Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday May 20, 1982:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Memories Are Forever
Season 2, episode 5 W: Donald P. Bellisario D: Ray Austin With Soon-Teck Oh (General Nguyen Hue), Marta DuBois (Michelle Hue), Clyde Kusatsu (Colonel Ki), Paul Burke (Admiral Kitchner), Lance LeGault (Buck Greene). Magnum thinks he's spotted his one true love, Michelle, the woman he married six years earlier during his last tour in Vietnam and thought to have been lost in a bombing raid. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/5/1981)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Grinch Grinches The Cat In The Hat [special]
W: Theodor Geisel D: Bill Perez With Mason Adams, Frank Welker, Bob Holt, Joe Eich. The jaunty Cat in the Hat incurs the wrath of the Grinch, who beams mean machines to turn the Cat into a fantastic light show.
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| [NBC 8:00] Fame [Reg]: To Soar And Never Falter
Season 1, episode 5 W: William Blinn D: Harry Harris With Carmine Caridi (Angelo Martelli), Connie Needham (Kathleen Murphy), Gregory Itzin (Dr. Reston), Stanley Grover (Marvin Rutledge), Michael Thoma (Mr. Crandall), Marie Wallace (Mrs. Murphy). Bruno writes a piece of music for a dance major he is in love with, but when she performs for him she becomes injured and it is discovered that she has Multiple Sclerosis. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1982)
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| [ABC 8:30] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Gotta Run (3)
Season 4, episode 21 W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Bob Claver With Joe Regalbuto (Kalnik), Mark Fenske (Tom), Stephen Stucker (Billy Vincent), Dan Barrows (Maury), John Bristol (Ebu), Chea Collette (Belk), Keith Coogan (Scotti). As a result of his notoriety, Mork is faced with fans, marketing executives and Kalnik.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Landmark (3)
Season 8, episode 22 W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan D: Danny Arnold With George Murdock (Lt. Scanlon), Jack DeLeon (Marty), Mari Gorman (Mrs. Binder), Ray Stewart (Daryl Driscoll), Ralph Manza (Mr. Roth), John Dullaghan (Ray), Walter Janowitz (Sam Belinkoff), Stanley Brock (Bruno Bender), Oliver Clark (Carl Ebling), J.J. Barry (Mr. Duncan), Carina Afable (Perlita Avilar), Meshach Taylor (Melvin Jackson), Earl Boen (Warren Gimble), Judson Morgan (Mr. Lukather), F. William Parker (Wallace Lowell). Friends, foes and felons alike drop by to pay their last respects as the detectives prepare to leave for new assignments; Harris contemplates his resignation when he's assigned to Flushing Meadows; Barney recalls friends departed before he turns out the squad room lights for the last time. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: On Your Toes
Season 4, episode 26 W: Albert E. Lewin D: Gerren Keith With Roger C. Carmel (Dimitri Kuznetsov), Lilyan Chauvin (Zenashkaya Rokova), Karin Vosberg (Becky). A famed choreographer encourages Arnold to learn ballet, but his youthful dancing days could be numbered when Willis' taunting remarks convince Arnold to drop out of an upcoming recital.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Of Mice And Tony
Season 4, episode 9 W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: James Burrows With Tom Castranova (Tommy), Gene LeBell (Referee), Ernie Hudson (Terry Carver), Jimmy Lennon Sr. (Ring Announcer), Howard Gewirtz (Dr. Smith), Ian Praiser (Dr. Harmon), John Christy Ewing (Dr. Frazier), Andrew Winner (Dr. Gilman), Nat Bernstein (Dr. Stewart). Tony meets a promising young heavyweight boxer and offers to become his manager; the problem is, a mysterious "syndicate" is also showing an interest in the rookie fighter. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/10/1981)
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| [NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: Nell's Ex
Season 1, episode 10 W: Kathy Joseph D: Linda Day With Ben Powers (Tony), Jay Johnson (Ventriloquist). Nell's ex-husband Tony, a singer who had a modest hit in the mid-1960s, returns to audition for a gig on a TV show. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1982)
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| [CBS 10:00] Lily For President? [special]
W: Rod Warren, Anne Elder, Elaine Pope, Ziggy Steinberg, Rocco Urbisci, Jane Wagner D: Tom Trbovich With Eileen Brennan, James Coco, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, James Garner, Scott Baio, Howard Duff, Linda Lavin, Jerry Mathers, Paul Reubens. A comedy special with Lily Tomlin as a television director who becomes a politician and runs for the presidency.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Tom Jarriel reports on a brutal and shocking crime in rural Vermont that radically transformed the state's juvenile laws; Bob Brown profiles country music superstar Waylon Jennings.
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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. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/7/1982)
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