Prime-time network TV listings for Monday August 31, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: A Date With Jennifer
Season 1, episode 10 W: Michael Fairman, Richard Sanders D: Asaad Kelada With Brad Crandall (Voice of Mr. Macho). Les Nessman's farm news reporting wins him the coveted Silver Sow award, and he asks Jennifer to be his date for the banquet. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1979)
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
A man who flew strapped to an airplane; an upside-down loop performed in a plane five feet above the ground; an 11-year-old self-made millionaire.
(Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: I Do, Again
Season 7, episode 20 W: Don Balluck D: William F. Claxton With Robin Harlan (Myra Louise), Hugh Warden (Amos Phipps), Dolores Albin (Ada Phipps), Sarah Miller (Eunice Poulsen), Steve Spencer (Richard Poulsen), Win Michaelsen (Steven Poulsen), James Gallery (Ed Poulsen), Duane Ladage (Henry Poulsen), William Benedict (Reverend Lyman). Caroline is crushed when she learns she is no longer able to carry a baby, and fabricates a pregnancy to deal with the pain. Meanwhile Laura announces that she too is pregnant. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/2/1981)
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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]: Oh, How We Danced
Season 9, episode 14 W: John Rappaport D: Burt Metcalfe With Jennifer Davis (Nurse), Shari Saba (Nurse), Yuki Shimoda (Key Lung Yu), Arlen Dean Snyder (Major Finch), Catherine Bergstrom (Peg Hunnicutt), Michael Choe (Soon Chi Lu). Winchester is sent to inspect sanitary conditions on the frontlines, while the rest of the camp plans a surprise anniversary party to cheer up B.J. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/23/1981)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Annie Hall (1977)
W: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman D: Woody Allen With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken, Carol Kane, Janet Margolin, Tony Roberts, Colleen Dewhurst. A comical look at the up and down relationship between a New York City TV writer and his aspiring actress/singer girlfriend.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Airport '77 (1977), part two
W: Michael Scheff, David Spector D: Jerry Jameson With Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, James Stewart, Darren McGavin, Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland. The underwater jet is discovered with some passengers still alive, but the only possible rescue operation proves to be of immense risk to the survivors.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Sex And The Single Surgeon
Season 2, episode 2 W: Dianne Messina, Lou Messina D: Ray Austin With John Edwards (Harvey), Rachel Thorne, Juanin Clay, Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Mark L. Taylor (Conrad Peckler). The staff react in a variety of ways when the best applicant for a surgeon's position turns out to be a woman. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/24/1980)
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Violence
Season 4, episode 18 W: Johnny Dawkins D: Georg Stanford Brown With Fred Williamson (Crusher Carter), Tyne Daly (Melissa Cummings), Fred Dryer (Mike Hauser), Chick Hearn (Clarence Harvey), Fay Hauser (Jacquie Templeton), Michael Fairman (Doctor), John Crawford (Martin Loper), Jim Boeke (Phil Oszlevski). Rossi does a story on a controversial football player whose brutal hit left an opposing player paralyzed; Lou starts a relationship with a film critic. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/6/1981)
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