Prime-time network TV listings for Monday March 10, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Venus Rising
Season 2, episode 23 W: Steve Marshall, Dan Guntzelman D: Nick Stamos With Terry Kiser (Jason Realli), Brenda Elder (Amanda Dean). Venus is offered a job as program director of WREQ radio, but is disillusioned when he discovers how the station is run and why they want to hire him. Meanwhile, Herb circulates a rumor that he, too, has received a job offer.
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
An examination of snake venom which might provide miracle cures; "spirits returning from beyond the grave"; and a rooster which plays tic-tac-toe.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Back To School (1)
Season 6, episode 1 W: Michael Landon D: Michael Landon With Dan McBride (Customer #1), David Murdock (Customer #2), Sunshine Parker (Workman), Rod McGaughy (Jack). Season premiere. Laura meets and falls in love with Almanzo Wilder, but finds she has a rival in Nellie Oleson; Charles makes an embarrassing mistake after he learns that the young man has kissed his daughter. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1979)
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| [CBS 8:30] The Last Resort [Reg]: Whodunit?
Season 1, episode 14 W: Gary David Goldberg D: Asaad Kelada With Michael Alaimo (Handyman), Bobby Ramsen (Skippy). Everyone is worried when $500 in tips is stolen.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Back Pay
Season 8, episode 24 W: Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox, Dennis Koenig D: Burt Metcalfe With Jerry Fujikawa (Wu), G.W. Bailey (Sgt. Rizzo), Sab Shimono (Jin), Peter Kim (Po), Richard Herd (Capt. Snyder). Angered by the way civilian doctors in the States are profiting from the war, Hawkeye presents the Army with a bill for his medical services.
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| [ABC 9:00] Family [Reg]: Daylight Serenade
Season 5, episode 8 W: Liz Coe D: Edward Parone With Ted Danson (David Bartels), Louise Foley (Audrey Pfeiffer), Karen Austin (Emily), Michael Convertino (Kevin O'Neill), Timothy Wead (Henry Sagor), Hallie Eckstein (Marci Murdock). Buddy criticizes Kate's nerdy piano student but later views him in a different light. Nancy needs Annie to teach her how to roller skate in order to impress a handsome colleague.
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| [NBC 9:00] From Here To Eternity [Reg]: Pearl Harbor
Season 1, episode 1 W: Rudy Day, Tony Palmer D: Ron Satlof With David Spielberg (Capt. Ross), John Calvin (Lt. Barrett), Will Sampson (Sgt. Cheney), Don Johnson (Jeff Prewitt), Salome Jens (Gert Kipfer), Priscilla Pointer (Mrs. Austin), Richard Roat (Spencer Austin). Special two-hour series premiere. The lives of civilians and soldiers are affected as Hawaii is placed on military alert on the eve of America's entry into World War II.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Take My Granddaughter Please
Season 1, episode 12 W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer D: Nick Havinga With Antoinette Stella (Susan), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps). Amos's clumsy granddaughter tries to prove herself capable of carrying on the Wetherby medical tradition, but finds that her interests lie elsewhere.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Influence
Season 3, episode 22 W: April Smith D: Gene Reynolds With Sheila Larken (Rosalie Wilson), Bartlett Robinson (Dutch Van Deusen), Al Ruscio (Carmine Rossi), Fred Beir (Gig Montgomery), James Whitmore Jr. (Nick Boyer), Ivan Bonar (Foreign Editor), Michael Irving (Jayson). Mrs. Pynchon listens to influence peddlers seeking her support for an airport project; Lou becomes aware that Adam has a drinking problem.
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| [ABC 10:00] Stone [Reg]: Death Run
Season 1, episode 6 W: Donald P. Bellisario D: Harry Winer With Jonathan Lippe (Bobo), Dennis Howard, Clare Nono (Annie King), Eddie Barth (Vandis), Joby Baker (Murray Weinstock), Barbara Rhoades (Britt), Robert Clotworthy (Runner). Stone wants to halt publicity on his novel about a murderous jogger when a psychopath begins to enact the plot.
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