Prime-time network TV listings for Monday March 17, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Mike Fright
Season 2, episode 7 W: Dan Guntzelman D: Will Mackenzie With Christian Seaborn (Elgar Neece), Tim Culbertson (Trucker). The trash hits the fan when Johnny Fever tells his listeners to take their garbage and dump it on the steps of City Hall. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/12/1979)
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
A woman athlete attempts a dangerous stunt in a hot air balloon; a dentist who prevents pain by using clothespins; an adoption agency for ghosts; a young man who jumps over speeding cars; and a family of dogs which think they are cats.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Back To School (1)
Season 6, episode 1 W: Michael Landon D: Michael Landon With Dan McBride (Customer #1), David Murdock (Customer #2), Sunshine Parker (Workman), Rod McGaughy (Jack). Season premiere. Laura meets and falls in love with Almanzo Wilder, but finds she has a rival in Nellie Oleson; Charles makes an embarrassing mistake after he learns that the young man has kissed his daughter. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1979)
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| [CBS 8:30] The Last Resort [Reg]: Zegelmania
Season 1, episode 15 W: Joanne Pagliaro D: Asaad Kelada With Judd Hirsch, Jay Gerber (Dr. Harper), Bob Levine (Dr. Menzies). Duane's research colleague rigs the results of an experiment to get a grant. (Last show of the series.)
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: The Yalu Brick Road
Season 8, episode 10 W: Mike Farrell D: Charles S. Dubin With Soon-Tek Oh (Ralph), Byron Chung (North Korean Patrol Leader), Bob Okazaki (Farmer), G.W. Bailey (Sgt. Rizzo). While rushing urgently needed antibiotics to the 4077th, Hawkeye and B.J. get lost in enemy territory. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/19/1979)
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| [ABC 9:00] Family [Reg]: Such A Fine Line
Season 5, episode 9 W: Gina Frederica Goldman D: James Broderick With Michael J. Fox (Richard Topol), John Rubinstein (Jeff Maitland), Carl Anderson (Weedge), Ilene Kristen (Lotus), Allen Williams (Ron). A 14-year-old student falls madly in love with Kate. Jeff returns to Pasadena with an unlikely career.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Starmakers [special]
With Marie Osmond, Linda Gray, Robert Guillaume. Bob Hope and Robert Urich star in this variety special with a storyline: two agents auditioning youthful talent.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Rock Around The Doc
Season 1, episode 13 W: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon D: Nick Havinga With Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley), Leif Garrett. Ann Anderson gets a job offer from a famous music star.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Guns
Season 3, episode 23 W: Seth Freeman D: Bob Sweeney With Michael Alldredge (Lt. McPhee), Rue McClanahan (Maggie McKenna), Redmond Gleeson (Francie Fitzgerald), Jack Dodson (Walter Parrott), Deirdre Lenihan (Deirdre), John Considine (Cary Doherty), Kate Zentall (Fiona), Kenneth O'Brien (Mick). While the paper investigates a story on stolen guns, Lou himself becomes the victim of an Irish gun dealer who steals his identity to obtain weapons.
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| [ABC 10:00] Stone [Reg]: 67 Hours, 24 Minutes And Counting
Season 1, episode 7 W: Philip DeGuere, Stephen McPherson D: Winrich Kolbe With Nancy McKeon (Jill Stone), Eddie Barth, Antony Carbone (Cobb), Barbara Rhoades (Britt). Nuclear extortionists threaten to render Southern California uninhabitable if their demand for money isn't met. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 10:00] Tom Snyder's Celebrity Spotlight [special]
The talk show host interviews Loni Anderson, Chevy Chase, Jack Lemmon and Cher.
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