Prime-time network TV listings for Monday September 17, 1979:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: On The Line
Season 2, episode 1 W: Joshua Brand D: Mark Tinker With David Raynr (Harold Witherspoon), Ralph Wilcox (Jackie Patton), Deborah Lacy (Jaine). Season premiere. Jackson, one of the first-team regulars, becomes a key suspect in an aspriring sportswriter's intended expose of point-shaving in high school basketball.
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| [ABC 8:00] 240-Robert [Reg]: Models
Season 1, episode 4 W: John Huff, L. Ford Neale D: Phil Bondelli With Gordon Zimmerman (Dan), Eric Lawson (Biker), Dan Magiera (Digger), Jeffrey Bannister (Deputy Price), Buddy Joe Hooker (Dune Buggy Driver), Alexis Adams (Victoria), Dorit Stevens (Model), James R. Parker (Father), Brian Andrews (Brian), Tessa Richarde (Penny), Lee Bryant (Mother), Penelope Willis (Gwen), Dana Gladstone (Turk), William Mims (Whitney), Kay Stevens (Valerie Barnes). The rescue team is called in when a scaffolding breaks, leaving two window washers dangling 40 stories up a skyscraper.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Back To School (1)
Season 6, episode 1 W: Michael Landon D: Michael Landon With Dan McBride (Customer #1), David Murdock (Customer #2), Sunshine Parker (Workman), Rod McGaughy (Jack). Season premiere. Laura meets and falls in love with Almanzo Wilder, but finds she has a rival in Nellie Oleson; Charles makes an embarrassing mistake after he learns that the young man has kissed his daughter.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Too Many Cooks
Season 8, episode 1 W: Dennis Koenig D: Charles S. Dubin With John Randolph (Gen. Haggerty), Ed Begley Jr. (Pvt. Conway). Season premiere. A clumsy foot soldier brings an unexpected boost of morale to the war-weary staff of the 4077th.
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| [ABC 9:00] Monday Night Football
New York Giants at Washington Redskins.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Coming Home (1978)
W: Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones D: Hal Ashby With Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Robert Carradine, Penelope Milford, Robert Ginty. A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.
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| [CBS 9:30] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: For Love Or Money (1)
Season 2, episode 1 W: Mary Maguire D: Will Mackenzie With Julie Payne (Buffy Denver). Season premiere. Johnny's ex-girlfriend Buffy drops by to tell him that she is suing him for half the money he made while they lived together.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Cop
Season 3, episode 1 W: Seth Freeman D: Roger Young With Michael Alldredge (Ted McPhee), Joe Penny (Mike Tynan), Edward Winter (Robert Dennahy), Maxine Kintner (Mariclare Costello), Ron Max (Tony Stiles). Season premiere. While Lou is trying to tactfully report on a tragic fire at a gay bar, Rossi uncovers some disturbing facts about the police department's investigation of a murder case.
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