The TV Zone

Hold everything, people. We have a Lee Majors sighting for you.

The uber-cool star of "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Fall Guy" (not to mention super-meta "Family Guy" references) will guest star on the Dec. 21 episode of the CBS drama "Cold Case."

The episode is about the investigation of a 1960 stewardess murder. (Stewardess! Can we even still say that word anymore?). Majors guest stars as a former airline colleague of the victim. Two other colleagues are played by -- are you ready for this -- Adrienne Barbeau ("Maude") and Mariette Hartley ("The Incredible Hulk").

And just to make things even more bizarre, the only songs in the episode will be by Frank Sinatra.

I don't usually watch "Cold Case," but I'll be tuning in for this.

In the meantime, to satisfy your Lee Majors jones (and we know you have one), here's an opening scene from a "Fall Guy" episode.

Today, here in the Zone, we are debuting a new feature -- The Institute of ''80s TV Studies (TIOETS) -- which will strive to recall the tube wonders of that decade, the very last time Network TV really dominated our viewing habits.

To kick things off, lets return to the golden year of 1982.

Check out this amazing montage of opening sequences from shows that aired that year. There are a few well remembered ("Fame," " Flamingo Road") but most are long forgotten -- and deservedly so ("Open All Night," "Making a Living."). But, man, check out the soaring musical themes, the elaborate opening sequences, and cast credits (and weep when you realize that about 80 percent of the actors mentioned in them haven't been seen since the Reagan Administration.)