Prime-time network TV listings for Monday April 16, 1973:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Gunsmoke [Reg]: The River (1)
Season 18, episode 1 W: Jack Miller D: Herb Wallerstein With Jack Elam (Pierre Audubon), Miriam Colon (Paullette Duvalier), Slim Pickens (Charlie Utter). The 18th season begins with the tale of a hard-riding gang of outlaws trying to regain the spoils from a series of robberies, forcing Matt Dillon into dangerous situations as he attempts to track them down. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/11/1972)
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| [ABC 8:00] James Paul McCartney [special]
A musical tour through the life, work and moods of Paul McCartney, the former Beatle, whose music has changed the life-style of an entire generation. Appearing with McCartney are his wife Linda and musical group Wings, who will be seen in concert, relaxing at a Liverpool pub with friends, venturing back into the Hollywood days of Busby Berkeley and singing McCartney compositions. Musical selections include early Beatle favorites and current McCartney hits.
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| [NBC 8:00] Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In [Reg]: Episode #127
Season 6, episode 11 W: Allan Katz D: Bill Foster With Ross Martin, Carol Burnett, Demond Wilson, Paul Gilbert. Carol Burnett appears as Ma Barker with Demond Wilson as Mr. Hollywood Screen Star. The cast salutes the Great Old Comedians. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/27/1972)
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| [CBS 9:00] Here's Lucy [Reg]: Lucy's Big Break
Season 5, episode 1 W: Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Pugh Davis D: Coby Ruskin With Lloyd Bridges (Dr. Murray), Alan Oppenheimer (Dr. Parker), Mary Wickes (Nurse Ogilvy), June Whitley Taylor (Mrs. Foster). The fifth season begins with Lucy trying to lure a handsome doctor to her bedside when she's hospitalized with a broken leg. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/11/1972)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Red Line 7000 (1965)
W: George Kirgo D: Howard Hawks With James Caan, Gail Hire, Marianna Hill, Laura Devon, Norman Alden, George Takei, Skip Ward, John Robert Crawford, Charlene Holt. Three young members of a racing team attempt to survive amid the tensions and unpredictability of their profession.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Judith (1966)
W: John Michael Hayes D: Daniel Mann With Sophia Loren, Peter Finch, Jack Hawkins, Hans Verner, Frank Wolff. During the last year of the British mandate in Palestine, the leaders and underground army of the newly formed country of Israel prepare for the inevitable war with surrounding Arab nations, and search for an escaped Nazi war criminal who is helping the enemy cause.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Doris Day Show [Reg]: The Press Secretary
Season 5, episode 4 W: Laurence Marks D: Richard Kinon With Patrick O'Neal (Jonathan Rusk), Julie Adams (Louise Rusk). Doris Martin takes a leave of absence from the magazine to serve as press secretary to a handsome Congressional candidate. She then finds herself simultaneously fending off the amorous advances of her new boss and the unethical demands of her old one. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/2/1972)
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| [CBS 10:00] The New Bill Cosby Show
Season 1, episode 11 With the Smothers Brothers, Maxine Weldon. Highlights include two Cosby monologues on his childhood memories; The Smothers Brothers sing "Sally the Crab and Herman the Lobster" and meet Uncle Sam (Cosby) in the flesh; Miss Weldon sings "But Beautiful". (Repeat program, originally aired 11/27/1972)
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