Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday February 17, 1982:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: I'll Take Romance
Season 4, episode 15 W: Lissa Levin D: Asaad Kelada With Livia Genise (Lorrayne Marvin). Herb fixes Les up with a date through his latest client, a computer dating service. Les hits it off with his date immediately, not knowing that the company is a front for prostitution.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Greatest American Hero [Reg]: A Chicken In Every Plot
Season 2, episode 14 W: Danny Lee Cole, Jeff Ray D: Rod Holcomb With Ron O'Neal (Colonel), John Hancock (Louis Davout), Thalmus Rasulala (Victor Soucha), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Le Masters), Todd Armstrong (Ted McSherry). Ralph, Pam and the kids fly to the Caribbean to visit a friend of Bill's. When they arrive they find Bill's friend murdered and island racked by a voodoo-driven revolt against the government.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A dog howling contest; pyramid power; disc jockey Dr. Demento; a midget car race.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Two Of Us [Reg]: Torch Song
Season 2, episode 15 W: Bill Davenport, Tom Whedon D: Peter Bonerz With Joyce Bulifant (Peggy), Edward Winter (Fred). An old school chum visits Nan, hoping to cure his infatuation for her -- gradually.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Lois Gibbs And The Love Canal (1982)
W: Michael Zagor D: Glenn Jordan With Marsha Mason, Bob Gunton, Penny Fuller, Louise Latham, Thomas Hill, Prisclla Morrill, Jeremy Licht, Roberta Maxwell. Movie based on the real-life account of the Niagara Falls housewife who led a campaign to save her family and neighbors from the potential health hazards of a nearby toxic chemical dump site.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Fall Guy [Reg]: Ready, Aim, Die
Season 1, episode 14 W: Mark Jones D: Peter Crane With Michael Pataki, Mary Crosby (Coleen Wilcox), Charlie Callas (Murph), Michael DeLano (Sydnie), Al Ruscio (Harvey), Paul Lambert (Raymond Franks), Louie Elias (Nitty), Frank Farmer (Police Captain), Chuck Hicks (Stark). A mob assassin uses an unwitting Colt to find her mark, a relocated government witness with a distinctive gambling habit.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: The Affair
Season 3, episode 17 W: Migdia Chinea-Varela D: Asaad Kelada With Norman Burton (Dr. Green), Peter Reckell (Alan Cooke), Benito Prezia (Luigi). Mrs. Garrett and the girls visit New York and have lunch in a restaurant where Natalie discovers her father kissing another woman.
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| [NBC 9:30] Love, Sidney [Reg]: Is There Life After Show Business?
Season 1, episode 14 W: Mel Tolkin D: Mel Ferber Laurie quits the soap opera after receiving rave reviews for her performance in an off-Broadway play.
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| [ABC 10:00] Dynasty [Reg]: The Iago Syndrome
Season 2, episode 14 W: Shimon Wincelberg D: Jerome Courtland, Alf Kjellin With Tim O'Connor (Dr. Crayford), Virginia Hawkins (Jeanette Robbins). Krystle says goodbye to Nick and leaves Denver; Blake offers to adopt Jeff; Cecil blackmails Claudia; Nick accepts Blake's explanation of his brother's death.
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: To Clear The Air
Season 7, episode 15 W: Sam Egan D: Lester William Berke With Edward Grover (Derek Brisbane), Frank Marth (Ed), William Sylvester (Randall Torgen), Ronald Joseph (Ruben Cardenas), Joby Baker (Will Sabarosa), Joan Pringle (Dr. Ruddy), Anthony Eisley (Dr. Ogden), E.J. Andre (Sy Schuster), Stephen Elliott (Craddock), Fredd Wayne (Michael Gurelnik), Meg Wyllie (Cleo Erdman), Delores Cantu (Carmen Cardenas), Christian Hoff (Robbie Dreyfuss). Quincy goes on a crusade to clean up the Los Angeles air after an old man dies during an atmospheric inversion.
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