Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday August 18, 1981:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	Universe	Quick And Quiet	TV Movie: Can You Hear The Laughter? (1979)
ABC	Happy Days: Potsie On His Own (R)	Laverne & Shirley: The Bardwell Caper (2) (R)	Three's Company: Honest Jack Tripper (R)	Too Close For Comfort: What's Wrong With Mr. Right? (R)	Hart To Hart: Getting Aweigh With Murder (R)
NBC	The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo: Keep On Buckin' (R)		Hill Street Blues: Jungle Madness (R)		Nero Wolfe: What Happened To April? (R)

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Program details:

[CBS 8:00] Universe [Reg] A report on nuclear waste disposal in France and a look at the development of nuclear-hazard signs.

[ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Potsie On His Own
Season 8, episode 16
W: Holly White D: Jerry Paris
With Beth Scheffel (Courtney), Meeno Peluce (Joey), Tony Brafa (Uncle Bobo). Potsie pressures Lori Beth for a date with her sophisticated roommate and gets an embarrassing job to pay his rent. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/17/1981)

[NBC 8:00] The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo [Reg]: Keep On Buckin'
Season 2, episode 15
W: Jeffrey Scott, Frank Lupo, Lou Shaw, Mark Jones D: Daniel Haller
With Anne-Marie Martin (Charlotte McGraw), Ellen Bry (Julie Rawlins), Duncan Gamble (Archie McGraw), Gerald McRaney (Jake), Denny Miller (Jesse), Bob Neill (Willie Rawlins), Mora Gray (Polly), Steven Ford (Cowboy). When a rodeo star is shot, the husband of one of Lobo's former girlfriends is accused of the crime. Lobo and his men infiltrate the rodeo disguised as roustabouts to find the real killer. (Last show of the series.) (Repeat program, originally aired 5/5/1981)

[CBS 8:30] Quick And Quiet [special]
W: Sam Bobrick, Bruce Kalish D: Don Weis
With William Windom, Rick Lohman, Millie Slavin, Lynda Day George, Henry Jones, Warren Berlinger. Comedy pilot. A recently deceased disreputable private eye returns as a ghost to help his ne'er-do-well son solve a tough but lucrative case.

[ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Bardwell Caper (2)
Season 6, episode 16
W: Tony DiMarco, David Ketchum D: Tom Trbovich
With Norman Bartold (Mr. Hildebrand), Susan Barnes (Miss Peters). Desperate to retrieve a note that could cost them their jobs, the girls recruit Lenny, Squiggy, and Carmine to help them with their scheme. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/17/1981)

[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Can You Hear The Laughter? (1979)
W: Dalene Young D: Burt Brinckerhoff
With Ira Angustain, Kevin Hooks, Ken Sylk, Randee Heller, Julie Carmen, Devon Ericson, Stephen Elliott, James Callahan. The true and tragic story of young and talented comedian Freddie Prinze is dramatized.

[ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Honest Jack Tripper
Season 5, episode 22
W: Mark Tuttle D: Dave Powers
With Anne Schedeen (Lisa Page), Shell Kepler (Luanne). Jack learns that honesty is not always the best policy when he agrees to tell the absolute truth. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/19/1981)

[NBC 9:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Jungle Madness
Season 1, episode 15
W: Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll, Anthony Yerkovich D: Corey Allen
With Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Terry Alexander (Monroe), Charles Hallahan (Charlie Weeks), Tony Carbone (George 'Pinky' Reiner), Eddie Barth (Tanner), Van Nessa Clarke (Shirret Anders), Lionel Smith (Montel Gifford), Freddye Chapman (Denise Thompson), Mimi Rogers (Sandra Paully), Jeanetta Arnette (Jennifer Cross), Opelene Bartley (Montel's Mother), Frantz Turner (Prentiss), Eddie Ryder (Wheelchair Salesman), Susan Harney (Bee Gee), Ray Oliver (Leon), Luke Andreas (Busy Baker Man), Chip Luca (Lt. Digby), Jack Andreozzi (Sal Amico). Neal continues to investigate the Weeks shooting, despite pressure from the Chief to drop it because of the bad publicity; LaRue goes from one shady scam to another as he tries to raise money; Belker's sham fence operation nets a surprise; Shirrett Anders leaves her children again; Furillo warns LaRue to get help for his drinking problem after he ruins a drug bust; Joe Coffey, Lucy's new partner, is shot. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/26/1981)

[ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: What's Wrong With Mr. Right?
Season 1, episode 16
W: Austin Kalish, Irma Kalish D: Russ Petranto
With Kate Zentall (Veronica Stewart), Shawn Stevens (Wayne Hartfield). Jackie begins dating a man she believes to be "Mr. Right" -- until the man's wife pays an unexpected visit. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/17/1981)

[ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: Getting Aweigh With Murder
Season 2, episode 15
W: Allyn Freeman D: Harry Mastrogeorge
With Ron Moody (Captain), Peter Haskell (Dr. LeGrand), Raymond St. Jacques (Laurence Roche), Michael Evans (Sir Charles), Joan Shawlee (Mrs. Goodrich), Samantha Caulfield (Heather Moss), Greg Elliott (Danny). To catch a group of counterfeiters who murdered an investigator, Jennifer and Jonathan go on a cruise -- she posing as a European countess and he working as a ship's steward. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/14/1981)

[NBC 10:00] Nero Wolfe [Reg]: What Happened To April?
Season 1, episode 9
W: Stephen Downing D: Edward M. Abroms
With Deborah Fallender (Julie Keen), Richard Anderson (Chester Winslow), Laurie Heineman (Donna MacKenzie), Mark Russell, Bob Carraway (Tom Stewart), Thaao Penghlis (Paul Cummings), Mario Roccuzzo, Julie Carmen (Lydia Proctor). Nero suspects it was no accident when the dead body of a woman who specialized in an underwater striptease is found floating in the East River. The prime suspect is the woman's boyfriend, who also happens to be the coroner. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/20/1981)