Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday September 8, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] You Are There: Ordeal Of A President [special]
The dramatic sequence of events which led to Woodrow Wilson's reluctant decision to involve the U.S. in World War I.
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| [ABC 7:30] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: The Hospital
Season 2, episode 16 W: Stan Cutler, Martin Donovan D: Hal Cooper With Andrew Prine (Dr. Gould), Barbara Clarke Chisholm (Female Technician), Catherine Ferrar (Miss Fern). Eddie won't believe that his father's admission to the hospital is only for an insurance checkup. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/20/1971)
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| [NBC 7:30] The Men From Shiloh [Reg]: The Angus Killer
Season 9, episode 18 W: Edward DeBlasio, Robert Van Scoyk D: Jeffrey Hayden With Van Johnson (Alonzo Worth), Stephen McNally (Gus Muller), Dina Merrill (Laura Duff), Andrew Parks (Jimmy Duff), Slim Pickens (Sheriff), Ruth Roman (Margie Wirth), Chill Wills (Pat Reedy), Jon Lormer (Doctor). When the Virginian arrives at a widow's ranch to buy cattle, he finds that somebody had cut a fence and driven the stock to a poisonous feeding ground. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/10/1971)
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| [CBS 8:00] If You Turn On [special]
With Carol Burnett, Greg Morris, Arte Johnson. Celebrities, along with medical authorities and young people with drug-taking experiences discuss the problems of drug abuse.
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| [ABC 8:00] Room 222 [Reg]: Mr. Bomberg
Season 2, episode 16 W: Nicholas E. Baehr D: William Wiard With Sorrell Booke (Mr. Bomberg), Phillip Pine (Lewis), Ed Begley Jr. (Michael), Ketty Lester (Mrs. Ellis). Civics teacher Bomberg is so rough on his students that half of his class requests transfer to another instructor. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/20/1971)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Smith Family [Reg]: Strangers (2)
Season 1, episode 7 D: Herschel Daugherty With Ann Summers (Mrs. Mitchell), Jo Ann Harris (Lynn Mitchell), Robert Brubaker (Mr. Mitchell). Chad becomes involved in the search for a runaway teenager because his daughter, Cindy, is worried about her friend. Acting more as a father than a police officer, Chad meets Lynn's wealthy parents and learns the girl cares nothing about material possessions. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/3/1971)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Secret Heritage
Season 2, episode 19 With Pamela Franklin (Baby Freitag), Kim Stanley (Nurse Hull), Inga Swenson (Mrs. Amons), Karl Swenson (Dr. Mills). When Gannon learns that a 17-year-old girl has been treated as an infant all of her life, he tries to make her do things for herself but realizes he must know more about her background before his treatment can succeed. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/3/1971)
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| [ABC 9:00] Love On A Rooftop [Reg]: Going Home To Daughter
Season 1, episode 17 W: James Henerson D: Robert Ellenstein Just as Julie is preparing to leave for Los Angeles for her parents' 25th wedding anniversary celebration, her mother arrives announcing she's left Julie's father. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/3/1967)
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| [NBC 9:00] Xerox Presents The Quarterly Report [special]
First in a series of four NBC news specials with John Chancellor as chief correspondent. Tonight's topics: the new law giving 18-year-olds the right to vote in Federal elections; the death penalty question; likely effects of President Nixon's visit to mainland China; the Pentagon Papers.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Immortal [Reg]: White Elephants Don't Grow On Trees
Season 1, episode 2 W: Shimon Wincelberg D: Michael Caffey With Ross Martin (Eddie Yeoman), Mitch Vogel (Jud Yeoman), Read Morgan (Tucker), William Wintersole (Manager), Elizabeth Harrower (Aunt Marge), Victoria Carroll (Waitress), Ed Begley Jr. (Attendant), Karl Lucas (Superintendent), Larry Black (Auctioneer), Don Knight (Fletcher). Ben Richards hitches a ride with a man and his son. During their trip in a broken-down truck the man reveals to Ben that he expects the payment for his cargo -- highly explosive chemicals -- will make it possible for him to retain custody of his son. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/1/1970)
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| [CBS 10:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The Box
Season 1, episode 18 W: John D.F. Black D: Seymour Robbie With Eddie Sherman (Sherm), Al Harrington (Toshi), Clarence Garcia (Glen), Nephi Hannemann (Gus), Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Carl Swanson), Gavin MacLeod (Big Chicken), R.G. Armstrong (Captain Wade), Bob Doyle (Tommy), Wes Young (Wes), Dave Donnelly (Dave), Bert Darr (Bert), David Leegant (Frank), John Henry Russell (Dr. Patchett), Kalani Kinimaka (Jim), Wayne Want (Sharpshooter), John Farias (Ed). When a pair of convicts, facing life imprisonment, threaten the lives of seven fellow inmates held hostage in a prison, McGarrett gambles in offering himself as a trade for the men's lives. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/29/1969)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar W: Rod Serling D: Don Taylor With Henry Beckman (Officer McDermont), William Windom (Randy Lane), Diane Baker (Lynn Alcott), Bert Convy (Harvey Doane), John Randolph (H. E. Pritkin), David Astor (Blodgett), Robert Herrman (Tim Riley), Frederic Downs (Father), John S. Ragin (Policeman), Susannah Darrow (Katy), Mary Gail Hobbs (Miss Trevor). A lonely widower realizes that his world is falling apart, much like an old hangout which is about to be torn down. 2. The Last Laurel W: Rod Serling D: Daryl Duke With Martin E. Brooks (Dr. Armstrong), Martine Beswick (Susan Davis), Jack Cassidy (Marius Davis). A man who has learned the art of levitation decides to get revenge on his doctor whom he suspects of having an affair with his wife.
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| [ABC 10:30] NFL Action
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