Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday August 28, 1973:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Maude [Reg]: Walter's 50th Birthday
Season 1, episode 15 W: Pamela Herbert Chais D: Hal Cooper With Brian Morrison (Phillip Traynor), John Heffernan (Floyd Crowley), Jan Arvan (Sam the Bartender). A crisis unfolds in the Findlay household as Walter and Maude prepare to "celebrate" Walter's 50th birthday. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/23/1973)
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| [ABC 8:00] Temperature's Rising [Reg]: Rx: Nose Job
Season 1, episode 21 W: Sheldon Keller D: Herb Wallerstein With Paul Smith (Salesman), Jim Begg (Shopkeeper), Jordan Rhodes (Young Man), Robert Casper (Florist), Trent Dolan (Intern), Lou Epton (Cab Driver). Dr. Noland arranges a closed circuit TV show for the hospital to get money to pay for Millie's surgery. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/20/1973)
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: The Stranger (1973)
W: Gerald Sanford D: Lee H. Katzin With Glenn Corbett, Cameron Mitchell, Sharon Acker, Lew Ayres, Dean Jagger, Steve Franken, Tim O'Connor, H.M. Wynant, Jerry Douglas. An astronaut crash lands on a twin planet to Earth, and finds himself a fugitive from justice when he refuses to conform to the society's suppression of individual freedom. Pilot film for a TV series.
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| [CBS 8:30] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The Child Stealers
Season 5, episode 14 W: Larry Brody D: Corey Allen With Richard Hatch (Gar), Richard Anderson (Goodman), Meg Foster (Nina), Jack Hogan (Mr. Empson), Norman duPont (Mr. Mills), Bernard Ching (HPD Officer), Brooks Almy (Mrs. Empson), Ken Mitchell (Tom Parker), Jan Sterling (Mrs. Mills). An infant is taken from his stroller on a Honolulu street, but McGarrett and his Five-O forces wait unsuccessfully for the ransom demand in order to trap the kidnappers. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/2/1973)
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: Class Of "63 (1972)
W: Lee Kalcheim D: John Korty With James Brolin, Joan Hackett, Cliff Gorman, Ed Lauter, Colby Chester, Woody Chambliss. At a 10-year reunion, a jealous husband who is convinced his wife still loves his college rival plots a deadly welcome for the unsuspecting former lover.
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| [CBS 9:30] TV Pilots [special]
"Keep An Eye On Denise": As a favor to a Korean war buddy who once saved his life, a man takes on the guardianship of a lovely English teenager and finds his sophisticated life-style at an abrupt end. Stars Jackie Cooper, Lynn Frederick, Richard Dawson.
"Big Daddy": Rosey Grier stars as a retired football hero who chooses a new career as a gourmet chef with his own television show. Also stars Helen Martin, Nick Stewart. "Daddy's Girl": A conservative widower with a young daughter finds the challenge of being both parents a bit much when his daughter develops an interest in a nudist cult. Stars Eddie Albert, Dawn Lyn. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 10:00] Marcus Welby, M.D. [Reg]: Heartbeat For Yesterday
Season 4, episode 13 W: Robert Sabaroff D: Earl Bellamy With Chief Dan George (Charlie), William Shatner (Dr. Billings), Cal Bellini (Carlo). Dr. Welby flies to an Indian reservation to save the life of a young Hopi whose grandfather clings to the medicines of his ancestors. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/12/1972)
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| [NBC 10:00] Hospitals, Doctors And Patients
The rising incidence of malpractice suits leading doctors to practice defensive medicine - a process costly to both doctor and patients alike - is the subject of tonight's report. Also explored will be the continually rising cost of hospitalization, at an average of 10 percent over the past eight years.
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