Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday September 22, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Salem's Lot [special]
W: Stephen King, Paul Monash D: Tobe Hooper With David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres. A novelist returns to his boyhood home to put an end to troubled memories, but finds that a sinister mystery shrouds his town.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Howard's Bowling Buddy
Season 8, episode 20 W: Bob Howard D: Jerry Paris With Patricia Carr (Fern Flagg). While wife Marion recovers at home from a back injury, Howard Cunningham's temporary bowling partner -- attractive blonde Fern "Feel Good" Flagg -- targets the staunch family man as her next good time. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/12/1981)
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| [NBC 8:00] How To Eat Like A Child [special]
With Dick Van Dyke. A comedy-musical special based on Delia Ephron's book of the same title about the manners, language and logic of children.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: To Tell The Truth
Season 6, episode 12 W: Al Aidekman D: Jack Winter With Ed Marinaro (Sonny St. Jacques). The gang passes a rainy night playing a game called "Truth" with a neighbor. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/17/1981)
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Night Of The Ropers
Season 5, episode 18 W: George Burditt D: Dave Powers With Norman Fell (Stanley Roper), Audra Lindley (Helen Roper). The Ropers are back in town, and Stanley has a falling out with Mr. Furley when he catches him in bed with Helen. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/17/1981)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Oh, God! (1977)
W: Larry Gelbart D: Carl Reiner With John Denver, George Burns, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Barnard Hughes, Ralph Bellamy, William Daniels. When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world and convinces him to spread a message of good will to skeptics.
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: Cosmic Cow vs. The Oval Office
Season 1, episode 18 W: Paul Hunter D: Lee Lochhead With Sarina Grant (Mrs. Sexauer), Inga Nielsen (Regis), M.G. Kelly (Man). Henry loses his job for being unpatriotic when he writes some sharp political satire into his comic strip. To combat the salary loss, Muriel takes a job. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/5/1981)
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: Murder In Paradise
Season 2, episode 7 W: Allyn Freeman D: Tom Mankiewicz With Noel Harrison (Ridings), Dolph Sweet (Ed Perkis), Marc Vahanian (Mike), Fred Stuthman (Mr. Milton), Jose DeVega (Cam), Tommy Fujiwara (Richard Hashimoto), Gerry Lee (Dorothy). Jonathan and Jennifer are in Hawaii for a croquet tournament when a tournament official is stabbed, and the Harts wind up in an international dilemma involving the KGB, MI-6, the CIA, and a fancy key that may unlock deadly secrets. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/13/1981)
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