Prime-time network TV listings for Friday August 20, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] The Interns [Reg]: The Guardian
Season 1, episode 21 With Lew Ayres (Dr. Holt), Shelley Fabares (Catherine), Rafael Campos (Chico Ruiz), Gilbert Green (Rollins), Paula Victor (Mrs. Redding), Ned Wertimer (Hunter). A famed heart specialist antagonizes the interns with his by-the-book approach, and stirs resentment at the hospital when he's rumored as the successor to ailing Dr. Goldstone. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/5/1971)
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| [ABC 7:30] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: The Drummer Boy
Season 2, episode 16 W: Tom August, Helen August D: Oscar Rudolph With Deacon Jones (Himself), Bart La Rue (Coach), Jimmy Bracken (Larry), Dennis McDougall (Freddy), Pierre Williams (Jimmy). Bobby's interest in drumming drives the family nuts, and Peter is kidded by his football team because he's in the choir. But that all changes when Los Angeles Rams lineman Deacon Jones shows up for practice. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1971)
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| [ABC 8:00] Nanny And The Professor [Reg]: Kid Stuff
Season 2, episode 23 W: John McGreevey D: Gary Nelson With Eileen Baral (Francine Fowler), Eddie Foy Jr. (Osgood Finchley), James Millhollin (Lorillard Atwood). The Everett children and Nanny put on a show to raise funds to repair a fountain in a local park after they see a bird looking for water at the broken fixture. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/12/1971)
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| [CBS 8:30] Headmaster [Reg]: Nobody's Perfect
Season 1, episode 3 With Mitch Vogel (Billy), Florence Lake (Miss Graham). Andy Thompson is confronted with the problem of an excellent student who cracks under the pressure of trying to be perfect like his older brother. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/2/1970)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: Partridge Up A Pear Tree
Season 1, episode 21 W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Ralph Senensky With Annette O'Toole (Carol), Carl Ballantine (Pitchman), Joseph V. Perry (Mr. Jenkins). Keith finds himself too broke to take out his girlfriend, or even repair his car. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/19/1971)
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| [NBC 8:30] Preseason Football
Cleveland Browns at Dallas Cowboys.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: The Wrong Box (1966)
W: Larry Gelbart, Burt Shevelove D: Bryan Forbes With John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Sellers, Tony Hancock, Peter Cook. When the various members of a British family set out to inherit a large trust fund, the attempts include a merry melange of attacks, train wrecks, juggled corpses and a runaway funeral.
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| [ABC 9:00] That Girl [Reg]: The Russians Are Staying
Season 5, episode 17 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Homer Powell With Gino Conforti (Nino), Bob Dishy (Nicholai), Richard Erdman (Milton), Jack Deleon (Demitri), Paul Camen (Ivan). Ann Marie befriends a famed Russian comedian visiitng her acting class and learns that he's always followed by two NKVD agents. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/29/1971)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: Trapped
Season 1, episode 24 W: Alan Mandel D: Jerry Belson With Joan Hotchkis (Dr. Nancy Cunningham), Christopher Shea (Phillip), Ellen Corby (Florence), Lenny Kent (Vern), Dave Ketchum (Cop), Russell Thorson (Herman). Dressed in bizarre costumes, Felix, Oscar and Nancy find themselves trapped in a basement when a door accidentally closes and locks them in. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/26/1971)
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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