Prime-time network TV listings for Monday April 20, 1981:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Private Benjamin [Reg]: Party
Season 1, episode 3 W: Paul Hunter D: Bob Sweeney With Joan Roberts (Pvt. Barbara Ann Glass), Joyce Little (Pvt. Rayleen White). Private Benjamin decides she's going to throw a party in an attempt to rekindle the embers of love between Capt. Lewis and her old flame Capt. Braddock.
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[ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
A look at a mysterious Mayan "crystal skull"; the true story of a woman who was reunited with her father after a 33-year separation; a report on Asia's Komodo dragons; and a look at karate experts.
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[NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: The Third Miracle
Season 6, episode 4 W: John T. Dugan D: Michael Landon With Leslie Landon (Marge), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Ruth Foster (Mrs. Foster), James Jeter (Blacksmith), Troy Melton (Stage Driver). After Adam is injured in a stagecoach accident, Mary sets off to find help for him and an expectant mother who has gone into labor. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/8/1979)
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[CBS 8:30] The Two Of Us [Reg]: Old Alf
Season 1, episode 3 W: Arthur Julian D: Asaad Kelada With Neva Patterson (Helena). An old friend of Brentwood's dies in Nan's home on the day she's granted a rare interview with a cosmetics tycoon.
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[CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: The Best Of Enemies
Season 9, episode 1 W: Sheldon Bull D: Charles S. Dubin With Mako (Li Han), Steven Lum (Wounded Korean Soldier). While on his way to some R&R in Seoul, Hawkeye is ambushed by a North Korean soldier who forces him to perform an emergency roadside operation on his wounded comrade. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/17/1980)
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[ABC 9:00] Dynasty [Reg]: The Testimony
Season 1, episode 13 W: Edward DeBlasio D: Don Medford With Peter Mark Richman (Andrew Laird), Brian Dennehy (Jake Dunham), Tisch Raye (Sarah Pat Beecham), Colby Chester (Bill), Lloyd Haynes (Judge Quinlan), Maggie Wickman (Alexis Carrington). Andrew calls Claudia to the stand against Blake's wishes and she reveals her affair with Steven; against Andrew's wishes, Blake testifies in his own defense; Matthew goes berserk and attacks the man he feels is responsible for his troubles; the state calls a surprise witness who stuns the Carrington family.
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[NBC 9:00] Movie: The Stranger At Jefferson High (1981)
W: Keith Merrill D: Lyman Dayton With Stewart Petersen, Dana Kimmell, Lachelle Price, Shannon Farnon, Philip Brown, Jeff Chamberlain. After the death of his father, a teenager goes from a sheep farm in Wyoming to Los Angeles to support his mother and his siblings.
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[CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Jailhouse Doc
Season 2, episode 1 W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer D: Mel Ferber With Greg Mullavey (Dave Simmons), Freeman King, Dean Santoro (Senator Thurlow), John Clavin. Charley goes to jail for refusing to divulge a patient's medical history to a Senate investigating committee. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/17/1980)
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[CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Goop
Season 4, episode 5 W: Seth Freeman D: Alexander Singer With Parley Baer (Haggerty), Dominique Dunne (Teri Wilk), Alex Henteloff (Marvin Galosh), Jordan Rhodes (Lester Fields), Med Flory (Doug Traynor), Vernon Weddle (Ragsdale), Terence McGovern (Larry Riesen). Charlie and Mrs. Pynchon are worried about misrepresentation when Billie poses as a employee at a chemical company to expose their dumping of hazardous materials. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/24/1980)
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[ABC 10:00] Soap [Reg]: Episode 85
Season 4, episode 16 W: Susan Harris, Stu Silver D: J.D. Lobue With Gregory Sierra (El Puerco), Joe Mantegna (Juan One), Michael Currie (Governor), Jay Garner (Gene), Bob Ari (Vinnie), Luis Avalos (General Sandia), Michael Fairman (Lou), Barry Vigon (Private Esquivo), Danny Jacobson (Informer), Paul Stolarsky (Priest). A despondent Chester wants to kill himself, until he finds his new bride in bed with his son; the syndicate baits a trap for the unsuspecting Burt; El Puerco's enemies kidnap Jessica and put her in front of a firing squad. (Last show of the series.)
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