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Tuesday March 31, 1981
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Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday March 31, 1981:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Palmerstown, U.S.A.: The Hobo TV Movie: Stand By Your Man (1981)
ABC Happy Days: No Tell Motel (R) Laverne & Shirley: Studio City (R) Three's Company: Downhill Chaser (R) Too Close For Comfort: The Bag Lady (R) Barbara Walters Special
NBC The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo: The Cowboy Connection B.J. And The Bear: S.T.U.N.T. Walking Tall: The Fire Within
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[CBS 8:00] Palmerstown, U.S.A. [Reg]: The Hobo
Season 2, episode 3
W: Max Hodge   D: Kenneth C. Gilbert

With Kenneth White (Sheriff), Scott Thompson (Bryan), David Caruso (Donnie).
Diana struggles between the law and her own compassion when she, Booker T. and David harbor a young vagrant wanted for burglary just as the townspeople are becoming increasingly agitated about the area's rising crime.

[ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: No Tell Motel
Season 8, episode 1
W: Cindy Begel, Lesa Kite   D: Jerry Paris

With Steven Peterman (Wilbur), Jim Begg (Bellhop).
Joanie and Chachi sneak off without permission to a concert in Chicago, but they get in over their heads when Chachi's car breaks down and they get stuck in a motel together.

(Repeat program, originally aired 11/11/1980)

[NBC 8:00] The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo [Reg]: The Cowboy Connection
Season 2, episode 11
W: Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser   D: Harvey Laidman

With Barbi Benton (Kitty Rhinestone), Joyce Brothers (Police Psychologist), Bobby Sherman (Jeff Courtland), Russ McCubbin (Bad Bob), Joey Forman (Bill), Hugh Gillin, Rory Calhoun (Mr. Hobbes), Robert Swan (Danny), K.C. Winkler (Connie), Michael J. London (Ross), David Somerville (Emcee).
To uncover a gem smuggling ring threatening country singer Kitty Rhinestone, Birdie, Brandy, Peaches and Hildy go undercover as the country band "Birdie and the Belle Girls."

[ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Studio City
Season 6, episode 3
W: Richard Rosenstock   D: John Tracy

With Troy Donahue (Himself), Doug Cox (Zwick), Ed Marinaro (Sonny St. Jacques).
The girls audition as stuntwomen for a Troy Donahue movie set in prehistoric times.

(Repeat program, originally aired 12/2/1980)

[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Stand By Your Man (1981)
W: John Gay   D: Jerry Jameson

With Annette O'Toole, Tim McIntire, Cooper Huckaby, James Hampton, Helen Page Camp.
The rags-to-riches tale of country western queen Tammy Wynette, following her life from her impoverished childhood to country's First Lady and her two rocky marriages to fellow superstar George Jones.

[ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Downhill Chaser
Season 5, episode 4
W: Martin Rips, Joseph Staretski   D: Dave Powers

With Laurette Spang (Inga), Kate Murtaugh (Gertrude), John Gibson (Ski Patrolman).
Jack snows a professional skier named Inga into believing that he is a downhill champion.

(Repeat program, originally aired 11/25/1980)

[NBC 9:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: S.T.U.N.T.
Season 3, episode 11
W: Michael Sloan   D: Daniel Haller

With Paul Sylvan (B. Hayes), Dan Pastorini (Doc Spencer), Buster Crabbe (Jake O'Brien), Christopher Connelly (Steven Travis), Ethan Wayne (Eric Jeffers).
B.J., Callie and Stacks help B.J.'s old friend Steven Travis complete the filming of his television pilot.

[ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: The Bag Lady
Season 1, episode 3
W: Tony Garofalo   D: Will Mackenzie

With Jack DeLeon (Whitey Cahill), Ernie Hudson (Sam Morton).
Henry and Muriel hire two ex-convicts to repair a damaged wall in their kitchen; Jackie is tasked with depositing a large sum of money for her work at the bank, but ends up bringing $100,000 in cash home with her.

(Repeat program, originally aired 11/18/1980)

[ABC 10:00] Barbara Walters Special [special]
Miss Walters interviews Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Loretta Lynn, Linda Gray and Brooke Shields and her mother Teri Shields.

[NBC 10:00] Walking Tall [Reg]: The Fire Within
Season 1, episode 7
W: Lee Sheldon   D: Phil Bondelli

With Lance LeGault (Travis), Anthony Edwards (Robbie), Christopher Thomas (Kirby McCullough), Richard Venture (Art Barry), Bob Swan (Warren), Herman Poppe (Oates), John McLiam (Father Forrester), James MacArthur (Father Adair), Ed Nelson (Edwin Campbell).
A priest has information heard in the sanctity of the confessional that could stop an illegal arms deal but, despite Buford's persistence, refuses to reveal what he knows and endangers his own life in the process. (Last show of the series.)


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