Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday March 28, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Nothing To Fear But. . .
Season 3, episode 20 W: Dan Guntzelman D: Asaad Kelada With Kelly Greer (Coatcheck Girl), Linda Rand (Mailroom Girl), Robert O'Donnell (Intellectual). Everyone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: The Best Little Telethon In Sacramento
Season 5, episode 15 W: Bruce Shelly D: Irving J. Moore With Michael Griswold (Mr. Koppel), Margaret Ladd (Carolyn), Jeff Maxwell (Corry Terrel), Bea Silvern (Mother), Susan Brecht (Kathy Dworsky). Unable to attract any big stars, Joannie staffs a telethon with "local" talent; David takes in a roommate to cut expenses; Jeremy talks Tommy into signing him as manager for Tommy's rock group.
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| [NBC 8:00] Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters [Reg]
With Charlotte Rae, Ronnie Milsap.
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| [CBS 8:30] Inside Hollywood
Charles Kuralt and Bernard Goldberg take a behind-the-scenes look at the American movie industry, focusing on the studio structures, advertising, distribution and sales practices.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Tell Her She's Great / Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two / The Baby Alarm
Season 4, episode 6 W: Lan O'Kun, Tony Webster, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs D: Ray Austin With Melissa Sue Anderson (Katie Cummings), Lorenzo Lamas (Brett Clark), Isabel Sanford (Tania Nolan), Mel Stewart (Charles Nolan), Troy Donahue (Mr. Clark), Farley Granger (Charles Cummings), Susan Howard (Cynthia Bowden), Joan Lorring (Marion Cummings), Terry Moore (Mrs. Clark), John Reilly (Bill Simmons), Stan Sells (Gig Wayburn), Don Bovingloh (Waiter). Isaac wants the crew to praise his aunt's acting; two friends resist their parents' matchmaking efforts; a woman lets her infant choose her dates. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/29/1980)
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| [NBC 9:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Hill Street Station
Season 1, episode 1 W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler With Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Gary Grubbs (Earps), Gary Van Ormand (Sneed), Jonathan Dasteel (Lamonica), Ron Godines (Contreras), Heshimu Cumbuka (Pimp), Andy Garcia (Street Kid). Premiere of a series about life in a big-city ghetto police department, starring Daniel J. Travanti. For openers, Capt. Frank Furillo must deal with an overzealous SWAT team commander, a police psychologist, and two juvenile gang members who have taken hostages after being interrupted during a liquor-store robbery. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/15/1981)
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| [CBS 10:00] Riker [Reg]: Gun Run
Season 1, episode 3 W: Will Lorin D: E. Arthur Kean With James Luisi (Ernie), Adrian Zmed (Bobby), Ken Swofford (Bullard), William Lucking (Charlie Doner), Tara Fellner (Rosie), Gene Edwards (Jack Evers). Riker hires on as a truck driver for a syndicate gang that specializes in the sale and transportation of illegal firearms.
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: With Affection, Jack The Ripper / Gigolo
Season 4, episode 6 W: Don Ingalls, Ron Friedman D: Mike Vejar With Alex Cord (Robert West), Lynda Day George (Lorraine Peters), Ken Berry (Stanley Hocker), Carolyn Jones (Jessie DeWinter), Victor Buono (Dr. Fell/Jack The Ripper), Meredith MacRae (Dina DeWinter), Lyle Waggoner (Monty), Philece Sampler (Lola), Barbara Horan (Lana), Patricia Everly (Terry), Angela Slater (Gracie), John Brandon (Bobby), Rosemary Lord (Lelani), Catherine Campbell (Helga), Charissa Ann Ewing (Mavis). A female criminologist sets out to discover the identity of Jack the Ripper and solve the Whitechapel mystery -- and finds herself marked as his next victim; Stanley Hocker feels inadequate in matters dealing with the opposite sex, and dreams of becoming a modern day Don Juan. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/29/1980)
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