Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 17, 1981:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	Magnum, P.I.: The Sixth Position		Knots Landing: One Of A Kind		Nurse: Equal Opportunity
ABC	Mork & Mindy: P.S. 2001	Best Of The West: A Man, A Woman, And A Horse	Barney Miller: Homeless	Taxi: Louie Goes Too Far	20/20
NBC	CHiPs: Mitchell & Woods		Diff'rent Strokes: Health Club	Gimme A Break: Julie's Rejection	Hill Street Blues: Chipped Beef

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[CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: The Sixth Position
Season 2, episode 10
W: Babs Greyhosky D: Sidney Hayers
With Andrea Marcovicci (Kendall Chase), Corinne Camacho (Elaine Selmire), Signe Hasso (Lucia Prince), Doug Barden (Agent Barnett), Bob Fimiani (Agent Kelsey), Devon Guard (Martina Orsatti), David Palmer (KGB Agent). As a favor to Robin Masters, Magnum finds himself acting as bodyguard to a famous ballerina, part of a visiting troupe, after several attempts have been made on her life.

[ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: P.S. 2001
Season 4, episode 10
W: Cindy Begel, Lesa Kite D: Bob Claver
With Harvey Lembeck (Ovits), Maureen Arthur (Zelka), Louanne Sirota (Miss Geezba). Mearth is sent to school on Ork, but comes home crying because the other kids make fun of him and he hates the teacher.

[NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Mitchell & Woods
Season 5, episode 12
W: Rick Edelstein D: Bernard L. Kowalski
With Cindy Morgan (Melanie Mitchell), Jayne Kennedy (Paula Woods), Pamela Susan Shoop (Chickee), F. William Parker (Billingsley), Michael McGuire (Lawrence), Bobb Hopkins (Buddy), Paul Gale (Lt. Richards), Ann Coleman (Eleanor Martin), John David Carson (Wilder), Tony Burton (Avrom), Ellen Blake (Ruth), Frank Ashmore (Lance). In an episode for a possible spinoff, Ocean City PD motorcycle officers Paula Woods and Melanie Mitchell are promoted to detective and investigate the murder of a gigolo -- found with two bullets in him and a diamond taped to his body.

[ABC 8:30] Best Of The West [Reg]: A Man, A Woman, And A Horse
Season 1, episode 13
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Howard Storm
With Frank Dent (Dunbar). Sam doesn't pay any attention to the signs of discontent from Elvira until the day he comes home and finds her packed and prepared to leave.

[CBS 9:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: One Of A Kind
Season 3, episode 6
W: Sara Ann Friedman D: Kim Friedman
With Danny Gellis (Jason), Marcia Solomon (Marcia), Terry Kiser (Teddy Becker), Jill Cohen (Amy). Karen's former boyfriend visits Knots Landing and claims he is Diana's real father; Val and Lilimae bond after bad memories resurface.

[ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Homeless
Season 8, episode 7
W: Jordan Moffet, Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein D: Lee Lochhead
With David Clennon (Howard Weckler), Mari Gorman (Mrs. Binder), Stanley Brock (Bruno Bender), Don Calfa (Eddie Pratken), Walter Janowitz (Sam Belinkoff), Ben Piazza (Arthur Minch), Paul Stolarsky (Joseph Kellog), Zane Buzby (Linda). The 12th is overrun with homeless vagrants on Christmas; a greeting-card writer snaps; a cattle prod is the weapon of choice for a local merchant.

[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Health Club
Season 4, episode 8
W: Joseph Bonaduce D: Gerren Keith
With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Macon McCalman (George Endicott), Jack Knight (Mr. Barrett). Arnold and Willis face a puzzling dilemma -- how to tell Drummond that the award he worked so hard for comes from a health club with a "restricted membership."

[ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Louie Goes Too Far
Season 4, episode 10
W: Danny Kallis D: Michael Lessac
With Noni White (Andrea Stewart), Allen Williams (Robert). When Louie spies on Elaine changing in the garage bathroom, she insists that he be fired.

[NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: Julie's Rejection
Season 1, episode 8
W: Ted Bergman D: Dick Harwood
With Julie Anne Haddock (Silver Slipper President), Kelly Ann Conn (Silver Slipper), Mallie Jackson (Babs Pasternak). Katie sponsors Julie for membership in the Silver Slippers, an exclusive club to which she belongs.

[CBS 10:00] Nurse [Reg]: Equal Opportunity
Season 2, episode 4
W: Ray Brenner D: Seymour Robbie
With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo), Scott Schwartz (Craig Williams), Estelle Getty (Sadie Mandler), Julie Gregg (Dr. Mills), Stan Birnbaum (Dr. Rand), Philip Bosco (Dr. Wallenberg), Carole Mallory (Pam Norton), David Morse (Kevin Mallory), Sean Griffin (Max Gilroy), Robert Hitt (Dr. Mayhill). A male nurse is assigned to Mary's station during a staffing crisis; Dr. Rose tries to persuade an aging doctor to retire from surgery.

[ABC 10:00] 20/20 Scientific theory about smell as a powerful sex lure; an investigation into chemical dumping; Sally Field is profiled.

[NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Chipped Beef
Season 2, episode 7
W: Jeffrey Lewis D: Georg Stanford Brown
With Nick Savage (Pickpocket), Stephen McHattie (Officer Nash), Robert Sampson (Hal Massey), Lynn Whitfield (Jill Thomas), Art Evans (William Teacher), Dori Brenner (Luana Belker), John Diehl (Tom), Daphne Maxwell Reid (Sheila Roberts), Fred Pinkard (Toastmaster). Furillo pushes Hill about his support of Nash; Belker goes undercover to catch a gang preying on automatic bank tellers; Fay's engagement ends abruptly; a good samaritan faces arrest on old warrants.