Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday July 22, 1981:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: Car Repo
Season 3, episode 11 W: Joshua Brand D: Mark Tinker With John Steadman (George), Helen Martin (Louise), Robert Constanzo, Tom Patchett (Tom). Needing extra money, Salami and Vitaglia take jobs as car repossessors. However, their friendship begins to suffer and the late night hours land them in coach Reeves' doghouse. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1981)
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[ABC 8:00] Dynasty [Reg]: Oil
Season 1, episode 1 W: Richard Shapiro, Esther Shapiro D: Ralph Senensky With Lloyd Bochner (Cecil Colby), Peter Mark Richman (Andrew Laird), Jerry Ayres (Tom), Vernon Weddle (Mr. Afferton), Davey Davison (Margaret), Bebe Kelly (Alice), Judy Levitt (Marion), Stepfanie Kramer (Melanie), Connie Hill (Lisa), Barry Cahill (Milburn), Robert Clarke (Minister), Paul Tuerpe (Doctor), Molly Cheek (Doris). Special premiere episode of a new dramatic serial. The patriarch of a wealthy Denver oil family unleashes anger and resentment when he marries a corporation secretary. In the debut episode, Krystle learns the ways of the rich as she prepares to marry Blake; Matthew comes back from the Middle East; Claudia leaves the mental hospital. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/12/1981)
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[NBC 8:00] Real People
A cat doctor who makes house calls; a sun tanning competition; a whistling contest; sidecar racing in the Mojave Desert.
(Repeat program)
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[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: A New Life (1979)
W: Dennis Nemec D: John Newland With Angie Dickinson, Gordon Pinsent, Zohra Lampert, Todd Lookinland, Peter Donat, Majel Barrett, Don Marshall, Lane Davies. An unsuccessful middle-aged college professor commits suicide, leaving his wife to cope with guilt, shame, and an angry teenage son who blames her for his father's death.
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[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Roots
Season 3, episode 10 W: Kurt Taylor, John Donley, Howard Meyers D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Erik Moses (Oscar), Lee Chamberlin (Dr. Chadway), Tony Williams (Charles). Willis and Arnold turn the Drummond household upside down as they try to prove to their old Harlem neighbors -- and themselves -- that they haven't lost touch with their cultural roots. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/21/1981)
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[NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Breaking Point
Season 2, episode 10 W: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters D: John Bowab With Denise Halma (Cynthia). Blair gets involved in a tough campaign for class president, but things take a serious turn when one of the candidates commits suicide. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1981)
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[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Last Day, First Day
Season 6, episode 3 W: Preston Wood D: Leslie H. Martinson With Jimmy Sturtevant (Joey Rainier), Barry Cahill (Don), Sylvia Walden (Mrs. Tealy), Maria O'Brien (Ethel Rainier), Bill Beyers (Tony Moore), Will Kuluva (Rabbi Lochman), Sarah Rush (Dr. Harriet Bowlin), Harry Townes (Dr. Gil Moore). Quincy becomes concerned when a medical student accuses a veteran staff doctor of covering up the causes of a homicide while doing an autopsy. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/19/1980)
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