Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday February 7, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Dr. Fever And Mr. Tide (1)
Season 3, episode 13 W: Steve Marshall D: Rod Daniel With Mary Frann (Avis Dropkin). When Johnny is forced by contractual obligations to host a TV disco dance show, he adopts the persona of Rip Tide, a sleazy, phony, disco-spinning host.
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| [ABC 8:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Taxi Angels
Season 5, episode 10 W: Robert George D: John Peyser With Norman Alden (Jake Barnett), Sally Kirkland (Laurie Archer), David Pritchard (Tom Archer), Robert Costanzo (Mac Gossett), Scott Brady (Sarge). When the owner of a cab company is badly burned in an explosion set off by a revenge-seeking psychopath, the Angels go undercover as taxi drivers to catch the culprit.
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| [NBC 8:00] Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters [Reg]
With Paul Anka, T.G. Sheppard.
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| [CBS 8:30] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Dr. Fever And Mr. Tide (2)
Season 3, episode 14 W: Steve Marshall D: Rod Daniel With Mary Frann (Avis Dropkin). Johnny regrets his new TV persona when starts to realize that the dark side of his personality, as represented by "Rip Tide", is taking over.
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| [CBS 9:00] Flo [Reg]: The Price Of Avocados (1)
Season 2, episode 12 W: Ron Landry, George Geiger, Tom Biener D: Bob Lahendro With Gordon Hurst (Tyler), George 'Buck' Flower (Roy), Michael Keenan, Mickey Jones (Chester). Flo can't pay her rent because she lost all her money investing in avocado groves, and Farley threatens to take her trailer -- but somebody beats him to it.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Isaac And The Mermaids / Humpty, Dumpty / Aquaphobic
Season 4, episode 16 W: R.S. Allen, Harvey Bullock, Ted Lange, Jean Ford, Ruth Brooks Flippen D: Roger Duchowny With Audra Lindley (Vanessa Norris), Jason Hervey (Billy), Jeff Cooper (Humphrey Clark), Louis Nye (Glenn Dobson), David Hasselhoff (Brian Kiley), Suzanne Kent (Mrs. Burns), The Pointer Sisters. Isaac recruits three dynamic women to help him court a talent scout with his singing skills; a former All-American football player has a romance with Julie; Glenn Dobson's wife forces him to take the cruise in order to help him conquer his fear of water.
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| [NBC 9:00] Walking Tall [Reg]: Hitman
Season 1, episode 4 W: Robert Swanson D: Alf Kjellin With Merlin Olsen (Webb McClain), L.Q. Jones (John Whitter), Macon McCalman (Doc Spencer), Wayne Grace (Maddox), John Steadman (Henry Jeeter), Owen Bush (George Nash), Wayne Heffley (Avery). The local mob wants Buford out of the way, so they bring in a professional -- an old friend of Buford's -- who carries a grudge.
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| [CBS 9:30] Ladies' Man [Reg]: Women Need Not Apply
Season 1, episode 13 With Jack Riley (Dunlap). Alan learns about women scorned when Elaine is denied membership in his all-male press club.
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| [CBS 10:00] Concrete Cowboys [Reg]: El Dorado
Season 1, episode 1 With Charles Napier (Red Asher), Belinda Montgomery (Janine), Billy Barty (Adolph), Michael Fox (Deacon), Kyle Richards (Isobel), Phil Harris. Premiere of a series starring Jerry Reed and Geoffrey Scott as two Montana cowboys who go on a cross-country tour in search of fun, riches and romance. In the opener, J.D. and Will head for New Orleans in search of a buddy they think has hit pay dirt.
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: The Chateau / White Lightning
Season 4, episode 14 W: Steve Fisher, Don Ingalls D: Leslie H. Martinson With David Hedison (Karl Dixon/Claude Duncan), Pamela Franklin (Vicky Lee), Carolyn Jones (Clora McAllister), George Lindsey (Norris Scoggins), Wendy Schaal (Ruth Ann McAllister), Randolph Powell (R.J. Scoggins), Ed Begley Jr. (Amos McAllister), Richard Lineback (Otis McAllister), Ernie Lively (Bobby Joe Scoggins). A journalist wishes to spend the weekend with the man her grandmother, a famed Silent Screen actress, was in love with in order to complete her biography; two feuding families from Tennessee enter a contest to find homemade whiskey.
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| [NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Film At Eleven
Season 1, episode 6 W: Anthony Yerkovich D: Georg Stanford Brown With Andrea Marcovicci (Cynthia Chase), Mark Metcalf (Officer Harris), Joseph R. Sicari (DiCarlo), Tony Plana (Kevin Herman Dracula), Robert Bryan Berger (Eddie Hoban), Luisa Leschin (Rita), Karole Selmon (Billie), Donna LaBrie (Wilma), Gregory Cruz (Chico), Jake Mitchell (Hingle). A television reporter rides with Hill and Renko; Washington and LaRue find the gun that was used in the shooting of Hill and Renko; a man is arrested for biting a prostitute and then claims he's Dracula.
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