Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 20, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World Of Hanna-Barbera [special]
With Jonathan Winters, Cloris Leachman, Lorne Greene. A retrospective of the 43-year partnership of cartoonists William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Gene Kelly hosts. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: There's A New Mork In Town
Season 3, episode 12 W: Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn D: Howard Storm With Lyle Waggoner (Xerko). Another Orkan comes down to Earth to challenge Mork for the job of reporting to Orson. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/12/1981)
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| [NBC 8:00] NBC Magazine With David Brinkley
Douglas Kiker profiles Republican Senator Jesse Helms; Garrick Utley examines the potential of an alcohol-fueled car; Jack Perkins reports on a town that is trying to abolish its city government; Betsy Aaron looks at summer stock theater.
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| [ABC 8:30] Bosom Buddies [Reg]: Kip Quits
Season 1, episode 13 W: Ian Praiser, Howard Gewirtz D: Will Mackenzie With Michael Fairman (Mr. Peters), Louise Vallance (Ellen Williams), Arthur Malet (Bum). When Ruth insists that Kip indulge a new client, Kip walks out, expecting Henry to follow him. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/26/1981)
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| [CBS 9:00] Fifth Annual Circus Of The Stars [special]
With Marty Allen, Gil Gerard, Linda Gray, Joan Rivers, Wayne Rogers, Brooke Shields. Rebroadcast of the variety special featuring 26 television, stage and screen personalities performing circus acts. Angela Lansbury, Rock Hudson, Lloyd Bridges and Valerie Perrine serve as ringmasters. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Movie (2)
Season 7, episode 10 W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein D: Noam Pitlik With Ralph Manza (Mr. Roth), J.J. Barry (Arthur Duncan), Norman Bartold (Carl Bernie), Jay Gerber (Howard Fuller). A blind mugging victim and an overzealous charity collector are among the disparate audience members at the screening of Harris' overbudget film. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/29/1981)
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| [NBC 9:00] Buck Rogers In The 25th Century [Reg]: Journey To Oasis
Season 2, episode 2 W: Robert Mitchell, Esther Mitchell D: Daniel Haller With Paul Carr (Lt. Devlin), Mark Lenard (Ambassador Duvoe), Len Birman (Admiral Zite), Donn Whyte (Zykarian). Hawk's first mission among the humans is to join Buck, Wilma, and Dr. Goodfellow in escorting Ambassador Duvoe to a peace conference that could avert a terrible galactic war. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1981)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Monastery [special]
A rare look inside the walls of St. Joseph's Abbey, a Trappist monastery in rural Massachusetts, where until recently the monks lived under the constraints of a vow of silence.
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