Prime-time network TV listings for Monday May 18, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Wonderful World Of Philip Malley [special]
W: Rick Kellard, Bob Comfort D: Harry Falk With Stephen Nathan, William Daniels, Stubby Kaye, John Calvin, Bibi Osterwald, Stuart Pankin, Lori Lethin, Alvy Moore. Comedy pilot about a college professor who invents an anti-gravity device to help his school's track team win an important meet.
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
A Mayan "crystal skull" used by the Indians during religious rites; a man who invented a portable insulin pump; Komodo dragons; a demonstration by karate experts; a report on a boy who drowned in freezing water but was brought back to life.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Oleson vs. Oleson
Season 7, episode 12 W: Chris Abbott D: William F. Claxton With Kay Howell (Elizabeth Smith), Rod McGaughy (Man #1), Robert Balderson (Man #2), Jaye Durkus (Man #3). A town referendum establishing property rights for married women is opposed by the men, but Mrs. Olesen rallies all of the town's women to the cause by having them move out of their homes. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/5/1981)
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Operation Friendship
Season 9, episode 10 W: Dennis Koenig D: Rena Down With Gwen Farrell (Nurse), Tim O'Connor (Dr. Traeger). Klinger saves Winchester's life when an explosion rocks the operating room; B.J. is reluctant to reveal the extent of his injuries after the blast. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/26/1981)
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Freedom (1981)
W: Barbara Turner D: Joseph Sargent With Mare Winningham, Roy Thinnes, Jennifer Warren, Tony Bill, J. Pat O'Malley, Peter Horton, Heather McAdam. A rebellious teenage girl takes off on a solitary journey through the back roads of America and discovers some painful truths about going it alone.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Bitter Harvest (1981)
W: Richard Friedenberg D: Roger Young With Ron Howard, Art Carney, Richard Dysart, Tarah Nutter, David Knell, Dwight Schultz, G.W. Bailey, Jim Haynie. Based on an actual event -- the PBB (polybrominated biphenyl) disaster which hit Michigan in the early 1970s, killing millions of livestock -- a young Midwestern dairy farmer battles to prevent the spead of a deadly chemical malady that has stricken his family and livestock.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: No Balls, One Strike
Season 2, episode 9 W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer, Tom Chehak D: Bruce Bilson With David Paymer (Johnny Vance), Suzanne Hunt (Nurse Bryan). A strike finds the doctors doing all the work that would normally be done by the nurses and orderlies, such as scrubbing floors and carrying bedpans. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/19/1981)
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| [CBS 10:00] Grammy Hall Of Fame [special]
With Peter Allen, Natalie Cole, Bob Hope, Count Basie, Celeste Holm, John Raitt, Andy Gibb. Andy Williams is host for this special honoring the recordings selected for induction into the National Academy of Recording Artists & Sciences Hall of Fame. Those include the Budapest String Quartet (Beethoven's Quarter for Strings, 1952), Duke Ellington (Black and Tan Fantasy, 1928), the Vienna Philharmonic (Das Lie von der Erde, 1906), Bert Williams (Nobody, 1906) and Judy Garland (Over the Rainbow, 1939).
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