Prime-time network TV listings for Monday January 19, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Flo [Reg]
[Episode "Gunsmoke At The Yellow Rose" pre-empted; aired February 28, 1981.]
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
A motorcycle stuntman challenges a speeding car to a daring duel inside a tunnel of fire; a severly handicapped young man displays his amazing musical gifts; an expert magician does astounding things with his hands.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: The Nephews
Season 7, episode 14 W: Chris Abbott D: William F. Claxton With Woody Eney (Royal Wilder), Aileen Fitzpatrick (Millie Wilder), Ham Larson (Myron Wilder), Rossie Harris (Rupert Wilder). Laura and Almanzo soon realize they have made a big mistake when they agree to care for Almanzo's two nephews who possess a genius for making mischief.
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| [CBS 8:30] Ladies' Man [Reg]: Susan The Playwright
Season 1, episode 11 Elaine's happy when Betty joins the staff until the boss starts singing her praises; Alan wishes he'd never agreed to read Susan's play.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Taking The Fifth
Season 9, episode 9 W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: Charles S. Dubin With Judy Farrell (Nurse Able), Jan Jorden (Baker), Charles Hallahan (Colin Turnbull), Susan Berger (Nurse), Margie Impert (Lt. Palmer). Hawkeye tries to break out of his dating slump by using a bottle of vintage wine to lure unsuspecting nurses into his lair; Potter tries to secure a different sort of anesthetic when the Army threatens to ban a painkiller.
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| [ABC 9:00] Dynasty [Reg]: The Honeymoon
Season 1, episode 2 W: Edward DeBlasio, Chester Krumholz D: Robert C. Thompson With Jerry Ayres (Tom), Betty Harford (Mrs. Gunnerson), Virginia Hawkins (Jeanette Robbins), Ken Martinez (Bobby), Peter Mark Richman (Andrew Laird), Lloyd Bochner (Cecil Colby), Alexander Petale (Peter), Paul Napier (Leon), Linda Dangcil (Concepcion), Robert Davi (Amos). Blake must cut short his honeymoon to handle business matters when foreign rebels take over his company's oil tankers; Steven goes to work for Matthew and Walter; Blake makes it clear to the staff that Krystle is their mistress.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: When Hell Was In Session (1979)
W: Robert Hamner, Jake Justiz D: Paul Krasny With Hal Holbrook, Eva Marie Saint, Ronnie Cox, Mako, Renne Jarrett, James Hong, Richard Evans. Harrowing dramatization of the story of Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton, who was shot down during a bombing mission over Vietnam in 1965, and his torture as a POW over the next seven years while organizing a resistance movement among his fellow prisoners.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: No Balls, One Strike
Season 2, episode 9 W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer, Tom Chehak D: Bruce Bilson With David Paymer (Johnny Vance), Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). A strike finds the doctors doing all the work that would normally be done by the nurses and orderlies, such as scrubbing floors and carrying bedpans.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Boomerang
Season 4, episode 10 W: Steve Kline D: Alexander Singer With Michael Constantine (Sidney Kovac), Roger Newman (Hollingsworth), Drew Snyder (Kirkwood), Charles Parks (Loggins), Emilio Delgado (Rubin Castillo), Booth Colman (Dr. Prentiss), Laurence Haddon (McGrath), Barbara Beckley (Dr. Pratt). The Trib staff and a visiting reporter tackle a story on the illegal sales of dangerous goods to the U.S.; Lou finds his authority and ego undermined by the reporter, an old friend.
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| [ABC 10:00] All-Star Inaugural Gala [special]
With Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, Bob Hope, Charlton Heston, Dean Martin, Ben Vereen, Debby Boone, Rich Little, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, James Stewart, Charley Pride, Gen. Omar Bradley. President-elect Ronald Reagan, Vice President-elect George Bush and their famlies and members of the cabinet are honored in an entertainment gala hosted by Johnny Carson.
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