Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday November 19, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Wave Goodbye
Season 2, episode 7 W: Reuben Leder D: Sidney Hayers With W.K. Stratton (Officer Kelly), John Calvin (Gary), Wings Hauser (Nick Frangakis), Vic Morrow (Sgt. Jordan), Diane Crowley (Kacy), James Grant Benton (Ralph), Patrick Bishop (Keoki). When an ex-surfing champion and friend of Magnum's is found dead on the beach, he investigates her suspicious death himself.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Long Before We Met. . .
Season 4, episode 7 W: John B. Collins, Deborah Raznick D: Frank Buxton With Paul Reubens (Dickie Nimitz), Robin Strand (Steve Sanders), Marilyn Kagan (Althea), Laura Carlson (Messenger). Mork accompanies Mindy to her high school reunion and gets upset when Mindy associates with an old boyfirend, so he travels back in time to her prom night to try to break them up.
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| [NBC 8:00] Harper Valley P.T.A. [Reg]: The $500 Misunderstanding
Season 2, episode 4 W: Amy Webb, Malcolm Webb D: Nick Havinga With Anne Haney (Miss Purdue), Lewis Arquette (Officer). Flora files charges against a mens club, unaware that Mayor Harper and her son-in-law Bobby are members.
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| [ABC 8:30] Best Of The West [Reg]: The Railroad
Season 1, episode 11 W: Sy Rosen D: Howard Storm With John Randolph (Chairman), Pat Cranshaw (Bob), Angus Duncan (Mr. Willoughby), Macon McCalman (Mayor Fletcher), Matthew Faison (Inspector). Sam and Tillman work very hard to try to convince the railroad to come to Copper Creek.
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| [NBC 8:30] Lewis & Clark [Reg]: Alicia's New York Night
Season 1, episode 4 W: Hank Bradford Roscoe turns the club into a slice of the Big Apple for a party for Stewart and Alicia.
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| [CBS 9:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Critical Condition
Season 3, episode 2 W: Diana Gould D: Nicholas Sgarro With Bonnie Bartlett (Dr. West), Michael Kelly (Chuck Willis), Cynthia Avila (Nurse Rojas), Dana Halsted (Nurse Kimball), Malcolm Groome (Dr. Danvers), Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Akura). Sid insists on undergoing an operation that could cure him of his paralysis but also possibly kill him.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Possession
Season 8, episode 4 W: Tom Reeder, Roland Kibbee D: Bruce Bilson With Kenneth Tigar (Stefan Koepeknie), Susan Peretz (Norma Griswold), Phil Rubenstein (Roy Griswold), Allan Miller (Police Chaplain). A husband is assaulted for forcing his wife into designer jeans; a disorderly conduct report leads to a man who swears he's possessed by an evil spirit.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Team
Season 4, episode 4 W: Glenn Padnick D: Gerren Keith With Kim Fields (Tootie Ramsey), Philip Sterling (Conroy), Todd Lookinland (Eddie Sanders), Don Dolan (Coach Nichols), Clarence Gilyard Jr. (Frank Simpson), Jimmy Bridges (Joe Patterson). A happy household is torn by the repercussions of meeting racial quotas -- Drummond faces a lawsuit when he hires a black man for a prized executive position, and Willis seeks justice when he loses his spot on the high school's predominantly black basketball team to a white player.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Louie's Mom Remarries
Season 4, episode 7 W: Earl Pomerantz D: James Burrows With Julia DeVito (Gabriella De Palma), Jerry Fujikawa (Itsumi Fujimoto). Louie is appalled when his elderly mother announces her plans to marry a Japanese man she met at her senior citizens' group.
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| [NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: Mom's Birthday
Season 1, episode 4 W: John Markus D: Will Mackenzie With Michael A. Salcido (Maitre'd), Hazel Shermet (Rita), Richard Beauchamp (Raoul). Nell, the Chief and the girls try to take their minds off the fact that today would have been the girls' mother's birthday.
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| [CBS 10:00] Jessica Novak [Reg]: Kenny
Season 1, episode 3 With Adam Arkin, Lyman Ward, Corky Pigeon. Jessica covers stories on a mentally handicapped youth, prostitution, and a citizen demanding a star on Hollywood Boulevard for the Three Stooges.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Reports on the national epidemic of residential burglaries; Barbara Walters interviews Harry Reasoner; Hugh Downs interviews Placido Domingo.
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| [NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: The Second Oldest Profession
Season 2, episode 4 W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Robert Crais D: Robert Butler With Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardiner), Sandy McPeak (Mac MacAllister), Charlene Jones (Buffy), Danny Glover (Jesse John Hudson), Rosanna Huffman (Rachel Goldblume), M.E. Loree (Samantha McBride), Cindy Fisher (Lorie), Barbara Jane Edelman (Vera), Odette Mitchell (Tamara), Steven Kavner (Dobbs), Bill Gentry (Obradovitch). Bates feels responsible for a junkie-prostitute's nearly fatal drug overdose; Hudson beats up his lawyer after his release on bail; Furillo and Joyce reconsider their separation; Esterhaus ends his friendship with Mac.
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