Prime-time network TV listings for Monday April 6, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Private Benjamin [Reg]: Benjamin To The Rescue
Season 1, episode 1 W: Don Reo D: Bob Sweeney With Charles Napier (Trustmore), Lawrence Benedict (Weapons Instructor), Joan Roberts (Pvt. Barbara Ann Glass), Joyce Little (Pvt. Rayleen White). New comedy series with Lorna Patterson in the role of a New York society girl trying to cope with military life. Eileen Brennan and Hal Williams reprise their roles from the feature film. In the opening episode, fearing that Pvt. Benjamin will make the troops look bad during General Trustmore's visit, Capt. Lewis tries unsuccessfully to keep her out of sight.
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
A look at an airplane powered solely by the sun; a visit with a charismatic priest; a profile of a group of amputee skydivers; and a visit with a young amnesiac.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Laura Ingalls Wilder (1)
Season 7, episode 1 W: Michael Landon D: Michael Landon With Lucy Lee Flippin (Eliza Jane Wilder), James Cromwell (Harv Miller), Chris Shaffer (Matt Gray). Almanzo buys land on which he and Laura are set to begin their life together, but Laura is upset over his refusal to allow her to teach after they are married. Then the couple are shaken when the unscrupulous former owner of the property cheats them out of all their money. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/22/1980)
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| [CBS 8:30] The Two Of Us [Reg]: Nan Meets Brentwood
Season 1, episode 1 W: Charlie Hauck D: Asaad Kelada Debut of a comedy series starring Dudley Moore as a proper English butler named Brentwood. In the premiere episode, Brentwood is hired to restore calm in the household of a television talk-show hostess who can't quite cope with her domestic problems.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Blood Brothers
Season 9, episode 18 W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: Harry Morgan With G.W. Bailey (Sgt. Rizzo), Patrick Swayze (Pvt. Sturgis), Tom Kindle (G.I.), Ray Middleton (Cardinal Reardon), Robert Balderson (Capt. Bratton). Hawkeye is overcome by the devotion of a terminally ill G.I. for his critically wounded buddy, but he has trouble coming to terms with the fact that he can't cure the man; Father Mulcahy is worried about the impending visit of a Cardinal.
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| [ABC 9:00] Masada: Part 2 [special]
Increased attacks by the Judean Zealots and pressure from Rome force General Silva to attack Masada fortress by building a ramp up the side of the mountain.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Sacketts: Part 2 [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. Tell fends off a vengeance-seeking brother; Tye and Orrin cope with a bigot and a friend turned enemy.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: The Hostage Situation
Season 2, episode 19 W: Donald Ross D: Dick Martin With Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler), Roger Bowen (Dr. Beiderbeck), Jeff Maxwell (Lyman Vunk). A patient from the psychiatric ward pulls a gun and holds Ann and Conrad hostage.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Violence
Season 4, episode 18 W: Johnny Dawkins D: Georg Stanford Brown With Fred Williamson (Crusher Carter), Tyne Daly (Melissa Cummings), Fred Dryer (Mike Hauser), Chick Hearn (Clarence Harvey), Fay Hauser (Jacquie Templeton), Michael Fairman (Doctor), John Crawford (Martin Loper), Jim Boeke (Phil Oszlevski). Rossi does a story on a controversial football player whose brutal hit left an opposing player paralyzed; Lou starts a relationship with a film critic.
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