Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday May 8, 1980:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] National Collegiate Cheerleading Championships [special]
With Catherine Bach, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Barbara Mandrell, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Willie Shoemaker. Cheerleading squads from the universities of Kentucky, Ohio State, Indiana State, Florida and Memphis State compete for the title and scholarship money. Lee Majors and Jayne Kennedy host the 16th annual awards show.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork The Gullible
Season 1, episode 8 W: Neil Lebowitz D: Howard Storm With Ed Bernard (Officer Boyd), Dan Barrows (Dittman), Dana Hill (Girl Scout), Wally Dalton (Guard), Pat Cranshaw (Man in Store). Mork falls for a captured convict's touching tale -- and helps the man escape. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/9/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] Movie: King Kong (1976), part one
W: Lorenzo Semple Jr. D: John Guillermin With Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, John Randolph, Rene Auberjonois, Ed Lauter, Dennis Fimple, Julius Harris, Garry Walberg, Jack O'Halloran. A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal gorilla, who is removed by a greedy oil company executive and taken to New York City for exhibition.
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| [ABC 8:30] Benson [Reg]: Marcy's Vacation
Season 1, episode 24 W: Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman D: Don Barnhart With Murphy Cross (Lorraine). Marcy is hesitant to go on vacation because she's worried that her replacement may do a better job.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Fog
Season 6, episode 22 W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan D: Noam Pitlik With J.J. Barry (Fred Bauer), Sydney Lassick (Victor Carse), Robert Levine (Howard Kimbro), William Dillard (Jennings). Barney is down in the dumps when he is passed over again for deputy inspector.
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| [CBS 9:30] Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years [special]
With Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Larry Gatlin, Steve Martin, Anne Murray, The Oak Ridge Boys, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Peter Falk, Tom T. Hall, Kirk Douglas. A tribute to country music star Johnny Cash on his silver anniversary in the entertainment business.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Ropers [Reg]: Four Letter Word
Season 2, episode 21 W: George Burditt D: Jack Shea With Dena Dietrich (Ethel Armbrewster), Louise Vallance (Jenny Ballinger), Rod Colbin (Hubert Armbrewster), Timothy Blake (Louise Cooper). Running out of money, Stanley needs to take a job on the killing floor at his brother-in-law Hubert's meat packing plant. Later, his fortunes change when he learns Hubert is planning a secret trip to Acapulco with his secretary.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Barbara Walters is scheduled to interview former President Nixon, who will discuss his views on the world situation at present, in a live broadcast from New York City.
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| [NBC 10:00] TV Movie: The Curse Of King Tut's Tomb (1980), part one
W: Herb Meadow D: Philip Leacock With Robin Ellis, Eva Marie Saint, Raymond Burr, Harry Andrews, Wendy Hiller, Patricia Routledge, Faith Brook. An archaeologist finds the long-lost tomb of the legendary Pharaoh and unleashes its terrifying curse, which causes strange and violent things to happen to the people involved in the excavation.
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