Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday September 24, 1981:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	Magnum, P.I.: Beauty Knows No Pain (R)		Nurse: Long Day's Journey Into Morning (R)		Knots Landing: Designs (R)
ABC	Mork & Mindy: Mindy And Mork (R)	Best Of The West: Mail Order Bride	Presidential Address	Taxi: Latka The Playboy (R)	20/20
NBC	Games People Play		Presidential Address	A Love Letter To Jack Benny (R)

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Program details:

[CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Beauty Knows No Pain
Season 1, episode 18
W: Robert Hamilton D: Ray Austin
With Marcia Wallace (Barbara Terranova), Darby Hinton (Buddy Moran), Walt Davis (Chuck), Louise Fitch (Wanda Burton), Jim Weston (Roger), Curtis Credel (Agent Slim). A woman from Bayonne, New Jersey hires Magnum to find her fiancee in one day -- because that's all she can afford to pay him for -- and he winds up entering an Iron Man marathon in an attempt to find the missing man. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/16/1981)

[ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mindy And Mork
Season 3, episode 20
W: Brian Levant D: Howard Storm
With Elinor Donahue (Dr. Joni Lincoln). Mindy and Mork reverse roles when Mindy works late hours on a new TV call-in show, and Mork has to do the housework. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/7/1981)

[NBC 8:00] Games People Play [Reg] Athletic activities at a school for the deaf; figure skating for 11 to 13-year-olds.

[ABC 8:30] Best Of The West [Reg]: Mail Order Bride
Season 1, episode 3
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Doug Rogers
With Ronald F. Hoiseck (Sven), Erik Holland (Olaf Gunderson), Betty White (Amanda Tremaine), Wil Albert (Reverend), Art LaFleur (Dooley Wainwright). Doc's mail-order bride is a little more experienced than he expected. And it's at the wedding that she reveals the truth.

[CBS 9:00] Nurse [Reg]: Long Day's Journey Into Morning
Season 1, episode 5
W: Tom Egan D: Virgil W. Vogel
With Antonio Fargas (Marshall Gripps), Sam Freed (Fred Bremmer), Ibbits Warriner (Eileen McGavin), Tom Brennan. A reporter doing a story on the hospital shows up on the day Mary's floor is in chaos. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/30/1981)

[ABC 9:00] Presidential Address President Reagan will address the nation on further proposed federal budget cuts.

[NBC 9:00] Presidential Address

[ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Latka The Playboy
Season 3, episode 20
W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: James Burrows
With Tom Castranova (Tommy), George Wendt (Exterminator), Robin Klein (Karen). Latka creates a suave but obnoxious alter ego, Vic Ferrari, to help him score with the ladies. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/21/1981)

[NBC 9:30] A Love Letter To Jack Benny [special] A rebroadcast of a tribute to the late comedian by 26 celebrities, including highlights from Mr. Benny's television series and specials. George Burns, Johnny Carson and Bob Hope are the hosts. (Repeat program)

[CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Designs
Season 2, episode 17
W: Diana Gould, Robert Gilmer D: Nicholas Sgarro
With Larry Hagman (J.R. Ewing), Barry Jenner (Jeff), Marcia Solomon (Marsha). J.R. comes to town to form a corporation with Sid and patent the engine that Sid invented, but he refuses. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/26/1981)

[ABC 10:00] 20/20 Jerry King takes a first-hand look at the Polish protocol of line-waiting; Bob Brown examines fraternity hazing and its sometimes tragic results; Geraldo Rivera reports on Simon & Garfunkel's reunion concert.