Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday August 12, 1973:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] The New Dick Van Dyke Show [Reg]: Mid-Term Dinner
Season 1, episode 3 W: George Arthur Bloom D: Carl Reiner With Barry Van Dyke (Dan Preston), Ta-Tanisha (Judy), Mabel Albertson (Mrs. Preston). The Prestons' 16-year-old son surprises hs parents by bringing a Negro girlfriend home for dinner. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/2/1971)
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: Toby Tyler (1)
Season 11, episode 9 With Kevin Corcoran, Bob Sweeney, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon. Part 1 of the story of an orphan boy who thinks he's a burden to his aunt and uncle, and decides to run away to be a peanut vendor at the circus. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/22/1964)
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| [CBS 8:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Henry, Please Come Home
Season 1, episode 9 W: Laurence Marks D: William Wiard With Linda Meiklejohn (Scorch), Bob Gooden (Pvt. Boone), Bill Svanoe (Aide), Odessa Cleveland (Ginger), Timothy Brown (Spearchucker Jones), John Orchard (Ugly John), Patrick Adiarte (Ho-Jon). Lt. Col. Henry Blake's high efficiency rating merits him a transfer to Tokyo, but the 4077th MASH unit finds the going even tougher when the officious Major Frank Burns is promoted to commanding officer. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/19/1972)
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: Desperate Journey
Season 8, episode 19 W: Calvin Clements D: Earl Bellamy With Vic Morrow (John Stahl), Burr DeBenning (Dan Stahl), Priscilla Garcia (Eva), Sandra Smith (Christine). The airplane carrying Inspector Erskine, Agent Colby and a prisoner crash-lands in a remote wilderness, and the prisoner makes his escape with Erskine the lone pursuer. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1973)
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| [CBS 8:30] Mannix [Reg]: Carol Lockwood, Past Tense
Season 6, episode 19 W: Blake Ritchie, Harold Medford D: Leslie H. Martinson With Joanna Miles (Linda Loman), Dick Dinman (Harry Long), Victoria Racimo (Minh McIver), Jane Merrow (Leona Kellaway), Mark Tapscott (Grady), Genevieve Gilles (Genevieve), Curt Lowens (Wyman), Tom Vize (Andy). An expert woman pilot pretending to learn to fly, a business tycoon's failure to thank her for saving his life, and the death of Mannix's girlfriend are all part of a bizarre plot. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1973)
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| [NBC 8:30] Columbo [Reg]: Double Shock
Season 2, episode 8 W: Steven Bochco, Peter Allan Fields D: Robert Butler With Martin Landau (Dexter Paris/Norman Paris), Jeanette Nolan (Mrs. Peck), Tim O'Connor (Michael Hathaway), Julie Newmar (Lisa Chambers), Paul Stewart (Clifford Paris), Dabney Coleman (Det. Murray), Kate Hawley (Mrs. Johnson), Michael Richardson (Lawyer). Lt. Columbo investigates twin brothers who are suspected of murdering a wealthy uncle on the eve of his marriage to a young girl. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/25/1973)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: The Big Mouth (1967)
W: Jerry Lewis, Bill Richmond D: Jerry Lewis With Jerry Lewis, Harold J. Stone, Susan Bay, Buddy Lester, Jeannine Riley, Leonard Stone, Charlie Callas, Vern Rowe, Del Moore, Paul Lambert. An innocent bookkeeper is hooked into a diamond smuggling operation when he lands a frogman while fishing which leads him to hidden treasure.
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| [CBS 9:30] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Requiem For A Son
Season 1, episode 1 W: Edward Hume D: Walter Grauman With Bradford Dillman (Terry McCormack), Robert Hogan (Reed Carpenter), Robert Patten (Hal Jones), Patrick Culliton (Russell), William Conrad (Frank Cannon), Keith Charles (Marshall Eaton), Erica Hagen (Donna). Buddy Ebsen returns to television as a private detective whose quaint charm masks an expert background in criminology. Tonight's episode finds Barnaby Jones coming out of retirement to track down his son's killer. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1973)
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]: The Ring With The Red Velvet Ropes
Season 3, episode 6 W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Jeannot Szwarc With Gary Lockwood (Jim Figg), Chuck Connors (Roderick Blanco), Joan Van Ark (Sandra Blanco), Ralph Manza (Max), Charles Davis (Hayes), Ji-Tu Cumbuka (Big Dan Anger), James Bacon (2nd Reporter), Frankie Van (Referee). The new heavyweight boxing champion of the world is suddenly faced with an unscheduled fight against a supernatural challenger. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/5/1972)
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