Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday September 2, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
A report on teachers who have been attacked in the classroom; a look at legalized gambling in Britain and the U.S., and an examination of the "Whatt Planner", a supposed energy-saving device.
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| [ABC 7:00] Plasticman And Saturday Morning Sneak Peek [special]
Preview of the new season of ABC children's programs.
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: The Sky's The Limit (2)
Season 21, episode 12 W: Harry Spalding D: Tom Leetch With Pat O'Brien (Abner), Ike Eisenmann ("Three"), Lloyd Nolan (Cornwall), Jeanette Nolan (Gertie). Conclusion of a two-part story about a World War I flying ace who attempts to show his grandson and the entire town of disbelievers that he can still fly his ancient biplane. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/26/1975)
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| [ABC 7:30] All-Star Junior Pyramid [special]
Susan Richardson and Tony Danza are the celebrity captains in this special version of "The $20,000 Pyramid".
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| [CBS 8:00] All In The Family [Reg]: Edith Gets Fired
Season 9, episode 20 W: Harriet Weiss, Patt Shea D: Paul Bogart With Barbara Cason (Miss Critchen), Victor Kilian (Mr. Burkvist), Leonard Stone (Mr. Johnson), Michael McGuire (Charlie Hammer), Dolores Sutton (Norene Hammer), Angela Clarke (Mrs. Dillon). Edith is suspected of negligence when she is the last person to be with a lonely old woman who wants to die. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/25/1979)
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork Moves In
Season 1, episode 2 W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell D: Howard Storm Mork, too unfamiliar with earthling ways to go out on his own, moves into the attic of Mindy's apartment over the outraged opposition of her old-fashioned father. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/21/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] Movie: The Sea Gypsies (1978)
W: Stewart Raffill D: Stewart Raffill With Robert Logan, Mikki Jamison, Heather Rattray, Shannon Saylor. An adventurer, a photojournalist and three children set off on a cruise around the world and are shipwrecked on an uninhabited isle.
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Going Nowhere
Season 4, episode 17 W: Jerry Winnick D: Alan Rafkin With Jay Leno (Bernard Shapiro). Julie is depressed because her designing career seems to have reached a dead end. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/31/1979)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Ropers [Reg]: Opportunity Knocks
Season 1, episode 6 W: Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke D: Dave Powers With Lois Areno (Marilyn Graham), Richard Kline (Larry Dallas), William Cort (Mr. Williams), Mary-Robin Redd (Mrs. Williams), Cooper Neal (Councilman Clifford), Nancy Priddy (Mrs. Clifford). When Helen invites 40 neighbors to brunch and only 1 shows up, she is so hurt that Stanley decides the time has come to move. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/17/1979)
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: My Fair Vera
Season 3, episode 23 W: Arthur Marx, Robert Fisher D: William Asher With Duane R. Campbell (Chuck), Larry Breeding (Mark), Bobby Ramsen (Laslo), Bryan O'Byrne (Joe), Lew Horn (Assitant), Don Chastain (Ted). Vera gets an offer to do a commercial after starring as Cinderella in a theater production. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/25/1979)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: True Grit (1969)
W: Marguerite Roberts D: Henry Hathaway With John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate, Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall. The vehicle for John Wayne's Oscar finds him traipsing the West to help avenge the death of a young girl's father.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The Other Woman
Season 5, episode 18 W: Jerry Perzigian, Don Seigel D: Jack Shea With Judy Landers (Judy Smith), Jack Manning (Mr. Kramer), Darlene Conley (Mother). Tom's latest business trip may be his last if Helen finds out who he is traveling with. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/21/1979)
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| [CBS 10:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Our Finest Hour
Season 7, episode 4 W: Ken Levine, David Isaacs, Larry Balmagia, Ronny Graham D: Burt Metcalfe With Clete Roberts (Himself). Newscaster Clete Roberts, reprising an earlier interview appearance, returns to update Korean War conditions by conducting a series of television talks with members of the 4077th. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/9/1978)
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| [NBC 10:00] Prime Time Sunday
A federal drunk driver program; the professional rodeo circuit; how to get drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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