Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday August 26, 1973:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] The New Dick Van Dyke Show [Reg]: What Is Your Husband Doing Tomorrow?
Season 1, episode 17 With Darlene Feasel (Miss Shirts). Dick's reaction to a sociologist's claim on his TV show that one out of two married men have outside romantic interests stirs Jenny's imagination. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/15/1972)
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: The Nashville Coyote
Season 19, episode 3 With Walter Forbes. A country-western singer ventures to Nashville hoping to strike it rich with his songs, only to wind up rescuing Chico, a coyote, and himself from a disheartening musical career. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/1/1972)
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| [CBS 8:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: The Ringbanger
Season 1, episode 16 W: Jerry Mayer D: Jackie Cooper With Linda Meiklejohn (Scorch), Leslie Nielsen (Col. Buzz Brighton). A gung-ho infantry colonel with a reputation for incurring high casualties comes under the medical care of Hawkeye and Trapper John, who plan to keep him out of the war as long as necessary. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1973)
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: The Detonator
Season 8, episode 22 W: Calvin Clements D: Seymour Robbie With Richard Jordan (Alex Tanner), Meredith MacRae (Ruth Benson), Tim O'Connor (Albert Dirks), Roger Perry (Will Sanders), Anne Seymour (Mrs. Benson), John Considine (Bob Roberts), Adrienne Marden, John Qualen. A nightclub manager hires a professional killer to dispose of a prosecutor who once put him behind bars, but the underworld organization orders him to call off the job or be killed himself. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/25/1973)
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| [CBS 8:30] Mannix [Reg]: Search For A Whisper
Season 6, episode 21 W: John Meredyth Lucas D: Arnold Laven With William Shatner (Adam Langer), Susan Flannery (Martha), Eddie Firestone (Pool Player), Pat Renella (Owen Thompson), Yvonne Craig (Ada Lee), Noam Pitlik (Eddie Hayes), Karen Carlson (Jennifer Holt), Alice Backes (Mrs. Oliver), Milton Selzer (Albie), Phillip Pine (Mobster). Joe Mannix gets his strangest assignment when a business tycoon asks to have himself investigated, even to the extent of ruining his reputation. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/18/1973)
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| [NBC 8:30] Columbo [Reg]: The Greenhouse Jungle
Season 2, episode 2 W: Jonathan Latimer D: Boris Sagal With Ray Milland (Jarvis Goodland), Bradford Dillman (Tony Goodland), Bob Dishy (Sgt. Wilson), Sandra Smith (Cathy Goodland), William Smith (Ken Nichols), Arlene Martel (Gloria West), Robert Karnes (Grover). A weak nephew cooperates with his uncle in his own fake kidnapping to break a trust fund and is murdered for his trouble. Columbo's investigation is hampered by an over-eager police sergeant assigned to help him on the case. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/15/1972)
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| [ABC 9:00] Preseason Football
Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs.
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| [CBS 9:30] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Murder Go-Round
Season 1, episode 3 W: Steve Fisher D: Marc Daniels With Claude Akins (Eli Rile), Neva Patterson (Bea Johnson), Dabbs Greer (Andy Spake), Lou Frizzell (John Flory), James Luisi (Nick Gorman), Geoffrey Lewis (Sheriff Dale), Jay W. MacIntosh (Helena Gorman), Florida Friebus (Molly McMurty), Richard Yniguez (Sgt. Stoner). Hired to locate the money a hit-and-run victim was supposed to be carrying, Barnaby travels to a small rural community whose leading citizens have formed a murder ring. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/18/1973)
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| [NBC 10:00] Escape [Reg]: The Wilderness
Season 1, episode 3 With Glenn Corbett (Larry McGowen), Cameron Mitchell (Sgt. Nordlaw), Lee H. Montgomery (Matthew McGowen), Dana Laurita (Kate McGowen), Marion Ross (Fran McGowen), Ned Romero (Ramirez). A 9-year-old boy and his baby sister face nature's challenges to survive in the wilderness after they wander away from their parents' campsite. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/25/1973)
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