Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday January 17, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] Lassie [Reg]: Lassie's Busy Day
Season 17, episode 15 An all-animal episode finds Lassie enlisting the aid of a fox to save a burrowing owl from a predatory weasel.
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| [NBC 7:00] Wild Kingdom: Lions Under The Net
Looks at the use of the "cannon net" in the relocation of lions and wildebeest in Africa.
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| [CBS 7:30] Hogan's Heroes [Reg]: The Meister Spy
Season 6, episode 16 W: R.S. Allen, Harvey Bullock D: Bruce Bilson With David Morick (Lieutenant J.B. Miller), Oscar Beregi Jr. (Herr Schneer), Ray Hastings (Herr Mayernick), Eva von Felitz (Fraulein Kissinger), Alan Bergmann (Major Martin). The Heroes set about ferreting out a possible enemy spy from two captive American flyers who arrive at Stalag 13.
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: The Adventures Of Bullwhip Griffin (1)
Season 17, episode 15 W: Lowell S. Hawley D: James Neilson With Roddy McDowall (Eric "Bullwhip" Griffin), Suzanne Pleshette (Anabelle Flagg), Karl Malden (Judge Higgins), Harry Guardino (Sam Trimble), Richard Haydn (Quentin Bartlett), Hermione Baddeley (Irene Chesney), Bryan Russell (Jack Flagg), Liam Redmond (Captain Swain), Cecil Kellaway (Mr. Pemberton), Mike Mazurki (Mountain Ox), Alan Carney (Bartender), Parley Baer (Chief Executioner), Arthur Hunnicutt (Referee), Burt Mustin (Old Man), Dub Taylor (Timekeeper). In this 1967 feature film, teenage Bostonian Jack Flagg stows away aboard a San Francisco-bound ship to make his fortune. Family butler Eric Griffin follows to bring him back to his sister -- and New England.
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| [CBS 8:00] The Ed Sullivan Show [Reg]
Season 23, episode 17 With Melina Mercouri, Tony Bennett, Norm Crosby, Judy Carne, Gary Puckett, Irwin C. Watson, The Muppets. Gary Puckett sings "Keep the Customer Satisfied" and "I Who Have Nothing"; Tony Bennett sings "Love Story,", "What the World Needs Now" and "I'll Begin Again". Miss Mercouri performs "I am Greek" (and dances with audience members) and "Entre Les Lignes" in French and English. Judy Carne sings "Puppet Man" and "I Wonder Who's Kissing Him Now." Norm Crosby's monologue is about playing football in his youth, and comedian Irwin C. Watson does a stand-up routine about racial sensitivity. The Muppets appear in a sketch about a rock 'n' roll drummer finding work in a string quartet.
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: Center Of Peril
Season 6, episode 17 W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Carl Barth With Robert Knapp (S.A.C. Noel McDonald), Robert Cornthwaite (Creighton Atwood), Maurice Marsac (Perriere), Lewis Charles (Mr. Alister), Wayne McLaren (Jay Yarborough), Maree Cheatham (Miss Evans), Vic Morrow (Porter Bent), Gary Collins (Mark Gaynor), Susan Howard (Yvonne Simpson). Inspector Erskine poses as an art expert to penetrate a robbery ring which is attempting to sell a priceless painting back to the Kansas City museum from which it was stolen.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Bill Cosby Show [Reg]: The Miraculous Martin
Season 2, episode 17 W: Bob Garland D: Coby Ruskin With Dick Van Dyke (Miraculous Martin), Mary Frann (Louise), Louis Quinn (Louie Cutler), Bill Smillie (Minister), Edward Crawford (Rodger), Danny Rees (Juggler). A tippling down-on-his-luck magician persuades Chet to join his act temporarily -- and to pinch-hit as best man at his wedding.
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| [CBS 9:00] The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour [Reg]
Season 3, episode 17 With Tennessee Ernie Ford, Phil Silvers, Susan Raye. Glen and Ernie duet "Sixteen Tons"; movie mogul Silvers directs egotistical star Campbell; Glen joins Miss Raye on "Love Is Strange"; Silvers portrays a wine steward who breaks up a romance; Campbell solos "Unwind" and "Since I Fell for You"; Ford sings "Everything Is Beautiful"; Miss Raye offers "Willie Jones".
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Waterhole #3 (1967)
W: Joseph T. Steck, Robert R. Young D: William Graham With James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Margaret Blye, Claude Akins, Bruce Dern, Joan Blondell, James Whitmore, Timothy Carey. Professional gambler Lewton Cole lifts a wallet containing a map to stolen gold and sets off after the cache with the original thieves, the Army and the law in hot pursuit.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: Top Hand
Season 12, episode 17 W: John Hawkins, Arthur Heinemann D: William F. Claxton With Bill Clark (Jimpson), Hal Burton (Smokey), Ben Johnson (Kelly James), Eddie Juaregui (Bones), Jerry Gatlin (Quincy), Walter Barnes (Weatherby), Roger Davis (Bert Yates), Richard Farnsworth (Sourdough). A Ponderosa trail boss' personal conflict with his men threatens the success of a major cattle drive.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Jackie Gleason Show [Reg]: Mexican Hat Trick
Season 4, episode 3 W: Robert Hilliard, Rod Parker, Walter Stone D: Frank Bunetta With Carol Lawrence, Jesse White, Hector Elizondo, Phil Leeds, George Petrie, Jeremiah Morris, Pauly Dash, Epy Baca. The Kramdens and Nortons go to Mexico for a weekend and Alice and Trixie are kidnapped. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/11/1969)
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| [NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The Senator [Reg]: Someday They'll Elect A President
Season 1, episode 6 W: Leon Tokatyan D: John Badham With John Randolph (Gov. Keller), Murray Hamilton (Jonathan Yaeger), Kermit Murdock (Sen. Shea), Dana Elcar (Collie Ford), Bill Quinn (Sen. Stenberg), Lieux Dressler (Mrs. Ford), James Griffith (Channing). A human error by Jordan Boyle, aide to Sen. Hays Stowe, plunges the Senator into hot water when a scandal magazine writer and a columnist accuse Sen. Stowe of using his office to line the pockets of the syndicate.
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