Prime-time network TV listings for Monday January 1, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: Pregnant Pause
Season 1, episode 5 W: Steven Bochco D: Jackie Cooper With Gail Cameron (Miss Tyler), Naomi Caryl (Nurse Haskell), Renn Woods (Darlene Robinson). Reese has a good shot at a college scholarship, but his plans are put on hold when his girlfriend tells him she's pregnant.
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| [ABC 8:00] Rona Barrett [special]
With John Travolta, Donna Summer, Priscilla Presley, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Diane Keaton, Richard Dreyfuss. A look at the past year's entertaiment, featuring interviews with celebrities.
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| [NBC 8:00] Orange Bowl
Nebraska vs. Oklahoma, live from Miami.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: B.J. Papa San
Season 7, episode 15 W: Larry Balmagia D: James Sheldon With Dick O'Neill (Gen. Prescott), Mariel Aragon (Kim), Chao Li Chi (Father), Stephen Keep Mills (General's Aide), Shizuko Hoshi (Mother), Johnny Haymer (Sgt. Zale). B.J. almost becomes a surrogate father to a Korean family when the young daughter seeks help for her father, but gets so wrapped up in the family's care that his medical efficiency begins to suffer.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Breaking Up (1978)
W: Loring Mandel D: Delbert Mann With Lee Remick, Granville Van Dusen, Vicky Dawson, David Stambaugh. A woman attempts to rediscover the personal identity she lost when her marriage unexpectedly ended.
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| [CBS 9:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Barbara's Rebellion
Season 3, episode 16 W: Bud Wiser D: Herbert Kenwith With John Putch (Bob Morton), Louis Guss (Motel Clerk), Michael Alldredge (Detective). Jealous of Julie and starved for attention, Barbara decides it's time for a change, and starts by changing her reputation. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/30/1978)
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Denial
Season 2, episode 12 W: Leonora Thuna D: Charles S. Dubin With Ann Sweeney (Ellen), Robert Pine (Burt), Fred Beir (Dr. Wyatt), Dennis Redfield (Kevin Marshall), Meeno Peluce (Nick). Finding help for Lou's grandson's impending deafness is obstructed by Lou's daughter's refusal to acknowledge the problem. Meanwhile, after Rossi is thwarted in his efforts to get an exclusive story published, he commits an act Charlie and Lou regard as unthinkable.
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