The Eighties Club
The Politics and Pop Culture of the 1980s
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Primetime Schedules, 1980 & 1981
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(Programs that did not appear in the previous year's fall schedule are in italics)
1980
(An actors' strike delayed the start of the 1980-81 season)
DAY
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8:00 (EST)
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8:30
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9:00
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9:30
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10:00
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10:30
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Sunday
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Charlie's Angels
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ABC Sunday Movie
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ABC
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Archie Bunker's Place
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One Day at a Time
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Alice
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The Jeffersons
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Trapper John, M.D.
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CBS
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CHiPS
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The Big Event
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NBC
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Monday
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That's Incredible
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Monday Night Football
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ABC
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Flo
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Ladies' Man
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M*A*S*H
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House Calls
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Lou Grant
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CBS
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Little House on the Prairie
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NBC Monday Movie
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NBC
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Tuesday
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Happy Days
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Laverne & Shirley
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Three's Company
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Too Close For Comfort
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Hart to Hart
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ABC
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White Shadow
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CBS Tuesday Movie
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CBS
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Lobo
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B.J. and the Bear
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Steve Allen Comedy Hour
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NBC
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Wednesday
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Eight Is Enough
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Taxi
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Soap
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Vega$
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ABC
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Enos
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CBS Wednesday Movie
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CBS
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Real People
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Diff'rent Strokes
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Facts of Life
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Quincy, M.E.
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NBC
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Thursday
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Mork & Mindy
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Bosom Buddies
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Barney Miller
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It's a Living
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20/20
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ABC
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The Waltons
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Magnum, P.I.
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Knots Landing
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CBS
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Games People Play
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NBC Thursday Movie
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NBC
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Friday
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Benson
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I'm a Big Girl Now
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ABC Friday Movie
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ABC
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Incredible Hulk
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Dukes of Hazzard
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Dallas
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CBS
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Marie
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Speak Up America
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NBC Magazine with David Brinkley
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NBC
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Saturday
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Breaking Away
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Love Boat
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Fantasy Island
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ABC
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WKRP in Cincinnati
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Tim Conway Show
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Freebie and the Bean
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Secrets of Midland Heights
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CBS
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Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters
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Walking Tall
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Hill Street Blues
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NBC
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1981
(A writers' strike delayed the start of the 1981-82 season)
DAY
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8:00 (EST)
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8:30
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9:00
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9:30
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10:00
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10:30
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Sunday
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Today's F.B.I.
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ABC Sunday Movie
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ABC
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Archie Bunker's Place
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One Day at a Time
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Alice
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The Jeffersons
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Trapper John, M.D.
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CBS
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CHiPS
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NBC Sunday Movie
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NBC
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Monday
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That's Incredible
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Monday Night Football
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ABC
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Private Benjamin
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Two of Us
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M*A*S*H
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House Calls
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Lou Grant
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CBS
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Little House on the Prairie
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NBC Monday Movie
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NBC
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Tuesday
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Happy Days
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Laverne & Shirley
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Three's Company
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Too Close for Comfort
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Hart to Hart
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ABC
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Simon & Simon
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CBS Tuesday Movie
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CBS
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Father Murphy
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Bret Maverick
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Flamingo Road
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NBC
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Wednesday
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Greatest American Hero
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Fall Guy
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Dynasty
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ABC
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Mr. Martin
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WKRP in Cincinnati
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Nurse
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Shannon
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CBS
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Real People
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Facts of Life
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Love, Sidney
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Quincy, M.E.
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NBC
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Thursday
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Mork & Mindy
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Best of the West
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Barney Miller
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Taxi
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20/20
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ABC
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Magnum, P.I.
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Knots Landing
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Jessica Novak
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CBS
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Harper Valley
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Lewis & Clark
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Diff'rent Strokes
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Gimme a Break
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Hill Street Blues
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NBC
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Friday
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Benson
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Bosom Buddies
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Darkroom
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Strike Force
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ABC
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Incredible Hulk
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Dukes of Hazzard
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Dallas
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CBS
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NBC Magazine
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McClain's Law
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Specials
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NBC
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Saturday
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Maggie
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Making a Living
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Love Boat
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Fantasy Island
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ABC
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Walt Disney
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CBS Saturday Movie
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CBS
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Barbara Mandrell & the Mandrell Sisters
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Nashville Palace
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Fitz and Bone
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NBC
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