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Saturday May 19, 1979
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Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday May 19, 1979:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS The Bad News Bears: Men Will Be Boys The Hobbit (R) Steeltown
ABC The Love Boat: Accidental Cruise / The Song Is Ended / A Time For Everything / Anoushka (R) Fantasy Island: Let The Good Times Roll / Nightmare / The Tiger (R)
NBC CHiPs: Supercycle (R) B.J. And The Bear: Deadly Cargo (R) Nightengales
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[CBS 8:00] The Bad News Bears [Reg]: Men Will Be Boys
Season 1, episode 8
W: Richard Rosenstock   D: William Asher

With Adam Gunn (Batter), Danny Nunez (Jose).
To insure a hot bet that he placed on the Bears to win a big game, Coach Buttermaker teaches his team every dirty trick he can think of.

[ABC 8:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Accidental Cruise / The Song Is Ended / A Time For Everything / Anoushka
Season 2, episode 7
W: Lee Aronsohn, Lan O'Kun, Steve Hattman, Michael Norell, Dave Hackel   D: Roger Duchowny

With Juliet Mills (June), Richard Dawson (Bert Buchanan), Robert Goulet (Charlie), Soupy Sales (Mr. Marshall), Loretta Swit (Miss Mishancov), Jill Whelan (Vicki Stubing), Jo Anne Worley (Sandy Beal), Melendy Britt (Georgina), Sandra Deel (Dolores Strickland).
A stuffy executive unbends and falls in love with his secretary; a songwriter rekindles a wife's love for her husband; Capt. Stubing takes charge of an orphan child of his former love; and Doc is "melted" by a stern Russian cruise director.

(Repeat program, originally aired 11/4/1978)

[NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Supercycle
Season 2, episode 11
W: William D. Gordon, James Doherty, Barney Slater   D: Phil Bondelli

With Jason Evers (Gesslin), Karen Carlson (Sheila Evans), George O'Hanlon Jr. (Ray Yarnell).
A motorcycle stuntman and his shady promoter stage spectacular stunts on the city streets, much to the chagrin of Jon and Ponch.

(Repeat program, originally aired 12/2/1978)

[CBS 8:30] The Hobbit [special]
W: Romeo Muller   D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

With John Huston, Richard Boone, Orson Bean, Hans Conried, Otto Preminger, Cyril Ritchard.
A little hobbit is requested by a wandering wizard to help a group of dwarfs recover treasure which is rightfully theirs.

(Repeat program)

[NBC 9:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: Deadly Cargo
Season 1, episode 4
W: Michael Sloan   D: Cliff Bole

With Hank Brandt (Sheriff), Joe Maross (Officer Frank), William Mims (Dr. Braverman), Byron Morrow (Senator McMasters), Mary Louise Weller (Elizabeth Chambers), Peter Zapp (Jerry Drake), Hal Fredericks (Officer), Patrick Brennan (Thomas), Charlie Star (Hastings).
B.J. transports a mysterous cargo to Washington, D.C. for use by a female scientist at a Senate hearing.

(Repeat program, originally aired 3/17/1979)

[ABC 9:30] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Let The Good Times Roll / Nightmare / The Tiger
Season 2, episode 7
W: John Whelpley, Robert Heverly, William Douglas Lansford   D: George McCowan

With Mary Ann Mobley (Sheila), Ray Milland (Colonel James Weston), Pamela Franklin (Janine Sanford), Paul Sand (Duke Manducci), Danny Bonaduce (Hot Rod), John Ericson (Policeman), Brett Halsey (Arthur Sanford), Peter Isacksen (Ernie Kowalski), Darrell Fetty (Kenny Mathews), Muffi Durham (Debbie), Suzanne Niles (Cindy), Darren McGavin (Victor Duncan).
Mr. Roarke and Tattoo host a mechanic who wants to relive the times he drove fast cars and dated cute girls; a bride wants to rid herself of a marriage; a novelist wants to confront a Bengal tiger.

(Repeat program, originally aired 11/4/1978)

[CBS 10:00] Steeltown [special]
With Frank Converse.
A widower working in a Pennsylvania steel mill town during the early 1960's finds himself in conflict with the mill's new young owner and his teenage son.

[NBC 10:00] Nightengales [special]
With Marcia Strassman, Colette Blonigan.
Two policewomen encounter a variety of offbeat types while working undercover in Hollywood.


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