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- ↑ Gray, Beverly. Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon...and Beyond, p. 247 (2003)
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- ↑ (1 October 1980). NBC Again Tops Week's Rating Race, Reno Gazette-Journal (23.4 rating, or 18.2 million homes)
