Friday March 20, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Friday March 20, 1981:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS You're The Greatest, Charlie Brown (R) Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (R) The Dukes Of Hazzard: Carnival Of Thrills (R)
ABC Benson: Easy Kid Stuff I'm A Big Girl Now: Cops TV Movie: The Child Stealer (1979)
NBC Harper Valley P.T.A.: Dirty Tricks The Brady Brides: The Newlywed Game Nero Wolfe: What Happened To April? NBC Magazine With David Brinkley


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] You're The Greatest, Charlie Brown [special]
W: Charles M. Schultz   D: Phil Roman

With Arrin Skelley, Patricia Patts, Casey Carlson, Michelle Muller, Daniel Anderson, Bill Melendez. Charlie Brown trains under self-appointed coach Peppermint Patty when he volunteers as a decathlon contestant in his school's Junior Olympics.
(Repeat program)

[ABC 8:00] Benson [Reg]: Easy Kid Stuff
Season 2, episode 17
W: Rob Dames, Bob Fraser   D: John Rich

With Shavar Ross (Mike Hopkins), Wendell Wright (Frank Hopkins), Judy Palumbo (Nurse). After a neighborhood boy wanders onto the governor's property and breaks his arm falling out of a tree, Benson considers becoming the boy's surrogate father.

[NBC 8:00] Harper Valley P.T.A. [Reg]: Dirty Tricks
Season 1, episode 9
W: Lou Messina, Dianne Messina   D: Claudio Guzman

With Kevin Scannell (Coach Powell), Renee Jones (Hairdresser), Vic Dunlop (George Kelly), Rod Colbin (Police Chief), Dave Morick (Mr. Mallory). Stella is keeping the books for the Harper Valley Motel, and Flora gets the wrong idea when she sees Stella leaving the motel late one night.

[CBS 8:30] Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over [special]
W: Chuck Jones   D: Chuck Jones, Phil Monroe

With Mel Blanc. Springtime brings Bugs Bunny remembrances of his youth and an encounter with Marvin the Martian, and Wile E. Coyote gets a chance to catch up with the Road Runner after a 30-year chase.
(Repeat program)

[ABC 8:30] I'm A Big Girl Now [Reg]: Cops
Season 1, episode 16
W: Barbara Benedek   D: Jon Sharp

With Dolph Sweet. Diana is stuck on a stakeout with an undercover police detective who can't tolerate reporters.

[NBC 8:30] The Brady Brides [Reg]: The Newlywed Game
Season 1, episode 6
W: Warren S. Murray   D: Peter Baldwin

With Bob Eubanks (Himself), Harvey Vernon (Al Berg), Leonard Lightfoot (Wayne Anderson), Edith Fellows (Sylvia Berg), Renee Jones (Dorothea Anderson), Johnny Jacobs (Announcer). Game show host Bob Eubanks asks Marcia and Jan to appear on The Newlywed Game with their new husbands.

[CBS 9:00] The Dukes Of Hazzard [Reg]: Carnival Of Thrills
Season 2, episode 24
W: William Raynor, Myles Wilder   D: Dick Moder

With Robin Mattson (Diane Benson), Vernon Weddle (John Zimbra), Don Stroud (Carl), Richard Jensen (Bob Dexter), Greg Finley (Proprietor). Shapely carnival stunt show operator Diane Benson offers Bo the opportunity of a lifetime: being the star of the headline act. The act involves a stunt driver jumping over a row of 32 cars.
(Repeat program, originally aired 4/20/1980)

[ABC 9:00] TV Movie: The Child Stealer (1979)
W: Sue Milburn   D: Mel Damski

With Beau Bridges, Blair Brown, Eugene Roche, David Groh, Tracey Gold, Cristina Raines, Marj Dusay. A divorced mother comes to the realization that the law is powerless to help her when her ex-husband kidnaps their two young daughters.

[NBC 9:00] Nero Wolfe [Reg]: What Happened To April?
Season 1, episode 9
W: Stephen Downing   D: Edward M. Abroms

With Deborah Fallender (Julie Keen), Richard Anderson (Chester Winslow), Laurie Heineman (Donna MacKenzie), Mark Russell, Bob Carraway (Tom Stewart), Thaao Penghlis (Paul Cummings), Mario Roccuzzo, Julie Carmen (Lydia Proctor). Nero suspects it was no accident when the dead body of a woman who specialized in an underwater striptease is found floating in the East River. The prime suspect is the woman's boyfriend, who also happens to be the coroner.

[NBC 10:00] NBC Magazine With David Brinkley A profile of A. Glenn Braswell, who has made millions selling formulas to restore hair, enlarge breasts and smooth wrinkles; and a report on the annual migration of gray whales.

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