Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday May 23, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Foul Play (1978)
W: Colin Higgins D: Colin Higgins With Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Dudley Moore, Eugene Roche, Rachel Roberts, Brian Dennehy, Chuck McCann, Don Calfa, Billy Barty, Marilyn Sokol. A bumbling private detective comes to the aid of a daffy librarian who has become embroiled in a plot to murder the Pope during his visit to San Francisco.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Father Knows Best?
Season 5, episode 21 W: Gil Grant D: Gary Adelson With George Dicenzo (Mr. Andretti), Michael Talbott (Ozzie), Gordon Metcalfe (Johnski), Paul Comi (Superintendant), Charlotte Stewart (Ann Cavalusi), Jay Lomack (Ralph), Richard Chaves (Bobo), Sean Allan (Wheezer). Jeremy's birth father arrives and pleads for a chance to be a real parent; David attends his high-school reunion, but discovers that things aren't the way they used to be. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 8:00] Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters [Reg]
With Dolly Parton, John Schneider. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Isaac's Teacher / Seal Of Approval / The Successor
Season 4, episode 11 W: R.S. Allen, Harvey Bullock, Andy Ruben, Lloyd Schwartz, Madora McKenzie D: Bob Sweeney With Georgia Engel (Karen Hughes), Reb Brown (Carl Williams), Donald O'Connor (Oscar Tilton), Jeffrey Tambor (Harold Rogers), Florence Henderson (Harriet Rogers), Lillian Gish (Mrs. Williams), Christina Hart (Cindy Sterling). Isaac attempts to avoid his former English teacher; a man boards the ship with a seal who is against his romance with an attractive woman; a woman helps her husband pick out another wife. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/10/1981)
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| [NBC 9:00] 50 Years Of Country Music [special]
With Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Loretta Lynn, Chet Atkins, Freddy Fender, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette. Performers join hosts Glen Campbell, Roy Clark and Dolly Parton for a salute to country music at the Grand Ole Opry. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Paquito's Birthday / Technical Advisor
Season 4, episode 24 W: William Douglas Lansford, Chester Krumholz D: Don Weis With Randi Oakes (Nancy Harvester), A Martinez (Manuel Lopez), Linda Cristal (Donna Delores), Jill St. John (Helen of Troy), Jim Stafford (Gene Jefferson), Victoria Racimo (Consuelo Lopez), Anthony Trujillo (Paquito Lopez), Jerry Velasco (Jose), Susan Saldivar (Elena), Blane Savage (Brad). The pride of a poor Mexican farmer is bruised when his wife arranges for an elegant birthday party for their son -- to be paid for by the farmer's rich cousin; a woman who is naive to the ways of romance gets an expert teacher in Helen of Troy.
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| [CBS 10:30] Fog [special]
W: Lawrence Cohen, Fred Freeman D: Jay Sandrich With Dick O'Neill, Jack Murdock, George Pentecost, Steven Peterman, Scoey Mitchell, G.W. Bailey, Robert Ayers. Comedy pilot about the demoted skipper of a luxury liner who bewilders both his passengers and his crew as he plots to regain command of the cruise ship.
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