Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday November 12, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Tropical Madness
Season 2, episode 6 W: Robert Hamilton D: Lawrence Doheny With Devon Ericson (Jenny Chapman), Roy Dotrice (Brice Harcourt), Jake Hoopai (Sumo), Bruce Johnson (Dwarf), Michael Dennis (Minister). Magnum is surprised when a beautiful English woman spurns his advances, instead preferring Higgins. Magnum is certain that the woman is feigning interest in Higgins.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: My Dad Can't Beat Up Anyone
Season 4, episode 6 W: Dale McRaven, Bruce Johnson D: Frank Buxton With Stanley Kamel (Charlie), Lee Weaver (Gus), Hugh Gillin (Dave). Mork pretends to be a superhero for Mearth's sake after the boy is threatened.
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| [NBC 8:00] Harper Valley P.T.A. [Reg]: Reunion Fever
Season 2, episode 3 W: Susan Misty Stewart D: Dick Harwood With John McCook (Calvin Kendall). Cassie's old high school sweetheart is attracted to Stella -- who then finds out he's married.
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| [ABC 8:30] Best Of The West [Reg]: Laney In Love
Season 1, episode 10 W: Sam Simon D: Stan Daniels With Kevin Scannell (Tom Hudson), Fred Lerner (Blake Whitman). Laney is smitten with a smoothie who bids high for her at a social. But he turns out to be a real low-down heel.
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| [NBC 8:30] Lewis & Clark [Reg]: The Horse's Tale
Season 1, episode 3 W: Richard Gurman Roscoe's prize-winning horse dies with Stu in the saddle during a rodeo.
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| [CBS 9:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: The Vigil
Season 3, episode 1 W: John Pleshette D: Jeff Bleckner With Danny Gellis (Jason), Alan Fudge (Bonners), Michael Dorn (Medical Auxiliary), Rachel Bard (Nurse Godfrey), Thomas Babson (Man), Cynthia Avila (Nurse Rojas), Dana Halsted (Nurse Kimball), Adam Taylor (Gil Patrick), Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Akura). Sid survives the car crash but is paralyzed and lapses into a coma; Gary tries to apologize to Karen but she won't listen.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Car
Season 8, episode 3 W: Nat Mauldin D: Bruce Bilson With Larry Gelman (Joseph Hilyer), Joe Regalbuto (Officer Slatic), Pat McNamara (Burt Boskin), Alice Backes (Mrs. Shawcross). A car thief's conscience gets the better of him -- after twenty-five years; Levitt saves a child from a precarious fate; an overzealous sanitation officer goes to extremes.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Model
Season 4, episode 3 W: Bill Shinkai, John Donley, Howard Meyers D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Madlyn Rhue (Tina Claremont), Thyais Walsh (Beverly), Laura Kamins (Lisa), Greer Wylder (Carol), Tami Arnold (Debbie). Kimberly hopes that a summer job will make her more independent, but when it becomes a chance at international modeling, it may be more independence than her father will agree to.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Like Father, Like Son
Season 4, episode 6 W: David Lloyd D: James Burrows With Jack Gilford (Joe Reiger), Barbara Babcock (Karen). Lunch with his estranged father pushes Alex into competing against the older man for a date with an attractive stranger.
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| [NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: The Second Time Around
Season 1, episode 3 W: Coleman Mitchell, Geoffrey Neigher D: Howard Storm With Rue McClanahan (Marian). The Chief is reunited with a woman he knew when they were both high school students -- when she runs into his police car.
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| [CBS 10:00] Jessica Novak [Reg]: The Boy Most Likely
Season 1, episode 2 With Joseph Campanella (Larry Baker), Gary Dubin (Jeff Baker), Karen Machon (Phyllis Baker), Amanda Wyss. A high-school student Jessica interviewed calls her at the station and threatens to commit suicide.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
An investigation into the Trident nuclear weapon system; a revealing portrait of Ray Charles; a look at a mail-order rip-off.
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| [NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: The Last White Man On East Ferry Avenue
Season 2, episode 3 W: Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Robert Crais D: David Anspaugh With Sandy McPeak (Mac MacAllister), Danny Glover (Jesse John Hudson), Nathan Cook (Virgil Brooks), Reuven Bar-Yotam (Mr. Popovich), Lupe Ontiveros (Mrs. Uribe), Jose Flores (Arturo). Hill and Renko handle a domestic call involving a barricaded old man who is threatening his neighbors with a shotgun; Hudson looks for the informer in his gang; Joyce asks Furillo for advice about the Downey case.
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