Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday July 26, 1981:
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Program details:
[CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Dan Rather looks into so-called goon squads allegedly used by some prison officials as a means of controlling inmates; Morley Safer reports on "off-the-books income"; Harry Reasoner examines the "hopeless chaos" behind Naples' picture-postcard facade.
(Repeat program)
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[ABC 7:00] Those Amazing Animals
The grizzly bear is examined; snakes; a visit with parents who are raising a chimp along with their baby daughter.
(Repeat program)
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[NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Misadventures Of Chip N' Dale
Season 26, episode 17 Two rascal chipmunks cavort through an hour of classic cartoon capers. (Repeat program, originally aired 7/27/1980)
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[CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: La Cage Aux Bunker
Season 2, episode 18 W: Duncan Scott MacGibbon D: Gary Shimokawa With Barbara Meek (Ellen Canby), Olive Dunbar (Victoria Springer), Charlene Brooks (Millie Peterson), Joe Rosario (Raul Rosario), Cheri Maugans (Molly). Archie reluctantly takes Stephanie's music teacher on a date in a bid to get her into the school chorus. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/5/1981)
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[ABC 8:00] Social Security: Myths And Realities
An ABC News special report on the problems facing the Social Security system, which now aids 35 million retired or disabled workers. Frank Reynolds is the anchorman, with economics editor Dan Cordtz and correspondent Bob Brown.
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[NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: The Hawk And The Hunter
Season 4, episode 18 W: Rick Mittleman D: Leslie H. Martinson With Marged Wakeley (Mrs. Drew), Sean Garrison (V.A. Doctor), Chao-Li Chi (Quong), Dwight Schultz (Lyle), Lane Binkley (Shawna), Sandy McPeak (Pete Baricza), Diana Douglas (Vera Baricza). Baricza's father, a crop duster, is being threatened by someone who believes the chemicals he is using are dangerous. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/5/1981)
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[CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Wicked Ann
Season 6, episode 20 W: Joseph Bonaduce D: Alan Rafkin With Frank DeVol (Violinist), Harold Green (Violinist). Alex begins to resent Ann's relationship with his father and accuses her of keeping his father and mother apart. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/3/1981)
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[CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Macho, Macho Mel
Season 5, episode 16 W: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon D: Marc Daniels With Florence Halop (Mugger), Andy Romano (Police Officer), Dave Madden (Earl Hicks), Duane R. Campbell (Chuck). When Mel recounts the story of the little old lady who mugged him, the old lady becomes four thugs. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/8/1981)
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[ABC 9:00] TV Movie: City In Fear (1980)
W: Albert Ruben D: Jud Taylor With David Janssen, Robert Vaughn, Perry King, Mickey Rourke, William Prince, Susan Sullivan, William Daniels, Pepe Serna, M. Emmet Walsh. An ambitious newspaper publisher joines forces with a once-renowned columnist to boost sales during a reign of terror by a psychotic murderer who selects only blondes as his victims.
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[NBC 9:00] Greatest Heroes Of The Bible: Daniel & Nebuchadnezzar / The Story Of Esther [special]
W: Jack Jacobs, Marvin Waid, Norman Lessing D: Ed Hunt, Henning Schellerup, Jack Hively With Donny Most, Hans Conried, David Hedison, Jerry Houser, Vic Morrow, Victoria Principal, Robert Mandan, Noah Beery Jr., Michael Ansara, Eddie Mekka, Paul Carr, Bonnie Ebsen, Michael Anderson Jr. An anthology of famous events of the Old Testament.
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[CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: And The Doorknobs Shined Like Diamonds
Season 7, episode 12 W: Michael Moye D: Bob Lally With Carl Lumbly (Jimmy), Vivian Bonnell (Mrs. Mills), Sharon Brown (Teenage Louise Mills), Kim Callegar (Pre-Teen Louise Mills), LaShana Dendy (Young Louise Mills), Ta-Ronce Allen (Debra). Louise is heartbroken when she discovers that the city is planning to tear down the building she grew up in, so she makes one last visit to her childhood home. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/1/1981)
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[CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: A Case Of The Crazies
Season 2, episode 14 W: James Fritzhand D: Seymour Robbie With Kathleen Lloyd (Wendy Fitzpatrick), John Karlen (Marty), K.C. Martel (Scott), Stacy Sackett (Corey Brenner), Margaret Avery (Sharon Henderson), Jane Dulo (Mrs. Plotkin), Christa Linder (Ingrid), Sandy Helberg (Doctor). The excitement surrounding the opening of a day care center at the hospital is short-lived when a child is seriously injured in a fall, and it is revealed that the center's director was once in a mental institution. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/29/1981)
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