Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday January 24, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Frog Story
Season 3, episode 11 W: Bob Dolman D: Rod Daniel With Kenneth Tigar (Dr. Hunnisett), Stacy Heather Tolkin (Bunny Tarlek). Herb has accidentally spray-painted his daughter's pet frog pink, and brings the frog to the station trying to find a way to save its life; Les convinces Johnny that he is suffering from the dreaded "schistosomiasis."
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| [ABC 8:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Moonshinin' Angels
Season 5, episode 8 W: B.W. Sandefur D: Kim Manners With Andrew Duggan (Hackshaw), George Loros (Max Lacy), Dennis Fimple (George Bartlett), Steve Hanks (Bobby Dan Bartlett), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Flo Bartlett), Tisch Raye (Melinda Catlin), Dabbs Greer (Bluford Catlin). The Angels are sent to the deep south to investigate problems between two long-feuding families of bootleggers.
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| [NBC 8:00] Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters [Reg]
With Conway Twitty, Fran Tarkenton, Mean Joe Greene, Vince Ferragamo.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Tim Conway Show [Reg]
Season 2, episode 17
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| [CBS 9:00] Freebie And The Bean [Reg]: Lover, Come Back
Season 1, episode 7 W: Donald R. Boyle D: Michael Preece With Charles Dierkop (Wingy Landon), Barbara Luna (Rita Valdez). While searching for a missing witness, Bean has a sentimental reunion with a former sweetheart -- who tells him he is the father of her 11-year-old son. (Last show of the series.)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Gopher's Bride / Workaholic / On Second Thought
Season 4, episode 14 W: R.S. Allen, Harvey Bullock, Sidney Morse, Len Janson, Chuck Menville D: Richard Kinon With Patrick Wayne (Jack Clayton), Trish Stewart (Helen Mann), Dana Wynter (Margo Beacham), Susan Oliver (Kay Tindal), Paul Burke (Ned Beacham), Marie Laurin (Nicole Robert), Paul Gale (Frank), Pamela Bryant (Sally). A retired man turns to a younger woman because his wife is too busy for him; Gopher meets the pen pal his buddies have been writing to, using his name; a woman refuses to share quarters with her boyfriend.
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| [NBC 9:00] Walking Tall [Reg]: The Protectors Of The People
Season 1, episode 2 W: Donald R. Boyle D: Daniel Haller With William Windom (Matthew Whittaker), Otis Young (Noah Carver), Cliff Pellow (Huey), William Sanderson (Stacy), Jesse Vint (Ben), Charles Napier (Vernon Larkin), Dey Young (Mary Beth), John Christy Ewing (D.A. Owens), Ernie Banks (Reverend Otis), Anne Swift (Mrs. Anders), Milt Tarver (Stewart Kenny), Marland Proctor (Deputy Wiley), Jeff Smolek (Deputy Clayton), Napoleon Hendrix (Lee Selmon), Ivan Bonar (Judge Hines), Jay Fletcher (Henry Dickson), Ann Doran (Mrs. Tinker). Buford declares war on a white supremacist group that stirs up racial trouble in McNeal County by blowing up a farm-machinery dealership which has a predominantly black patronage.
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| [CBS 10:00] Secrets Of Midland Heights [Reg]: Facing Facts
Season 1, episode 8 W: Jack Turley D: Nicholas Sgarro With Peter Hobbs (Henry Johnson), Laura Johnson (Tracy Johnson). The kids hold a barn dance; Lisa is upset over the surprise visit of Mark's fiancee; Dorothy turns to sleeping pills and booze to dull the pain of her loveless marriage. (Last show of the series.)
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: The Heroine / The Warrior
Season 4, episode 12 W: Deborah Davis, Paul Savage D: George McCowan With Mary Ann Mobley (Florence Richmond), Shelley Fabares (Linda Graham), James MacArthur (Robert Graham), Cesare Danova (Brent Hampton), Don Galloway (Peter Styles), Robert Loggia (Porter Brockhill), Mako (Kwong Soo Luke), Victoria Carroll (Nina), Richard Lee Sung (Mongolian Warrior). A romance novelist, whose own life is rather dull, wishes to become one of her book's wild and lusty heroines; mild-mannered Robert Graham wishes to become a martial arts warrior in a fight to the finish in order to fulfill his fantasy about beating the best.
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| [NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Can World War III Be An Attitude?
Season 1, episode 4 W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler With Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Dan Hedaya (Ralph Macafee), Louis Giambalvo (Rob Nelson), David Caruso (Shamrock), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood), Charles Seaverns (Parker), Charles Fleischer (Malibu), Lynn Whitfield (Jill Thomas), Robert DoQui (Mullenex). The precinct finds itself under siege when the gangs react to the President canceling his walking tour, a blackout hits the area, and a large number of guns are stolen from a store; Hill and Renko arrest a car thief who has a knack for fixing things around the station; Frank asks Joyce to represent LaRue who is facing bribery charges.
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