Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday July 8, 1982:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Texas Lightning
Season 2, episode 17 W: Robert Hamilton D: Mike Vejar With Julie Sommars (Jeannie Lowry), Jack Hogan (Matt Thompson), Tony Brubaker (Eric), Vic Leon (Polo), Bob Whiting (Alex), Herbert Borsting (Baron), Ann Fernandez (Nurse), Todd Camenson (Ted), Seth Sakai (Chan), Danny Kamekona (John). Magnum is hired by a world-class poker player to be her bodyguard while she plays high-stakes poker on a yacht. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/18/1982)
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| [ABC 8:00] Darkroom [Reg]
1. Siege Of 31 August W: Peter S. Fischer D: Peter Crane With Ronny Cox (Neil), Gail Strickland (Helen), Hank Brandt (Col. Brandt), Patrick Brennan (Ben), Pat Corley (Colonel / Sheriff). After buying his son a military playset, a Vietnam veteran-turned-farmer keeps hearing war sounds in the night and discovers that his son's toy soldiers are alive. 2. Needlepoint W: Violet Pullbrook D: Paul Lynch With Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (Pimp), Esther Rolle (Grandmother). A pimp takes advantage of a young woman whose grandmother uses old-time voodoo magic to get her revenge.
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| [NBC 8:00] Fame [Reg]: A Musical Bridge
Season 1, episode 13 W: Bruce Shelly D: Robert Scheerer With Carmine Caridi (Angelo Martelli), Ann Nelson (Mrs. Berg). Montgomery tries to get Bruno to cash in on his songwriting abilities; Mrs. Sherwood discovers that Leroy is on his own and decides to go easy on him. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/1/1982)
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| [CBS 9:00] Simon & Simon [Reg]: Earth To Stacey
Season 1, episode 10 W: James Crocker D: Paul Krasny With David Goss (Ken Fielding), Thomas A. Geas (Hampton's Thug), Charles Cioffi (Miller Hampton), Bernard Erhard (Maitre D'), Paul Mantee (Lassiter), Terence Michos (Roger Fielding), Lisa Eilbacher (Stacey Wheeler). Rick needs money in a hurry when his truck is repossessed so he grabs the first client he can, which turns out to be one of Myron's. The new client is a jilted bride trying to find her runaway groom. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/9/1982)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Ski Weekend
Season 4, episode 7 W: Dawn Aldredge D: Gerren Keith With Dana Kimmell (Michelle), Jon Caliri (Tony), Mark Neely (Ron). Kimberly must face the biggest decision of her life -- whether to spend a ski weekend with a popular boy or turn down the opportunity to get away on her own and remain, in her mind, daddy's "little girl." (Repeat program, originally aired 12/10/1981)
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| [ABC 9:30] Police Squad! [Reg]: Testimony Of Evil
Season 1, episode 6 W: Tino Insana, Robert Wuhl D: Joe Dante With William Conrad, Dick Clark (Himself), Dick Miller (Vic), Claudette Nevins (Veronica Rivers), Wayne Winton (Coroner), Jerry Lane (Willy). Drebin poses as a stand-up comic to break up a dope ring. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: Nell Goes Home
Season 1, episode 13 W: Booker Bradshaw, J. Stanford Parker D: Will Mackenzie With Don Sherman (Cab Driver), Johnny Brown (Reverend Digby), Harrison Page (Robert), Robyn Hastings (Marie), Hank Rolike (Reverend Harper), Hilda Haynes (Emma Harper). Nell goes back to Alabama when she learns her father is dying. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/11/1982)
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| [CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Aftermath
Season 3, episode 3 W: Ann Marcus, Ellis Marcus, Diana Gould D: Kim Friedman With Marcia Solomon (Marcia), Howard Witt (Dr. Parker), Peggy Pope (Mrs. Ellis), Michael Curry (Preacher), Sukie Smith (Janet), John Welsh (Ed Winters). Now facing life as a widowed mother of three following Sid's death, Karen tries to cope with her grief and the management of Sid's business. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/26/1981)
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Geraldo Rivera reports from Beirut on the war in Lebanon; John Stossel looks at advertising jingles and what makes some more successful than others; Steve Fox examines a controversial parent self-help movement which advocates getting tough with teens.
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| [NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Hill Street Station
Season 1, episode 1 W: Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco D: Robert Butler With Panchito Gomez (Hector Ruiz), Trinidad Silva (Jesus Martinez), Gary Grubbs (Earps), Gary Van Ormand (Sneed), Jonathan Dasteel (Lamonica), Ron Godines (Contreras), Heshimu Cumbuka (Pimp), Andy Garcia (Street Kid). Premiere of a series about life in a big-city ghetto police department, starring Daniel J. Travanti. For openers, Capt. Frank Furillo must deal with an overzealous SWAT team commander, a police psychologist, and two juvenile gang members who have taken hostages after being interrupted during a liquor-store robbery. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/15/1981)
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