Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday July 4, 1979:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Movie: Hawaii (1966)
W: Dalton Trumbo, Daniel Taradash D: George Roy Hill With Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Carroll O'Connor, Jocelyne LaGarde, Gene Hackman. The film version of James Michener's best-seller. A reverend does battle for a nation of souls and tries to hold onto the soul of a single woman - his wife. Transplanted from his staid and rigid New England home, he and his wife risk the dangerous and arduous trip around Cape Horn to settle in and civilize the lush islands of Hawaii. The natives experience the first signs of civilization, but the change brings with it ravaging new diseases, commercialism, money hunger and the corruption of a more demanding time.
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[ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: The Yearning Point
Season 3, episode 15 W: Larry Arnstein, David Hurwitz D: Stan Lathan With Tom Lacy (Mr. Gillette), Melinda Fee (Gwen Elkhart), Dan Monahan (Danny), Chris Mulkey, Kimberly Alexander, Richard Fullerton. Elizabeth's dream of going to a posh Eastern school conflicts with the Bradford family budget. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/10/1979)
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[NBC 8:00] Laugh-In [Reg]
With Henry Fonda, James Garner, Martin Mull, Joan Rivers, Gore Vidal, Frank Sinatra, Rich Little, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (Repeat program)
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[ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Angels In Waiting
Season 3, episode 21 W: Edward J. Lakso D: Allen Baron With Pat Crowley (Ellen), Ed Ruffalo (Bartender), Jeff Eagle (Waiter), Tad Tadlock (Waitress), James B. Sikking (Wellman). A beautiful woman lures Bosley into a romantic fling that turns out to be a death trap. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/21/1979)
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[NBC 9:00] Police Story [Reg]: A Chance To Live
Season 5, episode 7 W: Larry Brody D: Corey Allen With Dane Clark (Mr. Martin), Mark Wheeler (Rich), Stefan Arngrim (Eddie), David Cassidy (Officer Dan Shay), Vince Edwards (Walt Abrams), Gloria DeHaven, Dewey Martin, Don Stark (Ron), Elvera Roussel (Jill), Ty Henderson (T.J.), Zina Bethune, Anne Lockhart, Dee Wallace (Sharon). A youthful policeman masquerades as a student in an attempt to expose a high school drug ring. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/28/1978)
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[ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]
Dan and his friend Harlon Twoleaf search for the killers of an Indian chef, unaware that they may be the next victims.
(Repeat program)
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