Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 11, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii (1)
Season 1, episode 1 W: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson D: Roger Young With Clyde Kusatsu (Medical Examiner), Pamela Susan Shoop (Alice Cook), W.K. Stratton (Ensign Healy), Allen Williams (Lt. Dan Cook), Robert Loggia (Trusseau), Fritz Weaver (Capt. J. Cooly), Dorit Stevens (Inge), Lillian Muller (Greta), Jeff MacKay (Ski), Judge Reinhold (Seaman Wolfe). Debut of a detective drama series set in Hawaii, starring Tom Selleck as a Vietnam veteran turned private investigator. In the series premiere, when Thomas Magnum's childhood friend and Navy comrade turns up dead, Magnum is adamant that the official cause of death, a burst bag of smuggled cocaine in his stomach, is bogus.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork, The Monkey's Uncle
Season 3, episode 5 W: Ed Scharlach, Tom Tenowich D: Howard Storm With Joe Howard (Veterinarian). Mork takes a chimp from the zoo after the chimp's mother goes missing; Mindy decides to bleach her hair.
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| [NBC 8:00] Games People Play [Reg]
Greg Evigan, Mike Connors, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bruce Jenner are the celebrity co-hosts for a variety of segments.
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| [ABC 8:30] Bosom Buddies [Reg]: Loathe Thy Neighbor
Season 1, episode 3 W: David Chambers D: Herbert Kenwith With Bernard Behrens (Father Michaelson), Howard Honig (Rabbi Epstein), Sumant (Sri Hingorani). A fight between Sonny and Amy sparks a fight between Kip and Henry, and a swap of roommates.
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| [CBS 9:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii (2)
Season 1, episode 2 W: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson D: Roger Young With Clyde Kusatsu (Medical Examiner), Pamela Susan Shoop (Alice Cook), W.K. Stratton (Ensign Healy), Allen Williams (Lt. Dan Cook), Robert Loggia (Trusseau), Fritz Weaver (Capt. J. Cooly), Dorit Stevens (Inge), Lillian Muller (Greta), Jeff MacKay (Ski), Judge Reinhold (Seaman Wolfe). Magnum and Alice continue in their quest to find the truth behind Lt. Dan Cook's death, and uncover a case of gold smuggling and a criminal mastermind whom Magnum and Dan once knew in Vietnam.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Agent Orange
Season 7, episode 5 W: Tony Sheehan D: Noam Pitlik With Peter Hobbs (Phillip Brauer), Paul Lieber (Det. Eric Dorsey), Doris Roberts (Harriet Brauer), Michael Currie (John Fulton), Joe Regalbuto (Peter Rankin), Louis Giambalvo (Gerald Serrano), Robert Phalen (Capt. Dupre). Another domestic dispute at the Brauer household occurs when their apartment building becomes "clothing optional"; Wojo takes a personal interest in the plight of a fellow vet whose crime spree may be a result of the Agent Orange chemical.
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| [ABC 9:30] It's A Living [Reg]: The Lois Affair
Season 1, episode 5 W: Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman D: Joel Zwick With Granville Van Dusen (Frank Ryan), Phil DeCarlo (Customer). After a fight with her husband, Lois is delighted to accept an invitation from her high school sweetheart to have a drink in his hotel room.
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| [CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Chance Of A Lifetime
Season 2, episode 4 W: John Pleshette D: Nicholas Sgarro With Denise Galik-Furey (Linda Stryker), Allan Miller (Scooter Warren), Brian Dennehy (James Cargill), Richard Venture (Simpson), Millie Slavin (Mrs. Vandenbrooke), Lane Brinkley (Millie), Stacy Keach Sr. (Flagg), Steven Hirsch (Roy Lance), William Boyett (Frank Kolbert). Gary cozies up with crooks; Richard, jealous of Laura's quick success in her career, tells off his boss and quits his job for a plum post with a high-powered Chicago law firm.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
In a special hour-long report, Geraldo Rivera looks at drug traffic in America. Posing as a buyer of heroin in Afghanistan, he traces the drug from its source, through western Europe, to the streets of America.
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| [NBC 10:00] Number 96 [Reg]: Horace Goes To The Movies
Season 1, episode 2 W: Bob Ellison, Barry Kemp D: Robert Scheerer With Susan Walden. Despite her best efforts, Anthea can't seem to dump an adoring Nathan; lecherous Horace persuades Lisa to have a drink with him after he thinks he spots her as the star of a porno film; Roger has a date with his interior decorator.
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