Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday January 7, 1982:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: The Jororo Kill
Season 2, episode 12 W: Donald P. Bellisario, Andrew Schneider, Reuben Leder D: Alan J. Levi With Tyne Daly (Kate Sullivan), Burr DeBenning (Ed Russler), Christopher Morley (David Bannister), Edward Fernandez (Santos), Blaise Domino (Gendarme), Bill Erickson (Desk Clerk), Jeff Albert (Customs Officer), Brandon Smith (Russler's Aide), Zulu (Doorman). Magnum is caught in the crossfire of international politics and terrorism when a determined news correspondent that he knew in Vietnam arrives in Honolulu, asking his help in tracking down a master-of-disguise international assassin who is targeting the visiting Prime Minister of a small island republic.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Pajama Game II
Season 4, episode 11 W: Cindy Begel, Lesa Kite D: Bob Claver With Harvey Lembeck (Ovits), Maureen Arthur (Zelka). Mearth invites his voluptuous Orkan classmate Zelka to spend the night, causing Mork and Mindy to have to explain the facts of life to Mearth.
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| [NBC 8:00] Fame [Reg]: Metamorphosis
Season 1, episode 1 W: Christopher Gore D: Bob Kelljan With Tommy Aguilar (Ralph Garcy), Judy Farrell (Mrs. Miller), Fran Drescher (Rhonda), Paul Joynt (Michael Harrison). Series premiere. Julie, a young out-of-state student, tries her best to fit in at the New York City School for the Performing Arts, and is nervous about being accepted by her sophisticated classmates.
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| [ABC 8:30] Best Of The West [Reg]: Frog's First Gunfight
Season 1, episode 14 W: Earl Pomerantz D: Michael Lessac With Chuck Connors, Barbara Babcock, Macon McCalman (Mayor Fletcher). Frog meets a woman who was recently jilted by her boyfriend. However neither of them is aware that he wants her back.
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| [CBS 9:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Mistaken Motives
Season 3, episode 8 W: Rocci Chatfield, Ray Goldstone D: Jeff Bleckner With David Ackroyd (Bill Medford), Michael Bowen (Roy Thompson), Lisa Cori (Tracy), Pearl Shear (Edith), Milt Oberman (Dr. Harvey), Mallie Jackson (Lori), Noel Conlon (Lt. Wyman), Jonathan Estrin (Dr. Golden), Karen Anders (Kate). Diana misinterprets Karen's friendship with Bill, a handsome widower she met at a grief therapy session, and out of spite she goes to a party with a biker whom Karen hates.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Tontine
Season 8, episode 8 W: Nat Mauldin D: Homer Powell With Ivor Francis (Henry Mercurio), Ian Wolfe (Joseph Spidonie), Jay Robinson (Horace Sharpe), Jane Dulo (Edna Sligman), Lou Cutell (Mr. Roselle), Dennis Lipscomb (Lawrence Pryne), Joseph V. Perry (Mr. Marken). The penultimate survivor of a tontine attempts suicide in order to concede the money to his cousin; a cardiac resuscitation instructor goes berzerk in a department store.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Burial Ground
Season 4, episode 9 W: John Donley, Howard Meyers D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Ned Romero (John Longwalker), Charles Thomas Murphy (Cliff Hammer). Arnold and Willis go on a hunger strike to save a historic landmark when they learn construction by Drummond's company may destroy what could be an ancient Indian burial ground.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: I Wanna Be Around
Season 4, episode 11 W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: James Burrows With Stan Rodarte (Friend). Louie, fearful of an apocalypse, builds a "doom room" to survive a catastrophic event and dares the cabbies to spend a weekend in it with him.
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| [NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: Julie's First Love
Season 1, episode 9 W: Gene Perret D: Linda Day With Loren Lester (Arnie). Julie falls in love with Arnie, a boy she met at a video arcade.
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| [CBS 10:00] Nurse [Reg]: To Life
Season 2, episode 7 W: Rena Down D: Philip Leacock With Dennis Boutsikaris (Joe Calvo). Mary falls in love with a sculptor and considers a live-in arrangement with the man.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
John Stossel examines causes and cures for the common cold; Geraldo Rivera returns to Willowbrook ten years after the original report to investigate the current state of care for the mentally retarded; Tom Jarriel profiles actor and labor activist Ed Asner.
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| [NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: The World According To Freedom
Season 2, episode 8 W: Michael Wagner D: Jeff Bleckner With Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Jesse D. Goins (Cookie), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Blood), Tony Perez (Perez), Troy Curvey (Dudley R. Hicks), Victor Campos (Investigator), Richard Foronjy (Murray the Torch), Dennis Dugan (Captain Freedom), Julia Calderon (Alice), Fritz Turner (Monroe), Andy Winner (Wallace Parks), Leonard Lightfoot (Ellis), John Dewey-Caret (Investigator), Dan Chambers (Investigator). Belker meets an eccentric calling himself "Captain Freedom" while on a stakeout; LaRue gets more than he bargained for as a cell plant when he overhears an arson suspect taunting an accused child molester; Furillo issues an ultimatum to the gangs after a savage massacre in a local tavern.
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