Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday June 23, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Universe [Reg]
Walter Cronkite goes to China to examine the practice of herbal medicine and government efforts to preserve pandas. Charles Osgood reports on earthquakes and talks with a geologist who says that Peru will be hit by a major quake in September.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Broadway It's Not
Season 8, episode 12 W: Jim Dunne, Barry O'Brien D: Jerry Paris With Harris Kal (Bobby), Larry Anderson (Granville Clark), Kelly Britt (Woman). Jealous Chachi sees red when girlfriend Joanie spends too much time practicing her kissing with co-star Granville Clark, the handsome actor hired to play the lead in the high-school musical. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/10/1981)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo [Reg]: Sex And The Single Cop
Season 2, episode 7 W: Mark Jones D: Sidney Hayers With Mark Roberts (Governor), Elaine Joyce (Beverly Davis), Edward Grover (Councilman Davis), Jay Ingram (Morgan Smith), James Mendenhall (William Townson), Anna Upstrom (Mrs. Townson), George Dickerson (Dr. Roberts), Lionel Decker (Dr. Finkel), Lorrie Mahaffey (Nurse Kristi). Lobo and Hildy pose as husband and wife at a sex-therapy clinic whose former patients are being blackmailed, with some committing suicide as a result. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/17/1981)
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| [CBS 8:30] Flo [Reg]: No Men's Land
Season 2, episode 21 W: John Boni D: Bob Lahendro With Jay Garner (Mr. Hufnagle), George Lindsay (Buddy). Buddy, who runs the gas station next to the Yellow Rose, tells Flo that the bathrooms in her saloon are on his land and she'll have to pay for them, so Flo calls on the law of the West for justice. (Last show of the series.)
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]
Shirley's dream comes true when she falls in love with a doctor.
(Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Dummy (1979)
W: Ernest Tidyman D: Frank Perry With Paul Sorvino, LeVar Burton, Brian Dennehy, Rose Gregorio, Gregg Henry, Steven Williams, Helen Martin. Television film based on the experiences of Donald Lang, a deaf-mute illiterate black youth who was arrested for the murder of a Chicago prostitute and suffered injustice because of his handicaps.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Jack To The Rescue
Season 5, episode 8 W: George Burditt D: Dave Powers With Rod Colbin (Charles Hadley), Ruth Manning (Harriet Hadley), Nancy Andrews (Secretary), Amy Nachbar (Sheila). Jack goes to Cindy's place of employment to fight for her job after she loses it when she refuses her boss' request for "favors". (Repeat program, originally aired 1/6/1981)
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| [NBC 9:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Choice Cut
Season 1, episode 7 W: Lee David Zlotoff D: Arnold Laven With Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz), Dana Gladstone (Marv Box), Charlene Jones (Lily), Andrea Marcovicci (Cynthia Chase), Kent Williams (Bernard), Karole Selmon (Billie), Donna LaBrie (Wilma), Linda Shayne (Sherry Marie), Bob Tzudiker (Irv Kresky), Ilka Tanya Payan (Teresa), Jay Moreno (Juan). Hector Ruiz takes hostages again, this time at a supermarket; LaRue and Washington try to connect the gun that shot Hill and Renko with addict Eddie Hoban; Cynthia Chase uses the hostage scene to stir up the local merchants. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/14/1981)
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolfe?
Season 1, episode 7 W: Richard Reinhart D: Howard Storm With Jim Weston (Barry Wolfe), Jack Riley (Hold-Up Man). Jackie is fearful for Sara's reputation when her boss, a notorious womanizer, promotes Sara to a managerial position at the bank after only a week on the job. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/16/1980)
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: Ex-Wives Can Be Murder
Season 2, episode 8 W: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff D: Alex March With Lee Wilkof (Stanley Friesen), Allyn Ann McLerie (Pearl Danko), Dana Wynter (Sylvia Van Upton), Joshua Shelley (Katzenbach), Jason Evers (Harrison), Ray Stewart (Seymour Newgarten), Tom Castronova (Beal), James Reynolds (Doctor). Max's ex-wife, presumed dead for over 10 years, arrives in Los Angeles looking to solve the murder of her friend. She calls Max for help and he ends up being kidnapped. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/20/1981)
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| [NBC 10:00] Nero Wolfe [Reg]: Before I Die
Season 1, episode 3 W: Alfred Hayes D: Edward M. Abroms With Tarah Nutter (Elaine Page), Kale Browne (Paul Shane), Char Fontaine (Violet Crown), Ramon Bieri (Leo Crown), H.M. Wynant (Eddie Meeker), Eddie Firestone (Harry Fabian), Russ Tamblyn, Robert Sutton. Nero becomes the guardian of the orphaned daughter of a criminal and must shelter her from her father's enemies while trying to learn the identity of her father's killer. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/30/1981)
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