Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday August 18, 1982:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Mr. Merlin [Reg]: Take My Tonsils. . . Please!
Season 1, episode 9 W: Parke Perine D: Bill Bixby With Tony LaTorre (Dino), Susan Bay (Nurse Hoffman), Stacy Keach Sr. (Dr. Hutton). Mr. Merlin needs to have a tonsilectomy, but stubbornly refuses -- then disappears. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/9/1981)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Greatest American Hero [Reg]: Who's Woo In America
Season 2, episode 21 W: Patrick Burke Hasburgh D: Bob Bender With Barbara Hale (Paula Hinkley), Tom Hallick (Phillip Kabala), Hugh Gillin (C.C. Smith), Jon Cedar (Heller), Michael Prince (Prentice Hall), David S. Cass Sr. (Goodwin), Daniel Chodos (Nasher), Don Maxwell (Brockman), Gerald Jann (Dr. Woo). Ralph's mother plans to marry a much younger man who, unbeknownst to her, has planted a microchip in her engagement ring and is a smuggler of top-secret materials. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/14/1982)
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
Roller derby; a garboloigist; a crowing contest for roosters; "punk" food.
(Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:30] Movie: A Piece Of The Action (1977)
W: Charles Blackwell D: Sidney Poitier With Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Tracy Reed, Ja'net DuBois, Titos Vandis, Jason Evers, Hope Clarke, Frances Foster, Marc Lawrence. Two likable con men are persuaded by a retired policeman to volunteer their services to a ghetto youth center, and attempt to master the art of the rip-off while tackling several community problems.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Fall Guy [Reg]: Scavenger Hunt
Season 1, episode 22 W: Lou Shaw D: Cliff Bole With William Bryant (Director), Doug McClure (Joe Edwards), Terry Carter (Steve Bates), Heather Locklear (June Edwards), Gary Lockwood (Navy Officer), Jan Murray (Self), Stephen Shortridge (Dotson), Christopher Stone (Abel Allen), Jeannie West (Ann), Ivan Bonar (Caretaker), Herve Villechaize (Himself). Howie clashes with a group of disgruntled naval officers on the trail of the $5 million that they helped to steal. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/5/1982)
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| [NBC 9:00] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Cousin Geri Returns
Season 3, episode 10 W: Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel D: Asaad Kelada With Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Lou Richards (Mike Palmer). Blair's handicapped cousin makes another visit to Peekskill, and the girls try to get her a date for a social event. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/30/1981)
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| [NBC 9:30] Love, Sidney [Reg]: Patti's Roots
Season 1, episode 18 W: Ken Hecht, Bob Brunner D: Mel Ferber With Tara Blank (Yolanda), Rita Gardner, John Ramsey, Raymond Serra (John). Patti is rejected by her classmates when they discover that she is illegitimate, and Patti's subsequent questions about her father send Sidney into a tizzy. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/31/1982)
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| [ABC 10:00] Dynasty [Reg]: The Baby
Season 2, episode 16 W: Edward DeBlasio D: Jerome Courtland With Tim O'Connor (Dr. Crayford), Hank Brandt (Morgan Hess), Paul Keenan (Tony Driscoll), Belinda Montgomery (Jennifer), Allyn Ann McLerie (Dr. Morrell). Fallon gives birth to a son; Alexis offers Sammy Jo $25,000 to leave Denver; Jeff and Claudia make love; Krystle accuses Alexis of killing her baby; Alexis learns Krystle and Blake are not legally married. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/3/1982)
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| [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. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/17/1982)
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