Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday July 31, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Dooley Brothers [special]
With Garrett Brown, Robert Peirce. Two bungling brothers travel through the old west dispensing justice, even though they can't ride, shoot or chew tobacco. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Smokin' Ain't Cool
Season 6, episode 17 W: Michael Loman D: Jerry Paris With Anna Garduno (Angela), Michael Dudikoff (Jim). Joanie decides to take up smoking in order to join a "cool" girls' club. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/16/1979)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Runaways [Reg]: The Reunion
Season 2, episode 9 W: Mark Rodgers With Ann Doran (Marge), Michele Nichols (Kelly Burke), Christina Hart (Jeanne Norris), John Lisbon Wood (D.J.), Stephen Davies (Larry Haynes). A young girl who fled her hometown after witnessing a robbery turns to Steve's ward Mark for help.
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| [CBS 8:30] Movie: Rollerball (1975)
W: William Harrison D: Norman Jewison With James Caan, John Houseman, Moses Gunn, Maud Adams, John Beck, Pamela Hensley. In the year 2018, a brutal sport which combines elements of hockey, cycle racing and roller derby entertains the masses, but one star of the bloodthirsty game is determined to clean it up before it kills him.
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| [ABC 8:30] Detective School [Reg]: A Bier On The House
Season 1, episode 1 W: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff D: Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff Students at a detective academy are searching for a missing classmate at a mortuary, when they discover more than dead bodies in cold storage.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Jack Moves Out
Season 3, episode 21 W: Paul Wayne, George Burditt D: Dave Powers With John Larroquette (Cop), Cynthia Harris (Mrs. Layton), Jordan Charney (Mr. Layton), Janet Wood (Frances), Paul Kent (Alvin Morell). Jack becomes so angry with Janet and Chrissy that he accepts a job as live-in cook for Larry's boss. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/8/1979)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Final Crash (1973)
W: David S. Ward D: Alan Myerson With Donald Sutherland, Howard Hesseman, Jane Fonda, Peter Boyle, Roger Bowen, Richard Schaal, Mel Stewart, Morgan Upton, Jessica Myerson. Three wacky misfits band together with the primary purpose of their loose-knit association being to cheat the establishment. One of their crazy ideas involves building an airplane of questionable airworthiness. Originally released with the title "Steelyard Blues".
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Paper Marriage
Season 1, episode 8 W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: James Burrows With James Randolph (INS agent), Rita Taggart (Vivian), Christopher Lloyd (Reverend Jim), Woody Eny (INS agent). Latka Gravas faces deportation unless he marries a U.S. citizen. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/31/1978)
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| [ABC 10:00] Barbara Walters Special [special]
In a compilation of previous interviews, Barbara Walters talks with Burt Reynolds, the Shah of Iran and the late John Wayne. (Repeat program)
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