Prime-time network TV listings for Friday December 12, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Incredible Hulk [Reg]: Deep Shock
Season 4, episode 5 W: Ruel Fischmann D: Reza Badiyi With Sharon Acker (Dr. Olson), Stefan Gierasch (Mr. Buchanan), Robert Hackman (Walt), Helen Boll (Nurse), Harriet Matthey (Receptionist), Saundra Sharp (Reporter), Robert Alan Browne (Foreman), Edward Power (Frank). While working at a power plant, David survives an electrical accident that gives him the ability to foresee events -- including violence by the Hulk.
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| [ABC 8:00] Benson [Reg]: Citizen Kraus
Season 2, episode 6 W: Bud Slocomb, Len Riley D: John Rich With Jerry Seinfeld (Frankie), Ray Stewart (Mr. Pruitt). Gretchen attends night classes in order to prepare for her American citizenship test, but fails the exam.
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| [NBC 8:00] Marie [Reg]
With Gavin MacLeod, Jeff Conaway. Premiere of a limited-run variety series showcasing the talents of Marie Osmond.
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| [ABC 8:30] I'm A Big Girl Now [Reg]: Walter Comes Home
Season 1, episode 6 W: Marc Sotkin D: John Bowab With Joan Welles. Booted out by his wife, Walter moves in with Diana and Ben.
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| [CBS 9:00] The Dukes Of Hazzard [Reg]: Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane
Season 3, episode 7 W: Si Rose D: Jack Whitman With Tori Lysdahl (Sue Ann McGraw), Lucille Benson (Mama Coltrane), William Sanderson (Collins), Reid Smith (McGraw). Roscoe plans to marry a woman he met through a computer dating service, and Bogg Hogg invites everyone in town to his wedding except the Dukes.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: The Brink's Job (1979)
W: Walon Green D: William Friedkin With Peter Falk, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Gena Rowlands, Allen Garfield, Paul Sorvino, Sheldon Leonard. Crime story based on the real armed robbery of the Brink's Building in Boston on January 17th, 1950, in which a group of incompetent bunglers somehow manage to pull off a heist and get away with almost $3 million.
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| [NBC 9:00] Number 96 [Reg]: Sharon's Deadly Weapon
Season 1, episode 3 W: David Lloyd D: Robert Scheerer With Sharon Spelman (Dorothy Busky), Susan Plumb (Mitzi), Barry Bartle (Garry Keeds). Nathan moves in with Chick; Max and Marion continue to experiment with open marriage; Maureen gets drunk at Sandy's party; Sharon arranges a rendezvous with a prominent movie producer.
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| [CBS 10:00] Dallas [Reg]: The Fourth Son
Season 4, episode 7 W: Howard Lakin D: Irving J. Moore With Leigh McCloskey (Mitch Cooper), E.J. Andre (Eugene Bullock), Jeanna Michaels (Connie), Joanna Cassidy (Sally Bullock), William Windom (Amos Krebbs), Ted Gehring (Brady York), John Crawford (Mort Wilkinson). Ray Krebbs' father, whom he hasn't seen or heard from since he was three, shows up at Southfork with some disturbing news for the entire Ewing family; an oil tanker sinks with over 600,000 gallons, which represents just a minor inconvenience to Ewing Oil -- until it is discovered that the ship was not insured.
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| [NBC 10:00] NBC Magazine With David Brinkley
A report on the illegal use of glue by U.S. doctors in surgical procedures; a college professor who employs unusual antics in teaching foreign languages; a look at efforts by the King of Tonga to attract investors to his South Pacific island.
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