill. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/15/1970)
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[ABC 7:30] Animal World: The Crowded Earth
How the world of animals has met its own population problems is examined.
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[NBC 7:30] Daniel Boone [Reg]: Benvenuto... Who?
Season 6, episode 3 W: Walter Black D: William Wiard With Marj Dusay (Eugenie), Leon Askin (Roquelin), Richard Kiel (Le Mouche), Walter Burke (Hamel), Aram Katcher (Thibaud). Boone and his friend Josh become involved with a pretty French girl in a plot to steal a valuable piece of jewelry. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/9/1969)
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[CBS 8:00] Happy Days: Comedy & Music Of The 1930's & '40s
Season 1, episode 9 With Harry James, Helen Forrest. James plays "Two O'Clock Jump". Miss Forrest sings "I Had the Craziest Dream". Bob and Ray spoof radio; Chuck McCann continues as the bungling magician and Louis Nye hosts.
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[ABC 8:00] That Girl [Reg]: Fly By Night (1)
Season 4, episode 18 W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: Saul Turteltaub With Russell Johnson (Jon). Ann Marie looks forward to a trip with Don Hollister to visit her parents in their cabin in Vermont, until she learns that Don's pilot-friend is to fly them there in his small plane. Once airborne in stormy weather, Ann is so unnerved that she begins to see scenes from her past, including the time she was caught in bed and when she was terrorized by a mouse. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/29/1970)
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[ABC 8:30] Bewitched [Reg]: Super Arthur
Season 6, episode 20 W: Ed Jurist D: Richard Michaels With Paul Smith (1st Cop), Bernie Kuby (Man Watering), Paul Lynde (Uncle Arthur), Bernard Fox (Dr. Bombay), Spence Wil-Dee (Golf Attendant). Samantha calls on Dr. Bombay to treat Uncle Arthur for failing powers. The treatment has a side effect which has an unsettling effect on the entire neighborhood. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/5/1970)
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[NBC 8:30] Ironside [Reg]: Tom Dayton Is Loose Among Us
Season 3, episode 25 W: Francine Carroll D: Don McDougall With Lorraine Gary (Miss Kirk), Bill Bixby (Tom Dayton), William Bramley (Ken Hansen), William Smithers (Farley), Ross Elliott (Dr. Morton), Linda Galloway (Anne Carson), Amzie Strickland (Mrs. Barnes), Julie McCarthy (Mary Dayton), Paul Ehrmann (Jerry Gold), Russell Thorson (Mr. Farr), Ron Pinkard (Officer), Harry Lauter (Detective). A psychopathic killer's parole from prison triggers Det. Sgt. Ed Brown's resentment because the man was responsible for his fiancee's death. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/9/1970)
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[CBS 9:00] Movie: Operation Amsterdam (1959)
W: Michael McCarthy, John Eldridge D: Michael McCarthy With Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Alexander Knox, Tony Britton, Malcolm Keen, John Horsley. The true story about a secret mission that took place during World War II. On the day Winston Churchill became the British Prime Minister, Hitler's forces invaded Holland. It was imperative that thousands of pounds of industrial diamonds be smuggled out of the country before the Nazis could seize them. An English major and two Dutch civilians were instrumental in accomplishing the feat.
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[ABC 9:00] This Is Tom Jones [Reg]
Season 2, episode 4 With Anthony Newley, Peggy Lipton, John Byner, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Byner does a take-off on Jones singing "Hey Jude". Tom sings "Gonna Build A Mountain", "There's No Such Thing as Love" and "Respect". Anthony sings a medley and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young perform "You Don't Have To Cry" then Tom jons them for "Long Time Gone". (Repeat program, originally aired 10/16/1969)
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[NBC 9:30] Dragnet [Reg]: Burglary - The Son
Season 4, episode 16 W: Robert C. Dennis D: Jack Webb With Robert Brubaker (Howard Haven), Dorothy Morris (Dorothy Haven), John Gilgreen (Albert Maddox), Robert Heinz (Ross Haven), Howard Culver (Pawnbroker), Lew Brown (Sgt. Odom), Don Ross (Don Wallace), Sam Edwards (Henry Lipscomb), Fred Holliday (Pete Steadman), Luana Patten (Cheryl Randall). Friday and Gannon answer a burglary call in an upper middle-class neighborhood and the suspect's trail leads to a small-time narcotics pusher. When the stolen shotgun is pawned, the officers uncover events revealing the way narcotics users support their habits. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/5/1970)
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[ABC 10:00] Harold Robbins' The Survivors: Chapter Eleven
Season 1, episode 11 With Byron Webster (Dr. Osborne), Dee Carroll (Martha), Kelly Thordsen (Sgt. Mercer), Ed Deemer (Policeman). Duncan finds his father Baylor dead; Jeff believes he may have been responsible for the death; Philip tells Duncan who is behind Senator Jennings' investigation. (Repeat program)
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[NBC 10:00] Dean Martin Presents The Golddiggers [Reg]
Charles Nelson Reilly and Marty Feldman spoof used car dealers and bullfighters. Golddiggers sing "The Time Is Now" and a medley of 1930's tunes.
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