Category Archives: Television 1980s

Season 1 finale: ‘Hill Street Blues’


“Jungle Madness” (part one)

(Tuesday, May 26, 1981, 8 p.m. ET) — Washington unearths evidence to clear a bigoted narcotics cop, unaware that the police brass plan to let the cop “fry” in order to placate the outraged black community on tonight’s final episode of The Hill Street Blues. Continue reading Season 1 finale: ‘Hill Street Blues’

Today on TV: ‘Good Morning America’

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(Thursday, May 7, 1981, 8:49 a.m. ET) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr and his new wife, actress Barbara Bach, appeared today on “Good Morning America” from Los Angeles to promote their new film “Caveman”

Tonight on TV: ‘The Tonight Show’

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(part one)

(Wednesday, May 6, 1981, 11:30 p.m. ET) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr and his new wife, actress Barbara Bach, appeared tonight on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at NBC Studios in Burbank, California, to promote their new film “Caveman”  On the very same program, comedian Jerry Seinfeld makes his debut on the show. Continue reading Tonight on TV: ‘The Tonight Show’