Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 23, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Outsider
Season 7, episode 20 W: Robert Pirosh D: Philip Leacock With Leslie Winston. Ben's new wife, who was noted for leading a fast life, creates turmoil in the Walton home. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/1/1979)
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| [ABC 8:00] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Quiz Show
Season 4, episode 5 W: Monica Johnson D: Howard Storm With Sabra Jones (Irma), Kip Gilman (Chickie Gale). Laverne and Shirley get a chance to strike it rich when they are invited to appear on the television quiz show "Be Silly for Dollars". (Repeat program, originally aired 10/10/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] Project UFO [Reg]: Sighting 4022: The Camouflage Incident
Season 2, episode 6 W: Robert C. Dennis D: Robert M. Leeds With Michael Strong (Robinson), Gary Crosby (Ed Norwood), Norman Burton (Dr. Greiner), Elaine Devry (Mrs. Robinson), Henry Jones (Harold Moon), Bradley Greene (Terry Robinson), Barry Cahill (Don Barry). Three prominent businessmen are attacked by a UFO while on a fishing trip, and one is able to catch it on film. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/2/1978)
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| [ABC 8:30] Angie [Reg]: The Check Up
Season 1, episode 12 W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Tony Mordente With David Elliott (Paulie), Rosanna DeSoto (Nurse Alonzo). Shortly after Angie's sister Marie announces her plans to marry and leave home, Mama Teresa is taken to the hospital with some mysterious symptoms. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/17/1979)
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| [CBS 9:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Echo Of A Distant Battle
Season 7, episode 14 W: Gerald Sanford D: Walter Grauman With Laurence Luckinbill (Elliot Rexford/Lt. Damon Maxwell), Margie Impert (Adrienne Rexford), Andrew Robinson (Robert Curtis), Larry Bishop (Harley Jessup/Lee Henderson), Jim McMullan (Major Scott), Char Fontane (Candy Harper), Lloyd Gough (Felix Warner), Mark Metcalf (Ted Parker), James Blendick (Hal Coburn), Ken Lynch (Building Manager), Louis Guss (Pop), Niles McMaster (Neil Owens), Cindy Daly (Liz). Barnaby discovers a bizarre wartime robbery while investigating an Army captain's desertion, and winds up being charged with manslaughter. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/11/1979)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Indian
Season 5, episode 12 W: Reinhold Weege D: Noam Pitlik With Phil Leeds (Horace Chandler), Dino Natali (Officer Zitelli), Charles White Eagle (George Tenfingers), Richard Stahl (Philip Owens), Alix Elias (Maggie DuBois). Barney and his men clash with an elderly Indian who is determined to make Central Park his burial ground. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/4/1979)
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| [NBC 9:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: House Of No Return
Season 4, episode 12 W: Aubrey Solomon, Steve Greenberg, Deborah Klugman D: Harvey Laidman With James McEachin (Dr. Maxwell), Joseph Ruskin (Rawlings), Alex Henteloff (Bill Carruthers), David Hooks (Dr. Morris), Hank Brandt (Herb Saunders), Virginia Capers (Emily Barlow), Herbie Faye (Rocco), Blake Marion (Hal Benson), Bob Minor (Dick Alcott), Art Aragon (Maxie). Quincy goes undercover at a mental institution to investigate murder and patient-abuse charges. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/11/1979)
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| [ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: The Russians Are Coming
Season 2, episode 11 W: David Braff, Nick Thiel D: Gary Shimokawa With Richard Libertini (Vladimir), Brenda Benet (Natalya), Ari Barak (Dimitri). Chief Roy almost creates an international incident when he tries to help a Russian dancer defect. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/13/1979)
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Reports on the availability of generic drugs; alternatives open to the Chrysler Corporation; micro-surgery.
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| [NBC 10:00] Mrs. Columbo [Reg]: A Riddle For Puppets
Season 1, episode 3 W: Gregory S. Dinallo D: Edward M. Abroms With Barbara Mallory (Nun), Tom Scott (Officer Morrison), David Himes (Knapp), Helena Carroll (Nora Phelps), Erica Yohn (Aunt Lucy), Al Ruscio (Victor March), Michael Durrell (Sgt. Caplan), Jay Johnson (Noel Abbott). Kate Columbo goes after a psychotic ventriloquist who murdered the craftsman who made his dummy. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/15/1979)
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