Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday September 23, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Mike Wallace interviews Johnny Carson.
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| [ABC 7:00] Out Of The Blue [Reg]: The Hustle
Season 1, episode 3 W: Laurie Gelman, Alan Moskowitz D: John Tracy When Chris gambles away money meant for his aunt's birthday party, Random uses some heavenly billiards tricks to show him the error of his ways.
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: The Love Bug
Season 26, episode 3 W: Don DaGradi, Bill Walsh D: Robert Stevenson With Buddy Hackett (Tennessee Steinmetz), Michele Lee (Carole Bennett), Dean Jones (Jim Douglas), David Tomlinson (Richard Thorndyke). In this 1969 theatrical release, a has-been race car driver becomes an instant champion when he teams up with Herbie, a little Volkswagen with a mind of its own and a will to win.
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| [ABC 7:30] A New Kind Of Family [Reg]: Are You Sure Barnum And Bailey Started Like This?
Season 1, episode 2 W: Nick Arnold D: Alan Myerson With John Lawlor (Tom), Ron Oxley (Lion Trainer). Kit, preoccupied over her first date since being widowed, agrees to let Andy keep a stray cat which actually is a lion cub.
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: Archie's New Partner
Season 1, episode 1 W: Patt Shea, Harriett Weiss D: Paul Bogart With Danny Dayton (Hank Pivnik), Connie Sawyer (Mama Klein), Jay Gerber (Levy), Norma Donaldson (Ms. Watson), Florence Halop (Aunt Gussie). Series premiere. Archie, in desperate need of money to expand his bar, reluctantly takes on liberal businessman Murray Klein as a partner.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Stark Raving Mork
Season 2, episode 2 W: April Kelly D: Howard Storm When Mork learns about the Earth custom of kissing and making up, he immediately starts a squabble with Mindy.
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| [ABC 8:30] The Associates [Reg]: The First Day
Season 1, episode 1 W: Michael Leeson D: James Burrows With John Getz (William Simmons), Madelyn Cates (Mrs. Dunn), Sandra McCabe (Barbara Simmons), Adrienne Hampton (Ginger), Heath Kaye (Billy). Series premiere. Three young lawyers run into a series of humorous problems on the first day of thier jobs with a stodgy Wall Street law firm.
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
Season 4, episode 1 W: Robert Fisher, Arthur Marx, Charles Isaacs, Tom Whedon D: Marc Daniels With Telly Savalas (Himself), George Savalas (Himself). Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
W: James Costigan D: William Hale With David Janssen, Cloris Leachman, Susan Saint James, Ian Holm, Harry Andrews, Jerry Houser. The Titanic disaster is depicted, primarily as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
W: Philip Kaufman, Sonia Chernus D: Clint Eastwood With Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Sam Bottoms, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Royal Dano, Sheb Wooley. A Missouri farmer joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The Announcement
Season 6, episode 1 W: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan D: Bob Lally With Henry Sutton (Mr. Winters), Al Stellone (Hugo). Season premiere. George and Louise respond with more anger than joy when they accidentally learn some once-in-a-lifetime news that Lionel was temporarily keeping a secret.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Trapper John, M.D.
Season 1, episode 1 W: Don Brinkley D: Jackie Cooper With Jack Gilford (Ziegler), Roddy McDowall (Reverend Box), Barbara Stuart (Harriet), Joe Spano (Dr. Gallant), Stephen Pearlman (Marvin Sternhauser), Mariko Tse (Feldman), Jessica Walter (Melanie Townsend McIntyre). Series premiere. Dr. John McIntyre, chief surgeon at a large hospital, faces a carbon copy of the way he was 28 years earlier during the Korean War when he takes on impetuous young surgeon Gonzo Gates.
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