Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday July 21, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Animal Crackers (1930)
W: Morrie Ryskind D: Victor Heerman With The Marx Brothers, Lillian Roth, Margaret Dumont, Louis Sorin, Hal Thompson, Margaret Irving. Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.
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| [ABC 8:00] Battlestar Galactica [Reg]: War Of The Gods (1)
Season 1, episode 15 W: Glen A. Larson D: Daniel Haller With John Dullaghan (Wilker), Sarah Rush (Rigel), David Greenan (Omega), George Murdock (Salik), John Williams (Statesman), Kirk Alyn (Old Man), Paula Victor (Old Woman), Olan Soule (Carmichael), Patrick Macnee (Iblis), Jack Stauffer (Bojay). The crew of the Galactica is attracted by an alien's mysterious powers and promises of an end to their search for Earth. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1979)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Ride The Whirlwind
Season 2, episode 22 W: Stephen Lord D: Larry Wilcox With Robert Donner (Coby), Paul Koslo (Verne), Allen Case (Walter Dunlap), Maray Ayres (Sheila), Eric Lawson (Harry), Kitty Hilton (Janice), Chester Grimes (Chico), Peggy Doyle (Rancher Woman), Jenny Neumann (Lady Biker). Jon and Ponch encounter unruly dirt bikers and an illegal drug ring when they volunteer as members of a trail-bike team. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/10/1979)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: The Decision / Poor Little Rich Girl / Love Me, Love My Dog
Season 2, episode 20 W: Barry Blitzer, Art Baer, Ben Joelson, Henry Colman D: Roger Duchowny With Fannie Flagg (Alicia Finch), Gene Rayburn (Mason Randolph), Maren Jensen (Suzanna Wells), Debbie Allen (Selena Moore), Dennis Cole (Alan Harmon), Noah Keen (Psychiatrist), Heather Menzies. A terrier "protects" its mistress from the advances of a gentleman; a waitress inherits a fortune and finds her new life, and her former fiancee's renewed interest, a big adjustment; Isaac laments his ill-fated love affairs. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/24/1979)
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| [NBC 9:00] Sword Of Justice [Reg]: The Skywaymen
Season 1, episode 3 W: William R. Stratton D: Ray Austin With Carol Lynley (Cyndy Repurt), Robert Alda (Elliot Stroud), Edd Byrnes (Reager), Paul Stader (Stroker), Robert F. Hoy (LeClair), Adam Williams (Jansen), John David Cadiente (Burroughs), Michael Keenan (Red Nolan), Tara Buckman (Jill), Randi Oakes (Cynthia). Jack Cole joins an aerial circus in an effort to expose it as a front for a heroin smuggling operation. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/19/1978)
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| [CBS 10:00] The Energy Program: The Other View
Response to President Carter's recent address to the nation on energy.
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: The Comic / The Golden Hour
Season 2, episode 22 W: Ron Friedman, Robert Earll D: Earl Bellamy With Jack Carter (Danny Baker), Michael Parks (Mike Banning), Toni Tennille (Sandy Larson), Fred Grandy (Jerry Burton), Pat Klous (Mary-Margaret Doyle), Morgan Woodward (Marshall Victor Grennan), Joan Roberts (Linda Larson), A.J. Blake (Tammy). A joke writer dreams of becoming a stand-up comic; an invalid wants to meet her pen pal -- a convinct who is serving time. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/5/1979)
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| [NBC 10:00] Supertrain [Reg]: The Green Girl
Season 1, episode 8 W: Stephen Kandel D: Cliff Bole With Rebecca Balding (Ellen Bradford), David Huddleston (Duke), Henry Jones, Cleavon Little (Preacher Ross), Roddy McDowall (Talcott), Clyde Kusatsu. Chief Officer Randall learns that one of the players in a $500,000 poker championship being played on board is using counterfeit money. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/28/1979)
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