Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday January 3, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Unthinkable
Season 8, episode 13 W: Dan Ullman D: Ralph Waite With Todd Susman (Ted Lapinsky), Melvin Allen (Master Sgt. Barnes), Mary Oedy (Flo), Erica Hunton (Lucille). The Waltons hear of the hororrs of Nazi concentration camps through a young Jewish soldier who is staying at their house.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: A Mommy For Mindy
Season 2, episode 15 W: April Kelly D: Howard Storm With Shelley Fabares (Cathy), Missy Francis (Little Mindy). When Mindy's dad returns to Boulder with a young woman he has just married, Mork is happy but Mindy is not.
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| [NBC 8:00] Buck Rogers In The 25th Century [Reg]: Space Vampire
Season 1, episode 13 W: Kathleen Barnes, David Wise D: Larry Stewart With Christopher Stone (Commander Royko), Nicholas Hormann (Vorvon), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Dr. Ecbar), Patty Maloney (Twiki), Phil Hoover (Helson), Jeannie Fitzsimmons (Freighter Captain). No one believes that the Vorvon, who sneaks up on his victims and drains their soul, is responsible for a series of deaths on Space Station Theta except Wilma -- his next intended victim.
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| [ABC 8:30] Benson [Reg]: Just Friends
Season 1, episode 14 W: Bob Colleary D: John Bowab With Denise Nicholas (Carol Walker), Roscoe Lee Browne (Howard Walker). Governor Gatling works to persuade an entrepreneur to open a new factory in his state, but Benson opposes the deal because he and the man's wife had an affair years earlier.
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| [CBS 9:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Run To Death
Season 8, episode 12 W: John Donley, Linda Fortney D: John Carter With Claudette Nevins (Anita Parks), Eugene Peterson (Larry Collins), Patti D'Arbanville (Jessica Collins), Michael Lerner (Albert Krueger), Pilar Del Rey (Luisa). A friend of Betty's supposedly dies while going for a walk, but she uncovers evidence that he may have been murdered. The wife of her late friend hires her to further investigate and she soon believes embezzlement may be the motive.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: People's Court
Season 6, episode 12 W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein D: Noam Pitlik With Rod Colbin (Charles Bogert), Ralph Manza (Mr. Roth), Michael Tucci (Rizzo), Helen Verbit (Stella Neimier), Howard Honig (Donald Ganz), Judson Morgan (Mr. Lukather). Weary of an uncooperative populace, a census taker goes to drastic measures to make a head count; beleaguered apartment dwellers band together and capture a burglar.
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| [NBC 9:00] Sinatra: The First 40 Years [special]
W: Paul Keyes D: Jack Donohue With Lucille Ball, Tony Bennett, Glenn Ford, Gene Kelly, Dean Martin, Cary Grant, Sammy Davis Jr. Filmed on the occasion of his 64th birthday, Frank Sinatra is saluted on his 40th anniversary in the entertainment industry by numerous celebrities. The final segment of the broadcast features Sinatra in concert.
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 59
Season 3, episode 12 W: Stu Silver, Susan Harris D: J.D. Lobue With Lynne Moody (Polly Dawson), Kene Holliday (Eddie Coleman), John Hillerman (Minister), Richard McKenzie (Doctor), Colleen Riley (Gloria), Royce Wallace (Rose Coleman). Danny catches up with Polly; Chester and Jessica attend a counseling session with a minister; Burt's doctor reveals that Mary is pregnant, and that Burt's insomnia is caused by a fatal blood disease.
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| [CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Community Spirit
Season 1, episode 2 W: Elizabeth Pizer D: James Sheldon With Larry Hagman (J.R. Ewing), Danny Gellis (Jason Avery), Joseph Hacker (Chip Todson), Robert DoQui (Jack Whitcomb), Andrea Walters (Receptionist), Terry Cammack (Police Officer). Gary's opposition to J.R.'s oil drilling near Knots Landing prompts J.R. to pay his brother an unwelcome visit.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
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