double episode "Judgment Day" William "The Refrigerator" Perry as himself in "The Trouble With Harry" Markie Post as Rina Turian in "Hot Styles" and Sister Teresa/Leslie Becktall in "The Only Church in Town" Della Reese as Mrs. Baracus in "A Lease with an Option to Die" Pat Sajak as himself in "Wheel of Fortune" John Saxon as Martin James in "Children of Jamestown" Dean Stockwell as Officer Collins in "A Small & Deadly War" Professor Tanaka in episode "The Spy Who Mugged Me" William Windom as Al Massey in "Mexican Slayride" (Parts 1 & 2) Vanna White as herself in "Wheel of Fortune" Reception During the show's first three seasons, The A-Team managed to pull in an average of 20% to 24% of all American television households. The first regular episode ("Children of Jamestown"), reached 26.4% of the television watching audience, placing fourth in the top 10 rated shows, according to the Nielsen ratings. By March, The A-Team, now on its regular Tuesday timeslot, dropped to the eighth spot, but rated a 20.5%. During the sweeps week in May of that year, The A-Team dropped again but remained steady at 18.5%, and rose to 18.8% during the second week of May sweeps. These were the highest ratings NBC had achieved in five years. During the second season, the ratings continued to soar, reaching fourth place in the twenty-highest rated programs, behind Dallas and Simon & Simon, in January (mid-season), while during the third season, it was beaten out only by two other NBC shows, including The Cosby Show. The fourth season saw The A-Team experience a dramatic fall in ratings, as it started to lose its position while television viewership increased. As such, the ratings, while stable, were relatively less. The season premiere ranked a 17.4% (a 26% audience share on that timeslot) on the Nielsen Rating scale, but ratings quickly declined after that. In October, The A-Team had fallen to 19th and by Super Bowl Night had fallen further, to 29th on the night where the show had originally scored its first hit three years earlier. For the remainder of its fourth season The A-Team managed to hang around the 20th spot, far from the top 10 position it had enjoyed during its first three seasons. After four years on Tuesday, NBC decided to move The A-Team to a new timeslot on Friday for what would be its final