Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday August 31, 1974:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] All In The Family [Reg]: Archie Eats And Runs
Season 4, episode 21 W: Paul Wayne, George Burditt D: John Rich With Joseph George (Injured Man), Jane Dulo (Nurse), Richard Stahl (Doctor). Having eaten some mushrooms that were recalled from a local supermarket, Archie is convinced that he has food poisoning and rushes to the hospital for treatment. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1974)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Partridge Family [Reg]: Two For The Show
Season 4, episode 14 W: William Bickley D: Charles R. Rondeau With Andrew Williams (Himself), David Williams (Himself), Henry Olek (Skip Radnitz), Michael Rupert (Waiter), Rick Gates (Mike Weedback). A new singing act is discovered by Reuben Kincaid, but the partnership is threatened when the 12-year-old twins (played by the nephews of Andy Williams) develop a crush on Laurie. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/19/1974)
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: Lucas Tanner (1974)
W: Jerry McNeely, Eugene Price D: Richard Donner With David Hartman, Joe Garagiola, Kathleen Quinlan, Rosemary Murphy, Ramon Bieri, Nancy Malone, Robbie Rist, Michael Baseleon. A one-time promising pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals returns to Missouri as a member of the faculty of a small-town high school. Pilot for the fall series.
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| [CBS 8:30] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Crisis
Season 2, episode 21 W: Larry Gelbart, Laurence Marks D: Don Weis An energy crisis descends on the unit when U.S. supply lines are cut and the first casualty of the fuel shortage is Lt. Col. Henry Blake's desk. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/9/1974)
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| [ABC 8:30] TV Movie: Hitchhike! (1974)
W: Yale Udoff D: Gordon Hessler With Cloris Leachman, Michael Brandon, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Darrow, Sherry Jackson, Linden Chiles. A woman driving to San Francisco picks up a hitchhiker, not knowing he's a wanted man, then must control her panic as she plays for time.
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| [CBS 9:00] The Mary Tyler Moore Show [Reg]: I Was A Single For WJM
Season 4, episode 24 W: Treva Silverman D: Mel Ferber With Richard Schaal (Dino), Penny Marshall (Toni), Arlene Golonka (Alice), Robert Riesel (Bartender), Randy Kirby (Stage Manager). Mary spends every night for a week at a singles bar researching material for a special news show. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/2/1974)
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| [CBS 9:30] The Bob Newhart Show [Reg]: The Jobless Corps
Season 2, episode 18 W: Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses D: Peter Baldwin With Oliver Clark (Mr. Herd), Howard Hesseman (Mr. Plager), Lucien Scott (Mr. Vickers), Millie Slavin (Shirley Slavin). Depressed, out-of-work Howard joins Bob's special therapy group for the unemployed. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/19/1974)
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| [NBC 9:30] The Rockford Files [Reg]: The Rockford Files: Backlash Of The Hunter
Season 0, episode 1 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Richard T. Heffron With Ted Gehring (Capt. Mitchell), Jack Garner (Man in Washroom), Bill Quinn (Harry Butler), Lindsay Wagner (Sara Butler), William Smith (Jerry Grimes), Nita Talbot (Mildred Elias), Robert Donley (Joseph 'Rocky' Rockford), Bill Mumy (Nick Butler), Michael Lerner (Dr. Seelman), Joshua Bryant (Capt. Dell), Pat Renella (Morrie Talbot), Luis Delgado (Billings). James Garner stars as Jim Rockford, head of an agency which investigates cases that are "closed" by the police. Tonight, Rockford is approached by a young woman trying to find out whether her father was murdered or, as reported, committed suicide. Pilot movie for the series.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: The Deadly Jinx
Season 2, episode 15 W: Robert W. Lenski D: Robert Douglas With Ida Lupino (Mrs. Revere), Meredith Baxter (Jenny Sutherland), Christopher Connelly (Doug Wingate), Mark Miller (Cal Medford), Richard Evans (Buck), Richard O'Brien (Sheriff), Jim Gammon (Lester Watkins), Joshua Bryant (Stan Porter), Jerry Summers (Greg Larkin). Barnaby searches for the killer who has been systematically murdering the suitors of a rich woman. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/13/1974)
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| [ABC 10:30] College Football 1974: The Quest To Be No. 1
A preview of the NCAA football season, profiling players and coaches. Keith Jackson hosts.
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