Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday October 6, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 5, episode 3 With Steve Lawrence, Carol Channing. A salute to 32 years of Academy Award movies. Highlight is the cast spoofing the movies "African Queen" and "Story of Louis Pasteur".
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| [ABC 8:00] Bewitched [Reg]: Samantha's Not-So-Leaning Tower Of Pisa
Season 8, episode 4 W: Ed Jurist D: William Asher With Alice Ghostley (Esmerelda), Steve Conte (Priest), John Rico (Count Bracini). Samantha discovers that Esmeralda caused Pisa's famed tower to lean, and when Esmeralda tries to rectify the centuries-old situation the townspeople fear their economy will be ruined.
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: The Radical (1)
Season 4, episode 4 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Oscar Rudolph With Robert Conrad (Deputy D.A. Paul Ryan), John Davis Chandler (Robin Saydo), Hal Baylor (Tom Gray), Robert Dowdell (Sgt. Wade), John Kroger (Officer Moore), Frank Ferguson (Fred Tibbles). In the first of a two-part episode that concludes on "The D.A" on Thursday, Deputy Ryan joins officers Malloy and Reed in pursuit of a youth who is a suspected revolutionary.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: Tell It Like I'm Telling You It Is
Season 3, episode 4 W: Stan Cutler, Martin Donovan D: Hal Cooper With Frank Corsentino (Marvin Flair), Alan Oppenheimer (Sy Freeman), Lou Jacobi (Mr. Hausman). A delivery man trips on Eddie's roller skate and Tom is sued for $300,000. Tom's lawyer fears the worst when Mrs. Livingston honestly believes they are at fault for leaving the skate in the doorway.
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| [NBC 8:30] Columbo [Reg]: Death Lends A Hand
Season 1, episode 2 W: William Link, Richard Levinson D: Bernard L. Kowalski With Ray Milland (Arthur Kennicutt), Pat Crowley (Lenore Kennicutt), Robert Culp (Brimmer), Brett Halsey (Ken Archer), Eric James (Denning), Lieux Dressler (Ceil Gentry), Barbara Baldavin (Secretary). A private investigator called in to check out an unfaithful wife gives her husband a phony clean bill of health report and then attempts to blackmail the young woman.
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Double Jeopardy
Season 3, episode 4 W: Oliver Crawford D: Vincent Sherman With Paul Stevens (Dr. Kentner), Jack Kruschen (Stavros), Stefanie Powers (Marcie), Scott Marlowe (Steve). A woman with a heart ailment defies Dr. Gannon's warning against having a child and becomes pregnant by artificial insemination -- without telling her husband.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Smith Family [Reg]: Lost Lady
Season 2, episode 4 D: Herschel Daugherty With Sheree North (Sheree), Richard Webb (Sergeant), Gail Bonney (Manager), Vince Howard (Ed Thomas). Chad befriends a former movie star, an alcoholic living on skid row who he discovers in a police line-up, and when the family hears about it they bring her to the house to help rehabilitate her.
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| [ABC 9:30] Shirley's World [Reg]: The Lovers
Season 1, episode 4 D: Ray Austin With Riko Mikra (Morko), Shinzo Hotta (Akira), Akiko Wakabayashi (Tamiko). While on a job in Japan, Shirley unravels an "arranged" marriage for a couple who don't love each other.
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: Wine From These Grapes
Season 5, episode 4 W: David H. Vowell D: Paul Krasny With Marion Ross (Jean), Booth Colman (Leo Kolligan), Victor Jory (Stefan Mannix), Francine York (Helen), James Daris (Harry Nelson), Hal Needham (Arnie), Perry Lopez (Sheriff Madeiros). Joe Mannix returns to his home to investigate the murder of a worker during a labor dispute. When evidence points to the labor organizer as the guilty man, the town becomes a divided camp.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Man And The City [Reg]: A Very Special Girl
Season 1, episode 4 With Ed Nelson (Principal Eastman), Laurie Prange (Janet), Sheila Sullivan (Marcia Eastman), Kathleen Lloyd (Sudi), Charles W. Brown (Jeb), Ward Costello (Alfred Fields). The future of Mayor Alcala's School of Music and Art is jeopardized when the principal of the establishment is accused of causing a young harpist's pregnancy.
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. A Fear Of Spiders W: Rod Serling D: John Astin With Patrick O'Neal (Justus Walters), Kim Stanley (Elizabeth Croft), Tom Pedi (Boucher). A woman who has been rejected by a writer vows that someday he will need her desperately. 2. Junior W: Gene Kearney D: Theodore J. Flicker With Bill Svanoe (Junior), Barbara Flicker (Mother), Wally Cox (Father). Parents have to cope with a demanding youngster in the middle of the night. 3. Marmalade Wine W: Jerrold Freedman D: Jerrold Freedman With Robert Morse (Roger Blacker), Rudy Vallee (Dr. Deeking). A rather vague youth seeks refuge from a storm with a retired surgeon who sees a special value in his guest. 4. The Academy W: Rod Serling D: Jeff Corey With Pat Boone (Holston), Leif Erickson (Director), John Gruber (Cadet), E.A. Sirianni (Chauffeur), Robert Gibbons (Simmons), Stanley Waxman (Bradley), Ed Call (Drill Instructor), Larry Linville (Sloane). A father decides to check out a military academy run by a director who claims he knows how to handle delinquent boys.
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