Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday August 19, 1981:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Bugs Bunny In King Arthur's Court [special]
W: Chuck Jones D: Chuck Jones With Mel Blanc. While on his way to a big peanut festival, Bugs Bunny takes a wrong turn and winds up in merry olde England in this animated special based loosely on the Mark Twain classic. (Repeat program)
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[ABC 8:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Hula Angels
Season 5, episode 7 W: Robert George D: Kim Manners With Gene Barry (Steve Moss), Patch Mackenzie (Amy), Shawn Hoskins (Donna), Branscombe Richmond (Bob Ahuna), Pat Crowley (Marion Moss), Joanna Cassidy (Stacy Parrish), Soon-Teck Oh (Lt. Torres), William Bryant (Lamont Burns). When Steve Moss, the hated owner of the Tropicana nightclub, is kidnapped and held for $1 million ransom, the Angels are called in to find him. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/11/1981)
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[NBC 8:00] Real People
A female rodeo clown; a beauty contest for senior citizens; athletic competition between Playboy bunnies, stewardesses and cheerleaders.
(Repeat program)
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[CBS 8:30] Mowgli's Brothers [special]
W: Chuck Jones D: Chuck Jones, Hal Ambro With Roddy McDowall, June Foray. Adapted from Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Books", an animated special which chronicles the tale of a "man cub" who grows up among animals in the Indian jungle. Roddy McDowall is the narrator. (Repeat program)
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[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Jimmy B. & Andre (1980)
W: Douglas Graham, Charles Johnson D: Guy Green With Alex Karras, Madge Sinclair, Curtis Yates, Eddie Barth, Joby Baker, Susan Clark, George Sperdakos, Hank Rolike. Real-life story detailing the relationship between a popular Detroit restaurant owner and a young black youngster whom he tries to adopt.
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[ABC 9:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Heist
Season 3, episode 12 W: Herman Groves D: Don Chaffey With James MacArthur (Jerry Lang), Werner Klemperer (Siegfried Klaus), Tiffany Bolling (Madeline Werner), Richard Bakalyan (Freddie), Joe E. Tata (Vinnie Rilato), Haven Earle Haley (Joseph Roth). Roth asks Dan to test the security system at the Desert Inn with a mock robbery, so he masterminds a plan to empty the casino's money room during a floor show. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/25/1981)
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[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Room For One More
Season 3, episode 19 W: Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Le Tari (Ted Ramsey), Shavar Ross (Dudley Johnson). Dudley, fearing his foster father's lost job means he's headed back to the orphanage, cons Arnold into getting Drummond to consider adopting him into their family. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/6/1981)
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[NBC 9:30] Irene [special]
With Irene Cara, Dee Dee Rescher, Julia Duffy, Teddy Wilson, Kaye Ballard. Comedy pilot. An aspiring singer moves from her home in Omaha into a loft apartment in New York City with two other girls, and takes a job as a singing waitress in a restaurant.
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[ABC 10:00] Dynasty [Reg]: The Necklace
Season 1, episode 8 W: Edward DeBlasio D: Philip Leacock With Jerry Ayres (Tom), Ken Martinez (Bobby), Patrick Wright (Buck), Ben Marino (Frank), Tony O'Dell (Christopher), Robert Burton (Larry Atkins), Rick Lenz (Dr. Jordan), Dawn Jeffory (Tania). Krystle has sold her necklace and Fallon finds out; Claudia nearly beds a stranger from a singles bar, then turns to Steven; Matthew and Walter strike oil. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/2/1981)
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[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Seldom Silent, Never Heard
Season 6, episode 14 W: Sam Egan, Maurice Klugman D: Jeffrey Hayden With Michael Constantine (Dr. Ciotti), R. Jeffrey Cohen (Jeffrey Rosenthal), Rick Dano (Chuck), Donald Petrie (Randy), Kathie Christopher (Trish), Jon Lormer (William Anders), D.J. Sidney (Mrs. Rosenthal), Kimberly Webster (Denise), Robert Symonds (Praeger), John Carter (Congressman Chapel), Beverly Todd (Gretchen Davis), Paul Clemens (Tony Ciotti). The death of a boy with a rare brain disorder leads Quincy to involvement with a researcher whose son is also afflicted, and an appeal for funds to research rare diseases. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/4/1981)
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