Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday March 12, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Pearls
Season 9, episode 15 W: Mary Worrell D: James Sheldon With Taylor Lacher (Vern Billy Stalcup), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Orma Lee). Corabeth believes that her estranged twin sister is going to take off with their dying aunt's coveted pearls; Elizabeth wants to go to Arizona to see Olivia and John.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork, The Swinging Single
Season 3, episode 15 W: Wendy Kout D: Howard Storm With Bill Kirchenbauer (Todd Norman Taylor), Catherine Campbell (Pepper), Wendy Hoffman (Sheri). Mindy tells Mork she thinks they should date other people. Mork then takes lessons from a swinger and turns into a party animal.
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| [NBC 8:00] Buck Rogers In The 25th Century [Reg]: The Satyr
Season 2, episode 7 W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider D: Victor French With Anne E. Curry (Syra Samos), David S. Cass Sr. (Pangor/Major Jason Samos), Robert Lane (Delph), Dennis Freeman. Buck and Twiki come across the survivors of a failed colony, a young widow and her son. The woman tells Buck that the other colonists all fled the planet as the result of a plague.
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| [ABC 8:30] Bosom Buddies [Reg]: Only The Lonely
Season 1, episode 14 W: Jack Carrerow, David Chambers D: Tom Trbovich With Richard Fasciano (Raoul). Kip and Henry are worried when Ruth invites them to dinner, and appears to want more than a business relationship.
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| [CBS 9:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: All Roads Lead To Floyd
Season 1, episode 13 W: Rogers Turrentine, Babs Greyhosky D: Ron Satlof With Noah Beery Jr. (Floyd Lewellyn), Anne Bloom (Cindy Lewellyn), Red West (Bull Radney), Andy Romano (Clarence Burnside), Georgia Schmidt (Old Lady), Deborah Hedquist (Secretary), Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Waitress), John Stalker (Tim), Esmond Chung (Tour Guide), Seth Sakai (Yoshio). A young woman hires Magnum to find her father who, after being missing for over ten years, sends her a postcard from Hawaii.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Contempt (1)
Season 7, episode 15 W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein D: Noam Pitlik With Larry Gelman (Sidney Bouton), Maggie Brown (Lt. Melinda Holly), William Windom (Voice of Cellmate), Jack Murdock (Officer Perelli), Dale Robinette (Matt Hagan). A restaurant may have refused a man service because of his appearance; Barney is charged with contempt of court and sentenced to jail for refusing to name an informant during a trial.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: The Million Dollar Face (1981)
W: Robert Hamner, Jud Kinberg D: Michael O'Herlihy With Tony Curtis, Polly Bergen, Lee Grant, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roddy McDowall, William Daniels, Murray Matheson, David Huffman, Herschel Bernardi, Sylvia Kristel, Deidre Hall. The ruthless head of a cosmetics company finds himself in sharp competition with a firm operated by his former lover, and searches for the perfect model to give his product line a lasting competitive edge.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Out Of Commission
Season 3, episode 12 W: Sam Simon D: James Burrows With Jimmy Lennon Sr. (Ring Announcer), Vince Delgado (Referee), Mauricio Aldana (Alberto Martinez), Carmine Caridi (Lou-Lou Pantusso), Al Ruscio (Dr. Webster), Jesse D. Goins (Shotgun), Jon St. Elwood (Boxer). After Tony's third knockout in five fights, a concerned doctor goes to the boxing commission and convinces them to revoke Tony's license.
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| [CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Man Of The Hour
Season 2, episode 15 W: Sara Ann Friedman D: Harvey Laidman With Bobby Jacoby (Brian), Barry Jenner (Jeff), Cynthia Harris (Jana Kilman), Lisle Wilson (Dr. Sims), Susan McClurg (Cindy), Brian Part (Jaime), Eric Stoltz (Luke), Mike Darnell (Fred), June Harris (Carol), Jill Cohen (Amy). Eric becomes the man of the hour when he saves a visiting teenage girl from drowning after she smoked some marijuana laced with "angel dust".
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
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