Prime-time network TV listings for Monday March 16, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: A Day In The Life
Season 3, episode 15 W: Joshua Brand D: Victor Lobl With Ella Fitzgerald (Maxine Jefferies), Dennis Holahan (Mr. Baxter), Ira Angustain (Ricky Gomez), Ken Michelman (Abner Goldstein), Nathan Cook (Milton Reese), Thomas Carter (James Hayward), Martin Garner (Mr. Goldstein). A Carver alumni exhibition game brings updates on Hayward, Reese, Gomez, and Goldstein since graduation. (Last show of the series.)
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
A rescue attempt by a remote-controlled robot; a fiery four-car flip; a visit with Kookie, the motorcycle-riding dog; a barefoot water-skiier; a ghost that haunts a toy store.
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| [NBC 8:00] Project Peacock: Donahue And The Kids [special]
The second in this series of specials for younger viewers features Phil Donahue talking to young people who have learned to come to grips with life-threatening illnesses.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Bless You, Hawkeye
Season 9, episode 17 W: Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford D: Nell Cox With Allan Arbus (Dr. Sidney Freedman), Barry Schwartz (Pvt. Caputo), Pamela Coleman (Nurse). When Hawkeye can't stop a sneezing fit that has no apparent cause, psychiatrist Sidney Freedman digs into the surgeon's past for a clue to this unusual malady.
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| [ABC 9:00] Dynasty [Reg]: The Birthday Party
Season 1, episode 10 W: Edward de Blasio, Richard Shapiro D: Burt Brinckerhoff With Lloyd Bochner (Cecil Colby), Peter Mark Richman (Andrew Laird), Tony Mordente (Waiter), Barbara Beckley (Emily Laird), Sandra McCabe (Bethany), Curt Lowens (Lokert), Mark Withers (Ted Dinard). Michael tells Blake what Krystle did with her necklace; Fallon tells Jeff why she married him; Ted comes back into Steven's life in hopes of a reconciliation.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Madame X (1981)
W: Edward Anhalt D: Robert Ellis Miller With Tuesday Weld, Eleanor Parker, Len Cariou, Jeremy Brett, Jerry Stiller, Norman Bartold, Robert Hooks, Martina Deignan, Granville Van Dusen, Stanley Brock. A young woman marries into a wealthy family, then fakes her own death and abandons her husband and son because of a scandal in her past which she fears they will discover.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Kleptos And Maniacs
Season 2, episode 17 W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer D: Alan Bergmann With Tony Plana (Danny Gomez), Robin Haynes (Kerry Selzer), Margaret Muse (Mrs. Selzer), Pamela Draper (Ruth Randall), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler), Jed Mills (Ludlou Berber), Roger Bowen (Dr. Beiderbeck). Petty thefts around the hospital point to a strange group of suspects: an odd outpatient who harrasses the staff, a recovered kleptomatic whose mother is a hospital benefactor, and an orderly with a history of police trouble.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Campesinos
Season 4, episode 16 W: Michael Vittes D: Peter Levin With James Victor (Tommy Hernandez), William Lucking (Paul Geyer), Jeff Corey (Hugh Holstrom), Pepe Serna (Frank Garcia), Emilio Delgado (Rubin Castillo), Ted Gehring (Fisher), Buck Kartalian (Red Borota), Robert Rothwell (Deputy). Rossi is asked to cover a migrant workers strike in California's Central Valley and gets so involved he ends up in jail with them. The fight between the two faction leaders becomes personal as more Tribune reporters gather at the location.
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| [ABC 10:00] Soap [Reg]: Episode 82
Season 4, episode 13 W: Susan Harris, Stu Silver, Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon, Barry Vigon D: J.D. Lobue With Barbara Rhoades (Maggie Chandler), Gregory Sierra (El Puerco), Jesse Welles (Gwen), Joe Mantegna (Juan One), Anthony Charnota (Hood), Ralph Manza (Digger), Earl Boen (Dr. Drell), Barbara Goodson (Nurse). Chester becomes the vital kidney donor on Danny's behalf; Dutch and Eunice try to spice up their sex life by play acting; believing her sister has betrayed her, Jessica refuses to speak to a despondent Mary, who reveals how their mother arranged scatterbrained Jessica's marriage to embezzler Chester.
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