Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday May 27, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] TV Movie: Guyana Tragedy: The Story Of Jim Jones (1980)
W: Ernest Tidyman D: William A. Graham With Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Colleen Dewhurst, LeVar Burton, James Earl Jones, Veronica Cartwright, Rosalind Cash, Meg Foster, Brenda Vaccaro, Ed Lauter. A dramatization of the events which transformed the Rev. Jim Jones from the concerned leader of a movement for social justice to a cultist who ordered the mass suicide of his followers at the Jonestown, Guyana, settlement.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Greatest American Hero [Reg]: Here's Looking At You, Kid
Season 1, episode 3 W: Juanita Bartlett D: Robert C. Thompson With James Whitmore (Gordon McCready), June Lockhart (Alice Davidson), Bob Hastings (Harry Davidson), Denise Halma (Carrie), Red West (Cliff), Laurence Haddon (General Morehead), Benny Medina (Chaffey), F. J. O'Neil (Van Kamp), Roger Etienne (Captain), Thomas Babson (Colvin), Zitto Kazann (Consul General). A military aircraft with a top-secret prototype targeting system is stolen and Bill recruits Ralph to help him find the it -- and during the search Ralph discovers a new superpower that he is unable to control. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/1/1981)
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A visit to the world's largest pizza parlor; a look at a Memphis man who claims to be from the planet Zambodia; a profile of Terry Fox, the young Canadian who lost a leg to cancer and completed a marathon to raise money for cancer research. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] American Dream [Reg]
[Episode "The Robbery" pre-empted, aired June 10, 1981.]
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Football Father
Season 3, episode 6 W: Sandy Veith, Donald Ross D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Le Tari (Ted Ramsey), Shavar Ross (Dudley Johnson), Greg Mullavey (Coach Slattery), Pat Mulligan (Mr. Green), Meeno Peluce (Miller), Angela Newell (Cynthia Needleman). After Arnold fails to measure up to the demands of the basketball, baseball and volleyball teams, Drummond convinces the boy to try football and then pays the coach a clandestine visit to ensure Arnold a place on the team -- by promising to buy the team uniforms. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1980)
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| [NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Teenage Marriage (2)
Season 2, episode 8 W: Jerry Mayer D: John Bowab With Clark Brandon (Eddie Brennan), Hugh Gillin (Howard), Bill Dana (Hotel Manager). Mrs. Garrett tries to stop Jo and Eddie from driving to West Virginia to get married. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1981)
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]
[Episode "Judgment Pronounced" pre-empted, aired June 10, 1981.]
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Of All Sad Words
Season 6, episode 15 W: Jeri Taylor D: Bob Bender With Val Avery (Aaron Zacharian), Joseph DiSante (Fire Chief), William Wintersole (Morris Gilmour), Joyce Gittlin (Sonja), John Garrett (Alex), Borah Silver (Lou Chesler), Darleen Carr (Elizabeth Chesler). Quincy falls in love with a woman who may have killed her husband, oblivious to the indications that she is merely using him to try to prove her innocence, while a tenacious insurance investigator pursues her. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/11/1981)
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