Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday September 6, 1972:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Mr. Justice Douglas
Eric Sevareid interviews one of this country's longest-serving Supreme Court Justices, William O. Douglas. In two years, Justice Douglas will break the record for years served on the Supreme Court, where he has now sat for 33 of his 73 years. Sevareid has known the justice for 25 years, and in the conversation, which was filmed at Douglas' vacation retreat, Goose Prairie, Wash., Douglas openly talks about the high court, his convictions, his long controversial career, his country and its backbone - the Constitution.
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| [ABC 8:00] 1972 Olympic Games
Scheduled: Track and field, basketball, boxing, volleyball, wrestling.
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| [NBC 8:00] Adam-12 [Reg]: Substation
Season 4, episode 20 W: Michael Donovan D: Christian Nyby With Frank Sinatra Jr. (Tyrone Jeffers), Francine York (Kathy Benson), Robert Dowdell (Lt. Ashton), Jed Allan (U.S. Marshal Chuck Stanton), Joe E. Tata (Noel Simmons), Lenore Stevens (Sharon Wells), Sid McCoy (Officer Carter). Working out of the airport substation, Malloy and Reed respond to a stewardess' call for help. She is the victim of a frustrated actor who abducts her in a bizarre plot to get on TV. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1972)
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| [NBC 8:30] Columbo [Reg]: Blueprint For Murder
Season 1, episode 7 W: Steven Bochco D: Peter Falk With Patrick O'Neal (Elliot Markham), Janis Paige (Goldie Williamson), Forrest Tucker (Bo Williamson), Pamela Austin (Jennifer Williamson), Bettye Ackerman (Miss Sherman), John Fiedler (Dr. Moss), John Finnegan (Carl). When a leading architect is suspected of murder, Columbo is persuaded to dig up a newly poured pylon at a building site to search for the body. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/9/1972)
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Suspected
Season 3, episode 10 W: Dick Nelson D: Charles S. Dubin With Diana Hyland (Susan), Earl Holliman (Dr. Ian Hayton), Louise Latham (Mrs. Whitlock), Dianne Hull (Kathy). A mother's complaint that a doctor has molested her daughter uncovers the fact that the medic is a convicted sex offender. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/17/1971)
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| [CBS 10:00] Mannix [Reg]: Death In The Fifth Gear
Season 5, episode 24 W: Chester Krumholz D: Paul Krasny With Jason Evers (Josh Martin), Mariette Hartley (Nurse Cara Guild), Charles Bateman (Dr. Kenbrook), Eddie Ryder (Mike Fisher), Elsa Lanchester (Edna Barrington). Joe Mannix is involved in a traffic accident and suffers serious head injuries. While in the hospital he is beset by vivid hallucinations, and when he recovers he can't determine if conversations he heard threatening his life were real or imaginary. Framed for murder, the private eye keeps on the run, unable even to trust secretary Peggy. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/8/1972)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar W: Rod Serling D: Don Taylor With Henry Beckman (Officer McDermont), William Windom (Randy Lane), Diane Baker (Lynn Alcott), Bert Convy (Harvey Doane), John Randolph (H. E. Pritkin), David Astor (Blodgett), Robert Herrman (Tim Riley), Frederic Downs (Father), John S. Ragin (Policeman), Susannah Darrow (Katy), Mary Gail Hobbs (Miss Trevor). A lonely widower realizes that his world is falling apart, much like an old hangout which is about to be torn down. 2. The Last Laurel W: Rod Serling D: Daryl Duke With Martin E. Brooks (Dr. Armstrong), Martine Beswick (Susan Davis), Jack Cassidy (Marius Davis). A man who has learned the art of levitation decides to get revenge on his doctor whom he suspects of having an affair with his wife.
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