Prime-time network TV listings for Friday April 10, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Here Comes Peter Cottontail [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Danny Kaye, Paul Frees, Casey Kasem, Vincent Price, Joan Gardner. A kindly inventor helps Peter Cottontail to deliver more Easter eggs than his rival Irontail. Narrated by Danny Kaye. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Benson [Reg]: Handwriting On The Wall
Season 2, episode 19 W: Rich Reinhart D: John Rich With Ed Peck (Capt. McDermott). An unpopular gubernatorial decision results in demonstrations outside the executive mansion and a series of threatening letters.
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| [NBC 8:00] Harper Valley P.T.A. [Reg]: Bad Day At Harper Valley
Season 1, episode 12 W: Richard Freiman D: Claudio Guzman With Fred Holliday (Doug Peterson), Vic Dunlop (George Kelly), Richard Minchenberg (Eddie Lake), Kevin Scannell (Coach Powell). A bungling con man holds Stella, Cassie and all of the PTA board members hostage after a failed bank robbery attempt.
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| [ABC 8:30] I'm A Big Girl Now [Reg]: Hangers, No Starch
Season 1, episode 18 W: Marc Sotkin D: Jon Sharp With Lyle Alzado (Rick), Dick O'Neill (Burnham), Carmine Caridi (Fred). Diana could lose more than her shirt when she goes undercover as the owner of a dry-cleaning store to investigate a protection racket.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Brady Brides [Reg]: Cool Hand Phil
Season 1, episode 9 W: Philip John Taylor D: Peter Baldwin With Alan Sues (Duke), Bonnie Ebsen (Sunshine), Gloria Hendry (Mrs. Richardson). Phillip wants to change his image in order to please his students, so he tries dressing and acting "hip."
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| [CBS 9:00] The Dukes Of Hazzard [Reg]: The Canterbury Crock
Season 3, episode 21 W: Bruce Howard D: Dick Moder With Elizabeth Kerr (Emma Partridge), Byron Webster (Mr. Beckman), David Graf (Maury). Bo and Luke buy an old vase from a widow that turns out to be worth a fortune, and Boss Hogg wants it bad.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Crazy Times (1981)
W: George Reeves D: Lee Philips With Michael Pare, Ray Liotta, David Caruso, Talia Balsam, Bert Remsen, Annette McCarthy, John Aprea. Three high school kids growing up in a tough New York City neighborhood in 1955 learn the hard way how to deal with the turbulent world around them.
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| [NBC 9:00] Nero Wolfe [Reg]: Death And The Dolls
Season 1, episode 11 W: Gerald Sanford D: Gerald Mayer With Christine Belford (Melanie Davidson), Marie Mayenzet (Laura Davidson), Ben Piazza (Harlan Davidson), Robert Strand (Jed Thurman), Len Birman (Neil Stryker), E.J. Andre (Maurice Koslow). The daughter of a wealthy sportsman urges Nero to investigate her father's death.
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| [CBS 10:00] Dallas [Reg]: New Beginnings
Season 4, episode 21 W: Arthur Bernard Lewis D: Irving J. Moore With Susan Flannery (Leslie Stewart), Leigh McCloskey (Mitch Cooper), Christopher Stone (Dave Stratton), Morgan Woodward (Punk Anderson), Monte Markham (Clint Ogden), Sherril Lynn Rettino (Jackie Dugan), Priscilla Pointer (Rebecca Wentworth), William Smithers (Jeremy Wendell), Stephanie Braxton (Alisha Ogden), Richard Derr (Howard). Jock and Miss Ellie's reconciliation results in a second honeymoon and the stalling of J.R.'s scheme to sell Ewing Oil.
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| [NBC 10:00] NBC Magazine With David Brinkley
Garrick Utley report on the United States civil defense system; Betsy Aaron profiles stock market analyst Joseph Granville.
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