Wednesday March 17, 1982
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Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday March 17, 1982:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Herbie The Love Bug: Herbie, The Matchmaker WKRP In Cincinnati: Fire Baker's Dozen: Pilot Shannon: Copscam
ABC The Greatest American Hero: Dreams The Fall Guy: Guess Who's Coming To Town? Dynasty: Mother And Son
NBC Real People The Facts Of Life: Kids Can Be Cruel Love, Sidney: Patti The Torch Quincy, M.E.: Stolen Tears


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[CBS 8:00] Herbie The Love Bug [Reg]: Herbie, The Matchmaker
Season 1, episode 1
W: Arthur Alsberg, Don Nelson   D: Charles S. Dubin

With Kirk Cameron (Youngster), Paul Tuerpe (Policeman), Agatha Kincaid (Mrs. Gurney), Bryan Utman (Jason), Kipp Lennon (Raymond), Natalie Core (Mother Bigelow), Stanley Brock (Repossessor), James Karen (Manager). Series premiere. Herbie the car tries to pair his owner, Jim, with an attractive divorcee who has a jealous fiancee. They also stumble upon a bank robbery and rescue a hostage.

[ABC 8:00] The Greatest American Hero [Reg]: Dreams
Season 2, episode 17
W: Stephen J. Cannell   D: Bruce Kessler

With Michael Baseleon (Johnny Sanova), Fred Stuthman (Evan Thompson), Robert Weaver (Coach Buck), Nick Pellegrino (Red), Nicholas Worth (Norm), Edward Bell (Principal Knight), Milt Kogan (Dr. Moran), James Costy (Duffy Magellan). A man arrested by Bill and Ralph is released from prison and vows vengeance upon the two men.

[NBC 8:00] Real People A 75-year-old volunteer fireman; a restaurant where the menus are written on the waitresses; the preppy vs. anti-preppy controversy.

[CBS 9:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Fire
Season 4, episode 17
W: Dan Guntzelman   D: Will Mackenzie
Herb and Jennifer are trapped in an elevator when a fire breaks out in the Flimm Building, and the rest of the WKRP staff makes a bungling attempt to rescue them.

[ABC 9:00] The Fall Guy [Reg]: Guess Who's Coming To Town?
Season 1, episode 17
W: Glen A. Larson   D: Gil Bettman

With Jason Evers (Gordon), Joey Forman (Manning), Bert Freed (George Farr), Barbara Horan (Jackie), John McLiam (Dr. Turlock), Albert Salmi (Sheriff Baker), Robin Strand (John C. Ryder). Howie and Jody's luck is all bad in Lucky, Nevada, where the town's leading citizens are hiding a secret.

[NBC 9:00] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Kids Can Be Cruel
Season 3, episode 20
W: Jerry Mayer   D: Asaad Kelada

With Dan Frischman (Ricky Price), Scott McGinnis (Dink Lockwood), Marc Poppel (Tim Holified). Natalie's out for revenge after Blair embarrasses her in front of everyone.

[CBS 9:30] Baker's Dozen [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1
W: Philip Rosenberg, Stuart Rosenberg   D: Bill Persky
Premiere of a comedy series concerning the goings-on at a New York police station, including the romantic relationship between two undercover officers. Tonight, Terry and Mike pose as swingers to nab a suspect at a singles bar.

[NBC 9:30] Love, Sidney [Reg]: Patti The Torch
Season 1, episode 17
W: April Kelly   D: Mel Ferber

With John Myers, Robin Dearden (Adult Patti), Jack Riley (Tom). Sidney and Laurie discover that the fire which destroyed their living room was set by Patti.

[CBS 10:00] Shannon [Reg]: Copscam
Season 1, episode 5
W: Colley Cibber, William A. Schwartz   D: Bernard L. Kowalski

With Bill Fletcher, Clyde Kusatsu, Jim McMullan, Robert F. Lyons, Marta DuBois. Shannon discovers that the arsonist for whom he is looking is a former boyhood adversary who is now running a protection racket.

[ABC 10:00] Dynasty [Reg]: Mother And Son
Season 2, episode 17
W: Edward DeBlasio   D: Lawrence Dobkin

With Paul Keenan (Tony Driscoll), Belinda Montgomery (Jennifer). Upon learning he is not her true father, Fallon refuses to see Blake; Jeff falls in love with Claudia, who is caught stealing from Denver-Carrington; Fallon's baby undergoes emergency surgery.

[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Stolen Tears
Season 7, episode 18
W: Sam Egan   D: Georg Fenady

With Martin Balsam (Hyam Sigerski), Norman Lloyd (Cornelius Sumner), Signe Hasso (Esther), Stefan Gierasch (Charlie Wilson), Michael Durrell (Hyam's Lawyer), Woody Eney (Doug Wley), Than Wyenn (Isaac Koviac), Eugene Peterson (Judge), Ken Daly (Russell). An Auschwitz survivor tries to persuade Quincy that a friend was murdered by a Nazi from the death camp, and Quincy works with a "retired" Nazi hunter to track down the killer.

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