Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday April 24, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Paper Chase [Reg]: Great Expectations
Season 1, episode 4 W: Ellison Carroll D: Harvey Laidman With Marshall Colt (Sam Pray), Deborah Harmon (Jeannie), Danuta Wesley (Fitch), Vernon Weddle (Professor Lowry), Peggy Rea (Dr. Jarrett), Peter Chernisch (Professor Teller), John Miranda (Foley). The study group's well-laid plans for a weekend of frivolity off campus go awry when Professor Kingsfield makes a monumental assignment for Monday. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/3/1978)
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Fonzie's Blindness
Season 6, episode 4 W: Ron Leavitt, Richard Rosenstock D: Jerry Paris When Fonzie loses his vision because of a head injury, he begins to realize the true meaning of friendship. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/26/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] Cliffhangers
Season 1, episode 9
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Robbery
Season 4, episode 4 W: Mark Sotkin D: Howard Storm With Larry Bishop (Jake). Laverne starts dating a gang leader, then to her horror discovers he's mixing romance with robbery. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/26/1978)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: The Deserter (1971)
W: Clair Huffaker D: Burt Kennedy With Richard Crenna, Chuck Connors, Ricardo Montalban, Bekim Fehimu, Slim Pickens, Woody Strode, Brandon de Wilde, Albert Salmi, Patrick Wayne. Bitter over his wife's death due to what he believes was Army negligence, Capt. Viktor Kaleb deserts the cavalry and disappears into the southwestern wasteland.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Helen's Rendezvous
Season 3, episode 5 W: Jim Rogers D: Dave Powers With Art Kassul (Jerry Gordon). Jack and Chrissy suspect Mrs. Roper of having an affair with Stanley's best friend. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/10/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Against A Crooked Sky (1975)
W: Douglas C. Stewart, Eleanor Lamb D: Earl Bellamy With Richard Boone, Stewart Petersen, Henry Wilcoxon, Clint Ritchie, Shannon Farnon, Jewel Blanch. The eldest daughter of a pioneer family is kidnapped by a mysterious Indian tribe and the eldest son pursues. In order to win back his sister's freedom, he must sacrifice his own life.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Money Troubles
Season 1, episode 9 W: Earl Pomerantz D: James Burrows With Ellen Regan (Suzanne). John and Suzanne are having financial troubles, and must decide which one of them is going to drop out of college and support the household. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/14/1978)
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Geraldo Rivera reports on abuses by one family in the business of providing care to mental patients; Hugh Downs interviews Lauren Bacall; Dave Marash reports on a significant increase in the cancer rate in Rocky Flats, Colorado; Sylvia Chase presents a profile of Chicago's new mayor, Jane Byrne.
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