Prime-time network TV listings for Monday August 17, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Hotel Oceanview
Season 3, episode 5 W: Steven Kampmann D: Rod Daniel With Linda Carlson (Nikki Sinckler), Larry Hankin (Mickey Broadhead), Dr. Joyce Brothers (Vicky Von Vickey). Andy, Mr. Carlson and Herb visit Dayton to try and land the advertising account for Vicky Von Vickey jeans. While Mr. Carlson worries about the notorious Dayton poisoner, Herb romances an old high school acquaintance and Andy has trouble with his slide projector. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/29/1980)
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| [ABC 8:00] Border Pals [special]
W: Rod Amateau, Gary Hudson D: Bruce Kessler With Hugh Gillen, Graham Jarvis, Katherine Baumann, Reid Smith, Frank O'Brien, Gerald Prendergast, T.K. Carter, Richard Bakalyan. Comedy pilot about two feuding county sheriffs, one in Montana and one across the border in Canada. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Divorce, Walnut Grove Style
Season 7, episode 7 W: Don Balluck D: Michael Landon With Tisch Raye (Brenda Sue Longworth), Alvy Moore (Storekeeper), Eve Brent (Olga Tuttle), Eric Taslitz (Timothy), Gillian Grant (Susan), Patrick Armstrong (Steven). When a pretty acquaintance re-enters Almanzo's life, a jealous Laura engages her rival in a wild street brawl before moving back home to her parents. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/10/1980)
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| [CBS 8:30] The Tim Conway Show [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Your Retention Please
Season 9, episode 7 W: Erik Tarloff D: Charles S. Dubin With Barry Corbin (Sgt. Vickers), Sam Weisman (Sgt. Hutchinson). Everyone else balks at a pep talk encouraging re-enlistment, but Klinger is so depressed by the news that his ex-wife plans to remarry, that he signs on for an additional six-year hitch. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/5/1981)
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II (1980)
W: Stephen Kandel D: Michael O'Herlihy With John Davidson, Laraine Stephens, Roxanne Gregory, Julie Hill, Candy Ann Brown, Natasha Ryan, Rod McCary, Joe E. Tata, Duane Thomas, Ray Wise. The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders undergo enormous pressure during the two critical weeks they have to prepare new Super Bowl routines.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Hanging By A Thread (1979), part two
W: Adrian Spies D: Georg Fenady With Donna Mills, Patty Duke, Joyce Bulifant, Bert Convy, Sam Groom, Burr DeBenning, Oliver Clark, Ted Gehring, Lonny Chapman, Roger Perry, Cameron Mitchell, Peter Donat. The lives of people trapped in a tram are further endangered by gusting mountain winds -- and by an assassin who is stalking one of the tram's passengers.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Final Exams
Season 1, episode 2 W: Kathy Greer, Bill Greer D: Nick Havinga With Irene Tedrow. Charley finds that his old high school teacher can still influence his life when she is admitted to Kensington General Hospital. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/24/1979)
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Venice
Season 4, episode 15 W: Patt Shea, Harriett Weiss D: Paul Stanley With James Callahan (John Becker), Frank Aletter (David Ellison), Colby Chester (Jim Bishop), Elizabeth Halliday (Carol Bishop), Claire Malis (Helen), Terence McGovern (Frank Harris), Trinidad Silva (Gang Leader). Animal becomes obsessed with finding out why a pretty young woman with a bright future would commit suicide; someone tries to extort money from the Tribune by threatening to publish the newspaper's salary list. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/9/1981)
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