Sunday August 2, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday August 2, 1981:


7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS 60 Minutes (R) Archie Bunker's Place: Murray Klein's Place (R) One Day At A Time: Merry Widow (R) Alice: Vera's Aunt Agatha (R) The Jeffersons: Marathon Men (R) Trapper John, M.D.: Days Of Wine And Leo (R)
ABC Those Amazing Animals (R) TV Movie: S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
NBC Wonderful World Of Disney: Follow Me, Boys (1) CHiPs: Vigilante (R) Movie: St. Ives (1976)


Sports
Movie
Drama
News
Special
Variety
Comedy

Program details:



[CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes Dan Rather looks into a supposed Russian nuclear disaster kept secret for over 20 years; Mike Wallace explores the "creative bookkeeping" in the Hollywood film and television industry; Harry Reasoner reports on venereal herpes, a highly infectious, incurable virus. (Repeat program)

[ABC 7:00] Those Amazing Animals A bomb-retrieving whale; truths and myths about poisonous nakes; efforts to save the wild burros in the Grand Canyon. (Repeat program)

[NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Follow Me, Boys (1)
Season 27, episode 9
W: Louis Pelletier   D: Norman Tokar

With Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Kurt Russell, Charles Ruggles, Lillian Gish, Elliott Reid. The 1966 film, re-edited for television. A traveling saxophone player sets out to win the heart of a lady by becoming the town's scoutmaster.

[CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: Murray Klein's Place
Season 2, episode 13
W: Alan Rosen, Fred Rubin   D: Gary Shimokawa

With Barbara Meek (Ellen Canby), Stephanie Harker (Marjorie), Sandy Sprung (Joyce). Fed up with Archie, Murray feels he doesn't have an equal say in the business and wants to end the partnership.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/15/1981)

[ABC 8:00] TV Movie: S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
W: James Costigan   D: William Hale

With David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Susan Saint James, Ian Holm, Harry Andrews, Jerry Houser. The 1912 Titanic disaster is depicted, primarily as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.

[NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Vigilante
Season 4, episode 19
W: Stephen Lord   D: Arnold Laven

With Gwynne Gilford (Betty Getraer), Jack Stryker (Watson), Arthur Roberts (Doctor), Brian Libby (Millard), Karen Ericson (Helen), Bobbi Block (Vicki), Mark Thomas (Ross), Michael Cole (Gibson). A criminal whom Getraer arrested is back and is terrorizing his family; Jon and Ponch face an angry crowd of citizens who have formed a vicious and reckless vigilante committee.
(Repeat program, originally aired 5/3/1981)

[CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Merry Widow
Season 6, episode 6
W: Annie Caroline Schuler   D: Alan Rafkin

With Nanette Fabray (Katherine Romano). Ann's father has died and her mother is chronically depressed until Schneider takes her out on the town.
(Repeat program, originally aired 12/14/1980)

[CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Vera's Aunt Agatha
Season 5, episode 5
W: Arthur Marx, Robert Fisher   D: Marc Daniels

With Ted Gehring (Charlie), Mildred Natwick (Aunt Agatha). Vera's Aunt Agatha, a freewheeling sexagenarian, makes a pit stop in Phoenix while motorcycling to Mexico. This prompts Vera to make a life-altering decision -- whether to ride off into the sunset with her aunt or remain where she is.
(Repeat program, originally aired 11/23/1980)

[NBC 9:00] Movie: St. Ives (1976)
W: Barry Beckerman   D: J. Lee Thompson

With Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino, Dana Elcar. A former journalist is hired by a wealthy film financier to recover a set of incriminating ledgers in exchange for $100,000.

[CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Marathon Men
Season 7, episode 1
W: Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson   D: Bob Lally

With Bob Duggan (Spectator). Tom and George compete in a marathon to see who's in better physical shape. But a careless remark also sparks competition between Helen and Louise.
(Repeat program, originally aired 11/2/1980)

[CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Days Of Wine And Leo
Season 2, episode 13
W: Jack Guss   D: Joseph Pevney

With Carl Ballantine (Clarence), Rita Moreno (Liz Boyce), Harold Russell (Leo Hopkins), Paul Brinegar (Louie), Deedee Bradley (Secretary), Alan Toy (Allan). Trapper convinces the board to fill the position of diagnosing physician with a former war buddy who is a double amputee -- and who hasn't practiced medicine in 25 years.
(Repeat program, originally aired 3/15/1981)

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