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The Muppet Show in New Zealand

David French

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New episodes begin again on New Year's Eve 1980, though there are no reruns on Saturday mornings.

  1. Star Wars (31/12/80)
  2. Liza Minnelli (07/01/81)
  3. Anne Murray (14/01/81)
  4. Jonathan Winters (21/01/81)
  5. Christopher Reeve (28/01/81)
  6. Lynda Carter (04/02/81)
  7. Carol Channing (11/02/81)
  8. Doug Henning (18/02/81)
  9. Andy Williams (25/02/81)
The Saturday morning reruns resume on 28 February starting with Liza Minnelli. Unless otherwise stated, all episodes from 4 March are repeated the following Saturday.

  1. Alan Arkin (04/03/81)
  2. Diana Ross (11/03/81)
  3. Loretta Swit (18/03/81)
  4. Joan Baez (25/03/81)
  5. Shirley Bassey (01/04/81)
  6. James Coburn (08/04/81)
  7. Senor Wences (15/04/81)
  8. Brooke Shields (22/04/81)
  9. Glenda Jackson (29/04/81)
  10. Jean-Pierre Rampal (06/05/81)
  11. Melissa Manchester (13/05/81)
  12. Carol Burnett (20/05/81)
  13. Paul Simon (27/05/81)
  14. Hal Linden (03/06/81)
  15. Tony Randall (10/06/81)
  16. Mac Davis (17/06/81)
  17. Chris Langham (24/06/81)
  18. Buddy Rich (01/07/81)
  19. Johnny Cash (08/07/81)
  20. Marty Feldman (15/07/81)
  21. Gene Kelly (22/07/81)
  22. Gladys Knight (29/07/81 - no repeat due to coverage of the National Party's annual conference)
  23. Wally Boag (05/08/81)
  24. Debbie Harry (12/08/81)
  25. Linda Ronstadt (19/08/81)
  26. Roger Moore (26/08/81)
And that's all the dates for the first-run of TMS in New Zealand.
 
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