Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday July 16, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Hot Rod
Season 9, episode 12 W: Scott Hamner D: Bob Sweeney With Lynn Hamilton (Verdie Foster), John Carter (Deputy Hendrix), Jason Moses (Josh Foster), Charles R. Penland (Jody Foster), Tom Williams (Mr. Winthrop). Jim-Bob and Jody open an auto repair business but find it hard to adjust to civilian life after serving in the armed forces; the Baldwin sisters' still is discovered. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/19/1981)
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Old Muggable Mork
Season 3, episode 18 W: John B. Collins, Deborah Raznick D: Don Barnhart With Charles Thomas Murphy (Mugger), Anthony Peck (Mugger), Ron Recasner (Policeman), Brian Cutler (Policeman), Scott Marshall (Boy Scout). When Mindy's grandmother comes to visit she is mugged, so Mork disguises himself as an old lady to catch the muggers. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/16/1981)
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| [NBC 8:00] NBC Magazine With David Brinkley
Garrick Utley investigates the Soviet Union's experiments in mind control; Jack Perkins finds that people seeking ways to fight inflation are easy prey for swindlers; Betsy Aaron reports on physical damage inflicted on youngsters who engage in vigorous contact sports.
(Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:30] Barney Miller [Reg]: Rachel
Season 7, episode 14 W: Tony Sheehan, Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein D: Homer Powell With Alex Henteloff (Arnold Ripner), Stanley Brock (Bruno Bender), Anne Wyndham (Rachel Miller), Chu Chu Malave (Joseph Rubio). Ripner is suing Harris over the lawyer's portrayal in the detective's novel; Wojo asks Barney's daughter out on a date; a sporting-goods storeowner takes the law into his own hands. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/26/1981)
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| [CBS 9:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Don't Say Goodbye
Season 1, episode 15 W: T.J. Miles, Babs Greyhosky D: Winrich Kolbe With Andrea Marcovicci (Amy Crane), Ted Danson (Stewart Crane), Mercedes McCambridge (Agatha Kimball), Wally Landford (Fat Jack), Kanani Choy (Eunice), Lawrence Rodrigues (Caretaker), Harry Chang (Doctor), James Reynolds (Frank La Rue), Shirley Rogers (Denise), Bobbi Dorsch (Girl). Agatha Kimball, a wealthy blind woman, is being blackmailed by someone who has threatened her granddaughter, and she hires Magnum to deliver the payment. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/26/1981)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Doll
Season 7, episode 17 W: Tony Sheehan D: Noam Pitlik With Oliver Clark (Eugene Corbett), Philip Bruns (Elvin Swift), Dee Croxton (Christine Lawson), A Martinez (Joseph Montoya). An expensive doll is abducted for ransom; a man claims he was swindled in exchange for a ticket on the space shuttle; Luger informs Barney that he's in his will. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/26/1981)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Other Side Of The Mountain (1975)
W: David Seltzer D: Larry Peerce With Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges. A female skiing champion is paralyzed in a tragic skiing accident. Then her girlfriend is taken out of competition when she contracts polio.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Elaine's Old Friend
Season 3, episode 11 W: Susan Jane Lindner, Nancy Lane D: Jeff Chambers With John Considine (Michael Edwards), Martha Smith (Mary Snyder), Myron Natwick (Maitre d'), John Yates (Pilot). Alex feigns the role of Elaine's sophisticated boyfriend in order to impress her high school rival. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/26/1981)
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| [CBS 10:00] Social Insecurity
An analysis of the problems facing the Social Security system, including the crisis in short term funding and proposed cuts in benefits, along with the outlook for the future when baby boomers reach retirement age. Dan Rather is the correspondent.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
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