Prime-time network TV listings for Monday May 31, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Gunsmoke [Reg]: Blood Money
Season 13, episode 19 W: Hal Sitowitz With Robert Totten, James Anderson (Jesse Hill), Hank Brandt (Hank), Troy Melton (Jake Walker), Nehemiah Persoff (Alex Skouras), Mills Watson (Brent), James Nusser (Louie), Howard Culver (Howie), Lee De Broux (Stu Radford), Kelton Garwood (Percy Crump), Donna Baccala (Elenya Skouras), Anthony Zerbe (Nick Skouras), Jonathan Harper (Percy), Michelle Breeze (Saloon Girl). The father of a young gunfighter tries to end his son's career by wounding his gun hand. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1968)
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| [ABC 7:30] Let's Make A Deal
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| [NBC 7:30] From A Bird's Eye View [Reg]: Home Is Where The Heart Is
Season 1, episode 10 W: Scott Finch, Anthony Marriott D: Ralph Levy With Robert Cawdron (Uncle Bert Quigley), Frank Thornton (Spinks), Noel Hood (Miss Fosdyke), Jessie Robins (Rosa). In an effort to raise their personnel ratings, Maggie and Millie get themselves fired.
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| [ABC 8:00] Newlywed Game
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| [NBC 8:00] Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In [Reg]: Episode #90
Season 4, episode 24 W: Allan Manings, Jim Mulligan, Allan Katz, Don Reo, John Rappaport, et al D: Mark Warren With Richard Crenna. Crenna stars as a clergyman in a Mod World look at religion, as a lion in a production number, and as a spokesman for the New York welfare agency that houses poor people in posh hotels. After Crenna baptizes Dennis Allen, he is invited to officiate at the White House with compatriots Rowan & Martin. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/1/1971)
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| [CBS 8:30] Here's Lucy [Reg]: Lucy And Rudy Vallee
Season 3, episode 12 W: David Ketchum, Bruce Shelly D: Coby Ruskin With Vanda Barra (Maid), Rudy Vallee (Himself), Herbie Faye (Restaurant Manager), Philip Vandervort (Steve). Lucy discovers guest star Rudy Vallee waiting tables to keep busy and decides to help him update his singing style for a comeback at the "Hungry Hippie". (Repeat program, originally aired 11/30/1970)
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| [ABC 8:30] It Was A Very Good Year: 1933
Season 1, episode 4 Sally Rand, who found fame and fortune at the Chicago World's Fair, joins host Mel Torme for a look at Depression-ridden 1933, a year marked by John Dillinger, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Mae West's first movie and such musical hits as "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime".
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| [CBS 9:00] Mayberry R.F.D. [Reg]: Mike's Project
Season 3, episode 14 W: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant D: Hal Cooper With Richard Steele (Harold), Alice Backes (Miss Pringle), William Mims (Brian), Bob Beban (Father), Ann Raymond (Mother), Patti Cohoon (Susan). Sam's in an ethical-educational quandry when he rejects suggestions that he should help Mike with a school project, then learns his son's friend Harold is getting all kinds of help from his father. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/14/1970)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
W: Louis M. Heyward D: Norman Taurog With Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley, Cesar Romero, Fred Clark, Gale Gordon, Eve Arden, Harvey Lembeck, Buster Keaton, Pat Buttram. A trouble-prone Air Force sergeant undergoes a personality change after an accidental trip into space.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Breakout (1970)
W: Sy Gomberg D: Richard Irving With James Drury, Red Buttons, Kathryn Hays, Woody Strode, Sean Garrison. A convict plots an escape from a maximum-security prison.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Doris Day Show [Reg]: Tony Bennett Is Eating Here
Season 3, episode 11 W: Jack Elinson, Norman Paul D: Reza Badiyi With Kaye Ballard (Angie Pallucci), Bernie Kopell (Louie Pallucci), Tony Bennett (Himself), Jerome Guardino (Man). Doris Martin gets an opportunity to interview Tony Bennett for her magazine and winds up getting him cornered by a mob of adoring fans. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/23/1970)
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| [CBS 10:00] Suspense Playhouse: Call To Danger
Season 1, episode 2 W: David P. Harmon D: Lamont Johnson With Peter Graves (Jim Kingsley), James Gregory (Paul Wilkins), Dan Travanty (John Henderson), Laurel Goodwin (Rita Henderson), Albert Paulsen (Andre Kellman). A "Mission: Impossible"-like adventure of a special government agent assigned to recover stolen master plates for the $10 bill. (Repeat program)
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