Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday December 8, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Simon & Simon [Reg]: Trapdoors
Season 1, episode 3 W: Philip DeGuere D: Alan J. Levi With Robbie Rist (Terry McDaniels), Jenny O'Hara (Ann McDaniels), James Whitmore Jr. (Paul Scully), Linda Scruggs (Doris Callahan), John H. Fields (Williams), Jim Boeke (Scully's Neighbor). A young computer expert hacks into a bank's computer system and steals thousands of dollars.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Baby, It's Cold Inside
Season 9, episode 10 W: Cindy Begel, Lesa Kite D: Jerry Paris With Harris Kal (Bobby), Scott Bernstein (Melvin Belvin), Vahan Moosekian (Rudi), Denis Mandel (Eugene Belvin). While Joanie is taking care of Richie Jr. for the weekend in the absence of Lori Beth, Howard, Marion and Fonzie, Jenny invites several people over for a party.
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| [NBC 8:00] Father Murphy [Reg]: By The Bear That Bit Me (2)
Season 1, episode 7 D: William F. Claxton With Shannen Doherty (Drusilla Shannon), Charles Cooper (Sheriff), Jack Elam (Eli McQuade), Duncan McLeod (Warden Hunsing), Warren Munson (Dr. Thompson), Jimmy Mair (Stanley). Father Murphy fights to get four of his youngsters out of a workhouse, and learns why mountain man Eli McQuade abandoned Dru at the orphanage.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Moving In
Season 7, episode 8 W: Terry Hart D: Tom Trbovich With Paul Sand (David). Laverne agrees to move in with her boyfriend, and Shirley must keep Frank from finding out.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Patricia Neal Story (1981)
W: Robert Anderson D: Anthony Harvey, Anthony Page With Glenda Jackson, Dirk Bogarde, Ken Kercheval, Jane Merrow, John Reilly, Priscilla Morrill. A look at the profound challenges faced by actress Patricia Neal and her husband, writer Roald Dahl, after Neal suffered a severe stroke.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Dates Of Wrath
Season 6, episode 9 W: Ellen Guylas D: Dave Powers With Brad Maule (Bob), Connie Hill (Donna). Janet fumes when she inadvertently fixes up Terri with a guy she wanted to date herself.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bret Maverick [Reg]: Welcome To Sweetwater
Season 1, episode 2 W: Gordon Dawson D: Rod Holcomb With Lesley Woods (Miss Rose), John Randolph (Frenchy Montana), Aesop Aquarian (Virgil Stubbs), Priscilla Morrill (Estelle Springer), Roger Torrey (Pete Schroeder), Russ Marin (Linus Garrick), Fred Stuthman (Ben). Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Sweetwater.
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: The Remaking Of Monroe
Season 2, episode 8 W: Ken Hecht, Bob Brunner D: Russ Petranto With William Cort (Lester Nugent). Monroe graduates from assertiveness training as a bully.
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: Hart Of Darkness
Season 3, episode 8 W: Lawrence Hertzog D: Karen Arthur With Wynn Irwin (Lt. Grey), Ed Harris (Arnold Harmon), John Anderson (Professor Blye), Virginia Kiser (Dr. Morse). A psychotic man, who blames Jonathan for his sister's death, pours a blinding chemical into the Harts' pool.
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| [NBC 10:00] Flamingo Road [Reg]: The Stranger
Season 2, episode 5 W: Stephen Black, Henry Stern D: Stan Lathan With William Windom (Charlie Banks), Richard Young (Steve). Lane is distressed by the appearance of her long-lost father; Tyrone plans to buy, then demolish, the Cuban barrio.
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