Prime-time network TV listings for Monday March 27, 1972:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] National Geographic Special: The Last Vikings [special]
A study of the direct descendants of the warlike seafarers who plundered the coasts of Europe in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries. Today's "Vikings" -- fishermen, shipbuilders, sheepherders and whalers -- live in such remote spots as the tiny Faroe Islands off Denmark, the Loften Isles in the Norwegian Sea and Greenland. Delving into Viking history and traditions, the hour also looks at artifacts and reconstructed ships.
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| [ABC 8:00] ABC Documentaries
"A Small Town in Iowa": ABC News correspondent Harry Reasoner returns home to Humboldt, Iowa, for an essay on small-town America. "Children in Peril" examines child abuse in a program written, produced and hosted by Marlene Sanders. Included are visits to such therapy and treatment centers as Denver's University of Colorado Medical Center and Boston's Parents Center, and the Parents Anonymous program founded at the California Institution for Women.
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| [NBC 8:00] Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In [Reg]: Episode #105
Season 5, episode 13 W: Allan Katz, Don Reo D: Mark Warren With Joe Namath, Petula Clark, Charo, Burt Mustin, Queenie Smith. Joe Namath, quarterback for the New York Jets, turns comic on tonight's edition. Namath portrays Gladys Ormphby's (Ruth Buzzi) dream husband, a duck hunter and an inductee at a draft board physical. The girls give an Orphan Annie introduction to the "news" and members of the cast take part in a new panel show, "The Aging Game". (Repeat program, originally aired 12/20/1971)
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| [CBS 9:00] Here's Lucy [Reg]: Lucy's Replacement
Season 4, episode 19 W: Fred S. Fox D: Coby Ruskin With R.G. Brown (Office Manager), Phil Vandervort (Joe Hackley). Fed up with Lucy's incompetence, Uncle Harry gets fed up and replaces her with a fantastic computer. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/17/1972)
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: ABC Double Feature
ABC presents two pilot films for possible fall series. "Wheeler and Murdock" stars Jack Warden and Christopher Stone as a pair of private eyes. Investigating a syndicate murder and million-dollar robbery, the pair become the hunted instead of the hunters. Guests: Van Johnson, Diane Baker, Charles Cioffi, Jane Powell, Dewey Martin. "The New Healers" stars Robert Foxworth, Jonathan Lippe and Kate Jackson as paramedics in rural California. The young medics meet strong resistance in a mountain community faced with a natural disaster. Guests: Leif Erickson, Burgess Meredith, William Windom.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
W: Abraham Polonsky D: Abraham Polonsky With Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake, Susan Clark, Barry Sullivan, John Vernon, Charles Aidman, Charles McGraw. An American Indian's search for identity in the early part of the 20th century leads to an accidental murder and flight from a relentless posse.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Doris Day Show [Reg]: Charity Begins At The Office
Season 4, episode 4 W: Phil Sharp D: William Wiard With Estelle Winwood (Rhoda), Winnie Collins (Agnes), Joey Forman (Roger Sidney), Will B. Able (Gordon), Elvia Allman (Mrs. Fairburn), Ford Lile (Stan Steele). Doris exposes a charity racketeer after her boss's wife enlists her help in staging a benefit ball. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/4/1971)
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| [CBS 10:00] The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour [Reg]: Show 7 - Midseason Premiere
Season 1, episode 7 With Harvey Korman, Glenn Ford, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Merrill. The debut of a variety series featuring regulars Ted Zeigler, Peter Cullen, Murray Langston, Freeman King, Tom Solari and Clark Carr. Highlighted on tonight's edition is an operatic spoof of O'Connor's top-rated series, All in the Family, with Merrill as Archie Bunker. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/27/1971)
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