Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday June 23, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Bad News Bears [Reg]: Fielder's Choice
Season 1, episode 12 W: Jeff Franklin D: William Asher Coach Buttermaker's dream of a championship playoff for the Bears depends on his ability to change Lupus' negative self-image. (Repeat program, originally aired 6/16/1979)
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| [ABC 8:00] Battlestar Galactica [Reg]: The Lost Planet Of The Gods (1)
Season 1, episode 4 W: Glen A. Larson, Donald P. Bellisario D: Christian I. Nyby II With George Murdock (Salik), Jane Seymour (Serina), Ed Begley Jr. (Greenbean), Sarah Rush (Rigel), David Greenan (Omega), Sheila DeWindt (Lt. Deitra), Janet Lynn Curtis (Sorrell), Janet Julian (Brie). Starbuck becomes marooned on a strange planet where people are imprisoned and punished for the crimes of their ancestors. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: The Matchmakers
Season 2, episode 17 W: L. Ford Neale, John Huff D: Harvey Laidman With Danny Wells (Phil Davies), Gregory Walcott (Derk), Judy Penrod (Doreen Evans), Hal Frederick (Animal Control Officer), Jerry Boyd (Trucker), Marc Baxley (Paramedic), Jenny O'Hara (Cora Gilford). Jon and Ponch help a 30-year veteran of the highway patrol face the idea of retirement. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/27/1979)
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| [CBS 8:30] Stockard Channing In Just Friends [Reg]: The Hollywood Syndrome
Season 1, episode 13 W: Eric Cohen D: Will Mackenzie With John Byner (Jerry Smeg), Merie Earle (Elderly Woman), Pat Cranshaw (Elderly Man), Zale Kessler (Mr. Hubbell). A movie producer wants Susan and Leonard's script, but doesn't want Leonard as the star. (Last show of the series.)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Save The Tiger (1973)
W: Steve Shagan D: John G. Alvidsen With Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton, Patricia Smith, Thayer David. An aging garment manufacturer awakens one morning to a nightmare: his business is going bankrupt, he is distraught over the emptiness of his life, and overwhelmed by a sense of loss -- of his youth, his heroes, his vitality and his values.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Tony's Family / The Minister & The Stripper / Her Own Two Feet
Season 2, episode 9 W: Henry Coleman, Fred Fox, Ann Gibbs, Seaman Jacobs, Joel Kimmel D: Richard Kinon With Mitzi Hoag (Recata), June Allyson (Audrey), Van Johnson (Bert Wilder), Tony LaTorre (Angelo), Jennifer Surprenant (Maria), Renata Vanni (Grandma), Mario Bellini (Uncle Gino), Larry Storch (Tony), Roz Kelly, Peter Graves (Rev. Whitney), Vivian Blaine (Barbara Sharp), Alan Young (Phil Sharp). The crew members stow away the family of the ship's engineer; a minister falls in love with an exotic dancer; a couple tries to adjust to the wife's advancing blindness. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/17/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: Crackers
Season 1, episode 9 W: Michael Sloan D: Michael Caffey With Edd Byrnes (Jason T. Rockman), John Fiedler (Mr. Crocker), Luke Askew (Blackwell), Jesse White (Patient), Stu Gilliam (Mechanic), Richard Bradford (Sheriff Douglas), Robin Eisenman (Sandra), Leann Hunley (Dr. Winters), John Kerry (Security Guard), Christopher Connelly (Jack Hilton). A vindictive sports car driver tries to prevent B.J. from taking patients from a mental hospital to an amusement park. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/5/1979)
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Photographs / Royal Flush
Season 2, episode 16 W: James W. Hayes, Skip Webster D: Cliff Bole With Michele Lee (Nancy Weston), John McIntire (Victor Holly), John Rubinstein (Johnny Cort), Ronne Troup (Emily Holly), Diana Muldaur (Mrs. Castle), Elizabeth Cheshire (Alison Castle), Hank Brandt (Arthur Castle), Paul Picerni (Nick Lago), Hal Needham (Orville), Kathy McCullen (Debbie), Scott Atlas (Adam Weston), Ed Kenney (Mike), Larry Duran (Art). A photographer wants to meet the little girl who mysteriously appears in her pictures; a man dreams of being in a million-dollar poker game. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/27/1979)
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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. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/14/1979)
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