Prime-time network TV listings for Friday September 3, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] The Interns [Reg]: The Death Wish
Season 1, episode 2 W: William Blinn D: Allen Reisner With Jana Taylor (Pam Jarvis), Dabbs Greer (Edgar Jarvis), Jon Lormer (Joey), Barbara Press (Sally Harper), Mary Patton (Louise Jarvis). While treating a girl patient who is critically ill, Dr. Pooch Hardin refuses to believe warning signs that she is a heroin addict who will stop at nothing to get drugs. She breaks out of the hospital to join a band of fellow drug users. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/25/1970)
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| [ABC 7:30] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: The Dropout
Season 2, episode 1 W: Ben Gershman, Bill Freedman D: Peter Baldwin With Don Drysdale (Himself). Greg becomes obsessed with with the idea of being a big league pitcher. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/25/1970)
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| [NBC 7:30] The High Chaparral [Reg]: Sangre
Season 4, episode 16 W: Jack B. Sowards With Kaz Garas (Sangre), David S. Cass (Corporal), Charles Maxwell (Sgt. Smith), Pat Renella (Sergeant), Evans Thornton (Major Benson), Jerry Wills (McAdams). The Cannons bring a wounded Apache warrior to the ranch for first aid, but his presence there stirs up a bitter reaction both from his own people and the nearby cavalry unit that wants the Indian on homicide charges. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/26/1971)
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| [ABC 8:00] Nanny And The Professor [Reg]: A Diller, A Dollar
Season 2, episode 14 W: Jean Holloway D: Gary Nelson With Katherine Justice (Laurel), Herbert Anderson (Allen Price Sr.), Ceil Cabot (Mary Evans), Norman Grabowski (Jack Dodge), Eric Olson (Donnie Dodge), Johnny Lee (Allen Price Jr.). Prudence's first day in school becomes a heartache when she's misunderstood by her novice teacher. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/8/1971)
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| [CBS 8:30] Headmaster [Reg]: May I Turn On?
Season 1, episode 1 With Parker Fennelly (Mr. Purdy), Bruce Garrick (Student), Butch Patrick (Ritchie), Erica Chandler (Louise), Michael Shea (Wayne), Edward Petherbridge (Parsons). Andy Griffith returns to weekly TV in a comedy which finds him as the headmaster of a small private high school in the San Fernando Valley. In the first episode one of the students is rejected by his classmates, including his teammates on the football team, because he won't "turn on" with them at off-campus parties. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/18/1970)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Partridge Family [Reg]: Why Did The Music Stop?
Season 1, episode 17 W: Bernard Slade D: Alan Rafkin With Richard Mulligan (Dr. Jim Lucas), Reva Rose (Mabel). The family quits show business when Shirley asks the children to lead a normal life for a change. The kids are convinced Shirley wants to quit so she can get married. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1971)
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| [NBC 8:30] The Name Of The Game [Reg]: The Broken Puzzle
Season 3, episode 23 With Mark Miller (Watts), Alex Dreier (Jess Leighton), Chuck Connors (Governor Brill), Charles Aidman (Dr. Dryden), Pat Crowley (Christy Landon). Glenn Howard suffers temporary amnesia after a mysterious plane crash while investigating a corrupt governor. He has trouble remembering what happened to him during the two days following the crash, and revisits the crash site with one of the governor's assistants to piece together what happened. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/12/1971)
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| [CBS 9:00] Preseason Football
Preseason rematch of Super Bowl opponents the Dallas Cowboys and the champion Baltimore Colts. Frank Glieber and Pat Summerall report from the Colts' home field.
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| [ABC 9:00] That Girl [Reg]: Stag Party
Season 5, episode 21 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: John Rich With Bernie Kopell (Jerry), Alice Borden (Ruth), George Furth (Maury), Jerry Fogel (Frankie), Hal Williams (Herbie). Don expects the worst when fiancee Ann Marie's oft-disapproving father decides to attend his bachelor party. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/26/1971)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: You've Come A Long Way, Baby
Season 1, episode 19 W: Garry Marshall D: Garry Marshall With Joan Hotchkis (Dr. Nancy Cunningham), Lisa Lu (Mrs. Lee), Jessica Myerson (Mrs. Ferguson), Christopher Shea (Phillip). Much to Oscar's discomfiture, Felix brings home an abandoned baby. Oscar's urgent social engagement is delayed and, of course, it's all Felix's fault. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/19/1971)
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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| [NBC 10:00] Strange Report [Reg]: Report 0846: Lonely Heart - Who Killed Dan Cupid?
Season 1, episode 4 W: Roger Parkes D: Peter Duffell With Ruth Trouncer (Barbara Coles), Donald Douglas (Leonard Grey), Jeffrey Gardiner (Grantley), Lynn Pinkney (Helga Bauer), Geraldine Moffat (Tessa O'Neill), Jonathan Holt (Mark Harper), Ewan Roberts (Baitman), John Bennett (Jack White), Glyn Jones (Carter), Donald Scott (Steven Milner), Dennis Chinnery (Jones). Adam Strange investigates the apparent suicide of a lonely hearts club leader and asks Scotland Yard for help when he finds it to be murder. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/12/1969)
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