Sunday May 17, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday May 17, 1981:


7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS 60 Minutes TV Movie: Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981) Trapper John, M.D.: Brain Child
ABC Those Amazing Animals (R) Movie: Beyond The Poseidon Adventure (1979)
NBC Wonderful World Of Disney: The Boatniks (2) (R) CHiPs: A Simple Operation Movie: Meatballs (1979)


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Program details:



[CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes

[ABC 7:00] Those Amazing Animals
(Repeat program)

[NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: The Boatniks (2)
W: Arthur Julian   D: Norman Tokar

With Robert Morse (Ensign Garland), Stefanie Powers (Kate), Phil Silvers (Harry Simmons), Norman Fell (Max), Wally Cox (Jason), Don Ameche (Commander Taylor), Vito Scotti (Pepe Galindo), Bob Hastings (Chief Walsh), Joe E. Ross (Nutty Sailor), Al Lewis (Bert), Joey Forman (Lt. Jordan). An accident-prone Coast Guard ensign attempts to capture a trio of bumbling jewel thieves. This movie was released in theaters in 1970.
(Repeat program)

[CBS 8:00] TV Movie: Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981)
W: Lionel Chetwynd   D: Lamont Johnson

With Gordon Pinsent, Chris Wiggins, Robert Joy, James B. Douglas, Diana Barrington, Larry Aubrey. Television film based on the dramatic 1979 escape, engineered by the Canadian Embassy in Teheran, of six Americans who had been held hostage by Iranian militants.

[ABC 8:00] Movie: Beyond The Poseidon Adventure (1979)
W: Nelson Gidding   D: Irwin Allen

With Michael Caine, Sally Field, Slim Pickens, Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden, Veronica Hamel, Shirley Knight, Angela Cartwright, Mark Harmon. Picks up where The Poseidon Adventure left off, as salvagers enter the Poseidon to recover what they can, unaware that they are being followed by a rival crew. When an explosion rocks the ship, they all find themselves trapped inside in a battle for survival both against nature and each other.

[NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: A Simple Operation
Season 4, episode 21
W: James Schmerer   D: Leslie H. Martinson

With Gwynne Gilford (Betty Getraer), Dan Hamilton (Crocker), Eileen Saki (Nurse Mishimo), James Sloyan (Dr. Peterson), Steven Arnold (Dr. Arnold), Jack Collins (Lem Dover), Lane Davies (Karl Wilson), Charles Parks (Sgt. Shain), Eugene Butler (Connors), Jack Lukes (Sgt. Bates), Catherine Campbell (Kelly), A Martinez (Dr. Rhodes). When Sgt. Getraer is injured he is brought to the hospital. While under sedation he believes he sees a man try to kill another patient.

[NBC 9:00] Movie: Meatballs (1979)
W: Len Blum, Dan Goldberg, Janis Allen, Harold Ramis   D: Ivan Reitman

With Bill Murray, Chris Makepeace, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Jack Blum, Sarah Torgov, Todd Hoffman, Kristine DeBell, Russ Banham. A wacky summer camp counselor leads his misfit charges into a no-hold-barred sports competition against an athletic "well-adjusted" group from another camp.

[CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Brain Child
Season 2, episode 18
W: Victoria Johns, Deborah Zoe Dawson   D: Barry Crane

With Michael Constantine (Max Wyatt), Michael J. Fox (Elliot Schweitzer), Danny Goldman (Otterholm), Nicholas Pryor (Mr. Schweitzer), Nicholas Guest (Reims), Norman Stuart (Wendell), Adam Gunnas (Ricky Schweitzer). The all-work attitude of a brilliant 17-year-old intern hinders his relationship with the staff.

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