Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday January 13, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: Mister Hero
Season 3, episode 8 W: Marshall Herskovitz D: Marc Norman With Eleanor McCoy (Denise Shaw), Bryan O'Dell (Leroy), Saundra Sharp (Ms. Jenkins), Lee Bryant, Gene Bua (Jack Benedict), Susan Keller (Cheryl Maynard), Fred Holliday (Newscaster), Karl Bruck (Dr. Meltzer). Stone saves an elderly woman's life by rescuing her from a burning car, and the experience goes to his head after he appears on a TV news program which sensationalizes the story.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: The Sixth Sense
Season 8, episode 9 W: Fred Fox Jr. D: Jerry Paris With Erica Hope (Tina), Steven Ford (Frankie). When the money he was saving to buy a new motorcycle is stolen, Fonzie instinctively suspects Al's shady new cook, Frankie.
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| [NBC 8:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: B.J. And The Seven Lady Truckers
Season 3, episode 1 W: Michael Sloan D: Christian I. Nyby II With Neil Zevnik (Dave Chafee), Jock Mahoney (Jason Willard), Michael Mancini (Schaeffer), Paul Jenkins (Purcell), Conchata Ferrell (The Fox), John Dullaghan (Nick). B.J. relocates to California and assembles a team of lady truckers to run a lucrative load from Los Angeles to San Francisco. But B.J.'s operation threatens to derail a couple of gravy trains including that of Captain Grant, who declares war on B.J. and Bear Enterprises.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Road To Burbank
Season 6, episode 8 W: Jeff Franklin D: Frank Alesia With Becky Gonzalez (Rosita), Larry Gelman (Chuck Malone), Ed Marinaro (Sonny St. Jacques). A hotel in Nevada is suing for damages caused by Laverne and Shirley and the boys while en route to California, and everyone has a different version of what actually happened.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: A Matter Of Life And Death (1981)
W: Lane Slate D: Russ Mayberry With Linda Lavin, Salome Jens, Gail Strickland, Ramon Bieri, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Tyne Daly, John Lawlor, Peter Donat, J. Pat O'Malley, William Prince, Jacqueline Scott, Ben Piazza. A crusading nurse's unconventional treatment of the terminally ill provokes opposition from hospital officials and the patients' families.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: The Not-So-Great Imposter
Season 5, episode 9 W: Kim Weiskopf, Michael S. Baser D: Dave Powers With Gino Conforti (Felipe Gomez), Jordan Charney (Frank Angelino), Hank Garrett (Bookie), Jillian Kesner (Sister), Britt Leach (Husband). Jack takes another man's name in order to get hired for a job, unaware of all the trouble that comes along with it.
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: The Location
Season 1, episode 9 W: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish D: Russ Petranto With Hamilton Camp (Arthur Wainwright), Randy Stumpf (Nino Antonelli). Sara rents her apartment to a film crew for a movie which involves live animals. Unfortunately one of the animals, a male lion, escapes and ventures into Henry and Muriel's apartment during their dinner engagement with Arthur Wainwright.
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: Murder In Paradise
Season 2, episode 7 W: Allyn Freeman D: Tom Mankiewicz With Noel Harrison (Ridings), Dolph Sweet (Ed Perkis), Marc Vahanian (Mike), Fred Stuthman (Mr. Milton), Jose DeVega (Cam), Tommy Fujiwara (Richard Hashimoto), Gerry Lee (Dorothy). Jonathan and Jennifer are in Hawaii for a croquet tournament when a tournament official is stabbed, and the Harts wind up in an international dilemma involving the KGB, MI-6, the CIA, and a fancy key that may unlock deadly secrets.
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| [NBC 10:00] Flamingo Road [Reg]: Illicit Weekend
Season 1, episode 2 W: Margaret Armen D: John Newland With John Shearin (Deputy Tyler), Vernon Weddle, James Ingersoll. Newly-married Fielding Carlyle, who is running for the state Senate, runs away from spoiled wife Constance and takes his mistress, Lane Ballou, to a campaign speech with him in Tallahassee; electronic bugs placed in Lute-Mae Sanders' gambling house give Sheriff Semple a formidable weapon to use against various people.
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