Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday January 21, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Enos [Reg]: One Daisy Per Summer
Season 1, episode 8 W: B.W. Sandefur, Jim Rogers D: Richard C. Bennett With Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke), Linden Chiles (Cooper). Enos welcomes a visit from Daisy Duke, who's about to drive in a Palm Springs to Mexico road race, unaware that her racer is to be used to smuggle a diamond.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Second Thoughts
Season 5, episode 10 W: Karen Hall D: Harry Harris With Nicholas Pryor (Jeffrey Trout), Michael Griswold (Mr. Koppel), Gary Imhoff (Henry), Mark Schneider (Assignment Editor), Rick Gates (Reporter), Doug Cox (Leonard), Ivan Bonar (Professor Semenza), Ken Smolka (Animal Control Officer). Joannie takes a leave of absence from her job and considers abandoning her television career to marry a co-worker; Nancy's modeling career skyrockets after she appears in a TV commercial; Tommy becomes Nicholas' slave for a week to earn tickets to a rock concert.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A visit to a gay rodeo in Reno, Nev.; coverage of a sun tanning competition in Fresno, Calif.; a conversation with a male witch in Zephyr Hills, Cailf.; a profile of a disabled park ranger in Yosemite, Calif.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Greased Lightning (1977)
W: Kenneth Vose, Lawrence DuKore, Melvin Van Peebles, Leon Capetanos D: Michael Schultz With Richard Pryor, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier, Noble Willingham, Earl Hindman, Richie Havens, Julian Bond. The true story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race, who overcame a lot of obstacles along the way.
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| [ABC 9:00] Taxi [Reg]: The Call Of The Mild
Season 3, episode 7 W: Katherine Green D: James Burrows With Harvey Vernon (Guide). Alex, Tony and the gang end up stranded without provisions in a mountain cabin when a freak snowstorm and an intrusive bear wreck their well-laid plans.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Roots
Season 3, episode 10 W: Kurt Taylor, John Donley, Howard Meyers D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Erik Moses (Oscar), Lee Chamberlin (Dr. Chadway), Tony Williams (Charles). Willis and Arnold turn the Drummond household upside down as they try to prove to their old Harlem neighbors -- and themselves -- that they haven't lost touch with their cultural roots.
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 79
Season 4, episode 10 W: Susan Harris, Stu Silver, Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon, Barry Vigon D: J.D. Lobue With Marla Pennington (Leslie Walker), Barbara Rhoades (Maggie Chandler), Gregory Sierra (El Puerco), Jesse Welles (Gwen), Joe Mantegna (Juan One), Laurie Faso (Juan Two), Chico Martinez (Juan Three). After Jessica announces that she's now officially divorced from Chester, he announces his engagement to Annie; Jodie and Maggie confirm their relationship; a bullet meant for Gwen hits Danny instead.
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| [NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Gossip
Season 2, episode 9 W: Paul Friedman, Gayle MacDonald D: Lee Lochhead With Hugh Gillin (Howard), Kenneth Mars (Mr. Harris). Tootie's gossiping causes a rift between Blair, Jo, and Nancy, and almost costs Mrs. Garrett her job when Tootie spreads a story that she is an alcoholic.
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Murder By Mirrors
Season 3, episode 10 W: Herman Groves D: Ray Austin With Patrick Macnee (Lyle Jefferies), Julie Adams (Margaret Sorenson), Gene Evans (Marcus Hilton), Richard Dana (Karl Richardson), Robert F. Hoy (Michael), Jenny Sherman (Janet Wilson), Robert Barrett (Jim Hudson), Lester Fletcher (Emcee). Beatrice witnesses a murder from a plane, but when the police arrive the body is gone. Dan Tanna takes to the air in pursuit after the murderers kidnap Bea.
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Dear Mummy
Season 6, episode 9 W: Michael Braverman D: Georg Fenady With Edward Grover (Agent Niven), Than Wyenn (Eichelmann), Martine Beswick (Hannah Weiss), Garnett Smith (Van Dusen), Robert Emhardt (Karl Fresser), John Karlen (Agent Brice), Albert Paulsen (Steigler). The smuggling of Nazi-held gems from Cairo to Los Angeles in an Egyptian mummy leaves several corpses in its wake, and Quincy becomes involved when a museum asks him to x-ray a mummy which has just arrived.
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