Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 21, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Joshua's World [special]
W: Earl Hamner, Jr. D: Peter Levin With Richard Crenna, Tonya Crowe, Ray Girardin, Randy Gray, Alexandra Pauley, Carol Vogel, Mary Alice. Dramatic pilot about an idealistic liberal-minded doctor, a widower with two young children, in backwoods Arkansas during the 1930's. His town is torn by racial strife and his practice is jeopardized by his opposition to racism.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork vs. The Necrotons
Season 2, episode 10 W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Howard Storm With Raquel Welch (Captain Nirvana), Vicki Frederick (Sutra), Debra Jo Fondren (Kama). Mork is sent into orbit by a beautiful alien from a rival planet which is preparing for an invasion of Earth. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/18/1979)
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| [NBC 8:00] Games People Play [Reg]
Premiere of a sports-variety series looking at unusual athletic competitions and the wide range of amateurs and professionals who participate. Hosted by Bryant Gumbel, Johnny Bench, Cyndy Garvey, Mike Adamle and Donna de Varona.
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| [CBS 9:00] Circus Of The Stars [special]
With Erik Estrada, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mariette Hartley, Loni Anderson, Bob Barker, Barbi Benton, Cathy Lee Crosby, Marjoe Gortner, Elke Sommer, Vic Tayback. Thirty-one stars of television, stage and screen abandon their regular professions to perform in daring circus acts in this comedy-variety program. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Inventor
Season 6, episode 21 W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan D: Noam Pitlik With Arny Freeman (Herbert Emery), Dan Frazer (Dr. Kramer), Ben Piazza (John Essex). The squad tries hypnosis on Wojo to uncover the name of a felon that he has forgotten, during which the officer makes unflattering remarks about his colleagues; an inventor steals the plans for his own creation. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/1/1980)
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| [ABC 9:30] Nobody's Perfect [Reg]: It Was A Very Good Year
Season 1, episode 7 W: Ken Hecht D: Norman Abbott With Greg Monaghan (Dreyfus), John Hillerman, Norman Stuart (Fenton). The search for a missing $30,000 bottle of rare wine leads Hart to the cellars of an eccentric vintner, and he ends up being challenged to a duel.
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| [NBC 9:30] Dribble [special]
W: Allan Epstein, Tim Greene With Dee Wallace, Dan Frazer, Joseph Hacker, Larry Anderson, Vernee Watson, Lewis Arquette. A team of pro basketball players learns that their coach has acquired an overpaid, tempermental superstar. Pilot for a series.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Killing Ground: An Update
In a revised version of this ABC News report, the dumping of chemical wastes and its possible consequences are examined.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Further Adventures Of Wally Brown [special]
W: Barbara Mandell D: Lowell Ganz With Clinton Derricks-Carroll, Peter Scolari, Gilbert Gottfried, Marvin Braverman, Sally Hightower, Bobby Ellerbee, Richard Karron. The outcome of a championship track meet depends on one team member, the street-wise class clown. Pilot for a series.
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| [NBC 10:30] The Single Life [special]
W: Saura Sevine D: Bill Persky With Barrie Youngfellow, Celia Weston, Paul Regina, Fred McCarren, Joyce Reehling. A columnist who doles out advice to the lovelorn makes the wrong move when she meets an attractive young man. Pilot for a series.
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