Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday August 27, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Movie: Assignment K (1968)
W: Val Guest, Bill Strutton, Maurice Foster D: Val Guest With Stephen Boyd, Michael Redgrave, Camilla Sparv, Leo McKern, Jane Marrow, Werner Peters. Under the ruse of being a toy manufacturer, a British intelligence agent smuggles microfilmed messages between Germany and England by hiding them inside dolls. Unfortunately he meets a pretty Swedish "doll" at a European fair and her life is suddenly in danger when his mission is discovered.
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: Pablo And The Dancing Chihuahua (2)
Season 14, episode 18 The chihuahua accompanying Pablo on his journey to find an uncle in America proves to be the key to a new life for the boy. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1968)
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| [ABC 8:00] 1972 Olympic Games
Scheduled: Basketball, boxing, gymnastics, rowing, diving, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Jimmy Stewart Show [Reg]: A Bone Of Much Contention
Season 1, episode 24 W: Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs D: Christian Nyby With Walter Barnes (Ernest Digby), Cesar Romero (Admiral Decker), Michael Audley (Prof. Duncan), Hank Brandt (Detective Crandall), Russ Grieve (Councilman). The owner of a sandwich shop chain hires P.J. to build another outlet. Unfortunately, the site turns out to be an archaeological find. (Last show of the series.) (Repeat program, originally aired 3/12/1972)
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| [ABC 9:00] Preseason Football
The Los Angeles Rams meet the Kansas City Chiefs in a preseason game from the new Harry S. Truman Sports Complex in Kansas City. The Rams are coming off a second place finish in the NFC's West Division, hoping for improvement with the return to form of quarterback Roman Gabriel and a strong defense led by Merlin Olsen and Isaiah Robertson. The Chiefs present a strong, balanced team, relying on Len Dawson's passes to Otis Taylor and a mobile, opportunistic defensive unit anchored by middle linebacker Willie Lanier. Frank Gifford and Don Meredith report.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: He Was Only Seven
Season 13, episode 22 W: Michael Landon D: Michael Landon With Jeff Morris (Hal), Harry Holcombe (Dr. Martin), Napoleon Whiting (Bert), William Watson (Zack), Joseph V. Perry (Sheriff Tyson), Robert Doyle (Clem), Edward Crawford (Jonah Morgan), Beverly Carter (Alice), Roscoe Lee Browne (Joshua), Claudia Bryar (Martha), Sean Kelly (Billy), Richard Farnsworth (Troy). Joe and Jamie join aged and crippled Joshua Morgan on a quest for vengeance after the killers of the old man's grandson. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/5/1972)
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| [CBS 9:30] The Life Of Leonardo Da Vinci [special]
The third segment in a five-part series of Italian specials devoted to the renowned Florentine artist whose genius in a dozen major fields of art and science brought the Renaissance world upon the threshold of modern times.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The New Doctors [Reg]: Giants Never Kneel
Season 2, episode 3 W: Nat Tanchuck, Sy Salkowitz D: Daryl Duke With Arthur Hill (Ainsley Walters), Carol Lynley (Judith Walters), DeForest Kelley (Parrish), Roger Perry (James Carmichael), Kevin Hagen (Blake), Kasey Rogers (Mrs. Ryan). A tycoon enters Craig Institute for a two-fold purpose -- to have a routine checkup and to outsmart a ruthless rival. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/25/1970)
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