Thursday August 5, 1982
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Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 5, 1982:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Magnum, P.I.: Dead Man's Channel (R) Simon & Simon: The Hottest Ticket In Town (R) Knots Landing: Reunion (R)
ABC Mork & Mindy: Present Tense (R) Bosom Buddies: The Slightly Illustrated Man (R) Barney Miller: Inquiry (R) Police Squad!: The Butler Did It (R) 20/20
NBC Fame: Reunions (R) Diff'rent Strokes: The Squatter (R) Gimme A Break: Your Prisoner Is Dead (R) Hill Street Blues: Jungle Madness (2) (R)


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Dead Man's Channel
Season 2, episode 2
W: Diane Frolov   D: Ray Austin

With Wendy Girard (Marion Hammond), Ina Balin (Professor Martinez), Mamaluna (Tehani), Curtis Malia (Keone). After her archaeologist father's boat is found deserted at sea in the Nehoa Channel, a young marine biology student hires Magnum to find out what happened to him. Ancient superstitions say that the channel is "cursed".
(Repeat program, originally aired 10/15/1981)

[ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Present Tense
Season 4, episode 12
W: Winifred Hervey   D: Bob Claver

With Ray Girardin (Phil), Maria Lanahan (Fatima). Mork and Mindy encounter difficulty in finding something to talk about while Mearth is away.
(Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1982)

[NBC 8:00] Fame [Reg]: Reunions
Season 1, episode 15
W: Steve Kline   D: John Patterson

With Signe Hasso (Frieda Grauer), Ann Nelson (Mrs. Berg), Royce Wallace (Delores Johnson), James Purcell (Wally Zawicky). Leroy wants his mother to come to the last show of the year but she is in Detroit; Shorofsky's old flame visits and tells the students about the Holocaust.
(Repeat program, originally aired 4/29/1982)

[ABC 8:30] Bosom Buddies [Reg]: The Slightly Illustrated Man
Season 2, episode 9
W: Chris Thompson   D: Joel Zwick

With J.J. Barry (Tattoo Artist), Chester Grimes (Biker), Sunny Johnson (Debbie), Stephen Shortridge (Tim). Sonny catches Kip kissing another woman, so he tries to prove his commitment to their relationship by getting a tattoo.
(Repeat program, originally aired 1/8/1982)

[CBS 9:00] Simon & Simon [Reg]: The Hottest Ticket In Town
Season 1, episode 7
W: Bob Shayne   D: Ray Austin

With Morgan Woodward (Jim Bob Raymond), Katherine Moffat (Dianne Pierce), Robert F. Hoy (Muir), Roy Jenson (Nelson), Peter Kastner (Gordie), Sal Viscuso (Willie Hoag), Joey Travolta (Rick Brewster), Eugene Butler (Burke Matson), David Darlow (Al Rintner). Cecilia orders her sons to get four tickets to a sold-out rock concert for her niece, and they wind up involved with a counterfeit ticket scam.
(Repeat program, originally aired 1/12/1982)

[ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Inquiry
Season 8, episode 16
W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein   D: Gennaro Montanino

With Norman Bartold (Gordon Wendell), Michael Lombard (Joseph Loftis), Bonnie Bartlett (Emily Loftis), Allan Rich (Edward Meyers), Barry Gordon (David Dingler), Joe Mantell (Raymond Waymond), Sal Viscuso (Victor Renaldi). Internal Affairs is called in when a charge of excessive force is leveled against Wojo; an angry parent takes action when his child is declined admission into an exclusive kindergarten.
(Repeat program, originally aired 3/26/1982)

[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Squatter
Season 4, episode 15
W: Danny Simon   D: Gerren Keith

With Audrey Meadows (Mrs. Martinson), John McCook (Tom Wallace), Sam Shamshak (Older Cop), Leonard Lightfoot (Younger Cop). Drummond learns that converting apartments into condominiums can mean hurting people when he becomes the unsuspecting "victim" of an eccentric tenant he's displacing.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/18/1982)

[ABC 9:30] Police Squad! [Reg]: The Butler Did It
Season 1, episode 3
W: Pat Proft   D: Georg Stanford Brown

With Robert Goulet (Executed Man), Tommy Lasorda (Himself), Nicolas Coster (Warner), Lilibet Stern (Terri), Byron Webster (Thames), Ken Michelman (Kingsley), Peter Elbing (Mime), K Callan (Charlotte). The daughter of a textile tycoon is kidnapped and Frank must find her before it's too late to pay the ransom.
(Repeat program, originally aired 3/18/1982)

[NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: Your Prisoner Is Dead
Season 1, episode 7
W: Chip Keyes, Erik Tarloff, Doug Keyes   D: Will Mackenzie

With Jay Johnson (Priest), Lou Cutell (Druggist), Alan Stock (Robber), Howard Platt (Gus Lambert). The Chief is caught in a standoff at a drug store and, for the first time in his career, is forced to shoot and kill the holdup man.
(Repeat program, originally aired 12/10/1981)

[CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Reunion
Season 3, episode 13
W: Diana Gould   D: Joseph B. Wallenstein

With Allan Miller (Scooter Warren), Danny Gellis (Jason), Jessica Walter (Victoria Hill), Arthur Rosenberg (Dr. Gold), Richard Balin (Roger Thorton), John C. Becher (Mr. Robinson), Aileen Fitzpatrick (Betty Slawson), James Parkes (Alan Slawson). Karen's college friend Victoria Hill visits and organizes a fashion show involving the women of the Cul-de-sac; Laura discovers she is pregnant.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/18/1982)

[ABC 10:00] 20/20 Syliva Chase reports on the possible effects of PMS (Pre-Menstrual Syndrome), an affliction still fighting for recognition in the medical community; Tom Hoving profiles country music veteran Conway Twitty; Geraldo Rivera investigates fraud and safety problems in carnivals and amusement parks.

[NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Jungle Madness (2)
W: Steven Bochco, Michael Kozoll, Anthony Yerkovich   D: Corey Allen

With Vincent Lucchesi (Captain Fuchs), Terry Alexander (Monroe), Charles Hallahan (Charlie Weeks), Tony Carbone (George 'Pinky' Reiner), Eddie Barth (Tanner), Van Nessa Clarke (Shirret Anders), Lionel Smith (Montel Gifford), Freddye Chapman (Denise Thompson), Mimi Rogers (Sandra Paully), Jeanetta Arnette (Jennifer Cross), Opelene Bartley (Montel's Mother), Frantz Turner (Prentiss), Eddie Ryder (Wheelchair Salesman), Susan Harney (Bee Gee), Ray Oliver (Leon), Luke Andreas (Busy Baker Man), Chip Luca (Lt. Digby), Jack Andreozzi (Sal Amico). Neal continues to investigate the Weeks shooting, despite pressure from the Chief to drop it because of the bad publicity; LaRue goes from one shady scam to another as he tries to raise money; Belker's sham fence operation nets a surprise; Shirrett Anders leaves her children again; Furillo warns LaRue to get help for his drinking problem after he ruins a drug bust; Joe Coffey, Lucy's new partner, is shot.
(Repeat program, originally aired 5/26/1981)

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