Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday May 13, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Enos [Reg]: One Daisy Per Summer
Season 1, episode 8 W: B.W. Sandefur, Jim Rogers D: Richard C. Bennett With Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke), Linden Chiles (Cooper). Enos welcomes a visit from Daisy Duke, who's about to drive in a Palm Springs to Mexico road race, unaware that her racer is to be used to smuggle a diamond. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1981)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Greatest American Hero [Reg]: The Best Desk Scenario
Season 1, episode 8 W: Juanita Bartlett, Stephen J. Cannell D: Arnold Laven With Eugene Peterson (Clarence Carter II), Duncan Regehr (Palmer Bradshaw), Eric Server (Kyle Morgan), Rod Colbin (Theodore Sevenson), Michael Ensign (Principal Kane), William Frankfather (Chet Kanaby), Tom Pletts (Agent Genesta). Pam and Ralph get promotions while Bill begins to worry about his mistakes and mortality. Pam's new boss is involved with the mob, and the team must rescue her -- and Bill's career.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
Linda Von Seggern of Toledo, Ohio, discusses her "Bunprints" paintings; a Fairborn, Ohio, man tries to jump over five cars in an M-5 tank. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Stand By Your Man (1981)
W: John Gay D: Jerry Jameson With Annette O'Toole, Tim McIntire, Cooper Huckaby, James Hampton, Helen Page Camp. The rags-to-riches tale of country western queen Tammy Wynette, following her life from an impoverished childhood, to becoming country's First Lady, to her two rocky marriages to fellow superstar George Jones.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: California Suite (1978)
W: Neil Simon D: Herbert Ross With Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Herb Edelman, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Denise Galik. Four apparently happy couples stretch their relationships to the breaking point as they face their own personal struggles during a pre-Academy Awards weekend at a Beverly Hills Hotel.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Athlete
Season 3, episode 20 W: Gordon Mitchell D: Gerren Keith With John Starr (Mailman), Jack Knight (Coach Stockwood). The coach of the city's top high school baseball team is after Willis and is prepared to do anything to make it possible for Willis to attend his school.
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| [NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Shoplifting
Season 2, episode 6 W: Sally Sussman Morina D: Lee Lochhead With Dick O'Neill (Henry Douglas), Hazel Shermet (Saleswoman). Mrs. Garrett's birthday is coming up, and when Jo can't afford a present for her, she decides to steal one. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/31/1980)
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Scream To The Skies
Season 6, episode 11 W: Michael Braverman D: Ron Satlof With Henry Darrow (Dr. Herrera), Katherine Justice (Holly Mahoney), June Dayton (Woman Senator), Paul Lambert (Committee Chariman), Gilbert Green (Gerald Richmond), Richard O'Brien (Senator McGreevey), Michael Horsley (Lt. Anders), Stuart Nisbet (Capt. Lawrence), Frank Parker (Mitchell Demming), Bunny Summers (Marie), Kristina Callahan (Mrs. Christopher), Lavelle Roby (Melanie Bridges), Shannon Saylor (Katy Christopher), Charles Lampkin (Dr. Jamison), Nicholas Hormann (Shepherd). Quincy investigates a plane crash at sea and becomes angered when he discovers that most of the victims would not have died had the airline acknowledged the problems that occur when a plane is forced to land on water. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/11/1981)
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