Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 26, 1971:
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Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Family Affair [Reg]: Desert Isle, Manhattan Style
Season 5, episode 2 W: Elroy Schwartz D: Charles T. Barton With Gregg Fedderson (Gregg), Ronne Troup (Helen), Carolyn Stellar (Abby), Rick Gates (Larry). French phones Uncle Bill in Chicago for permission to visit his cousin in Washington and Bill says it's all right so long as Cissy is there to look after Buffy and Jody. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1970)
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| [ABC 7:30] Alias Smith And Jones [Reg]: The McCreedy Bust
Season 1, episode 2 W: Sy Salkowitz D: Gene Levitt With Edward Andrews (Ralph Peterson), Mills Watson (Blake), Charles Wagenheim (Bartender), Cesar Romero (Armendariz), Burl Ives (Big Mac McCreedy). Heyes and Curry are hired by a rich rancher to retrieve a bust of Caesar which was stolen from him. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1971)
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| [NBC 7:30] NBC Action Playhouse: The Fatal Mistake
Season 4, episode 10 W: Jacques Gillies, Oscar Millard With Arthur Hill (Donald Hammond), Roddy McDowall (Harry Carlin), Marge Redmond (Nancy Hammond), Alice Rawlings (Julia Hammond), Michael Wilding (Maj. Tucker), Laurence Naismith (Gordon Knight). A London suburbanite lives with his wife and daughter in a manner outwardly normal except for two things: his hobby is raising reptiles and he is visited regularly by a blackmailer.
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| [CBS 8:00] Lancer [Reg]: The Gifts
Season 2, episode 5 W: Andy White D: Allen Reisner With Charlie Briggs (John Mason), Sharon Acker (Tiffany Mumford), Mary Jo Kennedy (Trina Mason), Will Kuluva (James Mumford), June Dayton (Mrs. Moran), Jim Woodall (Frank), Tom Lowe (Wild Jim Mumford), Don Wilbanks (Hart), Jan Arvan (Clerk), John Gallaudet (Lloyd Bush). The younger Lancers take great pains to get perfect birthday gifts for Murdoch, then each becomes involved in a personal situation that puts a new light on the celebration. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/28/1969)
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| [ABC 8:30] Bewitched [Reg]: Samantha's Magic Mirror
Season 7, episode 26 W: Ed Jurist D: Richard Michaels With Alice Ghostley (Esmerelda), Tom Bosley (Ferdy), Jack Denton (Policeman #1), Ed Deemer (Policeman #2), David Manzy (Golf Attendant), Nancy Priddy (Esmerelda's Mirror Image), Richard Rowley (Nephew). Samantha's efforts to help Esmeralda captivate her boyfriend of 400 years ago puts a strain on her happy home and husband Darrin. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/8/1971)
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| [NBC 8:30] Ironside [Reg]: This Could Blow Your Mind
Season 4, episode 13 W: Stephen J. Cannell, Sy Salkowitz D: James Neilson With Bradford Dillman (William Danner), George Grizzard (Larry), John Lupton (Dr. Freeman), Jerry Douglas (Fenton), Anne Whitfield (Receptionist), Ann Doran (Mrs. Briggs), Regina Gleason (Mrs. Danner), Tod Andrews (Guard), John Cliff (Night Watchman). A gangland "enforcer" tries to use a psychological testing center to force Chief Ironside to reveal the hiding place of an informer. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1970)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: The Frozen Dead (1966)
W: Herbert J. Leder D: Herbert J. Leder With Dana Andrews, Anna Palk, Philip Gilbert, Kathleen Breck, Karel Stepanek, Basil Henson, Alan Tilvern, Ann Tirard. A brilliant scientist and leading member of Germany's defunct Nazi party carries on with his experiments with living organs in a wooded English countryside manor. He confides to two former Nazi officials who visit him that he plans to revive 1,500 elite of Hitler's followers who were frozen at the end of the war and hidden in caves.
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| [ABC 9:00] Make Room For Granddaddy [Reg]: A Hamburger For A Frank
Season 1, episode 9 W: Bernie Kahn D: Danny Thomas With Frank Sinatra (Himself), Michael French (Henry). Frank Sinatra comes to dinner at the Williams' house, where he receives phone calls from glamorous women. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/18/1970)
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| [ABC 9:30] Dan August [Reg]: Trackdown
Season 1, episode 22 W: Rick Husky D: Jerry Jameson With Julie Mannix (Chris Stafford), Karl Swenson (Aubrey Burnett), Gordon DeVol (Terry Stafford), John Bedford (Hunter), Nancy Fisher (Stephanie Paton), Michael Pataki (Eddie Downs), Stewart Moss (Darryl York). Det. August hunts the killers of his close friend, who was gunned down while trying to prevent a holdup at the fairgrounds. The thieves -- three men and a woman -- masqueraded as hospital personnel and fled the scene in a stolen ambulance. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/25/1971)
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| [NBC 9:30] Adam-12 [Reg]: Log 106 -- Post Time
Season 3, episode 24 W: James Doherty D: Alan Crosland Jr. With Morey Amsterdam (Jerry Mermaid), E.J. Andre (Martin Endicott), Woodrow Parfrey (Man), Jason Wingreen (Tom Beaton), Luanne Roberts (Heather Braun), Lillian Bronson (Norma Fisher), Robert Patten (Sgt. Stone), Maurice Dallimore (Basil Farrington). A bewildered printer, an elderly retiree and an unusual motorist create some special problems for officers Malloy and Reed. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/18/1971)
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| [NBC 10:00] Dean Martin Presents [special]
Two contemporary comedy pilots are being presented. Both films were produced by Martin's company in association with NBC. The first half hour is "Powder Room", starring Joey Heatherton, Jeanine Burnier and Elaine Stritch as three women ranging in age from over-20 to over-30 to over-40 who project their individual feminine views of life. Carl Reiner hosts.
Second half hour is "What's Up?" starirng Marian Mercer and Tom Bosley. Utilizing sketches, newsreel footage, original film reports, interviews and topical blackouts, the program presents comical comment on such subjects as the "new" army, the current nostalgia fad, group love, and recent trends in American marriage ceremonies. Jackie Cooper hosts.
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| [ABC 10:30] This Is Your Life
(Repeat program)
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