Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday March 11, 1982:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Billy Joe Bob
Season 2, episode 1 W: Jeff Wilhelm D: Ray Austin With James Whitmore Jr. (Billy Joe Bob Little), Marla Pennington (Carol Ann Little), Seth Sakai (Ito), Jimmy Borges (Sgt. Leong), Patrick Bishop (Keoki), Danny Kamekona (Sgt. Akama), Sam Peters (Phl), Deborah Hedquist (Judy), Leeannah Roberts (Lilly), Deborah Takushi (Mary). A hot-headed Texan comes to Hawaii and hires Magnum to find his sister, who was a nightclub singer before going missing. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/8/1981)
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| [ABC 8:00] Police Squad! [Reg]: Ring Of Fear
Season 1, episode 2 W: Tino Insana, Robert Wuhl D: Joe Dante With Georg Stanford Brown (Cop), Rudy Solari (Martin), Patrick St. Esprit (Buddy), Tessa Richarde (Mary), Floyd Levine (Cooper), Irwin Keyes (Luca), Grand Bush (The Champ). In order to expose a corrupt boxing manager, Frank goes undercover and makes a deal with boxer Buddy Briggs, whom he trains for a title fight against the current champion.
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| [NBC 8:00] Fame [Reg]: Come One, Come All
Season 1, episode 10 W: Hindi Brooks D: Robert Scheerer With Gwen Verdon (Melinda MacNeil), Carmine Caridi (Angelo Martelli), Ann Nelson (Mrs. Berg). Montgomery's mother, a famous movie star, has agreed to direct the school variety show. The only problem is she wants to use it to showcase herself.
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| [ABC 8:30] Bosom Buddies [Reg]: Who's On Thirst?
Season 2, episode 16 W: Terry Hart D: Joel Zwick With Raleigh Bond (Eddie), Tim Culbertson (Police Officer). Kip and Henry, seeking a little isolation to spark their creativity, become stranded in a wilderness cabin in the dead of winter. The girls, left to their own devices, try to shoot a commercial by themselves, and quickly find they are over their heads.
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| [CBS 9:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Best Intentions
Season 3, episode 15 W: James Houghton, Mona Houghton D: Randa Hanes With Danny Gellis (Jason), Allan Miller (Scooter Warren), Stephen Macht (Joe), Michael McNeilly (Publisher). Val writes a journal about the Ewings of Dallas for an assignment and it ends up getting published without her knowledge; Laura leaves Richard.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Obituary
Season 8, episode 15 W: Nat Mauldin D: Gennaro Montanino With Peggy Pope (Mrs. Bergendahl), Barney Martin (Wendell Bergendahl), Richard Stahl (Herb Lund), Phil Diskin (Louis Beilin), Will Seltzer (Andrew Jessel). A newspaper obituary causes a stir when the subject turns up alive; the detectives snag a modern-day chicken thief.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Crime Story (1)
Season 4, episode 17 W: Howard Leeds, Ben Starr, Martin Cohan D: Gerren Keith With Shavar Ross (Dudley Ramsey), Shannon Presby (Eddie), Sal Lopez (Roberto). Arnold and his friend Dudley are scared to death by two teenage bullies who pose the intimidating demand of "your lunch money or your life."
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Jim The Psychic
Season 4, episode 1 W: Barry Kemp D: James Burrows With Bob Larkin (Bar Brawler), J.P. Bumstead (Bar Brawler), Kiva Dawson (Girl Scout). Reverend Jim's dreams foretell a bizarre catastrophe which will befall Alex. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/8/1981)
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| [NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: Hot Muffins
Season 1, episode 16 W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher, Mort Lachman, Sy Rosen D: Will Mackenzie With Alexa Kenin (C.C.), Phil Rubenstein (Philly), Michael DeLano (Vince), Crystal Bernard (Kelly), Bonnie Urseth (Doris). Katie's band has an opportunity for a gig in a Hollywood nightclub.
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| [CBS 10:00] Nurse [Reg]: On The Line
Season 2, episode 14 W: Phillip Rosenberg With Anthony Zerbe (Sam Mancuso), Rex Robbins (Dr. Manning), Paul McCrane (George Nicholas), Jill Eikenberry, Shepperd Strudwick (William Mercier), Linda Kozlowski (Julie Dean). Although overworked and understaffed, Mary refuses to support a strike by the nurses.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Guatemala, a country erupting in Civil War; reports on a creature of television -- the local news anchorman; dreams -- what they are, what they mean, and some typical ones.
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| [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. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1981)
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