Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 13, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Lumberjack
Season 9, episode 20 W: Carol Zeitz D: Harvey Laidman With Morgan Stevens (Paul Matthews Northridge), Richard Eastham (Mr. Northridge), Lew Horn (Mr. Franklin). A charming young lumberjack begins to court Erin, but when another side of her suitor's personality is revealed, Erin's fervent romance turns into a nightmare; Jim-Bob and Ike discover illegally dumped waste. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/21/1981)
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork The Prankster
Season 3, episode 4 W: Wendy Kout, George Zateslo D: Jeff Chambers With Corey Feldman (Billy), Bill Kirchenbauer (Todd Norman Taylor), William Bumiller (Derrick), Stephanie Kayano (Stephanie), Amy Tenowich (Lola). After Mindy introduces Mork to the concept of practical jokes, he puts her jeep in their second-floor apartment; Mindy discovers Glenda Faye is feeling lonely and unhappy. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/4/1980)
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| [NBC 8:00] NBC Magazine With David Brinkley
Garrick Utley returns to Berlin 20 years to the day after construction of the wall; Douglas Kiker reports on the use of glue by doctors in surgery, despite a ban by the FDA; Betsy Aaron profiles stock market analyst Joseph Granville; Jack Perkins looks at the migration of gray whales down the California coast.
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| [ABC 8:30] Bosom Buddies [Reg]: Best Friends
Season 1, episode 18 W: Chris Thompson D: Chris Thompson, Don VanAtta With Arnie Moore (Roadie), Adrian Zmed (Joey Midnight), Debi Richter (Melissa). Henry feels left out when Kip renews his friendship with a flamboyant rock and roll star. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/9/1981)
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| [CBS 9:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: No Need To Know
Season 1, episode 5 W: Frank Lupo D: Lawrence Doheny With Richard MacPherson (Jerry), Robin Dearden (Mandy), Ed Grover (William J. Hooker), Richard Johnson (Brigidier Gen. Alistair Ffolkes), Mariko Van Kampen (Suzie), Eugene Hamilton (Agent Dobey), David O'Malley (Dirk), John Allen (Bertie), Remi Abellira (Moki), Reri Tava Jobe (Hostess). Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is being hunted by the Irish Republican Army. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/8/1981)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Movie (1)
Season 7, episode 9 W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein D: Noam Pitlik With George Murdock (Lt. Scanlon), Arny Freeman (Philip Helm), Dino Natali (Officer Zitelli), Dennis Howard (Jed Brinkman). Harris is assigned to direct a pornographic movie for use in an official police investigation; an old-time radio newsman assaults a vacuous television anchor. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1981)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: March Or Die (1977), part one
W: David Zelag Goodman D: Dick Richards With Gene Hackman, Max Von Sydow, Catherine Deneuve, Terence Hill, Ian Holm, Jack O'Halloran. Following World War I, a French Foreign Legion troop guarding an archaeological excavation site is attacked by thousands of Moroccan tribesmen.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Louie's Mother
Season 3, episode 14 W: Katherine Green D: James Burrows With Julia DeVito (Gabriella De Palma). After Louie places his mother in a nursing home, he realizes that his vision of life without her was better than the reality. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/26/1981)
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| [CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Players
Season 2, episode 12 W: Susan Misty Stewart D: Jeff Bleckner With Denise Galik-Furey (Linda), Kale Brown (Paul Fairgate). Karen's impicit trust in Sid is shaken when he begins putting in long evening hours with an attractive employee; Sid and Linda take a test drive and, when the car breaks down on a deserted road, Linda tries to take advantage of the situation. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/12/1981)
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Reports on airline pilot fatigue and its possible effects on passenger safety; the Berlin Wall; the burgeoning romance novel industry.
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