Friday August 28, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Friday August 28, 1981:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS The Incredible Hulk: Danny (R) The Dukes Of Hazzard: Find Loretta Lynn (R) Dallas: Mark Of Cain (R)
ABC Benson: The Governor's House Call (R) The Krypton Factor Movie: FM (1978)
NBC Harper Valley P.T.A.: Mayor Bobby (R) National Lampoon's Two Reelers Movie: 24 Hours Of The Rebel (1978)


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] The Incredible Hulk [Reg]: Danny
Season 4, episode 17
W: Diane Frolov   D: Mark A. Burley

With Art LaFleur (Hugh), Robin Dearden (Rachel), Taylor Lacher (Farmer), Bruce Wright (Ben), Don Stroud (Hank). David attempts to help free a young widow and her infant son from a gang of thieves. But one of the thieves -- her brother-in-law -- is unwilling to let that happen.
(Repeat program, originally aired 5/15/1981)

[ABC 8:00] Benson [Reg]: The Governor's House Call
Season 2, episode 20
W: Bob Colleary, Tom Whedon   D: John Rich

With Jordan Charney (Jack Beddoes), James Gallery (Scooter McFee), Cynthia Harris (Peggy Rhodes), Hugh Gillin (Dr. Wellmont), Burke Byrnes (Sgt. Tomkins). On his way to a Navy reunion, the Governor, along with Benson and Clayton, stop off at a bordello to visit a sick friend. When a fire breaks out across the street, they are afraid to leave in case someone sees them, and so are trapped inside with a muckraking columnist.
(Repeat program, originally aired 5/8/1981)

[NBC 8:00] Harper Valley P.T.A. [Reg]: Mayor Bobby
Season 1, episode 11
W: Jordan Moffet   D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

With Bill Smillie (Inspector), Kevin Scannell (Coach Powell), Vic Dunlop (George Kelly). Stella becomes Mayor Harper's campaign manager when Flora, angered by the granting of an entertainment license to Kelly's Bar, decides to run her son-in-law against the kindly old mayor.
(Repeat program, originally aired 4/3/1981)

[ABC 8:30] The Krypton Factor [Reg]

[NBC 8:30] National Lampoon's Two Reelers [special]
W: Matty Simmons, Hugh Snyder   D: Kenneth Gilbert

With Stephen Furst, Rodger Bumpass, Penny Peyser. Comedy pilot. Two bumbling American college students vacationing in a Central American country get caught in a local revolution.

[CBS 9:00] The Dukes Of Hazzard [Reg]: Find Loretta Lynn
Season 2, episode 18
W: Jim Waldron   D: Arthur Marks

With Loretta Lynn (Herself), Henry Gibson (Squirt), Dennis Burkley (Bubba), Rebecca Reynolds (Cindy), Janet Wells (Leona). While stopped at the Boar's Nest, Loretta Lynn is kidnapped by a trio who want her to offer tips about breaking into the music business.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/8/1980)

[ABC 9:00] Movie: FM (1978)
W: Ezra Sacks   D: John A. Alonzo

With Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Linda Ronstadt, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull, Cassie Yates, Norman Lloyd, James Keach. House intrigue and tensions turn a rock music radio station into an outlet for a wild disc jockey, as he and his collegaues band together to protest the management's decision to add more commercials.

[NBC 9:00] Movie: 24 Hours Of The Rebel (1978)
W: James Bridges   D: James Bridges

With Richard Thomas, Susan Tyrrell, Deborah Benson, Dennis Quaid, Collin Wilcox, Lisa Blount, Tom Hulce. The story of the traumatic effect of actor James Dean's death in 1955 on a childlike Arkansas youth who idolized him.

[CBS 10:00] Dallas [Reg]: Mark Of Cain
Season 4, episode 18
W: Leah Markus   D: Larry Hagman

With Susan Flannery (Leslie Stewart), Leigh McCloskey (Mitch Cooper), Priscilla Pointer (Rebecca Wentworth), Morgan Woodward (Punk Anderson), David Healey (Senator), Deborah Tranelli (Phyllis), Joseph Warren (Senator), Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby), George Petrie (Harve Smithfield), Monte Markham (Clint Ogden), Don Starr (Jordan Lee), Sherril Lynn Rettino (Jackie Dugan), Ellen Bry (Jean Halliman), Jay Varella (Senator), Joel Brooks (Larry). As Leslie Stewart uses her conniving charms to "reel in" J.R., Bobby is caught in the middle of Jock and Miss Ellie's feud.
(Repeat program, originally aired 3/13/1981)

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