Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday May 6, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Enos [Reg]: Blue Flu
Season 1, episode 4 W: Richard C. Matheson, Tom Szollosi D: Hollingsworth Morse With L.Q. Jones (Garrett), Beverly Garland (Judge Cantwell). During a police protest known as the "blue flu", Enos alone is left to protect a woman judge from an an ex-convict seeking revenge. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/10/1980)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Greatest American Hero [Reg]: Fire Man
Season 1, episode 7 W: Lee Sheldon D: Gabrielle Beaumont With Mark Withers (Shaffer), Raymond Singer (Kaufman), Steven Hirsch (Lane), Woody Eney (Robert Moody), Timothy Carey (Cameron), Sandy Ward (Lt. Rafferty), Paul Cavonis (Thompson), Danny Glover (Joyner). One of Ralph's students is accused of arson, and Bill and Ralph must find evidence to clear his name.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
Female prize fighters; a man who plays the violin in a restroom; an Atlanta woman whose voice is used on time and weather recordings across the country.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Gentleman Bandit (1981)
W: Milan Stitt D: Jonathan Kaplan With Ralph Waite, Julie Bovasso, Estelle Parsons, Jerry Zaks, Joe Grifasi, Tom Aldredge. The true story of Father Bernard Pagano, a socially concerned and controversial priest who was arrested for a series of robberies in Delaware -- and his court battle to prove his innocence, which was complicated by inflammatory press coverage.
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| [ABC 9:00] American Dream [Reg]: Casey's Romance
Season 1, episode 3 W: Ronald M. Cohen, Allen Clare D: Larry Elikann With Jo Ann Harris (Myra), Aidan Quinn (Scooter), Steve Stark (Willie), Chuck Stransky (Royal). Casey plunges into a relationship with a young mother who is separated from her alcoholic husband.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Room For One More
Season 3, episode 19 W: Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Le Tari (Ted Ramsey), Shavar Ross (Dudley Johnson). Dudley, fearing his foster father's lost job means he's headed back to the orphanage, cons Arnold into getting Drummond to consider adopting him into their family.
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| [NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Who Am I?
Season 2, episode 4 W: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters D: Lee Lochhead With Cheryl Epps (Terry), Erik Moses (Fred), David Coburn (Carl), Tan Adams (Julia), Shawnte Northcutte (Madge). Tootie falls for a black boy who tries to drive a wedge between her and her white friends. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1980)
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: French Twist
Season 3, episode 20 W: Anne Collins D: Charles Picerni With Louis Jourdan (Nicholas Rambeau), Edd Byrnes (Billy Brogan), Neile McQueen (Monique Duvalier), Randolph Mantooth (Todd Peterson), Lloyd Bochner (Alexander Waverly), Tony Epper (James Thorton), Chase Cordell (Max). Dan's detective idol asks for help in solving the murder of a woman he followed from Paris to Las Vegas.
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Vigil Of Fear
Season 6, episode 18 W: Leo Garen, Aubrey Solomon, Steve Greenberg D: Bob Bender With Henry Slate (Mole), Lonny Chapman (Sgt. Sproul), Andre Harvey (Jo-Jo), George Reynolds (George Maples), Peter Virgo Jr. (Tony Penner), Paul Koslo (John Doe Killer), Len Bari (Frank Penner), Ray Vitte (Man), Ned Romero (Ramon). A member of a vigilante group is accused of killing a bystander while trying to apprehend a murderer.
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