Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday January 8, 1972:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] All In The Family [Reg]: Edith's Problem
Season 2, episode 15 W: Burt Styler D: John Rich With Jeannie Linero (Waitress). Edith's erratic behavior puzzles the family and puts a damper on Archie's planned trip to a new resort.
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| [ABC 8:00] Getting Together [Reg]: Broken Hearted Melody
Season 1, episode 14 With Bill Daily (McAdam), Pamela McMyler (Melody). When Lionel sells Bobby's bed to a woman photographer, Bobby has to agree to get his hair cut for a commercial in order to get his property back. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Partners [Reg]: They Steal Cars, Don't They?
Season 1, episode 15 W: Bruce Howard D: Gary Nelson With Jack Carter (Goody Goodson), Paul Condylis (Buzz), Robert Pratt (Tony). Crooke and Robinson, assigned to break up a car theft ring, not only have their car stolen from under their noses but also Capt. Andrews' car, which he has loaned them.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Mary Tyler Moore Show [Reg]: Feeb
Season 2, episode 16 W: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon D: Peter Baldwin With Barbara Sharma (Randy), Barbara Barnett (Doreen Skinner), Jack Manning (Restaurant Manager). Mary Richards inadvertently becomes the benefactor of an inept waitress with ambitions to become a lousy secretary.
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: The Astronaut (1972)
W: Gerald Di Pego, Chris Kuenstle, Robert Biheller D: Robert Michael Lewis With Monte Markham, Jackie Cooper, Susan Clark, Robert Lansing, Richard Anderson, John Lupton, Walter Brooke, James B. Sikking. Something goes wrong on a flight to Mars and rather than panic the nation, space officials get an exact double for the astronaut to pretend he splashed down. All goes well until he meets the wife of the missing astronaut.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Good Life [Reg]: Dial M for Merger
Season 1, episode 15 W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Larry Hagman With Gary Dubin (Lamar). An 8-year-old brat threatens to spoil the good life for Albert and Jane. (Last show of the series.)
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| [CBS 9:00] The New Dick Van Dyke Show [Reg]: Annie Get Your Bike
Season 1, episode 16 With Guy Stark (Young Lucas), Ronnie Schell (Dr. Rosencranz), Reta Shaw (Nurse). Annie's jealousy over the expected arrival of the Prestons' new baby inspires Dick to recall (via flashback) how he and Jenny faced the problem with their first born.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Vanished (1971), part one
W: Dean Riesner D: Buzz Kulik With Richard Widmark, E.G. Marshall, James Farentino, Robert Young, Eleanor Parker, Arthur Hill, Skye Aubrey, Tom Bosley. The top advisor to the President of the United States disappears mysteriously, causing both national and international repercussions.
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| [CBS 9:30] Arnie [Reg]: The Only Way To Go
Season 2, episode 15 D: Don Richardson With John Astin (Salesman), Charles Nelson Reilly (Randy Robinson). Through prodding by a neighbor, Arnie and Lillian begin thinking about selecting cemetery plots, until boss Major becomes involved.
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| [CBS 10:00] Mission: Impossible [Reg]: Stone Pillow
Season 6, episode 16 W: Howard Browne D: Leslie H. Martinson With Robert Ellenstein (Vincent Vochek), Arthur Batanides (Joe Fort), Bradford Dillman (Larry Edison), Brooke Mills (Leona Prescott), Jack Gaynor (Cliff). Because a former private detective turned extortionist is operating from within prison walls -- where he's blackmailing a crime chief -- the IMF team "take over" the institution.
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| [ABC 10:00] Assault On Privacy
An ABC News Special examines the many ways in which information is being gathered on millions of Americans. Law enforcement agencies contend that surveillance and information-gathering are essential to their work. The growing number of consumer and credit reporting companies claim they are only providing a service to retailers, lending institutions, insurance companies and the consumer. Frank Reynolds reports on the net effect of this staggering amount of data -- accurate and inaccurate, properly used and sometimes abused.
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