Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday February 12, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Carousel
Season 9, episode 11 W: Robert Pirosh D: Herbert Hirschman With Tony Becker (Drew Cutler), Edward Bell (Mr. Nichols), Anita Dangler (Mrs. Foley), Penelope Windust (Bernadine Norris), Bill Erwin (Dr. Grover). After her father dies in a car accident, Cindy is shocked to discover she was adopted. She and Ben head to Washington in search of her real parents.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: There's A New Mork In Town
Season 3, episode 12 W: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn D: Howard Storm With Lyle Waggoner (Xerko). Another Orkan comes down to Earth to challenge Mork for the job of reporting to Orson.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Gangster Chronicles [Reg]: Chapter 1
Season 1, episode 1 W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian Series premiere. Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegel and Michael Lasker (a fictional composite of several gangland leaders) meet in 1907 while stealing money from the body of a dead gangster, then emerge as forces to be reckoned with in organized crime during the Prohibition era.
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| [ABC 8:30] Bosom Buddies [Reg]: Sonny Boy
Season 1, episode 11 W: Leonard Ripps D: Chris Thompson, Don VanAtta With Phillip R. Allen (Dr. Leon), Michael Cassidy (Punk #2), Jana Milo (Mrs. Desmond), Jeff Seymour (Jesus Salazar), Randy Stumpf (Punk #1), Patty Madigan (Waitress). Kip and Henry (as Buffy and Hildy) subdue two criminals that are robbing the hotel, drawing the attention of the media, and Henry's mother.
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| [CBS 9:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Lest We Forget
Season 1, episode 10 W: Donald P. Bellisario D: Lawrence Doheny With David Palmer (Dutch Mueller), June Lockhart (Diane Westmore Pauley - 1981), Anne Lockhart (Diane Westmore - 1941), Miguel Ferrer (Bobby Wickes - 1941), Scatman Crothers (Tickler), Jose Ferrer (Judge Robert Caine), Elizabeth Lindsey (Kiki), Sonny Ching (Maku), Patricia Herman (Jessie), Remi Abellira (Moki), Reri Tava Jobe (Hostess). A man nominated to be a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court asks Magnum to find a woman he last saw on December 6, 1941, when he was a young Navy ensign and she was a hooker.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Stormy Weather
Season 7, episode 12 W: Nat Mauldin D: Noam Pitlik With Robert Costanzo (Ed Foronjy), Seymour Bernstein (Lucas), Phyllis Frelich (Madeline Schaefer). Officer Levitt comes to the rescue with his knowledge of sign language when a deaf woman is arrested for prostitution; Barney anxiously awaits news of Wojo, who dove into the Hudson River in pursuit of a looter.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Thy Boss's Wife
Season 3, episode 9 W: Ken Estin D: James Burrows With Stephen Elliott (Mr. McKenzie), Eileen Brennan (Mrs. McKenzie). The boss' wife invites Louie over for a quick affair as a way of getting back at her husband.
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| [CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Players
Season 2, episode 12 W: Susan Misty Stewart D: Jeff Bleckner With Denise Galik-Furey (Linda), Kale Brown (Paul Fairgate). Karen's impicit trust in Sid is shaken when he begins putting in long evening hours with an attractive employee; Sid and Linda take a test drive and, when the car breaks down on a deserted road, Linda tries to take advantage of the situation.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Barbara Walters will show Yoko Ono's "video love letter" to her slain husband.
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