Prime-time network TV listings for Monday February 9, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: Trial And Error
Season 3, episode 10 W: Marc Rubin D: Victor Lobl With Jennifer Perito (Roseanne), Ron Pinkard (Clerk), Roosevelt Grier (Ezra Davis). Coach Reeves threatens to kick Falahey off the team when he suspects that he faking injuries to get out of practicing. However, the coach looks like a hypocrite when he is summoned for jury duty and tries to lie his way out of it.
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
A report on a ghost who haunts a Chicago highway; a look at the world's smallest jet plane; a medical discovery that makes diagnosis possible over the phone; and a profile of some daring roller skaters.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Sylvia (1)
Season 7, episode 17 W: Michael Landon D: Michael Landon With Carl Pitti (Man #1), Richard Jaeckel (Irv Hartwig), Olivia Barash (Sylvia Webb), Royal Dano (Mr. Webb), Bradley Greene (Boy #2), Terry Nani (Boy #1). New student Sylvia Webb, who at age 14 has physically matured faster than most of her classmates, is sexually assualted by an unidentified man and her life is shattered by the unfeeling reaction of her widowed father and the gossiping interference of Mrs. Oleson.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Depressing News
Season 9, episode 12 W: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford D: Alan Alda With William Bogert (Capt. Allen), David Dozar (Delivery Man), Albert Insinnia (Photographer), Rodney Saulsberry (Oldham). Klinger's Army newspaper reports on Hawkeye's monument to military stupidity -- a giant tower made from a half million erroneously shipped tongue depressors.
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| [ABC 9:00] East Of Eden: Part 2 [special]
W: Richard Shapiro D: Harvey Hart With Jane Seymour, Timothy Bottoms, Lloyd Bridges, Anne Baxter, Richard Masur, M. Emmet Walsh, Soon-Teck Oh. Cathy and Adam's marriage begins to disintegrate after the birth of their twin sons; she runs away to become a prostitute and shoots Adam when he tries to prevent her from leaving.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Midnight Lace (1981)
W: Jerry Ludwig D: Ivan Nagy With Mary Crosby, Gary Frank, Carolyn Jones, Shecky Greene, Susan Tyrrell, Celeste Holm, Robin Clarke, Joanne Nail. A remake of the 1960 film in which a recently-married television news reporter is driven to the brink of insanity when she hears haunting child-like voices emanating from the fog and receives some disturbing telephone calls.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Officer Needs Assistance
Season 2, episode 12 W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer D: Wayne Rogers With Howard Witt (Lt. Doyle), George Petrie, Joe Terry (Ted), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler). Charley fakes an operation to prevent hospital administrator Mr. Peckler from tampering with operating room policy.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Search
Season 4, episode 12 W: Everett Greenbaum, Elliott Reid D: Allen Williams With Alley Mills (Lisa Carruthers), Millie Slavin (Corinne), Carolyn Coates (Margaret), Juliana McCarthy (Augusta), Antony Ponzini (Mario), Katherine Massey (Bess), Robert Casper (Gossage), Juliaan McCarthy (Augusta), Jane Atkins (Suzanna). Lou fears a possible letdown when the staff use their connections to try to help a reporter find her biological parents; a glowing review on Lou's favorite restaurant makes it harder for him to get a table.
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