Battle of the Network Stars, full episode 12 May 5, 1982

Full episode of Battle of the Network Stars from May 5, 1982
The winners were CBS , One of my favorite tv shows, growing up , amazing to see A list actors and icons battle it out for what would be roughly $100,000 in todays value ,can you see A listers fighting out like they did back then , i think not LOL , the remake failed completely, love seeing how hard these celebrities tried and the competition to win is awesome , I'll be posting all 19 episode over the next few days ! Battle of the Network Stars is a series of competitions in which television stars from ABC, CBS and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of 19 of these competitions were held between 1976 and 1988, all of which were aired by ABC.All but one of the competitions took place at the sports facilities of Pepperdine University near Malibu, California, the exception being XVIII which was held in Ixtapa, Mexico.

Each network was represented by eight or ten of its stars from various series, and one of those people from each team would be elected to serve as the network's team captain.

Host -Howard Cosell

ABC TEAM
William Shatner (captain)
Douglas Barr
Joan Collins
Lydia Cornell
John Davidson
Telma Hopkins
John James
Heather Thomas

NBC TEAM
Daniel J. Travanti (captain)
Debbie Allen
Mark Harmon
Nancy McKeon
Joe Piscopo
Cristina Raines
Lynn Redgrave
Bruce Weitz

CBS TEAM
Pernell Roberts (captain)
Catherine Bach
Danielle Brisebois
Audrey Landers
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Joan Van Ark
Robert Walden
Tom Wopat

[the_lost_navigator]

"Girl's got a lot of Spirit. A lot of Guts. It's a little nipply out, but she'll survive"...

You had to be there (back then, that is) ;)

[Nyx]

PERNELL ROBERTS:
0:00 Intro
3:24 3:39 4:02 5:46 Swimming Relay
10:26 13:44 Kayak Relay
14:16 16:16. 22:53 24:01 Football
29:45 Dunk Tank
41:51 Obstacle Course
46:13 Simon Says
54:48 Interview
55:48 Tug of War

[geno]

Big Tom wasn't going to lose to the other lead man Mark Harmon WOW 😳 what a grueling tug of war match of endurance stamina strength & wish they still had this on tv very competitive athletic Hollywood stars back in my day good memories for me

[ScratchyBaws]

12.15 that must have been some tape or glue holding wee Willy Shatners wig on there.🤣😂

[mattembury]

CBS.. a STUNNING UPSET.. the women outlasted the men. WOW

[angelabutz]

back before reality tv shows took over, good clean fun

[christopherangel]

Best TOW I've seen in a long time

[elizabethhirst]

I remember Battle of the Network stars!

[paulcarucci]

What show was Thelma Hopkns on at abc in 1982?

[aniboo]

Hard to believe Howard Cosell was only 64-years-old in this.

[MokkaMatti]

You know that Dick Cavett and Howard Cosell co-hosted the Battle of the PBS All-Stars, which was totally epic, but Julia Child should have seriously delivered a beat-down to Mister Rogers.

[jonhufford]

The tug o wars got better as the show went on. Some of them were pretty good in the 70’s with Ferrigno etc, but they weren’t these 10 minute plus ordeals. This was a good one this year.

[ulrap]

They got rid of those little bio interviews from the earlier ones in the 70's. This one is all just the events. The bio segments could be boring or forced but they made things more personal which I kinda miss here.

[maryroberts]

Shatner better be careful his toupee doesn’t come off in the water 😂

[metalmaiden]

People in comments from previous episodes say they can't stand Simon Says, I think it's great. Lots of fun

[jnadle]

That wasn't such a hot idea to put Trapper John himself and his co-star in the kayak.

As far as Joan Collins was concerned...

[archangelmusic]

abc needed heather locklear, not old joan collins in the running relay.this tug of war was brutal.

[jnadle]

29:14 I've heard of "The Fall GUY" but the "The Fall GIRL?" That's what she did.

[ŁeChíí-Diné]

80's were awesome! Poofy hair, tight jeans. Girls were fine. High school was the best.

[desireeclarins]

Ahhhh, the clean television show where men were men and women were women with NO IN BETWEEN! I miss the 70's and 80's.