Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday September 18, 1980:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] How Bugs Bunny Won The West [special]
Bugs and his buddies Yosemite Sam, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig take part in a series of hare-raising adventures on the Western frontier.
(Repeat program)
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[ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: A Mommy For Mindy
Season 2, episode 15 W: April Kelly D: Howard Storm With Shelley Fabares (Cathy), Missy Francis (Little Mindy). When Mindy's dad returns to Boulder with a young woman he has just married, Mork is happy but Mindy is not. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/3/1980)
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[NBC 8:00] Games People Play [Reg]
Reggie Jackson, Greg Evigan and Charley Pride are guest hosts. Segments include regional competition in the "America's Toughest Bouncer" competition; a look at foul-ball catchers in ballparks around the country; a profile of Morgan, Utah, high school football coach Jan Smith, and a look at Japanese martial arts.
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[CBS 8:30] Movie: A Piece Of The Action (1977)
W: Charles Blackwell D: Sidney Poitier With Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Tracy Reed, Ja'net DuBois, Titos Vandis, Jason Evers, Hope Clarke, Frances Foster, Marc Lawrence. Two con men are persuaded by a retired policeman to volunteer their services to a rundown ghetto youth center -- by masterminding a great rip-off to help finance it.
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[ABC 8:30] Angie [Reg]: Angie And The Doctor
Season 2, episode 23 W: Pamela Morrison D: John Tracy With Shelley Smith (Dr. Walker), Patricia Alice Albrecht (Crystal), Rori King (Melody), Jeremy Schoenberg (Billy), Tessa Richarde (Connie), Aileen Fitzpatrick (Julie). When Brad injures his back, an attractive blond doctor takes over and makes an unforgettable impression on Angie. (Repeat program, originally aired 8/28/1980)
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[ABC 9:00] Catastrophe! [special]
Survivors of various disasters on land and at sea recount their experiences. Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland are the hosts.
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[NBC 9:00] Shogun: Part 4 [special]
W: Eric Bercovici D: Jerry London With Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, John Rhys-Davies, Yoko Shimada, Alan Badel, Michael Hordern, Furanki Sakai, Damien Thomas. Blackthorne, by now the target of murderous European rivals, asks Toranaga to arrange a divorce so that he and Mariko can marry.
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[ABC 10:00] 20/20
Season premiere. Geraldo Rivera looks into the government's witness protection program, set up to encourage individuals to testify against organized crime figures.
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