Thursday July 31, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday July 31, 1980:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS The White Shadow: The Russians Are Coming (R) Barnaby Jones: A Short Happy Life (R) Knots Landing: Civil Wives (R)
ABC Mork & Mindy: Jeanie Loves Mork (R) Angie: The Kid Down The Block Barney Miller: Vanished (1) (R) Nobody's Perfect: You Gotta Have Hart 20/20
NBC Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: Cruise Ship To The Stars (R) TV Movie: Son-Rise: A Miracle Of Love (1979)


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[CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: The Russians Are Coming
Season 2, episode 20
W: David Assael, Joshua Brand   D: Victor Lobl

With Jon Gries (Uri Kogenski), Brad Maule (Alexi Korchov), Chris Mulkey (Ilya), Zitto Kazann (Russian Coach), Gene Scherer (Dimitrov), McKee Anderson (Mrs. Johnson). A touring high school team from the Soviet Union comes to Carver High, and one of the Russian players wants Hayward to help him defect.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/26/1980)

[ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Jeanie Loves Mork
Season 2, episode 19
W: Ed Scharlach, Tom Tenowich   D: Howard Storm

With Beverly Dixon (Woman). Mindy takes a job writing the Miss Lonely Hearts newspaper column and unknowingly encourages Jean to pursue a romantic relationship with Mork.
(Repeat program, originally aired 1/31/1980)

[NBC 8:00] Buck Rogers In The 25th Century [Reg]: Cruise Ship To The Stars
Season 1, episode 12
W: Michael Bryant, Cory Applebaum   D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.

With Leigh McCloskey (Jaior), Trisha Noble (Sabrina), Brett Halsey (Cruise Ship Captain), Kimberly Beck (Alison Michaels), Patty Maloney (Tina the Robot), Timothy O'Hagan (Young Man), Dorothy Stratten (Miss Cosmos). A bizarre woman with the ability to hurl balls of energy kidnaps Miss Cosmos, a genetically perfect woman whom Buck was assigned to protect.
(Repeat program, originally aired 12/27/1979)

[ABC 8:30] Angie [Reg]: The Kid Down The Block
Season 2, episode 21
W: Harry Cauley   D: John Tracy

With Tim Thomerson (Gianni), Michael DeLano (Mr. Stewart), Meeno Peluce (Matthew Stewart), Aileen Fitzpatrick (Julie). A 9-year-old hypochondriac wants pediatrician Brad to give him a medical excuse so that he can duck out from being in a play at his school.

[CBS 9:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: A Short Happy Life
Season 7, episode 21
W: Robert W. Lenski   D: John Carter

With James Luisi (Carl Lucas), Cassie Yates (Foxey Dolan), David Darlow (Arnie Richards), George Caldwell (Coogan), Paul Micale (Mr. Lando). Betty's young cousin unknowingly becomes the target of a mysterious killer gang -- and Betty becomes the prime suspect when the cousin is murdered.
(Repeat program, originally aired 3/1/1979)

[ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Vanished (1)
Season 6, episode 13
W: Tony Sheehan, Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein   D: Noam Pitlik

With John Dullaghan (Ray Brewer), Elaine Giftos (Laura Kirgo). Vagrant Ray returns to report his fellow bums' disappearances; a woman wishes to have a child with a surrogate father and is considering Dietrich and Wojo.
(Repeat program, originally aired 1/10/1980)

[NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Son-Rise: A Miracle Of Love (1979)
W: Stephen Kandel, Barry Kaufman, Suzie Kaufman   D: Glenn Jordan

With James Farentino, Kathryn Harrold, Stephen Elliott, Erica Yohn, William Wintersole, Fred Stuthman, Don Chastain, Henry Olek, Kerry Sherman. The true story of Barry and Suzi Kaufman, the parents of an autistic son who refused to accept the medical prognosis and devised their own successful therapy.

[ABC 9:30] Nobody's Perfect [Reg]: You Gotta Have Hart
Season 1, episode 5
W: Arne Sultan, Chris Hayward   D: Robert Douglas

With Nita Talbot (Lush), Danny Wells (Careful Eddie), Antony Ponzini (Slade), Mickey Morton (Fingers), Rebecca Clemons (Sally). Two underworld stooges kidnap Jennifer, thinking she intends to testify against their boss, and Roger disguises himself as the mobster's girlfriend in order to infiltrate the gang and rescue her.

[CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Civil Wives
Season 1, episode 8
W: Jack Turley   D: Kim Friedman

With Claudette Nevins (Susan Philby). Karen surprises everyone with her cordiality toward Sid's ex-wife after she shows up in Knots Landing unexpectedly.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/14/1980)

[ABC 10:00] 20/20

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