Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 5, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Family Affair [Reg]: And Baby Makes Eight
Season 5, episode 9 W: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish D: Charles T. Barton With Jim Henaghan (Walt Prentiss), Linda Henning (Kathy Prentiss). A houseguest prematurely gives birth while her husband is away, and the cleaning woman helps Uncle Bill and French through the emergency. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/12/1970)
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| [ABC 7:30] Alias Smith And Jones [Reg]: The Fifth Victim
Season 1, episode 12 W: John Thomas James, Glen A. Larson D: Fernando Lamas With Barbara Rhoades (Helen), C. Lindsay Workman (Minister), Bill Quinn (Doctor), Woodrow Parfrey (Sam Winters), Boyd 'Red' Morgan (Augie Helms), Sean Garrison (Harvey Bishop), Joseph Campanella (Jake Carlson), Ramon Bieri (Sheriff Moody), Sharon Acker (Rachel Carlson). Curry tries to find out who is methodically murdering the participants in a poker game after Heyes almost becomes one of the victims. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/1/1971)
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| [NBC 7:30] NBC Action Playhouse: The Crime
Season 3, episode 2 W: George Loring, Mark Rodgers D: Ron Winston With Jack Lord (Abe Perez), Dana Wynter (Sarah Redman), Pat O'Brien (Ed Hightower), Michael Pataki (Johnny Ridzik), Sheree North (Mary), Karen Steele (Fran Perez). An overly-ambitious public prosecutor believes a wealthy woman is guilty of a double murder partly because of evidence, but also because 12 years earlier his romance with her was crushed because of family snobbery. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/22/1965)
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| [CBS 8:00] Lancer [Reg]: The Prodigal
Season 1, episode 7 W: D.C. Fontana D: Sobey Martin With Phyllis Thaxter (Marcy Dane), Johnny Crawford (Jeff Dane), Kevin Hagen (Al Packer), Del Monroe (Lt. Hartford), Paul Picerni (Provost Marshal), Jason Wingreen (Clerk), Roy Engel (Clem Carven), Stewart Bradley (Tim Phillips). Murdoch is reminded of an old romance while on a trip to San Francisco. He runs into an attractive widow he hasn't seen for 20 years and invites her to the ranch for a few days. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/12/1968)
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| [ABC 8:30] Bewitched [Reg]: The Return Of Darrin The Bold
Season 7, episode 17 W: Ed Jurist D: Richard Michaels With Richard X. Slattery (Ferguson), Elizabeth Montgomery (Serena), Burt Mustin (Guru), Allen Emerson (Gawain), Nada Rowand (Girl), David Huddleston (Dave). Samantha is amazed when her mortal husband suddenly becomes a warlock, then learns she has to masquerade as Serena in 14th-century Ireland to remove the spell. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1971)
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| [NBC 8:30] Ironside [Reg]: The Summer Soldier
Season 4, episode 22 W: Jameson Brewer D: Don Weis With Magda Harout (Zabelle), Robert Patten (Officer Frost), Joyana Frederics (Belly Dancer), Theodore Bikel (Arschag Divinian), Walter Koenig (Leo), Linda Marsh (Adrina), Andrew Rubin (Ara), Vincent Beck (Uncle Bedros). An elderly Armenian is blackmailed by a pair of delinquent nephews. The old man is afraid of going to the police untl Chief Ironside teaches him a lesson in American history. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/4/1971)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Powder Keg (1971)
W: Douglas Heyes D: Douglas Heyes With Rod Taylor, Dennis Cole, Michael Ansara, Fernando Lamas, Luciana Paluzzi, John McIntire, Tisha Sterling, Reni Santoni, Melodie Johnson. When a Mexican "liberator" hijacks a train and holds 73 passengers hostage in exchange for the release of his bandit brother, two troubleshooting investigators in the southwest are called in to help. Pilot movie for the "Bearcats" series.
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| [ABC 9:00] Make Room For Granddaddy [Reg]: The Big Hang-Up
Season 1, episode 24 With Herb Vigran (Delivery Man), Jana Taylor (Susan McAdams Williams). Danny employs a ruse to get Rusty to accept a new refrigerator, and his son decides to teach his generous father a lesson about giving gifts. (Last show of the series.) (Repeat program, originally aired 3/25/1971)
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| [ABC 9:30] Dan August [Reg]: Death Chain
Season 1, episode 17 W: Robert C. Dennis D: Ralph Senensky With Peter Hooten (Troy Stedman), Chris Robinson (Stan Manders), Ken Scott (Esseltine), Dean Harens (Thomas Howard), Sheilah Wells (Sharon), Ahna Capri (Linda Perry), Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Dominic Lazar), Jan-Michael Vincent (Kevin Colter). Det. August investigates the slaying of a woman last seen accepting a ride with several teenage boys. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1971)
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| [NBC 9:30] Adam-12 [Reg]: Log 88 -- Reason To Run
Season 3, episode 26 W: James Doherty D: Alan Crosland Jr. With Linda Henning (Hilary Warner), Randolph Mantooth (Neil Williams), Sandra de Bruin (Waitress), Norm Crosby (Dewey Conroy), Rod Cameron (Slim Berkeley), Dick Whittinghill (Paul Foster), Dorothy Green (Mrs. Warner). Malloy and Reed handle a burglary at a riding school owned by a former Western movie star, who decides to call off the case when he learns his young helper is the chief suspect. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/1/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] The Dean Martin Summer Show [Reg]
With Donna Jean Young, Marc London, Jack Reilly, Hal Frazier.
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| [ABC 10:30] This Is Your Life
(Repeat program)
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