The Dick Cavett Show: Season 5

7 episodes Premiered Sep 21, 1970 Updated Sep 25, 2026

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Season 5 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Dick Cavett Show Season 4.
⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season 5 Episodes

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S5·E7 Core

Feb 10, 1971

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actor Maximilian Schell, actress Sally Field, Jazz musician Duke Ellington

S5·E11 Core

Sep 21, 1970 · 90 min

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests actors John Cassavetes, Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara. All were starring together in the film "Husbands".

S5·E153 Core

Apr 29, 1971 · 90 min

Host Dick Cavett welcomes his only guest actor Robert Mitchum.

S5·E171 Core

May 25, 1971 · 90 min

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests comedian Groucho Marx, author Truman Capote and zoologist Jim Fowler.

S5·E219 Core

Aug 2, 1971 · 90 min

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests director Ingmar Bergman and actress Bibi Andersson. Filmed in Stockholm.

S5·E248 Mytharc

Sep 11, 1971 · 90 min

S5·E249 Mytharc

Jun 26, 1972 · 90 min

Musician Ray Charles performs and talks with Cavett. Actor Tony Randall and cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead also talk