Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday November 17, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] The Beverly Hillbillies [Reg]: The Frog Family
Season 9, episode 8 W: Paul Henning, Dick Wesson D: Robert M. Leeds With Roger Torrey (Mark Templeton), Richard Deacon (Dr. Klingner). Granny is convinced that her whole family is going to the frogs when Jed and Jethro decide to join Elly May and Mark Templeton in the sport of scuba diving.
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| [ABC 7:30] The Mod Squad [Reg]: A Faraway Place So Near
Season 3, episode 9 W: Theodore Apstein D: Terry Becker With Bo Hopkins (Arnie), Ben Murphy (Bob), James B. Sikking (Maj. Bernard), Lillian Hayman (Mrs. Rivers), Tom Nardini (Mike Sierra), Pilar Seurat (Tuyet Dawson), Michael Margotta (Fred Dawson), Margarita Cordova (Gloria). Linc tries to learn why a friend failed to return from Vietnam when his Army tour was up. The soldier's buddies, already back home, tell him his friend was killed in action. Suspecting something wrong, Linc begins a private investigation with the help of Pete and Julie.
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| [NBC 7:30] The Don Knotts Show
With Andy Griffith, Jo Ann Pflug, The Celebration group. Andy can't seem to divorce Don from his "Barney Fife" image, and joins him in a front porch discussion of modern radio, gives him a lesson in square dance calling, and listens to Don recite the Gettysburg Address. Miss Pflug hears Don's impression of her movie hit, M*A*S*H, and sings "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and "Goin' Out of My Head".
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| [CBS 8:00] Green Acres [Reg]: Apple-Picking Time
Season 6, episode 8 W: Jay Sommers, Dick Chevillat D: Richard L. Bare With John Wheeler (Mr. Collins), Joe Higgins (Sheriff), Alan Baxter (Deputy Sheriff). Oliver is faced with two crises in the form of Lisa learning to drive and having to harvest his apple crop before it spoils.
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| [CBS 8:30] Hee Haw
Season 2, episode 9 With Charley Pride, Susan Raye. Pride sings "Louisiana Man" and "Me and Bobby McGee". Miss Raye's numbers are "Down in the Boondocks" and "Glory Hallelujah, How They Sing". Roy Clark offers "Lara's Theme" and Buck Owens does "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands".
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: The Over-The-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
W: Richard Carr D: George McCowan With Fred Astaire, Walter Brennan, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Lana Wood. The old gang leaves their rocking chairs to rescue a comrade, the Baltimore Kid, the once-feared gunslinger who has become a down-and-out drunk in Waco, Tex.
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| [NBC 8:30] Julia [Reg]: Long Time No Ski
Season 3, episode 9 W: Alan J. Levitt D: Ezra Stone Julia's son Corey considers Steve Bruce a rival for his mother's affections. When Steve finds out he decides to win over both Corey and Julia by taking Corey on an Indian Guide camping trip.
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| [NBC 9:00] Hallmark Hall Of Fame: Hamlet [special]
With Richard Chamberlain, Michael Redgrave, Margaret Leighton, Richard Johnson, John Gielgud, Ciaran Madden, Nicholas Jones, Martin Shaw, James Laurenson, Desmond McNamara, Alan Bennett. The Hall of Fame launches its 20th season on television with Shakespeare's "Hamlet", starring Richard Chamberlain. Directed by Peter Wood. Produced by George LeMaire.
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| [CBS 9:30] To Rome With Love [Reg]: The Catnip Club
Season 2, episode 9 With Craig Stevens (Bill), Elaine Devry (Maggie), A.G. Vitanza (Bartoletti), Carmelo Manto (Maitre D'). Prof. Endicott's former college roommate, now entrepreneur of the swinging, international Catnip Clubs, persuades financially troubled Mike to moonlight as manager of his newest club opening in Rome.
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| [CBS 10:00] How Peaceful The Peaceful Atom?
The increasing controversy about the safety of atomic energy and its potential by-product, deadly radiation, is the subject of this program. John Hart reports on the potential dangers to the environment and to man caused by the release of radiation. Hart interviews Dr. Edward Teller, a nuclear pioneer, Dr. Theos Thompson of the Atomic Energy Commission, and Drs. Arthur Tamplin and John Golfman of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore, Cal.
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| [ABC 10:00] Marcus Welby, M.D. [Reg]: The Girl From Rainbow Beach
Season 2, episode 9 W: Edward DeBlasio D: Marc Daniels With Don Galloway (Bill Hull), Tiffany Bolling (Ellen Nielsen), Robert F. Simon (Dr. Anders), Sheila Kuehl (Laura Mazza). Welby discovers that an attractive girl contracted leprosy during her childhood in the Philippines. The tragic discovery is made when she comes to him for a routine pre-marital checkup.
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