Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday July 15, 1973:
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Program details:
[CBS 7:30] The New Dick Van Dyke Show [Reg]: Smoke Rings
Season 1, episode 1 W: Carl Reiner D: Carl Reiner Dick returns to TV in a weekly series, as does Hope Lange, his co-star. The comedy, filmed in Carefree, Ariz. before a live audience, is about the public and private life of a TV talk-show host. In the first episode Dick joins a chimp blowing smoke rings on a TV show and thus breaks a non-smoking pact with his wife. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/18/1971)
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[NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: How The West Was Lost
Season 14, episode 3 Four cartoon segments make up this hour of animation depicting the Old West as it used to be before civilization turned the desert into concrete cities. Roy Rogers and the Sons of Pioneers narrate in song the legend of Pecos Bill and sing the campfire ballad "Blue Shadows". (Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1967)
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[CBS 8:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Cease-Fire
Season 1, episode 23 W: Laurence Marks D: Earl Bellamy With Lynette Mettey (Lt. Nancy Griffin), Herb Voland (Gen. Clayton), Marcia Strassman (Nurse Margie Cutler), Odessa Cleveland (Ginger), Bruce Kimmel (Pvt. Gilbert), Bonnie Jones (Lt. Barbara Bannerman), Patrick Adiarte (Ho-Jon). Headquarters reports a cease-fire is imminent, and the long-awaited news sets off a wild orgy of celebration in the MASH compound despite the chance that it might be a false alarm. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/18/1973)
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[ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: A Gathering Of Sharks
Season 8, episode 17 W: Mark Weingart D: Earl Bellamy With Jill Haworth (Sue Meadows), Quinn Redeker (Dave Robinson), David Hedison (Scott Jordan), Jessica Walter (Carla Payne). When a famous diamond is stolen from a wealthy home, Inspector Erskine goes undercover to negotiate buying it back and to capture the thief responsible. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1973)
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[CBS 8:30] 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 8:30] Columbo [Reg]: Requiem For A Falling Star
Season 2, episode 5 W: Jackson Gillis D: Richard Quine With Pippa Scott (Jean Davis), Anne Baxter (Nora Chandler), Mel Ferrer (Jerry Parks), Kevin McCarthy (Dr. Frank Simmons), Frank Converse (Mr. Fallon). Mystery surrounds an aging actress who chooses to live in a small cottage in the center of a huge Hollywood lot after the death of her husband, and who plots against a gossip columnist prying into her affairs. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1973)
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[ABC 9:00] Movie: Grand Slam (1967)
W: Marcello Coscia, Marcello Fondato, Jose de la Loma D: Giuliano Montaldo With Edward G. Robinson, Janet Leigh, Adolfo Celi, Klaus Kinski, George Rigaud, Robert Hoffman. A retired professor files to New York to visit an old friend and tells him of his plans to steal $10 million in diamonds and emeralds during the Rio carnival in Brazil.
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[CBS 9:30] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: See Some Evil, Do Some Evil
Season 1, episode 10 W: George F. Slavin D: Lawrence Dobkin With Roddy McDowall (Stanley Lambert), Don Dubbins (Emory Brandon), Marlyn Mason (Ginny Lynd), Reni Santoni (Chip Rollins), Patricia Donahue (Ruth Warren), Mark Dana (Henry Warren), Vince Howard (Lt. Joe Taylor), Beverly Powers (Gloria). A seemingly blind musician who is also a virtuoso at blackmail and murder is investigated by Barnaby after a nightclub singer finds her boyfriend murdered. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/8/1973)
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[NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]: Rare Objects
Season 3, episode 4 W: Rod Serling D: Jeannot Szwarc With Raymond Massey (Dr. Glendon), Mickey Rooney (Augie Kolodney), Ralph Adamo (Tony), Victor Sen Yung (Butler), Regis Cordic (Doctor), David Fresco (Blockman), Fay Spain (Molly Mitchell). The world's most feared racketeer is marked for death, but a physician promises him safety and security forever -- for a small price. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/22/1972)
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