Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday March 8, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Mike Wallace explores the problem of exploding wheel rims on trucks and buses; Dan Rather profiles singer Roberta Peters, just back from China; Harry Reasoner looks into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (crib death).
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| [ABC 7:00] Those Amazing Animals
Jacques Cousteau visits the Galapagos Islands; falconry in Saudi Arabia.
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Duck For Hire
Season 4, episode 7 W: Al Bertino, David Detiege, Nick George, Bill Berg D: Jack Hannah With Clarence Nash, Bill Thompson. Donald decides that he's had enough of show business and decides to quit his job at Disney. He goes to the Ajax Employment Agency to look for a job, but things don't go as planned. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/23/1957)
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: Stephanie's Science Project
Season 2, episode 15 W: Andy Guerdat, Steve Kreinberg D: Joe Gannon With Mark Lonow (Barry Bloom), Seven Anne MacDonald (Amy Bloom), Renne Jarrett (Kathy Ellis). Stephanie fails her school science project, despite everyone's best efforts -- such as Archie hiring help for Stephanie.
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| [ABC 8:00] Movie: The Deep (1977)
W: Peter Benchley, Tracy Keenan Wynn D: Peter Yates With Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Lou Gossett Jr., Eli Wallach, Dick Anthony Williams. A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters that contains a stash of long-buried heroin.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Karate
Season 4, episode 16 W: Frank Chase D: Leslie H. Martinson With Kari Michaelsen (Teri), Lewis Van Bergen (Andy Macedon), James Margolin (J.J.), Mario Marcelino (Rivas), Shawn Lieber (Ray), Dexter Hamlett (Miguel), Duane Tucker (Motor Officer), Drew Snyder (Joshua), Cathy Rigby (Herself), Danny Bonaduce (Billy). While patrolling his old neighborhood, Ponch encounters a boyhood friend who is corrupting local teenagers in his burglary operation.
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: A Tiny Romance
Season 6, episode 15 W: Brad Rider D: Alan Rafkin With Chuck McCann (Beerbelly), Beverly Sanders (Selma), Joseph R. Sicari (Waiter). Beerbelly's wife, dissatisfied with her marriage, makes a play for Schneider.
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Macho, Macho Mel
Season 5, episode 16 W: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon D: Marc Daniels With Florence Halop (Mugger), Andy Romano (Police Officer), Dave Madden (Earl Hicks), Duane R. Campbell (Chuck). When Mel recounts the story of the little old lady who mugged him, the old lady becomes four thugs.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: American Graffiti (1973)
W: George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck D: George Lucas With Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Paul LeMat, Charles Martin Smith, Mackenzie Phillips, Candy Clark, Bo Hopkins, Harrison Ford. A couple of high school grads in the early 1960s spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Small Fish, Big Pond
Season 7, episode 16 W: Michael Moye D: Bob Lally With Danny Wells (Charlie), Tom Williams (Big Tony Tyler), Sarah Marshall (Lucella), Jean Byron (Mavis), David Moses (Mr. Brookhouse). To get into an exclusive men's club, George exaggerates how many stores he owns. Then he accidentally pledges a fortune for a new fountain.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Finders Keepers
Season 2, episode 12 W: Deborah Zoe Dawson, Victoria Johns, Jody Ann Ranney D: Seymour Robbie With Christopher Blande (Slug), Dori Brenner (Martha Bennett), Grand Bush (Treetop), Tonya Crowe (Jenny), Laurence Fishburne (Hobie), Richard Schaal (Dr. Sandler). A young girl who has been in the care of a street gang is admitted after being hit by a car, but appears to have had pre-existing problems; Gloria hides some kittens in the office of Dr. Riverside, who happens to be allergic to them.
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