Wednesday August 15, 1979
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Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday August 15, 1979:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Dorothy: The Bookworm Turns Hanging In: Old Girlfriend Las Vegas Palace Of Stars (R)
ABC Eight Is Enough: The Kid Who Came To Dinner (R) Charlie's Angels: The Blue Angels (R) Vega$: Kill Dan Tanna! (R)
NBC Real People (R) Movie: The Sentinel (1977)


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] Dorothy [Reg]: The Bookworm Turns
Season 1, episode 2
W: Liz Sage, Rick Hawkins   D: John Rich
Dorothy is the "other woman" in a triangle that comprises a biology teacher and a student.

[ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: The Kid Who Came To Dinner
Season 3, episode 22
W: Chris Manheim, Patricia Green   D: Irving J. Moore

With Larry Gelman (Officer Bernstein), David Haskell (Ed Gardner), Keith Coogan (Bobby), Anne Bellamy (Mrs. Spinney). Nicholas learns his new playmate is an orphan and invites him to live with the Bradfords.
(Repeat program, originally aired 2/28/1979)

[NBC 8:00] Real People A doctor who runs the Vampire Research Center; a meeting of Neurotics Anonymous; basketball played on unicycles; a college professor who advocates hugging. (Repeat program)

[CBS 8:30] Hanging In [Reg]: Old Girlfriend
Season 1, episode 2
W: Sy Rosen   D: Alan Rafkin
Fast-talking Sam Dickey finds himself at an unusual loss for words when he tries to tell his hometown sweetheart that he's outgrown her.

[CBS 9:00] Las Vegas Palace Of Stars [special]
With Paul Anka, Ann-Margret, Andy Williams, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Marlene Ricci. Gene Kelly hosts highlights of performances by Las Vegas stars.
(Repeat program)

[ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: The Blue Angels
Season 1, episode 22
W: Edward J. Lakso, Laurie Lakso   D: Georg Stanford Brown

With Paul Larsen (Capt. Rogers), Stanley Brock (Breshnik), Marilyn Joi (Brenda), Dirk Benedict (Barton), Tom Ligon (Miller), Timothy Carey (Burt), Michael Bell (Bill Duncan), Ed Lauter (Lt. Fine), Joanna Kerns (Natalie). In an attempt to trap a crooked vice officer, the police ask the girls to open a massage parlor.
(Repeat program, originally aired 5/4/1977)

[NBC 9:00] Movie: The Sentinel (1977)
W: Michael Winner   D: Michael Winner

With Chris Sarandon, Cristina Raines, Martin Balsam, John Carradine, Jose Ferrer, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith. Not ready for marriage, a fashion model moves into an unbelievably nice Brooklyn Heights apartment, where scary occurrences turn into a much more frightening turn of events.

[ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Kill Dan Tanna!
Season 1, episode 14
W: Larry Forrester   D: Curtis Harrington

With Byron Morrow (Dr. Rossmore), Julie Harris (Julie), Richard Lynch (Mr. North), Don Gordon (Willie), Kyle Richards (Yancey), Kathryn Daley (Nurse). Dan becomes the target of a Vietnam veteran who holds Dan responsible for his injuries.
(Repeat program, originally aired 1/24/1979)



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