Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday January 17, 1982:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
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| [ABC 7:00] Code Red [Reg]: My Life Is Yours
Season 1, episode 10 W: Rick Edelstein D: Don Weis With Camila Ashland (Aunt Harriet), Ford Rainey (Martin Henderson), Dana Elcar (Jason Connors), Billy Jacoby (Luther). When his rented home goes up in flames, a teenager plots fiery revenge on the owner.
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| [NBC 7:00] The Electric Grandmother [special]
W: Ray Bradbury, Jeffrey Kindley D: Noel Black With Edward Herrmann, Maureen Stapleton, Paul Benedict, Madeleine Sherwood, Charles Fields, Tara Kennedy, Robert MacNaughton. A "Peacock Showcase" adaptation of Ray Bradbury's science fiction story, "I Sing the Body Electric", about a harried widower who hires a robot with human qualities to take care of his children.
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: The Night Visitor
Season 3, episode 13 W: Andy Borowitz D: Linda Day With Ric Mancini (Ed), William Schilling (Locksmith), Lou Richards (Jim). Someone is breaking into Archie's storeroom at night. Jose discovers that it's Raul, who has lost his apartment and has no place else to live.
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| [ABC 8:00] Today's FBI [Reg]: A Woman's Story
Season 1, episode 10 D: Harvey S. Laidman With Randee Heller (Vivian), Johnny Seven (Marty), Paul Carr (Paul), John Dennis Johnston (Jack), Larry White (Pete). An agent's marital woes may jeopardize an operation aimed at stopping a truck-hijacking ring.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Bright Flashes
Season 5, episode 15 W: James Doherty D: Leslie H. Martinson With Mark L. Taylor (Scotty Peterson), Bert Remsen (Jim), George Lindsey (Wayne Cato), Jerry Houser (Richard Foster), Barbara Horan (Lisa Taylor), Bill Sorrells (Doctor). A criminal gang equipped with a powerful laser cause havoc, committing robberies and blinding witnesses.
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Gift Horses
Season 7, episode 11 W: Paul Perlove D: Alan Rafkin With Frank Farmer (Mover), Priscilla Morrill (Grandma Cooper). While Ann is off on a business trip, Barbara is left between two competing grandmothers.
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Not With My Niece You Don't
Season 6, episode 12 W: Chet Dowling, Sandy Krinski D: John Pasquin With Kim Richards (Lisa), Karlene Crockett (Melody). Mel gives Tommy advice on how to charm the ladies, which Tommy promptly applies to Mel's niece.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: The Onion Field (1979)
W: Joseph Wambaugh D: Harold Becker With James Woods, John Savage, Franklyn Seales, Ronny Cox, Ted Danson, Christopher Lloyd, Priscilla Pointer, Richard Venture, David Huffman, Lee Weaver, Dianne Hull. In 1963, two Los Angeles police officers are kidnapped by criminals following a traffic stop, then are driven to an onion field near Bakersfield, where one officer is shot and killed before the other narrowly escapes.
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| [NBC 9:00] Magic With The Stars [special]
With Loni Anderson, Tony Curtis, Dom DeLuise, Jack Klugman, Vincent Price. Orson Welles and Jaclyn Smith are the hosts of this special, featuring eight of the world's foremost magicians and an array of Hollywood stars.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Dog-Gone
Season 8, episode 14 W: Mark Rothman, Jeffrey Duteil D: Bob Lally With Ivor Francis (Mr. Whittendale), Olive Dunbar (Mrs. Whittendale). George tries to curry favor with Whittendale by dog-sitting his wife's vicious canine, but sabotages his own efforts by playing fetch carelessly, and then scrambles to explain the unintended outcome.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Angel Of Mercy
Season 3, episode 13 W: Jeffrey Ferro D: Leo Penn With Edward Winter (Reverend Niles), Gina Hecht (Lisa), Joanna Miles (Dr. Franklin), Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Barnell), James Staley (Bob Wadsworth), Peter Brocco (Gus). Someone is killing terminally ill patients at San Francisco Memorial, and it appears to be an inside job with Gonzo and a new surgeon as the prime suspects. A young woman with chronic pain is learning how to deal with it, but maybe not soon enough.
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