Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday April 15, 1982:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Mad Buck Gibson
Season 2, episode 8 W: Robert Hamilton D: Winrich Kolbe With Vera Miles (Joan Gibson), Darren McGavin (Mad Buck Gibson), Wally Landford (Jim), Jo Pruden (Dr. Jewell). The ex-wife of infamous adventure author and thrill-seeker 'Mad' Buck Gibson hires Magnum to protect her ex-husband who, despite his age, continues to live his life to the fullest as a hell-raiser. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/26/1981)
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[ABC 8:00] No Soap, Radio [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 With Brianne Leary (Sharon). Debut of a comedy series starring Steve Guttenberg as the proprietor of a seedy hotel in Atlantic City who continues the unconventional traditions of two generations before him. In the opening episode, Roger receives a tempting proposal to sell the Hotel Pelican to the shady Tarantula brothers.
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[NBC 8:00] Fame [Reg]: A Big Finish
Season 1, episode 14 W: William Blinn D: Robert Douglas With Ray Walston (Birdie Whelan), Art Carney (Tim O'Banyan), Bronwyn Thomas (Michelle), Lang Yun (Mrs. Peyton-Smythe). The janitor has a secret -- he was once a famous Broadway dancer and he is hiding a friend (also a famous dancer) and a dog in his office; the students plan a benefit show for the two former vaudeville stars.
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[ABC 8:30] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Midas Mork
Season 4, episode 17 W: Wendy Kout, George Zateslo D: Bob Claver With George Pentecost (Quentin), Tracy Austin (Herself), Kathleen McIntyre (Miss Beasley). Mork learns the secret of turning polyester into gold.
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[CBS 9:00] Cagney & Lacey [Reg]: Street Scene
Season 1, episode 4 W: Claudia Adams D: Ray Danton With George Petrie (Polaski), Rose Portillo (Anna), Panchito Gomez (Esteban), Danny De la Paz (Mario). Cagney and Lacey work the murder of a Hispanic gang member and are accused of racial prejudice.
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[ABC 9:00] 9 To 5 [Reg]: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Secretary
Season 1, episode 4 W: Larry Balmagia D: Hy Averback With Peter Hobbs (Mr. O'Malley), Peggy Pope (Betty), Ann Weldon (Clair), Suzanne Stone (Roberta). Violet risks her job when she refuses to take a polygraph test ordered by Hart.
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[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Lifesavers
Season 4, episode 22 W: Ed Jurist D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Sol Trager (Mike), Jack O'Leary (Mr. Kruger), Stephen Hirsch (Robber). Willis saves Arnold from a near-fatal accident and in doing so unleashes an adoring monster who dedicates his life to repaying his hero.
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[ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Louie's Mom Remarries
Season 4, episode 7 W: Earl Pomerantz D: James Burrows With Julia DeVito (Gabriella De Palma), Jerry Fujikawa (Itsumi Fujimoto). Louie is appalled when his elderly mother announces her plans to marry a Japanese man she met at her senior citizens' group. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/19/1981)
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[NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: The Second Time Around
Season 1, episode 3 W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Howard Storm With Rue McClanahan (Marian). The Chief is reunited with a woman he knew when they were both high school students -- when she runs into his police car. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/12/1981)
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[CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Night
Season 3, episode 19 W: John Pleshette D: Alexander Singer With Danny Gellis (Jason), Oliver Clark (Carl Berman), Michael Dante (Captain Alving), Gina Alvarado (Captain Sanchez), Ann Bellamy (Mrs. Noonan), Bill Burton (Clay). Richard suffers a nervous breakdown and holds Laura and Jason at gunpoint in a night-long siege, threatening to shoot anyone who tries to rescue them.
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[ABC 10:00] 20/20
America's controversial plan for "Life After Doomsday", a civil defense strategy designed to make nuclear war survivable; a report on inactive bank accounts that can be turned over to the state under little-known abandoned property laws.
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[NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: The Last White Man On East Ferry Avenue
Season 2, episode 3 W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Robert Crais D: David Anspaugh With Sandy McPeak (Mac MacAllister), Danny Glover (Jesse John Hudson), Nathan Cook (Virgil Brooks), Reuven Bar-Yotam (Mr. Popovich), Lupe Ontiveros (Mrs. Uribe), Jose Flores (Arturo). Hill and Renko handle a domestic call involving a barricaded old man who is threatening his neighbors with a shotgun; Hudson looks for the informer in his gang; Joyce asks Furillo for advice about the Downey case. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/12/1981)
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