Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday October 11, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Mike Wallace looks into charges that the Niagara River is an industrial sewer; Harry Reasoner profiles a Stratford (Conn.) girls' softball team in quest of a third straight world's championship; Morley Safer examines a $9.2 million judgment made against an Illinois newspaper for an unpublished memo which linked organized crime with a bank and a contractor.
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| [ABC 7:00] Mysterious Powers Of Man [special]
Richard Basehart looks at the sometimes bizarre world of tribal practices.
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| [NBC 7:00] The Flintstones [Reg]: Jogging Fever
Season 1, episode 2 W: Bob Ogle D: Ray Patterson With Henry Corden, Mel Blanc, John Stephenson, Jean Vander Pyl, Frank Welker, Gay Autterson. After failing his annual physical, Fred wants to prove to everyone (including his boss Mr. Slate) that he is in shape, so he decides to become the first citizen of Bedrock to enter the Rockstone Marathon and is a local celebrity.
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| [NBC 7:30] Here's Boomer [Reg]: The Prince And The Boomer
Season 2, episode 3 With Natalie Schafer (Mrs. Parkington), Jennifer Holmes (Vicki), Fred McCarren (David). Boomer enjoys being mistaken for a pampered pooch until he learns he'll be put to sleep when his ailing mistress dies.
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: The Date
Season 3, episode 3 W: Alan Rosen, Fred Rubin D: Gary Shimokawa With Steve Hendrickson (Roger Abbott), Sydney Lassick (Sid). Billie accepts a date with Archie's accountant, just to get under Archie's skin because of his overprotectiveness.
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| [ABC 8:00] Hooray For Hollywood
An ABC News Closeup which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the American film industry.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Vagabonds
Season 5, episode 2 W: William Douglas Lansford D: Bruce Kessler With Patrick Strong (Murphy), Jamie Calvert (Jamie), Rick Goldman (Lewis), Jesse Vint (Daws), Ed Harris (Lonny), McKee Anderson (Claire). A family of con artists in a camper cause an accident in order to claim the insurance money. Jon and Ponch befriend the young son of the family to prevent him from following in the footsteps of his parents.
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Alex Moves In
Season 7, episode 1 W: David Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic D: Alan Rafkin With Kip King (Mr. Roberts), Elinor Donahue (Felicia). Following Nick's death in a car accident, Alex runs away from his home in Chicago and arrives in Indianapolis to try to talk Ann and Barbara into letting him move in with them.
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Guinness On Tap
Season 6, episode 2 W: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon D: Marc Daniels With Duane R. Campbell (Chuck), Donald O'Connor (Himself), Byron Webster (Mr. Swift). Determined to leave her mark on the world, Vera sets out to break the tap dancing endurance record.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: . . .And Justice For All (1979)
W: Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson D: Norman Jewison With Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Jeffrey Tambor, Lee Strasberg, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson. A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Family Reunion (1981), part one
W: Allan Sloane D: Fielder Cook With Bette Davis, J. Ashley Hyman, David Huddleston, Roberts Blossom, Kathryn Walker, John Shea, Roy Dotrice, David Rounds. A retired schoolteacher discovers that she must fight members of her family to prevent her land and heritage from being sold to developers.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The Separation (2)
Season 8, episode 2 W: Ted Dale, Nancy Vince D: Bob Lally With Bob Delegall (Dr. Foster). George's plan for getting unhappy spouses Lionel and Jenny back together: hiring a marriage counselor and tricking his son and daughter-in-law into coming to the apartment for an involuntary counseling session.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: C.O.D.
Season 3, episode 2 W: Phil Alden Robinson, Betty Goldberg D: Joseph Pevney With Joanna Cassidy (Maggie Holtz), Toni Kalem (Bobbi Dugan), Greg Mullavey (Alan Holtz), Lyle Alzado (Dr. Hansley), Joe Kapp (Dr. Turner), Jamaal Wilkes (Dr. Scrolls), Herb Edelman (Detective Aherns), Carol Willard (Shapiro). A couple desperate for a child adopts a black-market baby, only to discover that the infant is addicted to heroin and has a heart condition; Stanley recruits Trapper and Gonzo to join him in a relay race against Bay General.
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