Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 26, 1982:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	Magnum, P.I.: Wave Goodbye (R)		Simon & Simon: Love, Christy (R)		Knots Landing: Best Intentions (R)
ABC	TV Movie: Massarati And The Brain (1982)				20/20
NBC	Fame: Passing Grade (R)		Diff'rent Strokes: Green Hair (R)	Gimme A Break: The Emergency (R)	Hill Street Blues: Chipped Beef (R)

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[CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Wave Goodbye
Season 2, episode 7
W: Reuben Leder D: Sidney Hayers
With W.K. Stratton (Officer Kelly), John Calvin (Gary), Wings Hauser (Nick Frangakis), Vic Morrow (Sgt. Jordan), Diane Crowley (Kacy), James Grant Benton (Ralph), Patrick Bishop (Keoki). When an ex-surfing champion and friend of Magnum's is found dead on the beach, he investigates her suspicious death himself. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/19/1981)

[ABC 8:00] TV Movie: Massarati And The Brain (1982)
W: George Kirgo D: Harvey Hart
With Daniel Pilon, Peter Billingsley, Christopher Hewett, Markie Post, Camilla Sparv, Christopher Lee, Ann Turkel, Kathryn Witt, Heather O'Rourke, Kaz Garas. A young genius joins forces with his international soldier-of-fortune uncle, a sexy spy and a very proper butler, to retrieve a treasure of artworks from a nefarious neo-Nazi leader. Pilot for a prospective series.

[NBC 8:00] Fame [Reg]: Passing Grade
Season 1, episode 2
W: William Blinn, Lee H. Grant D: Nicholas Sgarro
With Carmine Caridi (Angelo Martelli), William Allen Young (Robert Summers), Jacquelyn Houston (Miss Douglas). Coco and Lydia vie for the same part in an off-Broadway show; Danny wants to meet Johnny Carson and becomes a waiter. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1982)

[CBS 9:00] Simon & Simon [Reg]: Love, Christy
Season 1, episode 2
W: James Crocker D: Bruce Bilson
With Liberty Godshall (Christy Huggins), Henry Darrow (Manuel Fernandez), Ian Patrick Williams (Robin Davis), Howard Witt (Joey Marcotte), Charlie Dell (Russell Tiegs), Len Ross (Sergeant), Mark Casella (Kurt), Douglas Hume (Cop), Josie Pepito (Anita), Jack Lucarelli (Stony). A college co-ed hires Rick to find her stolen Porsche within twenty-four hours, so Rick calls on some old friends from the underworld to aid in the search. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/1/1981)

[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Green Hair
Season 4, episode 20
W: Albert E. Lewin D: Gerren Keith
With Dody Goodman (Aunt Sophia), Damian London (Dr. Johannson), David Wallace (Jeff). Drummond ignores his sister Sophia's pleas to get involved in a group effort to combat air pollution, until Kimberly becomes victimized by an unnatural phenomenon. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/1/1982)

[NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: The Emergency
Season 1, episode 12
W: Doug Keyes, Chip Keyes D: Linda Day
With Hazel Shermet (Mrs. Rhine), James Mendenhall (Doctor), Jack Carter (Corelli), Liz Sheridan (Nurse Whales). Katie is hospitalized, and the reason for it shocks Nell and the Chief when they find out that her problem is complications from a birth control device. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1982)

[CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Best Intentions
Season 3, episode 15
W: James Houghton, Mona Houghton D: Randa Hanes
With Danny Gellis (Jason), Allan Miller (Scooter Warren), Stephen Macht (Joe), Michael McNeilly (Publisher). Val writes a journal about the Ewings of Dallas for an assignment and it ends up getting published without her knowledge; Laura leaves Richard. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/11/1982)

[ABC 10:00] 20/20 Tom Jarriel reports on a case study in political wheeling and dealing -- a legislative battle in Mississippi with children's futures at stake; Hugh Downs profiles world-famous opera superstar Placido Domingo.

[NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Chipped Beef
Season 2, episode 7
W: Jeffrey Lewis D: Georg Stanford Brown
With Nick Savage (Pickpocket), Stephen McHattie (Officer Nash), Robert Sampson (Hal Massey), Lynn Whitfield (Jill Thomas), Art Evans (William Teacher), Dori Brenner (Luana Belker), John Diehl (Tom), Daphne Maxwell Reid (Sheila Roberts), Fred Pinkard (Toastmaster). Furillo pushes Hill about his support of Nash; Belker goes undercover to catch a gang preying on automatic bank tellers; Fay's engagement ends abruptly; a good samaritan faces arrest on old warrants. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1981)