Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday August 11, 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] The Love Boat [Reg]: Disco Baby / Alas, Poor Dwyer / After The War / Ticket To Ride
Season 2, episode 17 W: Barry Blitzer, Carmen Finestra, Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein, et al D: Roger Duchowny With Michael Cole (Mike Kelly), Kim Darby (Wendy), Bob Denver (Jason), Conchata Ferrell (Bitsy), Christopher George (Ross Randall), Lisa Hartman (Sherry), David Landsberg (Tom), Michael Lembeck (Joey), Kelly Monteith (Pete), John Rubinstein (Jack), Judi West (Kathy), Raymond Burr (Malcolm Dwyer). Julie's English teacher, a lonely alcoholic, is on board for Julie's class reunion. At the reunion, Julie and her former boyfriend find they're still attracted to each other. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/3/1979)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Repo Man
Season 2, episode 14 W: Rick Mittleman D: John Florea With Mills Watson (Doyle Ware), Ned Glass (Watchmaker), Anna Berger (Mary Taylor). A ruthless collection agent plots to destroy Jon's and Ponch's credit ratings after they prevent him from harassing private citizens. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/6/1979)
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| [CBS 8:30] Stockard Channing In Just Friends [Reg]: A Fine Romance
Season 1, episode 11 With Tom Selleck (Jordan Walsh). For the first time since her divorce, Susan meets a man that she would like to be more than "just friends" with. (Repeat program, originally aired 6/10/1979)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Mixed Company (1974)
W: Mort Lachman, Melville Shavelson D: Melville Shavelson With Joseph Bologna, Barbara Harris, Tom Bosley, Lisa Gerritsen, Ruth McDevitt, Haywood Nelson, Dorothy Shay. A prejudiced basketball coach is persuaded to adopt three kids of mixed ethnic backgrounds. Frustrated and angry at first, his feelings soon turn to love.
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| [NBC 9:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: Never Give A Trucker An Even Break
Season 1, episode 5 W: Frank Lupo D: Christian I. Nyby II With Cassie Yates (Tara Strong), Angela Aames (Charisse), Michael Baseleon (Murph), Bob Corso (Officer Billings), Derek Murcott (Congressman Abernathy), Mitchell Reta (Gary Stone), Beau Kayser (Aaron Wainwright). B.J. tries to help a beautiful cyclist and winds up taking a spectacular leap off a high cliff on a souped-up motorcycle. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/24/1979)
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: The Stripper / The Boxer
Season 2, episode 17 W: Ron Friedman, William Douglas Lansford D: Lawrence Dobkin With Maureen McCormick (Jennie Collins), Michael Callan (Russ McCoy), Ben Murphy (Billy Blake), Forrest Tucker (Jake Gordon), Laraine Stephens (Maureen Banning), Mamie Van Doren (Sheba), Stacy Keach Sr. (M.V. Banning), Chuck McCann (Whoopee Hoover), Beverly Powers (Betty), William Beckley (Barnaby Jeffers), John Lawrence (Ernie Peevey). A beautiful heiress wanting to marry to get away from her dominating father becomes a stripper; a dying boxer dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/10/1979)
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| [NBC 10:00] Sword Of Justice [Reg]: The Girl On The Edge
Season 1, episode 5 W: Frank Lupo D: Larry Stewart With Robin Mattson (Carol), Bradford Dillman (Harold Gaedel), Peter Mark Richman (Howard Thaler), Elaine Joyce (Diane). Jack Cole poses as a movie theater owner at a desert spa to find a vacationing mobster who was responsible for his imprisonment. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/28/1978)
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