Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday September 18, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] All In The Family [Reg]: The Saga Of Cousin Oscar
Season 2, episode 1 W: Norman Lear, Burt Styler D: John Rich With Isabel Sanford (Louise Jefferson), Will B. Able (Rev. Felcher), Jack Grimes (Mr. Whitehead), Peggy Rea (Bertha), Connie Sawyer (Mrs. McNab), William Benedict (Jimmy McNab), M. Emmet Walsh (Billy). The second season begins with the Bunker household facing a touchy and tragic situation when an unwelcome visiting relative dies in their home. Archie has second thoughts about giving his least favorite cousin a proper burial.
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| [ABC 8:00] Getting Together [Reg]: Jenny, Jenny
Season 1, episode 1 W: Charles Shyer, Alan Mandel D: Richard Kinon With Diana Ewing (Sandra Burke), Jane Dulo. Situation comedy with Bobby Sherman starring as a struggling composer who lives in an antique store in Hollywood. Wes Stern plays his lyricist partner. In the first episode, a social worker visits the store because Bobby is legal guardian of his 12-year-old sister, Jennifer.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Partners [Reg]: Here Come The Fuzz
Season 1, episode 1 W: Don Adams, Earl Barret, Arne Sultan D: Gary Nelson With Yvonne Craig (Jessica Allen), Joey Forman (Maj. Witzer), Jesse White (Melnick), Art Metrano (Lou), Howard Morton (Byrd). Don Adams is back on weekly TV, this time as a police detective. His squad car partner is Rupert Crosse. Together their antics keep the captain in a constant state of frustration. In the first show, the partners are assigned to capture bank robbers.
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| [CBS 8:30] Funny Face [Reg]: The Used Car
Season 1, episode 1 W: Bob Rodgers D: Hal Cooper With Tom Bosley (Used Car Dealer). Sandy Duncan makes her bow as Sandy Stockton, a small-town girl who attends UCLA, studying to be a teacher but earning her living expenses by acting part-time in television commercials. Tonight: while shopping for a used car, Sandy meets a dealer who recognizes her from TV and offers her a car free if she'll do his commercials.
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: The Birdmen (1971)
W: David Kidd D: Philip Leacock With Doug McClure, Chuck Connors, Richard Basehart, Rene Auberjonois, Max Baer Jr., Don Knight, Greg Mullavey, Paul Koslo, Tom Skerritt. Based on an incident that actually occurred in Germany during World War II, a group of Allied POWs plot an almost unbelievable escape plan.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Good Life [Reg]: One Of Our Rolls Is Missing
Season 1, episode 1 W: William Raynor, Myles Wilder D: Bruce Bilson With Jack Riley, Alan Oppenheimer, Will J. White, Ben Wright. Comedy series about a couple who, in an effort to free themselves of the responsibilites of middle-class life, hire a butler and cook. In the first episode, Albert, who formerly was a stockbroker, attempts to sell a friend's Rolls-Royce at a profit but instead is taken in by a con man.
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| [CBS 9:00] The New Dick Van Dyke Show [Reg]: Smoke Rings
Season 1, episode 1 W: Carl Reiner D: Carl Reiner Dick returns to TV in a weekly series, as does Hope Lange, his co-star. The comedy, filmed in Carefree, Ariz. before a live audience, is about the public and private life of a TV talk-show host. In the first episode Dick joins a chimp blowing smoke rings on a TV show and thus breaks a non-smoking pact with his wife.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Alamo (1960), part one
W: James Edward Grant D: John Wayne With John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Linda Cristal, Chill Wills, Joan O'Brien, Patrick Wayne, Ken Curtis, Denver Pyle. In the year 1836, when Texas was the northernmost province of Mexico, the people rebel against the government of a general and declare their freedom. Gen. Sam Houston hurriedly raises and trains an army for the war that is certain to follow.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Mary Tyler Moore Show [Reg]: The Birds . . . And . . . Um . . . Bees
Season 2, episode 1 W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), John Amos (Gordy). The second season begins with Mary getting trapped into talking to a young girl about the birds and the bees when the girl's mother admits she can't cope with the situation.
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| [CBS 10:00] Mission: Impossible [Reg]: Blind
Season 6, episode 1 W: Arthur Weiss D: Reza Badiyi With Jason Evers (Carl Deetrich), Tom Bosley (Henry Matula), Harold J. Stone (John Lawton). The sixth season begins with one cast change. Lynda Day George replaces Lesley Warren. She plays "Casey", an expert in makeup and disguise. This season the IMF will confine their assignments to the U.S., taking on underground forces who've managed to evade conventional law enforcement agencies. In the first episode, an FBI man is blinded while investigating a crime syndicate. Jim Phelps undergoes a delicate eye operation so as to appear convincingly blind to pose as the lawman.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Persuaders [Reg]: Overture
Season 1, episode 1 W: Brian Clemens D: Basil Dearden With Laurence Naismith (Judge Fulton), Imogen Hassall (Maria Lorenzo), Nina Baden-Semper (Air Hostess 1), Michael Godfrey (Robert Dupont), Alex Scott (Coley), Neal Arden (Inspector Flavel), John Acheson (Truyer), Bruno Barnabe (Maitre d'). Adventure series marks the debut of Tony Curtis in a regular series role. He costars with Roger Moore, who last appeared on TV in The Saint. The series, filmed in Europe, features Tony as a wealthy American and Roger as an aristocratic Britisher who meet on the French Riviera and are tricked into teaming up for a challenging career. The first episode tells of their meeting, a hotel fight and how their mysterious host forms the team.
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