Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday April 14, 1979:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] America's Junior Miss Pageant [special]
Hal Linden hosts high school seniors from 50 states who vie for scholarships and a crown. Live from Mobile, Alabama.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town [special]
Fred Astaire narrates an animated musical which explains the origins of many popular Easter traditions.
(Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: The Greatest Adventures Of CHiPs
Season 2, episode 23 W: L. Ford Neale, John Huff D: Don Weis Fellow officers of Jon and Ponch recall some of their exploits after the two are nominated for a prestigious achievement award. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/12/1979)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Cold Turkey (1971)
W: Norman Lear D: Norman Lear With Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Jean Stapleton, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Edward Everett Horton, Graham Jarvis, Barbara Cason, Paul Benedict, Peggy Rea, Simon Scott, Gloria LeRoy, M. Emmet Walsh, Woodrow Parfrey. To save their economically failing community, the residents of Eagle Rock agree to a zany scheme to give up smoking for 30 days in exchange for an incredible amount of money. Their 'benefactor', a major tobacco producer, is convinced that no town can go 'cold turkey' for long, and he uses every possible manipulative device to make a smoke-filled room out of every room.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Marooned
Season 2, episode 1 W: Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Lee Aronsohn, Michael Norell D: Paul Stanley With Barbi Benton (Kiki Atwood), Audra Lindley (Mature Lady), Dick Martin (Deputy Captain Cunningham), Donna Mills (Beautiful Young Woman), Edie Adams (Sharp Tongued Wife), John Astin (Dave the Hermit), David Birney (Mike), Norm Crosby (Wally), Laraine Day (Beautiful Young Woman's Mother), Lola Falana (Foxy Lady), Avery Schreiber (Henpecked Husband), Chris Capen (Radio Operator), Gordon Connell (Chauffeur). Season premiere. The captain and crew of the S.S. Princess are held captive on an island while "The Love Boat" drifts under control of a bumbling naval officer. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/16/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: The Murphy Contingent
Season 1, episode 7 W: C.R. O'Christopher, Frank Lupo D: Rod Holcomb With Lance LeGault (Murphy), A Martinez (Melendez), Jack Kelly (Nichols), Katherine Cannon (Joanne), Tony King (Jefferson), Susan Woollen (Rita). B.J. learns that a group of his Vietnam buddies are planning to steal a fortune in gold from an underworld czar.
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| [NBC 10:00] Supertrain [Reg]: Pirouette
Season 1, episode 7 W: Jeff Wilhelm D: Barry Crane With Tony Danza, Jamie Farr (Wade Peters), James Gregory, Bernie Kopell (Dr. Fossberg), Mako (Kirby), Isabel Sanford (Reba), Vic Tayback (Frank Tuttle), Joyce DeWitt (Natalie Smithburne). A young heiress learns that she is being pursued by three of her former servants who stand to inherit her fortune if she dies.
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