Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday April 3, 1980:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Palmerstown, U.S.A. [Reg]: A Place For Bo
Season 1, episode 3 W: Robert E. Price D: Jeffrey Hayden David's cousin Bo, a gentle, mentally-handicapped man, is accused of attacking their friend Mamie, a black girl.
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[ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Old Fears
Season 1, episode 11 W: April Kelly D: Howard Storm With Jeffrey Jacquet (Eugene). Mork, using an Orkan age machine, turns himself into a romantic old gentleman to court Mindy's depressed grandmother. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/30/1978)
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[NBC 8:00] Buck Rogers In The 25th Century [Reg]: The Plot To Kill A City (1)
Season 1, episode 5 W: Alan Brennert D: Dick Lowry With Frank Gorshin (Kellogg), James Sloyan (Barney), Robert Tessier (Marcos), Markie Post (Joella Cameron), Nancy DeCarl (Sherese), Anthony James (Varek), John Quade (Quince), Victor Argo (Raphael Argus). Buck poses as a criminal to prevent a band of desperadoes from obliterating a major city. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/11/1979)
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[ABC 8:30] Benson [Reg]: Snowbound
Season 1, episode 7 W: Susan Harris, Stu Silver D: Jay Sandrich With Jerry Houser (Marvin), Barbara Sammeth (Harriet), Edward Willkie (Ranger). Benson, the governor, his daughter and a very pregnant woman are stranded in a mountain lodge with no heat or food. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/1/1979)
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[CBS 9:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: The Killin' Cousin
Season 8, episode 22 W: Norman Jolley D: Michael Preece With Kenneth Mars (William Tarkington IV), Thomas Havens (William Tarkington V), Lurene Tuttle (Emily Carter), Mark Goddard (Roger Clark), Lory Walsh (Karen Bigelow), Julie Rogers (Sara Clark), Madeleine Fisher (Jennifer Hunt), John Steadman (Reggie), Frank Ashmore (Donald Forest). Father-son detectives suspect Betty of murdering two members of her family. Last show of the series, and a pilot episode for a possible spinoff.
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[ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Strip Joint
Season 6, episode 6 W: Jaie Brashar, Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein D: Noam Pitlik With Walter Janovitz (Ivan Kessler), Todd Susman (Edward Yaekel), Diana Canova (Stephanie Wolf), James Cromwell (Neil Spencer), Rosanna DeSoto (Theresa Tasco). Two topless dancers from a government-owned strip joint and a man who claims he will burst into flames warm up the 12th Precinct. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/1/1979)
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[NBC 9:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Snake Eyes
Season 2, episode 1 W: Joel Oliansky, Michael Sloan, Lou Shaw D: Joel Oliansky With Lynette Mettey (Lee), Vince Howard (Hardee), Val Avery (Rawley Dinehart), Frank Converse (Larry Pines), Buddy Hackett (Ronnie Fletcher), Jo Ann Pflug (Mrs. Pines), Van Johnson (Al Ringerman), Frank Maxwell (Michaels), William Mims (DeGroot), John Clavin (Hansen), Michele Roman (Angie), Sharon Cintron (Stormy), Joey Forman (Harv Bracken), Milt Kamen (Leo Burke). The mysterious deaths of several patrons at a resort hotel where Quincy is attending a pathologists' convention involve the medical examiner in a desperate effort to prevent the story from leaking out and causing panic. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1977)
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[ABC 9:30] The Associates [Reg]: Danko's A Daddy
Season 1, episode 8 W: David Lloyd D: James Burrows With Francine Tacker (Susan Warren), Richard Roat (Mr. Simms), Julie Berke (Dwight Danko). Johnny thinks he should be able to visit his illegitimate son, but the mother disagrees.
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[CBS 10:00] The Contender [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Robert Hamilton, Robert Dozier, Herman Groves D: Harry Falk With Alan Stock (Brian Captor), Don Gordon (Harry), Tina Andrews (Missy Dinwittie), Louise Latham (Alma Captor), William Watson (Andy), Clifton James (Tompkins), Alec Smight. A new dramatic series starring Marc Singer as a blue-collar worker who takes up boxing as a career; also stars Moses Gunn.
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[ABC 10:00] 20/20
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