Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday April 7, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Palmerstown, U.S.A. [Reg]: Future City
Season 2, episode 4 W: Ronald Rubin D: Ivan Dixon With Lou Gossett Jr. (Bessie's Father), Mabel King (Aunt Toog), Don Starr (Dr. Barnett), Ketty Lester (Sister Hattie). Bessie's father returns to Palmerstown with stories of his war heroics -- and a claim on a plot of land now owned by W.D. which was seized nearly 20 years earlier.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Tall Story
Season 8, episode 17 W: Barry Rubinowitz D: Jerry Paris With Kevin Rodney Sullivan (Tommy), Happy Hairston (Mr. Barnett), Raymond Guth (Mr. Gampolo), Chris Milton (John Barnett). Roger and Chachi are thrilled when a star basketball player transfers to Jefferson High and joins the team. But the excitement changes to deep concern when the talented player suddenly leaves the team without explanation.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo [Reg]: What're Girls Like You Doing In A Bank Like This?
Season 2, episode 12 W: Mark Jones D: Dick Harwood With Paul Carr (Bank Manager), Jennifer Holmes (Jamie), Deborah Benson (Debbie), Val Avery (Man), Shari Belafonte (Bank Teller), Dean Brooks (SWAT Capt. Smith), Joyce Jillson (Newscaster), Adrienne Larussa (Tess), Alex Hyde-White (Tommy), John Towler (Policeman). Perkins is moonlighting as a security guard in a bank that is held up by two beautiful machine gun-wielding women. Among their hostages are a wounded Chief Carson and a distraught Hildy.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: High Priced Dates
Season 6, episode 17 W: Charlotte M. Dobbs D: Jack Winter With Neil Thompson (Steve), Jack Lukes (Ryan), Andre Landzaat (Waiter). The girls turn to Edna for advice when their blind dates expect "rewards" after paying for an expensive night out.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Gator (1976)
W: William W. Norton D: Burt Reynolds With Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton, Jerry Reed, Alice Ghostley, Dub Taylor, Mike Douglas, Burton Gilliam. An ex-con moonshiner switches to the right side of the law and works with federal agents to clean up a corrupt Southern county run by a ruthless vice-lord.
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| [ABC 9:00] Masada: Part 3 [special]
Atrocities begin as a scheming politician from Rome takes over. Silva then assumes command and stops the brutalities, an action that is taken by the Judeans to mean that God has sanctioned their cause, and Silva prepares to return to Rome with the slave girl he loves.
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| [NBC 9:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: Intercepted Pass
Season 3, episode 4 W: Rogers Turrentine D: Georg Fenady With Roger Perry (Kenton), Bruce Glover (Officer Whitlock), Ronnie Carol (Laura), Brendan Boone, Brian Libby. B.J., Callie and Samantha stumble upon Steiger's pet project: a call girl operation run out of a dating service that blackmails its clients with compromising photographs. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/3/1981)
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| [NBC 10:00] Walking Tall [Reg]: Hitman
Season 1, episode 4 W: Robert Swanson D: Alf Kjellin With Merlin Olsen (Webb McClain), L.Q. Jones (John Whitter), Macon McCalman (Doc Spencer), Wayne Grace (Maddox), John Steadman (Henry Jeeter), Owen Bush (George Nash), Wayne Heffley (Avery). The local mob wants Buford out of the way, so they bring in a professional -- an old friend of Buford's -- who carries a grudge. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/7/1981)
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