Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday April 21, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Palmerstown, U.S.A. [Reg]: The Threat
Season 2, episode 6 W: Michael McGreevey D: Joseph Pevney With Henry G. Sanders (Josh), Alfre Woodard (Nona), Kenneth White (Sheriff). A hot-tempered ex-con blames midwife Bessie for the death of his wife during childbirth.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: And The Winner Is
Season 8, episode 7 W: Bosco McGowan D: Jerry Paris With Denis Mandel (Eugene Belvin), Harris Kal (Bobby), Kevin Rodney Sullivan (Tommy), Wil Albert (Mr. Bellgoodie), Merie Earle (Mrs. Frick), Raymond Guth (Mr. Gampolo). Fonzie wants to win Jefferson High School's "Teacher of the Year" award to spite a fellow teacher, but ends up learning a valuable lesson from his students. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/30/1980)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo [Reg]: Lobo And The Pirates
Season 2, episode 13 W: Lou Shaw D: Christian I. Nyby II With Lynette Mettey (Jessica Wright), Phillip R. Allen (Mr. Gregory), James A. Watson Jr. (District Attorney), Tom Stern (Benny), Doug France (Bodyguard), Bill Watson (Bartender), Sonny Shields (Man). Perkins' romantic entanglement with a crooked music executive threatens to blow the cover off the department's investigation of a record pirating operation.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Dating Game
Season 6, episode 6 W: Al Aidekman D: Penny Marshall With Jim Lange (Himself), Ilene Graff (Monique), Frank Ashmore (Bob Gatenby), Ed Marinaro (Sonny St. Jacques). "Dating Game" host Jim Lange takes pity on Lenny and Squiggy and selects them as contestants, where they vie to win a dream date with a dazzling beauty by giving out some shocking information about Laverne and Shirley. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/30/1980)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: One On One (1977)
W: Robby Benson, Jerry Segal D: Lamont Johnson With Robby Benson, Annette O'Toole, G.D. Spradlin, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith. A basketball phenom at a small town high school matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, and soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Downhill Chaser
Season 5, episode 4 W: Martin Rips, Joseph Staretski D: Dave Powers With Laurette Spang (Inga), Kate Murtaugh (Gertrude), John Gibson (Ski Patrolman). Jack snows a professional skier named Inga into believing that he is a downhill champion. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/25/1980)
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| [NBC 9:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Film At Eleven
Season 1, episode 6 W: Anthony Yerkovich D: Georg Stanford Brown With Andrea Marcovicci (Cynthia Chase), Mark Metcalf (Officer Harris), Joseph R. Sicari (DiCarlo), Tony Plana (Kevin Herman Dracula), Robert Bryan Berger (Eddie Hoban), Luisa Leschin (Rita), Karole Selmon (Billie), Donna LaBrie (Wilma), Gregory Cruz (Chico), Jake Mitchell (Hingle). A television reporter rides with Hill and Renko; Washington and LaRue find the gun that was used in the shooting of Hill and Renko; a man is arrested for biting a prostitute and then claims he's Dracula. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/7/1981)
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: The Location
Season 1, episode 9 W: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish D: Russ Petranto With Hamilton Camp (Arthur Wainwright), Randy Stumpf (Nino Antonelli). Sara rents her apartment to a film crew for a movie which involves live animals. Unfortunately one of the animals, a male lion, escapes and ventures into Henry and Muriel's apartment during their dinner engagement with Arthur Wainwright. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/13/1981)
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: This Lady Is Murder
Season 2, episode 3 W: Paul Laurence D: Earl Bellamy With Richard Romanus (Marty Benton), Andrew Robinson (Mick Steele), Luke Askew (Barney Steele), Marti Stevens (Althea Prinz), Jon Cutler (Lt. Montgomery), William Vaughn (Nelson). Jennifer is kidnapped by a man who wants to get the money from an old crime by holding his ex-partner's wife, who happens to be a dead ringer for Jennifer. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/25/1980)
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| [NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Choice Cut
Season 1, episode 7 W: Lee David Zlotoff D: Arnold Laven With Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz), Dana Gladstone (Marv Box), Charlene Jones (Lily), Andrea Marcovicci (Cynthia Chase), Kent Williams (Bernard), Karole Selmon (Billie), Donna LaBrie (Wilma), Linda Shayne (Sherry Marie), Bob Tzudiker (Irv Kresky), Ilka Tanya Payan (Teresa), Jay Moreno (Juan). Hector Ruiz takes hostages again, this time at a supermarket; LaRue and Washington try to connect the gun that shot Hill and Renko with addict Eddie Hoban; Cynthia Chase uses the hostage scene to stir up the local merchants. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/14/1981)
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