Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday August 23, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Mike Wallace profiles violinist Itzhak Perlman while Dan Rather looks into the world of the independent trucker and Morley Safer examines "conflicting generations". (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 7:00] Those Amazing Animals
A grizzly bear; queen bees; wild mustangs. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Big Red (1)
Season 11, episode 11 W: Louis Pelletier D: Norman Tokar With Walter Pidgeon (James Haggin), Gilles Payant (Rene Dumont), Emile Genest (Emile Fornet), Janette Bertrand (Therese Fornet). First of a two-part presentation of a 1962 motion picture about the warm relationship between a champion Irish setter, his wealthy master and a backwoods orphan who cares for the dog. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/6/1964)
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: Death Of A Saint (1)
Season 2, episode 19 W: Patt Shea, Harriett Weiss D: Joe Gannon With Cynthia Harris (Marcie Phillips), Harvey Jason (Mr. Freeman), Lillian Adams (Mrs. Plotkin), Harlene Haigh (Mrs. Stein), Millie Baron (Mrs. Greenberg), Cheri Maugans (Molly). Murray declines when his mother asks him to visit her, and goes on a date where he proposes to his girlfriend. But Murray feels so guilty when he finds out that his mother has suddenly passed away that he calls a halt to his marriage plans. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/3/1981)
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| [ABC 8:00] Foul Play [Reg]: Hit And Run
Season 1, episode 6 W: Jimmy Huston With David Spielberg (Lt. Hofstra), James Cromwell (Benet), Greg Rice (Ben), Terry McGovern (Assistant D.A. Wolfe). Tucker and Captain Lombardi dodge a hit man aiming to stop the Captain's grand jury testimony. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Ponch's Angels (1)
Season 4, episode 14 W: Rudolph Borchert D: John Florea With Stuart Pankin (Louis), Cindy Morgan (Jennifer), Andrew Duggan (Stamp), Ken Del Conte (Father), Barbi Benton (Sal), Danny Wells (Gordy), Barbara Stock (Officer Paula Wood), Royce D. Applegate (Roger). Ponch is assigned to train a female motorcycle officer, but a mishap with her uniform causes a misunderstanding with Ponch's girlfriend. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/28/1981)
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: November Song (1)
Season 6, episode 10 W: James Burr Johnson, Pat Harrington Jr. D: Alan Rafkin With Bob Neill (Brad Donahue), Sally Klein (Jeannie Foster). Schneider falls madly in love with a younger woman who prizes her freedom above anything else. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/18/1981)
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: The Great Escape
Season 5, episode 17 W: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon, Vic Rauseo, Linda Morris D: Marc Daniels With Ted Gehring (Charlie), Douglas Robinson (Doug), Robert Carnegie (Burt). A lady trucker chooses Mel's Diner as the place to tell her amorous driving partner to take their rig and hit the road, and Mel ends up offering her a job as a waitress. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/15/1981)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: The Way We Were (1973)
W: Arthur Laurents D: Sydney Pollack With Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Bradford Dillman, Patrick O'Neal, Murray Hamilton, Herb Edelman, Lois Chiles, Allyn Ann McLerie, Viveca Lindfors. The story of a couple who fall in love during the uneasy times of the early 1950s, but who see their marriage fall apart when they grow up in different directions politically.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Audrey Rose (1977)
W: Frank De Felitta D: Robert Wise With Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, Susan Swift, Norman Lloyd, John Hillerman, Robert Walden, Philip Sterling. A stranger attempts to convince a happily married couple that their tormented young daughter is actually his daughter reincarnated.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Put It On
Season 7, episode 5 W: Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson D: Bob Lally With Mary Ellen O'Neill (Dottie), Lee Payne (Waiter), Donna Blevins (Bouncer), Zan Charisse (M.C.), Tom Gagen (Cowboy Carl), Geary Douglas (Gentleman Johnny). Helen and Jenny talk Louise into a girls' night out at a male strip club. But Tom and George disapprove and go after them -- and become part of the act. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/30/1980)
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Have I Got A Girl For You
Season 2, episode 9 W: Deborah Zoe Dawson, Victoria Johns D: Joseph Pevney With Stephanie Faracy (Lisa Holloway), Cesare Danova (Jonathan Friendly), Penny Fuller (Beverly Friendly), Gina Hecht (Trinka). A shy and clumsy nurse asks Trapper for advice on how to attract Gonzo. A woman who is obsessed with her appearance is reluctant to have a tumor in her face removed. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/1/1981)
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