Prime-time network TV listings for Monday August 18, 1980:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Flo [Reg]: Happy Birthday, Mama
Season 1, episode 3 W: Ron Landry, George Geiger, Tom Biener D: Marc Daniels With Gordon Hurst (Tyler), Henry Jones (Harold), Terry Wills (Wendell), George 'Buck' Flower (Roy), Georgia Schmidt (Inez), Amzie Strickland (Betty). Mama's surprise party turns into a smashing success when an old beau of Mama's shows up after Flo, Earl and Les break him out of an old folks' home. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/7/1980)
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| [ABC 8:00] That's Incredible
Killer plants that devour animals; an Ohio hill that defies the law of gravity; a "water witch" who works his magic to find water in the desert; a computer that allows a man to "speak" with his eyes, and a German shepherd who traveled 1,500 miles to be reunited with her master.
(Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: May We Make Them Proud
Season 6, episode 19 W: Michael Landon D: Michael Landon With Hersha Parady (Alice Garvey), Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Dan McBride (Henry), Michelle Downey (Susan), John Zaremba (Judge Adams), Tobias Andersen (Hank Mays), Bill Calvert (Clay Mays), Paul Barselou (Herb Gooder), De'voreaux White (James), Dago Dimster (Tim), Gil Lamb (Harlan Potts), Tom Kindle (Jason), Ken Hill (Lawyer). Albert's careless disposal of smoking materials in the basement of the School for the Blind causes a fire that kills Alice and his nephew, Adam Jr. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1980)
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| [CBS 8:30] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Venus Rising
Season 2, episode 23 W: Steve Marshall, Dan Guntzelman D: Nick Stamos With Terry Kiser (Jason Realli), Brenda Elder (Amanda Dean). Venus is offered a job as program director of WREQ radio, but is disillusioned when he discovers how the station is run and why they want to hire him. Meanwhile, Herb circulates a rumor that he, too, has received a job offer. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/10/1980)
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Back Pay
Season 8, episode 24 W: Thad Mumford, Dan Wilcox, Dennis Koenig D: Burt Metcalfe With Jerry Fujikawa (Wu), G.W. Bailey (Sgt. Rizzo), Sab Shimono (Jin), Peter Kim (Po), Richard Herd (Capt. Snyder). Angered by the way civilian doctors in the States are profiting from the war, Hawkeye presents the Army with a bill for his medical services. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/10/1980)
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| [ABC 9:00] Heroes Of Rock & Roll [special]
Jeff Bridges hosts film clips of some of the rock world's biggest stars, including Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Chubby Checker and the Rolling Stones.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Old Is Beautiful
Season 1, episode 8 W: Sheldon Keller, Bryan Blackburn D: Mel Ferber With John O'Leary (Mr. Brattle), Sandy Balson (Mrs. Brattle), Deedy Peters (Mrs. Phipps), Aneta Corsaut (Nurse Bradley). The staff of Kensington Hospital is shocked when the new hospital administrator forces Amos to retire. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1980)
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Blackout
Season 3, episode 20 W: Steve Kline D: Allen Williams With Richard Evans (Walker), Margie Impert (March), Stanley Grover (Jarret Longworth), Paul Jenkins (Kirby), Walter Brooke (Reggie Washburn), Lawrence Cook (Sgt. Williams), Ray Oliver (Burroughs). The paper's long standing streak of having a daily newspaper published is threatened by a blackout caused by an earthquake, leaving no way to print the story of widespread vandalism that is occurring throughout the area. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/18/1980)
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| [NBC 10:00] Mark Twain's America: Young Will Rogers [special]
W: Thomas Chapman D: Jack Hively With Robert Hays, Jack Elam, John Anderson, Gene Evans, Scott Wilkinson, Walker Edmiston. Robert Hays stars as Will Rogers in a re-creation of a documented incident from Rogers' early life, in which he finds himself caught between the ranchers and the Indians of his hometown in Oklahoma.
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