Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday May 31, 1973:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Dust Bowl Cousins
Season 1, episode 12 W: Paul Savage D: Robert Butler With Robert Donner (Yancy Tucker), Ken Wolger (Job Denby), Jay W. MacIntosh (Cora Denby), Warren Vanders (Ham Denby). Olivia's cousin Cora and her family arrive from Kansas, saying they lost their farm in the Dust Bowl and wish to live with the Waltons until they can find work. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/7/1972)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Mod Squad [Reg]: Run, Lincoln, Run
Season 5, episode 16 W: Donald L. Stewart D: Leonard Horn With Elliott Street (Krause), Stefan Gierasch (Edmund Glendon), Emily Yancy (Ruth Henderson), James A. Watson Jr. (Herb Henderson), June Dayton (Mrs. Milton), Taylor Lacher (Marty Farrell). A friend of Linc's who is in the clutches of loan sharks is forced to set up Linc for elimination to save his kidnapped wife. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/4/1973)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Flip Wilson Show [Reg]
Season 3, episode 18 With Sammy Davis Jr., Marilyn Michaels, Ed Sullivan. In comedy highlights, Flip, as Marvin Lattimer, invests partner Sammy's money in the installation of a jukebox at the bus stop; Sammy impersonates Tony Bennett, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra; Marilyn impersonates Barbra Streisand; Flip, Sammy and Marilyn take part in a gunfight scene; Flip and Sammy are a song 'n' dance team waiting six weeks to get on Sullivan's show. Sammy sings "Candy Man" and exhibits a history of "hoofing". (Repeat program, originally aired 1/25/1973)
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| [CBS 9:00] Two Family Portraits [special]
CBS News reports on the life-styles of two American families - one from the middle class, the other in the upper middle class. "We're OK in Brick, N.J.", the first hour, focuses on Tom and Betty Hussennetter and their five children. Like other middle-class families, they left behind many of the conveniences of the city for a "safer" life in a new kind of environment 60 miles south of New York. "But What If the Dream Comes True?", the second hour, a repeat segment, documents the story of Sam and Jane Greenawalt and their children. They owned a large house in Birmingham, Mich., but decided to move because of a desire for a larger house in a more exclusive neighborhood. Charles Kuralt reports.
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| [ABC 9:00] Kung Fu [Reg]: The Tide
Season 1, episode 5 W: A. Martin Zweiback D: Walter Doniger With Andrew Duggan (Sheriff Boggs), Tina Chen (Su Yen Lu), Brian Tochi (Ho Fong), Kenneth O'Brien (Mr. Jenkins), Robert Donner (Houlton), Rosalind Chao (Dancer), Mako (Wong Ti Lu), James Hong (Old Man). Caine's search for his half-brother leads him to a town ruled by a crooked sheriff. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/1/1973)
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| [NBC 9:00] Ironside [Reg]: Cold Hard Cash
Season 6, episode 12 W: Stephen Lord D: Don Weis With Richard Anderson (Walter), Jack Kelly (Bobby), Barbara Rush (Lorraine Sims), Kay Lenz (Stephanie), Kaz Garas (Owen Riggs). Alerted prior to the kidnapping of a movie queen's daughter, Chief Ironside plants Det. Brown as driver of the getaway vehicle. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/14/1972)
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| [ABC 10:00] ABC News Inquiry
ABC News examines the question of nuclear power generation - its problems and its promise - as the nation comes to grips with energy needs outstripping current capacities. Narrator Frank Reynolds details the basic facts about nuclear power generation - what it is, how it works and how it can help to close America's energy gap. The program also sheds light on the controversy over the safety of nuclear plants that first came into being in 1960, that number 31 today, with 60 more under construction and 80 in advanced planning stages.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Dean Martin Show [Reg]
Season 8, episode 9 With Jack Benny, Lynn Anderson. Benny and a "special chorus" do a take-off on Dean and the Ding-a-Lings. Miss Anderson sings "Stand By Your Man" and a flower medley with Dean. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/23/1972)
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