Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday May 24, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Harry Reasoner looks into the disputes underlying a possible baseball players' strike; Mike Wallace profiles a lady born without arms, and how she has adjusted; Dan Rather examines the U.S. cruise missile and resistance to having it placed in Great Britain.
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| [ABC 7:00] Mysteries Of The Sea [special]
William Holden narrates a documentary exploring man's adventures, misfortunes and scientific achievements in the world's oceans. Included are a walk on the ocean floor, a diver who attempts a record-setting 328-foot descent without breathing apparatus, and an encounter with great white sharks off Australia. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Polyanna
W: David Swift D: David Swift With Hayley Mills, Agnes Moorehead, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, Richard Egan, Adolphe Menjou, Donald Crisp, Kevin Corcoran. Hayley Mills won an honorary Oscar for her portrayal of a 12-year-old orphan who brings her incessant good cheer to a small town filled with stodgy, peculiar folks in this 1960 movie. The 1932 Academy Award-winning cartoon "The Three Little Pigs" will precede the film. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Silver Streak (1976)
W: Colin Higgins D: Arthur Hiller With Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Ray Walston, Stefan Gierasch. On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed by thugs who are out to get the private secretary of an eminent art historian.
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| [ABC 9:00] Indianapolis 500
Same-day coverage of the famed auto race from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with Jim McKay and Jackie Stewart.
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| [NBC 10:00] Men Who Rate A '10' [special]
With Barbi Benton, Teddy Pendergrass, Greg Evigan, Rick Nelson, Wayland & Madame. Gloria Swanson, Barbara Eden and Brooke Shields look at the most exciting men of recent generations. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 10:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: As Florence Turns
Season 7, episode 9 W: Peter Casey, David Lee D: Bob Lally Florence writes a soap opera spoof centering on a ruthless dry cleaning tycoon a la J.R. Ewing of "Dallas", who mistreats everyone in his orbit and even goads someone into doing him an injury. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/11/1981)
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