Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday April 18, 1971:
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Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] Lassie [Reg]: Lassie's Interlude
Season 17, episode 1 With Skip Homeier (Jim Pearson), Rob Hughes (Marc Saunders), Sally Fraser, Robert Rockwell (Will Thorne). Series returns for its 17th year with a new format: Lassie is entirely on her own with no regular supporting cast. Premiering a seven-part story, Lassie meets a mate only to be separated by a battle with a killer dog. Badly injured and unconscious at the side of the road, Lassie, who is carrying a litter, is found by a stranger who takes her with him. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/20/1970)
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| [NBC 7:00] Movie: The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
W: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan Woolf D: Victor Fleming With Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Clara Blandick. The adventures of a Kansas farm girl whisked "Over the Rainbow" to the magical land of Oz.
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| [CBS 7:30] Hogan's Heroes [Reg]: Fat Hermann, Go Home
Season 5, episode 17 W: Richard M. Powell D: Edward H. Feldman With Nita Talbot (Marya), Howard Caine (Major Hockstetter). Marya, the glamorous Russian multiple agent, returns to Stalag 13 in a plan to liberate stolen art treasures. Part of the plan includes Schultz being disguised as Field Marshal Goering. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/16/1970)
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| [CBS 8:00] The Ed Sullivan Show [Reg]
Season 23, episode 7 With Melba Moore, Bobbie Gentry, Richard Pryor, Roy Clark. Bobbie Gentry sings "I Want You Back", "Benjamin" and "Your Number One Fan". Roy Clark does "Thank God and Greyhound, You're Gone" and "Malaguena". Melba Moore performs "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and "Purlie" (the title song from her Broadway play). In comedy segments, Richard Pryor talks about growing up in the inner city and Stanley Myron Handelman's topics include his "no neck" friend. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/1/1970)
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: The Savage Wilderness
Season 6, episode 5 W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Virgil Vogel With Ellen Corby (Mrs. Anderson), Len Wayland (R.A. Cameron), David Macklin (John Evanhauer), Marjorie Eaton (Mrs. Elbert), John Oldham (Vincent Judson), William Patterson (Dr. Sharpe), Craig Kelly (Hank), Fred MacMillan (Virgil Rilling), Don Stroud (Walker Oborn), Darleen Carr (Emily Willis). Inspector Erskine leads a search for a kidnapper, an emotionally disturbed young man who has forced a girl he secretly loves to accompany him to a lovingly furnished cabin in the wilderness. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/18/1970)
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| [NBC 8:30] The Bill Cosby Show [Reg]: Anytime You're Ready, C.K.
Season 2, episode 1 W: Ed Weinberger D: Coby Ruskin With Gordon Hoban (Alex), Eldon Quick (Greg Samuelson), Glen Capers (Stan), Alberto Isaac (Alberto), Alex Clarke (Bert), Mark Malmborg (Ron). Series returns for its second year. Coach Chet Kincaid helps an injured football player find a new interest to keep him from dropping out. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/13/1970)
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| [CBS 9:00] The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour [Reg]
Season 3, episode 2 With Nancy Wilson, Shecky Greene, Buck Owens, Lily Tomlin, Mel TIllis. A comic opera spotlights Glen, Greene, Miss Wilson and Miss Tomlin. Greene plays a waiter too busy to serve his one customer; Miss Tomlin offers a comedy monologue. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/27/1970)
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| [ABC 9:00] Once Upon A Wheel
Paul Newman is host-narrator of this ABC Sports special exploring the world of auto racing. Filmed at raceways around the globe, the hour focuses on four points of view - the driver, the machine, the spectator and the race. Highlights of a pro-am race at Ontario feature brief appearances by Dick Smothers, James Garner, Kirk Douglas, Arte Johnson, Glenn Ford, Stephen Boyd and many other celebrities. Among the race drivers appearing during the hour are Bobby Isaac, Jackie Oliver, Denis Hulme, Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, Stirling Moss, Al and Bobby Unser, Graham Hill, A.J. Foyt and John Surtees. Songs by contemporary artists including James Taylor, Neil Young, Wilson Pickett and The Association serve as voice-over description of the racing action.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: The Night Virginia City Died
Season 12, episode 1 W: John Hawkins D: William Wiard With Stuart Nisbet (Evans), William Fawcett (Whiskey Smith), Lane Bradford (Ira), Edith Atwater (Roberta), Mark Tapscott (Hamilton), Jon Shank (Tim Moss), Paul Kent (Dr. Martin), Mona Bruns (Mrs. Carter), Angel Tompkins (Janie Lund), Phil Brown (Wade Tucker). Series returns for its 12th year. The spectre of an arsonist haunts Virginia City when a rash of fires threaten to destroy the entire community. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/13/1970)
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| [CBS 10:00] Perspective: The Selling Of The Pentagon
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| [ABC 10:00] Diana! [special]
With Bill Cosby, Danny Thomas, The Jackson Five. Diana Ross, who rose to fame with the Supremes vocal trio, stars in a special blending music and comedy. Highlights spotlight Miss Ross receiving tips on how to play comedy from Thomas and a musical skit with Cosby. A special segment showcases the star in pantomime impressions of Charlie Chaplin, Harpo Marx and W.C. Fields.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The New Doctors [Reg]: Giants Never Kneel
Season 2, episode 3 W: Nat Tanchuck, Sy Salkowitz D: Daryl Duke With Arthur Hill (Ainsley Walters), Carol Lynley (Judith Walters), DeForest Kelley (Parrish), Roger Perry (James Carmichael), Kevin Hagen (Blake), Kasey Rogers (Mrs. Ryan). A tycoon enters Craig Institute for a two-fold purpose -- to have a routine checkup and to outsmart a ruthless rival. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/25/1970)
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