Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday September 12, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] Lassie [Reg]: Lassie And The Flying Squirrels
Season 15, episode 27 Lassie faces a difficult challenge in her attempts to rescue a flying squirrel that is trapped by a vicious coyote. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/6/1969)
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| [ABC 7:00] A Visit With The First Lady [special]
ABC News surveys the three roles of Mrs. Richard M. Nixon - the ceremonial, the official, and the private. Reporter-host Virginia Sherwood interviews the First Lady at the White House in the capital and at the Western White House in San Clemente, and presents coverage of her current journey across the nation, called "The Legacy of the Parks".
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| [NBC 7:00] Wild Kingdom: A Day In The Gum Tree Forest
Syndicated series returns for its 10th year with host Marlin Perkins. Perkins surveys the life and times of Australia's lovable koala bear.
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| [CBS 7:30] Animal World
An examination of how the world's storks, especially the European white stork, are becoming endangered species.
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| [NBC 7:30] Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert! [special]
W: Bill Cosby, Ed. Weinberger, Jack Mendelsohn D: Ken Mundie With Bill Cosby, Solomon Young, Ernestine Wade, Steven Cheatham, Gary Moore, Alvin Hillard, Ben Anderson. An animated program focusing on the comedy capers of characters created by Bill Cosby, including "Old Weird Harold", "Dumb Donald" and "Fat Albert". (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:00] The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special [special]
Reprise of Doris Day's musical variety program with special guest Perry Como and the Los Angeles Police Department drill team. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: Death On Sunday
Season 7, episode 1 W: Mark Weingart D: Virgil Vogel With Lew Brown (S.A.C. Allen Bennett), Paul Bryar (Garage Owner), James Devine (Mr. Garson), Pamela Stratton (Joyce David), Jon White (Defensive Back), Jim Bocke (Jerry Parks), Mitchell Silberman (Kenneth Talbot), Ron McIver (1st Agent), David Sharpe (2nd Agent), Stu Nahan (Announcer), Frank Converse (Paul Talbot), Andrew Prine (Irwin Lynch), Linda Marsh (Elaine Talbot), Solomon Sturges (Zach Parker). Series returns for its seventh year. Inspector Erskine and Agent Colby set a trap for extortionists victimizing Paul Talbot, a professional football player.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Funny Side [special]
Gene Kelly hosts a preview of NBC's new comedy-variety series debuting on Tuesday, in which five couples representing a cross-section of society present a humorous look at the American way of life. Featured are Burt Mustin and Queenie Smith (as senior citizens), Warren Berlinger and Pat Finley (blue collar), John Amos and Teresa Graves (minority), Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon (affluent), Michael Lembeck and Joyce Ames (teen-age).
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| [CBS 9:00] Preseason Football
The Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles finish up preseason play at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia. The Lions have one of the best running and passing attacks in the Central Division. The Eagles are building a new offense around quarterback Pete Liske. Jack Whitaker, Tom Brookshier and Don Criqui report.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (1971)
W: Jerry McNeely D: Buzz Kulik With Arthur Hill, Vera Miles, Joseph Campanella, William Shatner, Tim Matheson, Ramon Bieri, Sorrell Booke, Dana Wynter, Joan Darling, Bruce Davison, Walter Brooke, Kathleen Lloyd. ABC leads off its Sunday Night Movie season with the pilot for the series of the same title debuting Thursday. Owen Marshall defends a hippie charged with the murder of a Santa Barbara matron.
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| [NBC 9:00] Jane Eyre [special]
W: Jack Pulman D: Delbert Mann With George C. Scott, Susannah York, Ian Bannen, Jack Hawkins, Nyree Dawn Porter, Rachel Kempson, Kenneth Griffith. Charlotte Bronte's classic of romance and suspense receives an encore airing as the inaugural program of the Bell System Family Theater season. (Repeat program)
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