On the small screen, Archer began with a guest appearance on "The Storefront Lawyers" (CBS) and was cast as one of the title foursome in the short-lived sitcom version of Paul Mazursky's feature "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (ABC, 1973). She went on to amass a string of credits, mostly in run-of-the-mill fodder. After her big screen success, her TV roles improved. She appeared in several longforms inspired by true accounts, including the superior "Leap of Faith" (CBS, 1988), as a woman coping with a fatal illness, "Jane's House" (CBS, 1994), as the new wife of a widower, and "The Man in the Attic" (Showtime, 1995), as a married woman who enslaves a young man in her home. Further telepics, including "Indiscretion of an American Wife" (1998), "My Husband's Secret Life" (1998) and "Night of the Wolf" (2002).