Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday September 6, 1973:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Scholar
Season 1, episode 21 W: John McGreevey D: Lee Philips With Mariclare Costello (Miss Hunter), Lynn Hamilton (Verdie Foster), Kerry MacLane (Henry Wagaman), Royce Wallace (Alice Perry). A practical nurse helping out at the Walton home is unable to read or write but is too proud to admit it. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/22/1973)
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| [ABC 8:00] National Geographic Society Special: Wind Raiders Of The Sahara [special]
The first of four documentary specials that will be on ABC this season (series moves from CBS). A team of eight international pilots, led by Gen. Jean Du Boucher, a retired French army officer, takes part in an incredible 1,500-mile trek by land yacht through the western Sahara. Leslie Nielsen narrates.
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| [NBC 8:00] In Search Of Ancient Astronauts [special]
A documentary that depicts the theory that ancient visitors from other planets are responsible for various baffling phenomena of the past which are visible in widely scattered parts of the world. Rod Serling narrates. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] Preseason Football
Miami Dolphins vs. Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium, Irving, Tex. Frank Glieber, Pat Summerall and Brent Musberger report.
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| [ABC 9:00] Tony And Lena [special]
Tony Bennett and Lena Horne combine their talents in a selection of popular standards written by Burt Bacharach, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen and the Beatles.
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| [NBC 9:00] Ironside [Reg]: Love Me In December
Season 6, episode 17 W: William Gordon, James Doherty D: Don Weis With Steve Forrest (Aaron Clark), Katherine Cannon (Vickie Dunhill), Madlyn Rhue (Kate Dunhill), Greg Mullavey (Kenny Hall), Kip Niven (Phil), George Murdock (Wagner), Gregory Sierra (Trona), Simon Oakland (Elton Ferris), Val Avery (McKay). When a retired chief petty officer is accused of the death of a carpenter, townspeople, disgusted at the engagement of a young girl to this older man, begin a vendetta of gossip and slanted newspaper reports to convict him. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/1/1973)
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| [ABC 10:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Beyond Vengeance
Season 1, episode 23 W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Virgil Vogel With Darleen Carr (Jean), Joe Don Baker (Lenny Cord), Julie Mannix (Valerie Mercer), Ken Swofford (Herman Ledeker), Robert F. Simon (Capt. Olsen), Norman Alden (Sgt. Healy), Claudio Martinez (Roberto Valdez), Rosa Turich (Mrs. Valdez), . Released after 12 years in prison, a rapist-murderer seeks revenge against Det. Lt. Stone through his daughter. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/8/1973)
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| [NBC 10:00] Music Country [Reg]
With Jerry Reed, Lynn Anderson, Chalie Rich, Faron Young, The Statler Brothers, Brenda Lee.
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