Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday September 5, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: The High And the Mighty (1954)
W: Ernest K. Gann D: William Wellman With John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Phil Harris, Sidney Blackmer, Jan Sterling, William Campbell. When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to bring the plane in safely.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Merle The Pearl
Season 4, episode 1 W: David Braff, Nick Thiel D: Stan Lathan With Michael Goodrow (Ernie), John Brandon (Eddie Grabbis), Bruce Katzman (Lloyd Webster), Catherine Gilmour (Rayna), Amy Smika (Lou). Season premiere. When Nicholas is insulted by the pitching star of a baseball team, Susan goes after the man for an apology and ends up falling in love with him.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A family named Nielson offers their own TV ratings; Sarah Purcell visits with the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders; John Barbour attends a convention for bald people.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (1979), part one
W: James S. Henerson D: Lou Antonio With Robert Conrad, Ted Bessell, Billy Crystal, Jeff Conaway, Bonnie Franklin, Tony Musante, David Ogden Stiers, Lane Bradbury, Jim Antonio, Elaine Giftos, Bridget Hanley, Barrie Youngfellow, Susan Sullivan, Fred Sadoff, George Gaynes, Robert Ellenstein, Walker Edmiston. The marriage and romantic problems among a group of several male friends.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Katie: Portrait Of A Centerfold (1978)
W: Nancy Audley D: Robert Greenwald With Kim Basinger, Don Johnson, Don Stroud, Dorothy Malone, Nan Martin, Terri Nunn, Tab Hunter, Fabian, Glynn Turman. A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school.
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