Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday April 5, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes: Gun Control
Morley Safer files a report on the subject of gun control, which again is in the national limelight following the assassination attempt on President Reagan last Monday. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D., Mass.) and others, in favor of some sort of control, and the National Rifle Association, which insists controls would violate constitutional rights, contribute their thoughts.
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| [ABC 7:00] Movie: The Magic Of Lassie (1978)
W: Jean Holloway, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman D: Don Chaffey With James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist, Gene Evans, Mike Mazurki, Michael Sharrett, Alice Faye. Lassie, abducted and taken away to Colorado from her California home, overcomes obstacles to get back to her owners.
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: That Darn Cat (2)
W: Gordon Gordon, Mildred Gordon, Bill Walsh D: Robert Stevenson With Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville Brand, Elsa Lanchester, William Demarest, Frank Gorshin. Police keep an eye on the Siamese cat wearing the wristwatch of a kidnapped bank teller, hoping that the feline will lead them to the robbers' hideaway. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: La Cage Aux Bunker
Season 2, episode 18 W: Duncan Scott MacGibbon D: Gary Shimokawa With Barbara Meek (Ellen Canby), Olive Dunbar (Victoria Springer), Charlene Brooks (Millie Peterson), Joe Rosario (Raul Rosario), Cheri Maugans (Molly). Archie reluctantly takes Stephanie's music teacher on a date in a bid to get her into the school chorus.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: The Hawk And The Hunter
Season 4, episode 18 W: Rick Mittleman D: Leslie H. Martinson With Marged Wakeley (Mrs. Drew), Sean Garrison (V.A. Doctor), Chao-Li Chi (Quong), Dwight Schultz (Lyle), Lane Binkley (Shawna), Sandy McPeak (Pete Baricza), Diana Douglas (Vera Baricza). Baricza's father, a crop duster, is being threatened by someone who believes the chemicals he is using are dangerous.
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Alex's Project
Season 6, episode 17 W: Stephen Sustarsic, David Silverman D: Alan Rafkin Nick won't let Alex get away with turning in a shoddy science project.
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| [CBS 9:00] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Caveat Emptor
Season 6, episode 18 W: Ron Bloomberg, Bud Wiser D: Alan Rafkin With William Windom (Mr. Tiller), Cliff Norton (Manny Mancuso). A new account is going well for Ann and Nick until they realize the merchant is involved in a bait-and-switch scheme.
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| [ABC 9:00] Masada: Part 1 [special]
With Peter Strauss, Peter O'Toole, Barbara Carrera, Anthony Quayle, David Warner. In the year 73 A.D., a band of Jewish freedom fighters led by Eleazar ben Yair takes over a practically impenetrable desert fortress atop Mount Masada from which to resist the legions of Imperial Rome, commanded by General Flavius Silva.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Sacketts: Part 1 [special]
W: Jim Byrnes D: Robert Totten With Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, Glenn Ford, Ben Johnson, John Vernon, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, Paul Koslo, Slim Pickens, Gilbert Roland, Pat Buttram, Ruth Roman. The initial installment of the two-part dramatization of Louis Lamour's novel about three Tennessee brothers who seek their fortunes in the New Mexico territory in the 19th century.
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| [CBS 9:30] Alice [Reg]: Who's Kissing The Great Chef Of Phoenix?
Season 5, episode 19 W: Arthur Marx, Robert Fisher D: Marc Daniels With Victoria Carroll (Marie). Mel suddenly takes a romantic interest in Vera, who doesn't realize it's just a ploy to make his girlfriend jealous.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Second Sight
Season 2, episode 15 W: Jeff Stuart D: Jeff Bleckner With Hermione Baddeley (Freida Holloway), Hamilton Camp (Louie), William Daniels (Dr. Slater), Robyn Douglass (Sheila), Susan Elliot (Zorilla). Instead of using his spare time to study for his medical boards, Jackpot looks into a sight-restoring operation for his blind girlfriend.
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