Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday April 4, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Till Debt Do Us Part
Season 3, episode 21 W: Howard Hesseman, Steven Kampmann D: Frank Bonner With Ruth Silveira (Paula), Hamilton Camp (Buddy Gravers), Naomi Serotoff (Abdul's Wife). When Johnny learns that his first ex-wife is planning to remarry, he is overjoyed at the thought of not having to pay alimony and celebrates by inviting Bailey to take a trip with him. But he feels less happy about the situation when he meets the obnoxious womanizer his ex-wife is going to marry.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Yet Another Seven Days In February
Season 5, episode 16 W: Gil Grant, Gary Adelson D: Rowe Wallerstein With Heather Locklear (Ingrid), Patty Dworkin (Henrietta Hall), Diane McBain (Mrs. Hall), Jim McKrell (Mr. Hall), John Yates (Nick). In an attempt to get some air play for his record, Tommy gets stuck with the klutzy daughter of a radio-station owner, arranges a date for David with her mother, and forces Jeremy to go out with with her beautiful but overly athletic cousin.
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| [NBC 8:00] Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters [Reg]
With Dottie West, Jim Stafford.
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| [CBS 8:30] Flo [Reg]: Footsie
Season 2, episode 18 W: David Brown D: Bob Lahendro With Ralph Strait (Inspector Wallace), Joanna Cassidy (Billy June). When Earl decides to play a game with Flo and his former girlfriend, he finds out he's in over his head.
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| [CBS 9:00] That's My Line [Reg]
A policeman who persuades hostage-takers to release their victims; a hospital psychologist who helps children to overcome their fear of surgery; three ladies who run a boarding house for 140 cats.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: The Promoter / The Judges / The Family Plan / Forever Engaged
Season 4, episode 2 W: Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs, Ben Joelson, Art Baer, Tony Webster D: Roger Duchowny With Darren McGavin (Lawrence Evans), Ted Knight (Tom McCann), Donny Most (Marv Prine), Kathie Browne (Mary Ann Walker), Peter Graves (Carl Lawrence), Ann Jillian (Rena Ward), Brian Kerwin (Chad Lawrence), Rue McClanahan (Mary Hubbell), Erin Moran (Terri Walker), Debbie Reynolds (Sheila Evans), Charlene Tilton (Emily Marcus), Dawn Wells (Valerie Madden), Lloyd Alan (Brian Litz), Steve Carlson (Ed Wight). Fifteen engaged couples take part in a "marriage-a-thon" cruise which takes the Pacific Princess from St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, through the Panama Canal and on to the Mexican Riviera for a mass wedding. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/1/1980)
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| [NBC 9:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Politics As Usual
Season 1, episode 3 W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler With Dan Hedaya (Ralph Macafee), David Caruso (Shamrock), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood), Jonathan Dasteel (Lamonica), Gary Van Ormand (Sneed), John Brandon (Lt. Walsh), Bob Harders (Unger), Lou Joffred (DiCostanza). Things heat up between the gangs on the Hill as the president plans his walking tour; LaRue is tricked into accepting a cash payoff from a crooked narcotics officer. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1981)
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| [CBS 10:00] Riker [Reg]: Crime School
Season 1, episode 4 W: Sean Baine D: Bob Kelljan With Ellen Bry (Brenda Powers), Stan Wells ('Crime School' Andy), Alex Rocco (Jacoby), Val Avery (Benton), Ron Soble (Ziggy). Riker goes to prison to close down a "school" that teaches advanced criminal techniques to career-minded inmates.
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| [NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Can World War III Be An Attitude?
Season 1, episode 4 W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler With Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Dan Hedaya (Ralph Macafee), Louis Giambalvo (Rob Nelson), David Caruso (Shamrock), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood), Charles Seaverns (Parker), Charles Fleischer (Malibu), Lynn Whitfield (Jill Thomas), Robert DoQui (Mullenex). The precinct finds itself under siege when the gangs react to the President canceling his walking tour, a blackout hits the area, and a large number of guns are stolen from a store; Hill and Renko arrest a car thief who has a knack for fixing things around the station; Frank asks Joyce to represent LaRue who is facing bribery charges. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/24/1981)
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