Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday May 20, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Enos [Reg]: Forever Blowing Bubbles
Season 1, episode 18 W: Rick Mittleman D: Bernard McEveety With Robert Hogan (Dawson), Earl Montgomery, Michael Ensign (Trapnell), Denise Gordy (Laura), Joanne Nail (Dina), Hettie Lynn Hurties, Nina Hairston (Lucille), Alfre Woodard (Darlene). Enos and Turk try to catch an ingenious jewel thief -- a modern-day Fagin who uses children in his heists -- who has twice eluded Broggi. (Last show of the series.)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Muppets Go To The Movies [special]
Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang are joined by Lily Tomlin and Dudley Moore for a trip through film history.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A woman voted the best waitress in America by over 7,000 truck drivers; a report on a chimpanzee that helps out around the farm by driving a tractor and feeding the cows. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981)
W: Peter Lefcourt D: Harry Harris With Ron Leibman, Harry Morgan, Glenn Scarpelli, George DiCenzo, Verna Bloom. Television film based on the true experiences of a modern-day New York City bounty hunter. Stan Rivkin, aided by his wheelchair-bound son and a priest, goes after an armed drug dealer who has jumped bail.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: She's In The Army Now (1981)
W: Earl Wallace D: Hy Averback With Jamie Lee Curtis, Kathleen Quinlan, Susan Blanchard, Melanie Griffith, Julie Carmen, Janet MacLachlan, Dale Robinette. Five young women try to adjust to life as Army recruits.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Junk Food Junkie
Season 3, episode 11 W: Dawn Aldredge D: Gerren Keith With Dody Goodman (Aunt Sophia), Shavar Ross (Dudley Johnson), Steven Mond (Robbie), Lillian Lehman (Miss Rawls). Arnold's poor dental checkup and a visit by Drummond's health-conscious sister launches Drummond on a campaign to have junk food machines banned from Arnold's school, even though Arnold's drive for class presidency may depend on keeping the machines in place. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1981)
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| [NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Teenage Marriage (1)
Season 2, episode 7 W: Jerry Mayer D: John Bowab With Clark Brandon (Eddie Brennan), Brian Fuld (Bink), Bella Bruck (Attendant), Mark Savalle (Waiter). Jo calls her boyfriend Eddie for help after learning that her mother has a live-in male friend; Eddie goes AWOL from his Naval base in Chicago to propose marriage to Jo. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/7/1981)
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Headhunter
Season 6, episode 10 W: Fred McKnight D: Mike Vejar With William O'Connell (Albert Rausch), Suzanne Charny (Nancy Marsala), Eddie Fontaine (Sgt. Marsala), Joseph Sirola (Lt. Drasso), Lynn Herring (Elaine Collier). A narcotics officer comes under investigation by Internal Affairs when drugs kill an airline stewardess he knew and sometimes used for information. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1981)
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