Thursday January 29, 1981
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Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday January 29, 1981:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Magnum, P.I.: The Ugliest Dog In Hawaii Knots Landing: Choices The Toyota Invasion
ABC Mork & Mindy: Dueling Skates (R) Bosom Buddies: Amy's Career Barney Miller: Movie (2) It's A Living: R-E-S-P-E-C-T 20/20
NBC Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: The Guardians TV Movie: Joe Dancer (1981)


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: The Ugliest Dog In Hawaii
Season 1, episode 8
W: Allan Cole, Chris Bunch, Frank Lupo   D: Lawrence Doheny

With Michael V. Gazzo (Victor DiGiorgio), Shawn Hoskins (Sharon Carnes), Paul Gale (Steve Caldwell), Kathleen Nolan (Gloria Marston), Michael Nader (Mitch Caldwell), Jake Hoopai (Kono), Robert Harker (Chauffeur), Wayne Oxford (Grover), Michael Hasegawa (Pier Guard), Liwai Napuelua, Jr. (Manu). Higgins volunteers Magnum's services to guard a wealthy socialite's quarantined dog, after the attempted dognapping of the canine.

[ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Dueling Skates
Season 3, episode 3
W: Dale McRaven, Bruce Johnson   D: Garry Marshall

With Priscilla Morrill (Mrs. Fowler), Bill Morey (Carl Simpson), Tom Kindle (Bozz), Reid Smith (Wheels Simpson). To save the day care center where he works from becoming a parking lot, Mork challenges a champion roller skater to a race down a treacherous mountain and through the city of Boulder.
(Repeat program, originally aired 11/27/1980)

[NBC 8:00] Buck Rogers In The 25th Century [Reg]: The Guardians
Season 2, episode 3
W: Paul Schneider, Margaret Schneider   D: Jack Arnold

With Paul Carr (Lt. Devlin), Harry Townes (Janovus), Rosemary DeCamp (Mrs. Rogers), Barbara Luna (Koori), Vic Perrin (Guardian), Howard Culver (Mailman). Buck finds himself entrusted with a bizarre glowing green box when he and Hawk find an old man near death on a remote planet.

[ABC 8:30] Bosom Buddies [Reg]: Amy's Career
Season 1, episode 9
W: David Chambers, Jack Carrerow   D: John Tracy

With Robert Casper (Mr. Cullen), Russell Johnson (Mr. Shaw), Ann Nelson (Mrs. McMillan), Michael Roberts (Mr. Norton). Amy's spirits get a temporary boost when her complimenting of a new client's product gets her a shot at producing its ad campaign.

[CBS 9:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Choices
Season 2, episode 10
W: L. Virginia Brown   D: Kim Friedman

With Paul Rudd (Earl), Denise Galik-Furey (Linda), Jane Elliot (Judy). Abby maneuvers Val to a restaurant where Gary is having a romantic tete-a-tete with Judy.

[ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Movie (2)
Season 7, episode 10
W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein   D: Noam Pitlik

With Ralph Manza (Mr. Roth), J.J. Barry (Arthur Duncan), Norman Bartold (Carl Bernie), Jay Gerber (Howard Fuller). A blind mugging victim and an overzealous charity collector are among the disparate audience members at the screening of Harris' overbudget film.

[NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Joe Dancer (1981)
W: Michael Butler   D: Reza Badayi

With Robert Blake, JoBeth Williams, Neva Patterson, Eileen Heckart, Veronica Cartwright, Carol Wayne, James Gammon, Edward Winter, Phillip R. Allen, Bubba Smith, Wilford Brimley, Kenneth Tigar. A private detective's investigation into a murder leads to a wealthy and influential family.

[ABC 9:30] It's A Living [Reg]: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Season 1, episode 11
W: Gloria Banta   D: Joel Zwick

With Tricia Cast (Amy), Emily Yancy (Mrs. Wilson). Lois learns that an invitation to speak on careers was prompted by her child's essay describing her as a bank officer, then she struggles through a defense of waitresses in front of her daughter's class.

[CBS 10:00] The Toyota Invasion Correspondent Jay McMullen reports on a comparison of the American and Japanese automobile industries, focusing on the success of Toyota and its history, from its creation by a retired loom maker to its present position as the third-largest automobile company in the world.

[ABC 10:00] 20/20

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