Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday August 21, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] TV Movie: A Death In Canaan (1978)
W: Spencer Eastman, Thomas Thompson D: Tony Richardson With Stefanie Powers, Tom Atkins, Brian Dennehy, Paul Clemens, Charles Haid, Kenneth McMillan, Conchata Ferrell. Connecticut townspeople rise to the defense of a teenager accused of murdering his mother.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Potsie Quits School
Season 6, episode 27 W: David Reo D: Jerry Paris With Lorrie Mahaffey (Jennifer), Allan Rich (Professor Thomas), James Millhollin (Mr. Rudi), Delight DeBruine (Bunny). Potsie, having problems with one of his professors and with his studies, decides to quit school. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/15/1979)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Runaways [Reg]: False Images
Season 2, episode 12 With Philip Brown (Bob Chadway), Joanna Miles (Ann Brooks), Nicolas Coster (Mr. Chadway), Robin Strand (Larry Highland), Tony Monaco (Modesto). Steve befriends a high school student whose doubts about his masculinity are threatening his relationships with his friends and family.
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| [ABC 8:30] Happy Days [Reg]: Casanova Cunningham
Season 6, episode 5 W: Bob Brunner D: Jerry Paris With Mary Margaret (Corrine). Richie is caught two-timing Lori Beth for a pretty baton twirler. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/5/1978)
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Coffee, Tea Or Jack
Season 2, episode 25 W: Kathy Donnell, Madeline DiMaggio Wagner D: Bill Hobin With Loni Anderson (Susan Walters), Bruce Bauer (Pilot). Chrissy tries to pry Jack from the clutches of his old flame -- for a surprise birthday party. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/16/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Something Big (1971)
W: James Lee Barrett D: Andrew V. McLaglen With Dean Martin, Brian Keith, Honor Blackman, Ben Johnson, Carol White, Albert Salmi, Don Knight, Joyce Van Patten, Denver Pyle, Merlin Olsen, Robert Donner, Paul Fix. Joe Baker leads a band of renegades in a plan to plunder the hideout of another bandit rumored to hold the richest cache of stolen treasures on the continent.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Mama Gravas
Season 1, episode 19 W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: James Burrows With Tom Castronova (Tommy), Susan Kellerman (Greta Gravas). Latka assumes that Alex is going to be his new daddy after Alex and Latka's mother spend the night together. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/27/1979)
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| [ABC 10:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Dandruff
Season 4, episode 8 W: Ron Friedman D: Sutton Roley With Rene Auberjonois (The Baron), Madison Arnold (Dinty), Blackie Dammett (Ellis), Tracey Walter (Leo), Jacques Aubuchon (Davidowsky), Audrey Meadows (Hilda Zuckerman), Norman Alden (Buddy Owens), Leigh Hamilton (Vivian), F. William Parker (Harry), Alex Rodine (Van Dam), John Fujioka (Adachi), Sydney Blake (Lorraine), Susan McIver (Nurse), Pearl Shear (Bernice). Starsky and Hutch pose as hairdressers to apprehend an infamous jewel thief preparing for a multi-million dollar heist. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/14/1978)
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| [CBS 10:30] Inside Yesterday: Target: U.S.A. [special]
Pilot for a news series. Mike Wallace investigates the little-reported British attempt, through espionage, to draw a neutral United States into World War II.
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