Prime-time network TV listings for Monday December 7, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Gunsmoke [Reg]: The Noonday Devil
Season 16, episode 13 W: William Kelley D: Philip Leacock With Anthony Zerbe (Father Cantrell), Fred Coby (Doctor), Warren Vanders (Bones Cunningham), John Dullaghan ("Actor Double" for Zerbe), Ernest Sarracino (Quito Vega), Annette Cardona (Rita), Natividad Vacio (Diego), Bert Madrid (Carlos), Pepe Callahan (John Hike), Anthony Cordova (Brother Antonio), Tony Davis (Indian Boy), Julio Medina (Rodriguez). Anthony Zerbe guest stars in a dual role as a pious priest who's mistaken for his murderous twin brother.
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| [ABC 7:30] The Young Lawyers [Reg]: The Legacy Of Miles Turner
Season 1, episode 12 With Peter Donat (D.A. Lew Foley), Peter Jason (Dave Baumgartner), Tim McIntire (Charlie Turner), David Sheiner (Elliott Turner), Charlotte Stewart (Tammie Turner). Aaron Silverman sees another side of the law when, temporarily attached to the district attorney's office, he must prosecute a mentally unstable man charged with assault.
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| [NBC 7:30] The Red Skelton Show: The Yacht Club
Season 20, episode 11 W: Jeffrey Barron, Lionel Burt, Mort Greene, Pat McCormick, Red Skelton D: Terry Kyne With Michael Landon, Adam Kaufman, Bob Duggan, Billy Barty, Stuart Lee, Linda Sue Risk. San Fernando Red and the Richest Boy in the World. Silent spot: Old Man Who Hates Kids.
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| [NBC 8:00] Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In [Reg]: Episode #79
Season 4, episode 13 W: Allan Manings, Jim Mulligan, Allan Katz, Don Reo, John Rappaport, et al D: Mark Warren With Jilly Rizzo, Phil Silvers, Rod Serling, Don Ho. Phil Silvers appears as a talent agent, a psychiatrist and the former champion of a new sports game, "Fetternick".
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| [CBS 8:30] Here's Lucy [Reg]: Lucy Loses Her Cool
Season 3, episode 13 W: Milt Josefsberg, Ray Singer D: Herbert Kenwith With Art Linkletter (Himself), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane), Vanda Barra (Mr. Carol Carol), Richard Erdman (Supermarket Clerk), Scott Garrett (Kid). Lucy faces a terrible test of character when guest Art Linkletter offers her $500 if she can keep from losing her temper for 24 hours for a TV stunt.
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| [ABC 8:30] Silent Force [Reg]: The Courier
Season 1, episode 11 With Jed Allan (Carl Armor), Rex Holman (Judson Barrett), Edward G. Robinson Jr. (Jerry). Amelia assumes the identity of a heroin courier to crack the syndicate's West Coast narcotics distribution set-up.
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| [CBS 9:00] Mayberry R.F.D. [Reg]: The Bicycle Club
Season 3, episode 13 W: Walter Black D: Hal Cooper With Vince Barnett (Elmo). Emmett feels slighted when Sam, Goober and Howard form a bicycle club and exclude him from membership.
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| [ABC 9:00] ABC Monday Night Football
All-Pro running back Leroy Kelly leads the Cleveland Browns against the Houston Oilers at the Astrodome. Since Charlie Johnson returned at quarterback for the Oilers, they have risen to the third spot in total offense in the AFC's Central Division. Cleveland quarterback Bill Nelsen has top receivers in Gary Collins, Milt Morin and Fair Hooker. Keith Jackson, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell report.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bob Hope Show [special]
With Jack Benny, Elke Sommer, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dorothy Lamour, the Look All-America football team. An hour of comedy and song.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Doris Day Show [Reg]: Love Makes The Pizza Go Round
Season 3, episode 13 W: Budd Grossman D: Reza Badiyi With Kaye Ballard (Angie Pallucci), Bernie Kopell (Louie Pallucci), Paula Victor (Fortune Teller), Charles Cirillo (Mario). Doris' efforts to help Angie renew her husband's romantic interest brings unexpected results.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 4, episode 13 With Mel Torme, Don Rickles. The entire cast offers a salute to Rickles' "charm"; an adult version of Sesame Street; Torme sings "Into Something" and joins Carol for a medley of tunes by Jule Styne.
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| [NBC 10:00] Johnny Carson Presents Sun City Scandals [special]
With Gloria Swanson, Louis Armstrong, Edward Everett Horton, Fifi D'Orsay, Benny Rubin, Billy Gilbert. A musical-comedy salute to the "social security set", with Carson hosting more than two dozen of the nation's sprightliest sexagenarians.
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