Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday May 2, 1981:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Baby, It's Cold Inside
Season 3, episode 8 W: Blake Hunter D: Rod Daniel With Carol Bruce (Mama Carlson). On a day when the furnace has broken down, Mama Carlson pays a surprise visit to the station and catches Johnny drinking in the broadcast booth. She joins in, letting the staff see a new side of her. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/3/1981)
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[ABC 8:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: The Fashion Show: A Model Marriage / This Year's Model / Original Sin
Season 4, episode 23 W: Tony Webster, Richard Albrecht, Casey Keller, Barry Blitzer D: Roger Duchowny With Richard Gilliland (Harry), Bob Mackie (Himself), Gloria Vanderbilt (Herself), Anne Baxter (Priscilla Crawford), Morgan Brittany (Liz), Debra Clinger (Mandy Blanchard), Mike Connors (Sidney Sloan), Jayne Kennedy (Ms. Farrell), Dick Shawn (Harvey Blanchard), Bobby Short (Himself), Elke Sommer (Ms. James), Camilla Sparv (Joanne Atkins), McLean Stevenson (Bob Crawford), Robert Vaughn (Charles Paris), Geoffrey Beene (Himself), Halston (Himself), J.J. Barry (Frank), Chris Marlowe (Larry), Steve Franken (Harry Mason). Captain Stubing is host to a fashion show featuring clothing designers Geoffrey Beene, Halston, Bob Mackie and Gloria Vanderbilt; romantic problems plague the husband and wife owners of a modeling agency; a cosmetics mogul seeks a unique woman to represent his new product and finds two equally qualified candidates; Julie steps into the spotlight when she substitutes for her model friend, who has fallen in love; a couple frantically try to locate some designer clothes they've misplaced, while simultaneously attempting to hide their marriage from her father. (Repeat program)
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[NBC 8:00] Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters [Reg]
With Bobby Goldsboro, The Bellamy Brothers, R.C. Bannon.
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[CBS 8:30] Movie: Rio Lobo (1970)
W: Burton Wohl, Leigh Brackett D: Howard Hawks With John Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam, Victor French, Jorge Rivero, Mike Henry. After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
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[NBC 9:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: Detective Finger, I Presume?
Season 3, episode 13 W: Robert McCullough D: Gil Bettman With Greg Mullavey (Det. Finger), Jack Kelly (Capt. Dryer), Donna Theodore (Stella Lemke), Paul Tulley (Sgt. Williams), Peter Lupus (Mose). Cindy and Stacks go undercover at a gymnasium linked to a series of baffling burglaries, most recently one that netted a $400,000 painting entrusted to Bear Enterprises. Detective Finger, a cross between Columbo and Clouseau, joins B.J. in cracking the case.
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[ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Basin Street / The Devil's Triangle
Season 4, episode 21 W: Arthur Rowe, Worley Thorne D: George W. Brooks With Mabel King (Mama Parker), Raymond St. Jacques (Camptown Dodds), Cleavon Little (Charles Raines), Berlinda Tolbert (Billie Joe), Christopher Connelly (Tom Spencer), Trish Stewart (Kerry Dawson), Joe Namath (Clay Garrett), Howard George (Lieutenant Lavalle), John Schull (Sgt. McAndrew), Kedren Jones (Ginger). A would-be musician goes back in time to visit New Orleans during the heyday of ragtime jazz; an adventure film crew wants to solve the mystery of the Devil's Triangle.
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[NBC 10:00] Walking Tall [Reg]: Company Town
Season 1, episode 5 W: Lee Sheldon D: Harvey Laidman With Courtney Witas (Becky Reeder), Ed Bakey (Mr. Shallit), Don Starr (Mr. Crane), Ralph Bellamy (Jim Clausen), Art Hindle (Stuart Clausen), Lane Bradbury (Kate Reeder). Sheriff Pusser encounters a wall of resistance and hatred when he travels to a small nearby mining town to investigate the death of a miner alleged to be a troublemaker. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/14/1981)
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[CBS 10:30] The Reagan Budget
Opposition spokesmen reply to President Reagan's proposed budget.
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