Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday September 13, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Gator (1976)
W: William W. Norton D: Burt Reynolds With Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton, Jerry Reed, Alice Ghostley, Dub Taylor, Mike Douglas, Burton Gilliam. An ex-con works with federal agents in cleaning up a corrupt county in the South.
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| [ABC 8:00] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Shotgun Wedding (2)
Season 5, episode 1 W: Judy Pioli D: Joel Zwick With Henry Winkler (Fonzie), F. William Parker (Vernon), Will Hunt (Preacher), Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham), Vicki Frederick (Helga), April Clough (Inga). Season premiere. In order to save themselves from an angry father and his shotgun, Richie and Fonzie are forced to walk down the aisle of wedded bliss with Laverne and Shirley.
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| [NBC 8:00] Holocaust, Part 4: The Saving Remnant [special]
W: Gerald Green D: Marvin Chomsky With Meryl Streep, James Woods, Fritz Weaver, Tovah Feldshuh, Michael Moriarty, David Warner, George Rose, Joseph Bottoms, Sam Wanamaker, Rosemary Harris. Josef and Berta are sent from Warsaw to a "family camp"; Karl is sent to Auschwitz; Erik Dorf orders the execution of the few remaining Jews at the prison camp. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:30] Benson [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Susan Harris D: Jay Sandrich With David Hedison (John Taylor), Norman Bartold (Mr. Nettleson). Benson, the Tate family butler from "Soap", gets a new job taking care of a bumbling governor and his precocious daughter, and finds himself being searched by guards, attacked by dogs, and mistaken for the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the series premiere.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Inquisition
Season 6, episode 1 W: Tony Sheehan D: Noam Pitlik With Norman Bartold (Jack Corwin), Dino Natali (Officer Zitelli), George Murdock (Lt. Scanlon), David Darlow (Burglar), Peter Jurasik (George Alsop). An unsigned letter from a 12th Precinct officer disclosing some shocking personal information throws Barney and his squad into a turmoil.
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 49
Season 3, episode 2 W: Susan Harris, Stu Silver D: Jay Sandrich With John Byner (Detective Donahue), Jack Gilford (Saul), Peggy Pope (Mrs. David), Robert Englund (Simon), Scott Mulhern (Roger). Benson and the Major lead an assault force to rescue Billy; Jodie is told to choose between his daughter and his lesbian roommate.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Dance With Death
Season 7, episode 17 W: Larry Alexander D: Ron Satlof With Sandra Kerns (Penny Tremayne), Dawson Mays (Carl Norris), John O'Connell (Gary Allen), Ron Hajek (Russ Hart), John Davey (Tank Bronson), Vivi Janiss (Landlady), Mikhail Kulik (Frank Wilcox), Madeleine Fisher (Felicia Norris), Barry Brooks (Mr. Raymond). A pretty disco dancer with the reputation of being a puritanical sex symbol becomes a target for murder. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/25/1979)
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Report on the death of Elvis Presley.
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