Prime-time network TV listings for Monday January 5, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Flo [Reg]: Grey Escape
Season 2, episode 9 W: Phillip Harrison Hahn D: Marc Daniels With Henry Jones (Harold), Mickey Jones (Chester), Leonard Stone (Mr. Beckman), Ann Nelson, Ian Wolfe, Greg Finley. Mama runs away from home when Flo and Fran decide that she should lead a more productive life.
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
A look at some rare footage of the Mount St. Helens eruption; a daredevil attempts to jump over two cars speeding towards him at 100 miles per hour. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Oleson vs. Oleson
Season 7, episode 12 W: Chris Abbott D: William F. Claxton With Kay Howell (Elizabeth Smith), Rod McGaughy (Man #1), Robert Balderson (Man #2), Jaye Durkus (Man #3). A town referendum establishing property rights for married women is opposed by the men, but Mrs. Olesen rallies all of the town's women to the cause by having them move out of their homes.
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| [CBS 8:30] Ladies' Man [Reg]: Andrea's Crush
Season 1, episode 9 With Larry Thomas (Singing Messenger). Andrea hopes to win Alan's affections by paying special attention to his daughter.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Your Retention Please
Season 9, episode 7 W: Erik Tarloff D: Charles S. Dubin With Barry Corbin (Sgt. Vickers), Sam Weisman (Sgt. Hutchinson). Everyone else balks at a pep talk encouraging re-enlistment, but Klinger is so depressed by the news that his ex-wife plans to remarry, that he signs on for an additional six-year hitch.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: SST: Death Flight (1977)
W: Robert L. Joseph, Meyer Dolinsky D: David Lowell Rich With Robert Reed, Lorne Greene, George Maharis, Brock Peters, Peter Graves, Doug McClure, Burgess Meredith, Tina Louise, Regis Philbin, Billy Crystal, Martin Milner, Susan Strasberg, Bert Convy. On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu onboard.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Oh, God! (1977)
W: Larry Gelbart D: Carl Reiner With John Denver, George Burns, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Barnard Hughes, Ralph Bellamy, William Daniels. When God appears to a meek grocery store manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world -- and the man meets with considerable resistance from an unbelieving public.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Tenants, Anyone?
Season 2, episode 7 W: Dianne Messina, Lou Messina, Kathy Greer, Bill Greer D: Jeremiah Morris With James A. Watson Jr. (Nat Clark), Rebecca Holden (Jan Howard), Jessamine Milner (Iva), Elizabeth Kerr (Ida), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). Ann is rudely introduced to the fact that Charley is her landlord when he informs his tenants that he is converting their apartments into condominiums.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Catch
Season 4, episode 8 W: Michele Gallery D: Roger Young With Cliff Potts (Ted McCovey), Jordan Charney (Karl Buckner), Robert Hirschfeld (Vern Eggly), Eve McVeagh (Claire), Erin Donovan (Laurel Gough). Billie has trouble separating business from pleasure after she interviews a professional baseball player and falls in love with him.
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