Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday September 23, 1981:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] TV Movie: Haywire (1980)
W: Ivan Davis, Frank Pierson D: Michael Tuchner With Jason Robards, Deborah Raffin, Lee Remick, Dianne Hull, Hart Bochner, Linda Gray, Charles Robinson, Christopher Guest. A dramatization of the memoirs of Brooke Hayward, who grew up amid the fame and glamor of her Hollywood parents, actress Margaret Sullivan and agent-producer Leland Hayward.
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[ABC 8:00] The Greatest American Hero [Reg]: The Greatest American Hero
Season 1, episode 1 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Rod Holcomb With William Bogert (Agent Carlisle), Branden Williams (Kevin Hinkley), June Lockhart (Mrs. Davidson), Richard Herd (Adam Taft), G.D. Spradlin (Nelson Cory), Ned Wilson (Col. Shackelford), Bob Minor (John Backe), Edward Bell (David Knight), Hank Salas (Brother Michael), Jeff MacKay (Officer Cowan). Debut of a series starring William Katt and Robert Culp as a mild-mannered schoolteacher and an FBI agent who are approached by aliens who give them a suit that grants super powers to the wearer, with the caveat that it must only be used for the common good. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/18/1981)
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[NBC 8:00] Real People
A woman who lives out her food fantasies; the "mad hugger"; a lizard collector; Buddy the wonder dog; a pig on welfare; a woman who strips for God.
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[NBC 9:30] An American Adventure: The Rocket Pilots
Profiles of some of the test pilots of the late 1940s through the 1950s who risked their lives to fly the X-15 rocket, a forerunner of the space shuttle. Lloyd Dobyns is the narrator.
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[ABC 10:00] Dynasty [Reg]: The Testimony
Season 1, episode 13 W: Edward DeBlasio D: Don Medford With Peter Mark Richman (Andrew Laird), Brian Dennehy (Jake Dunham), Tisch Raye (Sarah Pat Beecham), Colby Chester (Bill), Lloyd Haynes (Judge Quinlan), Maggie Wickman (Alexis Carrington). Andrew calls Claudia to the stand against Blake's wishes and she reveals her affair with Steven; against Andrew's wishes, Blake testifies in his own defense; Matthew goes berserk and attacks the man he feels is responsible for his troubles; the state calls a surprise witness who stuns the Carrington family. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/20/1981)
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