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Thursday August 2, 1979
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Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 2, 1979:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS The Waltons: The Burden (R) Hawaii Five-O: The Execution File (R) Barnaby Jones: Stages Of Fear (R)
ABC Mork & Mindy: Mork's Seduction (R) Laverne & Shirley: Fire Show (R) Barney Miller: Open House (R) Carter Country: Roy Makes The Grade (R) 20/20
NBC Project UFO: Sighting 4020: The Island Incident (R) Quincy, M.E.: Aftermath (R) David Cassidy - Man Undercover: Running The Hill (R)
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[CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Burden
Season 7, episode 16
W: E.F. Wallengren   D: Harry Harris

With Michael Sheehan (News Announcer), Nolan Leary (Rev. Bradshaw), Ivor Francis (Professor Hoadly), Tony Moran (Tinker).
Jim-Bob decides to become a minister after an accident causes him to re-evaluate his life.

(Repeat program, originally aired 1/25/1979)

[ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork's Seduction
Season 1, episode 5
W: Neil Lebowitz   D: Harvey Medlinsky

With Morgan Fairchild (Susan Taylor), Bruce M. Fischer (The Big Man).
Mindy's old rival sets her sights on Mork as revenge for Mindy stealing her boyfriend back in high school.

(Repeat program, originally aired 10/12/1978)

[NBC 8:00] Project UFO [Reg]: Sighting 4020: The Island Incident
Season 2, episode 7
W: Donald L. Gold, Andrew Burke, Ben Masselink   D: Robert M. Leeds

With Marlyn Mason (Donna Sanders), Cal Bellini (Peter Ucki), Ken Renard (Manuku), Sam Tampoya (Timi), James Olson (Dr. Sanders).
A doctor and three natives of a South Pacific island sight a UFO, but the natives later deny it.

(Repeat program, originally aired 11/30/1978)

[ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Fire Show
Season 4, episode 19
W: Jeff Franklin   D: Joel Zwick

With Anne Ramsey (Woman), Lawrason Driscoll (Fireman).
Laverne and Shirley's friendship is threatened by their mutual attraction to a fireman.

(Repeat program, originally aired 2/20/1979)

[CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The Execution File
Season 11, episode 18
W: Don Balluck   D: Don Weis

With Emma Veary (Emma), Nephi Hannemann (Lopaka), Jimmy Borges (Teo), Chuck Couch (Keoki), Robert Loggia (Russell Hendrix), Kaki Hunter (Lureen), John Larch (Maggers), Nevada Spencer (Anne), Maxine Tanaka (Kalea), Christerpher Neddels (Anderson), Meteliko Tuaileva (Martin Kamaki).
An ex-cop whom McGarrett likes and respects is suspected of being the murderer of several Honolulu pimps.

(Repeat program, originally aired 3/1/1979)

[ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Open House
Season 5, episode 18
W: Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman, Tony Sheehan   D: Noam Pitlik

With John Dullaghan (Ray Brewer), Allan Miller (Dr. Bickman), David Fresco (Bum), Carmen Filpi (Fabiani), Christopher Lloyd (Vincent Carew).
The 12th Precinct hosts an open house, attracting only vagrants; Barney's joy at moving back home is cut short by the hotel manager that refuses to refund him his upcoming month's rent; Wojo and Harris try to get a lead on an arsonist.

(Repeat program, originally aired 2/15/1979)

[NBC 9:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Aftermath
Season 4, episode 16
W: Steve Greenberg, Peter J. Thompson, Aubrey Solomon   D: Tony Mordente

With John Larch (John Wiggins), Patricia Smith (Mrs. Myers), Richard Eastham (Chemical Executive), William Mims (Insurance Agent), George Gaynes (Airline Executive), Burr DeBenning (Frank Wilson), June Dayton (Mrs. Malone).
Quincy discovers that a legal shipment of dangerous chemcials may have been the cause of an airline disaster.

(Repeat program, originally aired 2/7/1979)

[ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: Roy Makes The Grade
Season 2, episode 7
W: Haskell Barkin   D: Peter Baldwin

With David Hooks (Tompkins), Kim Howard (Cynthia).
Mayor Teddy is furious when Chief Roy is chosen "most distinguished alumnus" by Clinton High School's seniors.

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

[CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Stages Of Fear
Season 7, episode 8
W: Marc Brandel   D: Leo Penn

With Penny Peyser (Sybil Crawford), Charles Siebert (Carter Stone), Dick DeCoit (Ben Naughton), Patricia Donahue (Laura Harding), Christopher Norris (June), Jonathan Frakes (David Douglas), Ray Wise (Malcolm Elliot).
Betty poses as an actress to investigate a series of strange events occurring within a small theater group.

(Repeat program, originally aired 11/23/1978)

[ABC 10:00] 20/20
Profile of the rock band The Allman Brothers; an interview with Frank Serpico.

[NBC 10:00] David Cassidy - Man Undercover [Reg]: Running The Hill
Season 1, episode 1
W: Sean Baine   D: Bernard McEveety

With Brian Kerwin (Ernie), Joe Santos (Lt. Mitchell), Brad Rearden (Simpson), Alan Vint (Pauly), Joseph Hacker (Cranberry Crawford), Christina Hart (Bobbi), Richard Molinare (Teddy Lopez).
Series debut. Cassidy portrays Officer Dan Shay, a member of an elite contingent of a metropolitan police department. In the first episode, Shay poses as a hot-rod enthusiast to infiltrate a gang of supermarket thieves.

(Repeat program, originally aired 11/2/1978)


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