Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday January 6, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: Vanity Fare
Season 3, episode 7 W: John Masius, Mark Tinker D: Mark Tinker With Ray Girardin (Bill Price), James Staley (Robbie Maine), Sandra Will (Marlene), Robin Coleman (Director), Frazer Smith (DJ). The team tries to capitalize on their shower singing abilities by signing with a record company, but the results aren't what they bargained for.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: If You Knew Rosa
Season 8, episode 8 W: Ria Nepus D: Jerry Paris With Nancy Marvy (Rosa Coletti), Poppy Lagos (Teresa), David Paymer (Dwayne), Rebecca Holden (Lola). Al gets some answers and a second chance to win the heart of Rosa Coletti, twenty years after she left him for a tie salesman.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo [Reg]: The Girls With The Stolen Bodies
Season 2, episode 2 W: Mark Jones D: Dick Harwood With Richard Herd (Dr. Smith), Dave Madden (Sidney), Sondra Currie (Nurse), Boyd Bodwell (Harvey Myers), Deborah Benson (Candy Striper), Bill Capizzi (Mr. Makowitz). Lobo investigates when Perkins, hospitalized for a minor wound, reportedly dies on the operating table.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Other Woman
Season 6, episode 7 W: Joanne Pagliaro D: Arthur Silver With Keith Coogan (Bobby McKenzie), Paul Tulley (Mark McKenzie). The estranged wife of Shirley's new beau looks familiar.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Word Of Honor (1981)
W: David Ackles, Douglas Graham D: Mel Damski With Karl Malden, Rue McClanahan, Ron Silver, John Marley, John Malkovich, Largo Woodruff, Alexa Kenin. A small-town newspaper reporter's investigation of a murder case raises the issue of freedom of the press when he refuses to reveal his source of information -- which threatens both his job and family life.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Jack To The Rescue
Season 5, episode 8 W: George Burditt D: Dave Powers With Rod Colbin (Charles Hadley), Ruth Manning (Harriet Hadley), Nancy Andrews (Secretary), Amy Nachbar (Sheila). Jack goes to Cindy's place of employment to fight for her job after she loses it when she refuses her boss' request for "favors".
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| [NBC 9:00] Flamingo Road [Reg]: The Hostages
Season 1, episode 1 W: Howard Lakin D: Edward H. Feldman With Glenn Robards (Jasper), Alejandro Rey (Lorca), Joe Penny (Nick Walker), Judith Chapman (Terry Walker), Karen Rushmore (Candy), Marte Boyle Slout (Mrs. Allison). This series picks up where the 1980 TV-movie left off, as Sheriff Titus Semple hardens his grip on Truro by double-crossing a drug dealer, who takes revenge by abducting Semple's deputy Fielding Carlyle and his new bride Constance.
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: Mister Big
Season 1, episode 8 W: Arne Sultan, Earl Barret D: Herbert Kenwith With Hamilton Camp (Arthur Wainwright), Cliff Carnell (Loomis), Ken Wright (Police Officer), Dick Patterson (Man), Barbara Barnett (Woman), Jonathan Terry (Manager), Newell Alexander (Husband). Henry's comic book company is being acquired by Wainwright Publishing, and he thinks his job is in jeopardy when he discovers that his new boss prefers to hire more youthful people.
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: Murder Wrap
Season 2, episode 6 W: Bill LaMond, Jo LaMond D: Michael Hiatt With John McMartin (Cole Morefield), Fiona Lewis (Melissa Hilburn), Thaao Penghlis (Assad), John McLiam (Dr. Whittlock), Joseph R. Sicari (Lt. Greenblat). An Egyptologist is killed just before the opening of a exhibit featuring the mummy of an ancient Egyptian prince who legend says is waiting for his princess to join him in death -- and she looks just like Jennifer.
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