Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 27, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Big Bend Country [special]
W: Blanche Hanalis D: Ralph Senensky With James Keach, Dorothy Fielding, Robert MacNaughton, Tama Howard, Johnny Graves, Stefan Gierasch. Dramatic pilot about a Tennessee farm family in 1865 that is anxious to put the Civil War behind them and start anew.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Putting The Ork Back In Mork
Season 3, episode 1 W: Ed Scharlach, Tom Tenowich D: Howard Storm With Amy Tenowich (Lola), Elliot Jaffe (Elliot), Jonathan Ian (Jonathan), Julia Hendler (Julia), Vidal Peterson (The Elder), Stephanie Kayano (Stephanie). Mindy becomes so alarmed when Mork starts behaving like a boring, conservative Earthling that she suggests he find a new place to live, but an Orkan elder arrives and attempts to make Mork revert to his Orkan ways. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/13/1980)
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| [NBC 8:00] NBC Magazine With David Brinkley
The cover-up of mishaps involving the Titan II missile; California Conservation Corps; controversy over opening adoption records; Douglas Kiker analyzes the Chicago Cubs' baseball fans.
(Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:30] Bosom Buddies [Reg]: The Rewrite
Season 1, episode 15 W: Chris Thompson, Howard Gewirtz, Ian Praiser D: Will Mackenzie Kip tries to help Henry spice up a story documenting Ruth nearly discovering the duo's alternate identities. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/19/1981)
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| [CBS 9:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Thicker Than Blood
Season 1, episode 12 W: Donald P. Bellisario D: Lawrence Doheny With Vincent Caristi (Joey), Chip Lucia (Coast Guard Lieutenant), Andre Philippe (Renard), Alan Caillou (Freighter Captain), James Hildenbrand (Radioman), Michael Dennis (Helmsman), Neal Lipe (Coast Guard Pilot), Michael Spilotro (Federal Marshal), Kit Wennerstein (Coast Guard Radioman), Frank Adolfi (Auctioneer). T.C. flies out to a freighter at sea during the night to smuggle a Marine deserter back to the United States but is arrested on the return flight. He refuses Magnum's help and plans to plead guilty. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/26/1981)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Vests
Season 7, episode 20 W: Nat Mauldin D: Noam Pitlik With Don Calfa (Arthur Thompson), Alice Hirson (Dorothy St. Clair), Warren Munson (John Norvis). The detectives are reluctant to wear their new bulletproof vests; Luger interviews them in case of the need for a quick obituary. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/7/1981)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Burnt Offerings (1976)
W: William F. Nolan, Dan Curtis D: Dan Curtis With Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart, Lee H. Montgomery, Bette Davis, Dub Taylor, Anthony James. A family moves into an old, haunted Victorian mansion that regenerates itself by feeding off of the life forces of its injured occupants.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Bobby's Roommate
Season 3, episode 15 W: Earl Pomerantz D: James Burrows Elaine can't afford her apartment and temporarily moves in with Bobby, much to the chagrin of Alex and Tony. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/9/1981)
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| [CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: The Loudest Word
Season 2, episode 13 W: Joseph B. Wallenstein D: Kim Friedman With Patrick Duffy (Bobby Ewing), Arthur Rosenberg (Dr. Harper), Patricia Murray (Sandy), Robeth Jean Williams (Infirmary Nurse), Isabel West (Infirmary Head Nurse), Jan Jordan (Infirmary Nurse). Val's doctor finds a malignant growth in her colon and needs to operate, as Gary begins to fall apart under the weight of his guilt, frustrations and fear. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/19/1981)
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
There's a report on the deployment of nuclear weapons overseas; a look at life in the Soviet Union; a profile of Rodney Dangerfield.
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