Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday August 5, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Wonderful World Of Those Cuckoo, Crazy Animals [special]
A special honoring some of Hollywood's most famous animal stars: highlights of the screen and television performances of Lassie, Trigger, Bonzo, Rin Tin Tin, Cheeta and Flipper, and film clips of James Cagney, Charlie Chaplin, Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope, Roy Rogers, Errol Flynn and Buster Keaton.
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| [ABC 8:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Angel On The Line
Season 5, episode 11 W: Edward J. Lakso D: Kim Manners With Tisha Sterling (Mary), Diane McBain (Penny), Paul Cavonis (Harry Stark), Bruce Watson (Edward Ford). When the Angels investigate a murder at a dating establishment, Kelly becomes the killer's next target. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/14/1981)
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
The smallest man in America; female stevedores; a baseball game played on mules; a singing poodle. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Golden Gate Murders (1979)
W: David J. Klinghorn D: Walter Grauman With David Janssen, Susannah York, Tim O'Connor, Kim Hunter, Lloyd Bochner, Paul Coufos, Kenneth Tigar, Alan Fudge, Regis Cordic, Richard O'Brien, Sandy Ward, Jon Lormer. An elderly priest jumps from the Golden Gate bridge and everyone except his nurse, Sister Benecia, believes that it was suicide. She teams up with a detective to try to prove it was actually a case of murder.
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| [ABC 9:00] Dynasty [Reg]: The Dinner Party
Season 1, episode 3 W: Chester Krumholz D: Don Medford With Betty Harford (Mrs. Gunnerson), Virginia Hawkins (Jeanette Robbins), Ken Martinez (Bobby), Paul Jenkins (Ed), Lloyd Bochner (Cecil Colby), William Cort (James Beaumont), Rachel Ward (Edna MacReady), Mickey Cherney (Henry MacReady), Jennifer Nairn-Smith (Elaine Carter), Don Matheson (Frank Carter), Alan Pass (Gerald), Kiva Lawrence (Tess Harrison), Mace Barrett (Vince Harrison), Barbara Beckley (Marion Loomis), Stacy Keach Sr. (Tom Loomis), Paul Napier (Leon). Blake invites Matthew and Walter to a dinner party which goes badly; Fallon teaches Krystle how the rich do things; Jeff and Fallon skinny dip in the swimming pool. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/26/1981)
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Ancestors
Season 3, episode 17 W: Ed Jurist, Calvin Kelly D: Gerren Keith With Dody Goodman (Aunt Sophia), Erik Moses (Oscar), Rick Fitts (Jason Collins). Drummond and his sister inherit a prime piece of land in Harlem from a long lost ancestor, but their plan to dedicate it to a cultural center in his name could spell disaster if the truth of their ancestor's life gets out. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/25/1981)
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| [NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Season 1, episode 2 W: Jerry Mayer D: Jim Drake With Pam Huntington (Monica Warner), Donald May (Justin Branch). The dorm beauty tries to become as flirtatious as her mother until Mrs. Garrett advises her that beauty can be exhibited in many ways. (Repeat program, originally aired 8/31/1979)
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Welcome To Paradise Palms
Season 6, episode 6 W: David Moessinger, John Dalke, Ray Danton D: Georg Fenady With Stacy Keach Sr. (Country Club President), Eddie Garcia (Chester Wanaka), Joseph Running Fox (Joshua Wanaka), Rod Colbin (Dr. Lang), Emilio Delgado (Felix Wanaka), Dehl Berti (Shaman), Dennis Patrick (Charles Curtis), Silvana Gallardo (Roberta Wanaka), Ronald Joseph (Dr. Minnara). When bubonic plague strikes an Indian reservation in Arizona, Quincy rushes to the scene to find the source of the outbreak before the opening of a prestigious new golf course adjacent to the reservation puts more lives in jeopardy. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1980)
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