Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday March 10, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat [special]
W: Theodor Geisel D: Hawley Pratt With Allan Sherman, Daws Butler, Pamelyn Ferdin, Tony Frazier, Gloria Camacho. This animated presentation is the third of the world-famous author's fanciful juvenile stories to be translated for television. The story is about the adventures of two youngsters, housebound on a rainy day, whose boredom is shattered by a visit from the magic, mischievous cat and his helpmates, Thing One and Thing Two.
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| [ABC 7:30] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: To Catch A Thief
Season 2, episode 22 W: Susan Harris D: Hal Cooper With Willie Aames (Scott), Vincent Van Patten (Mark). Tom Corbett is disturbed when he learns that Eddie has been recruited into a group of boys stealing from stores. Ordered not to play with the boys any more, Eddie loses his playmates. However, Norman Tinker suggests a compromise.
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| [NBC 7:30] The Men From Shiloh [Reg]: The Town Killer
Season 9, episode 22 W: Elroy Schwartz D: Harry Harris With Brenda Benet (Susan Masters), Lloyd Bochner (Abel Wilks), Howard Duff (Stuart Masters), Bill Fletcher (Greer), Peter Lawford (Ben Hunter), Leonard Stone (Tom Wagner), Sean McClory (Harry Post), L.Q. Jones (Belden). While traveling through Montana on Shiloh business, the Virginian is waylaid by a band of outlaws. He not only refuses to join the gang but gets in deeper trouble when he shoots down one of the men in self-defense.
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| [CBS 8:00] Robert Young And The Family [special]
W: Phil Mishkin, Rob Reiner, David Pollock et al D: Bud Yorkin With Dick Van Dyke, William Windom, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Julie Sommars, Lurene Tuttle, Beau Bridges. American marriage and togetherness in the 1970s are subjects of a comedy program hosted by Young. Sketches are about parents trying to cope with the generation gap, the "organized" housewife and the couple whose children have gone out into the world.
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| [ABC 8:00] Room 222 [Reg]: I Hate You, Silas Marner
Season 2, episode 22 W: Stephen Kandel D: Michael Gordon With Todd Susman (Barney), Dwan Smith (Pat), June Dayton (Mrs. Peters), Ed Begley Jr. (George), Ivor Francis (Mr. Dragen), Judson Pratt (Policeman), Hilary Thompson (Margaret Peters). Alice Johnson tries so hard to be popular with her students -- even allowing them to study "Catch-22" -- that she gets into trouble as a probationary teacher.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Smith Family [Reg]: Another Day, Another Dollar
Season 1, episode 8 W: Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson D: Herschel Daugherty With Henry Jones. Betty Smith lets a man identifying himself as Chad's old Army buddy into the house to wait for her husband. Chad learns he's a murderer recently out of prison.
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Crossroads
Season 2, episode 24 W: Don Brinkley D: Al C. Ward With Pat Hingle (Dr. Farring), Lynne Marta (Libby Brent), Jan Sterling (Florence Brent), Robert Pine (Jimmy Cole). An elderly doctor who has undergone a heart transplant sets out on a busy work schedule despite Gannon's warning to slow down.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Johnny Cash Show [Reg]
Season 2, episode 23 With Ray Price, Conway Twitty, B.J. Thomas, Hank Williams Jr. The program salutes the late country songwriter, Hank Williams.
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| [NBC 9:00] Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Jack Benny. . . [special]
With John Wayne, Lucille Ball, Phil Harris, George Burns, Dionne Warwick. This comedy special attempts to separate the man and myth. Things get interesting when the studio audience questions Benny about his legendary traits, only to be interrupted by comedian George Burns' account of his nearly lifelong friendship with Benny. In another highlight, a Goldwyn Girl (Lucille Ball) breaking into movies is shocked by her leading man's (Benny) ideas about luring her to his bachelor quarters.
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| [CBS 10:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The Grandstand Play (2)
Season 3, episode 24 W: Adrian Spies D: Paul Stanley With Josie Over (Horton's Girl), Arthur Hee (Doctor), Tommy Fujiwara (Galvin), Ed Fernandez (Apartment Manager), Tim Tindall (Holbrook), Pernell Roberts (Lon Phillips), Don Chastain (Lou Horton), Barry Atwater (Lester Workman), Elliott Street (Gary Phillips), Electra Gailas Fair (Emily Workman), Jock Mahoney (Coley Bennett), Laola Ohai (Tour Guide), Joe Rose (Stadium Announcer), Sod Young (Lily Ahn). A youth's habit of attending baseball games in which his dad performs complicates McGarrett's task of protecting him from assassins.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Young Lawyers [Reg]: The Whimper Of Whipped Dogs
Season 1, episode 22 W: Harlan Ellison With Allen Garfield (Bernie Yoakum), Susan Strasberg (Hallie Benda), June Dayton (Judge Kate Knight). Silverman's former girlfriend, who has become a drug addict with an extensive police record, is bailed out of jail but she fails to appear for her arraignment.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Psychiatrist [Reg]: Par For The Course
Season 1, episode 6 W: T.Y. Drake D: Steven Spielberg With Clu Gulager, Joan Darling, Michael Gwynne, David Astor, Bruce Glover. A golf champion suffers from a terminal disease and Dr. Whitman tries to help him and his wife face the inevitable. (Last show of the series.)
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