Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday October 31, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Bugs Bunny's Howl-O-Ween Special [special]
W: Cliff Roberts D: David Detiege With Mel Blanc, June Foray. The rabbit matches wits and abilities with Witch Hazel. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Big Shoes, Little Feet
Season 4, episode 7 W: Linda Elstad D: Carl Kugel With K.C. Martel (Marvin), James Karen (Elliot Randolph), Meg Wyllie (Miss Krutch), Darrell Fetty (Kirk Ashley), Katherine Woodville (Ms. Chovick), Warren Munson (Park Director). Nicholas decides to drop out of school after a teacher ridicules him for not meeting the Bradford scholastic standards.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
An official witch, a wax museum, the graves of famous Hollywood stars, and a high-rise funeral home are featured in a special Halloween program.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile [special]
Raggedy Ann and Andy set out to find a Halloween pumpkin for a lonely little boy with a strict aunt.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Two Worlds Of Jennie Logan (1979)
W: Frank De Felitta D: Frank De Felitta With Lindsay Wagner, Alan Feinstein, Linda Gray, Marc Singer, Irene Tedrow, Peter Hobbs, Joan Darling, Henry Wilcoxon. After moving to an old house in the country, a woman discovers a dress in the attic which allows her to travel back into the past, where she becomes involved with a man who is doomed unless she can alter history.
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Caged Angel
Season 4, episode 6 W: B.W. Sandefur D: Dennis Donnelly With Shirley Stoler (Big Aggie), Louise Sorel (Lily), Sally Kirkland (Lonnie), Rose Gregorio (Matron Wallace), Bonnie Keith (Coley), Tisha Sterling (Singer). Kris goes undercover as a prison inmate to learn who forced a model prisoner into taking part in an armed robbery.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Adoption (1)
Season 2, episode 6 W: Alan Rosen, Fred Rubin D: Gerren Keith With Robert Rockwell (Tom Bishop), Whitman Mayo (Jethro Simpson), Sue Ann Gilfillan (Miss Harrison), Stymie Beard (Man), James Reynolds (Mr. Payton). Jethro Simpson discovers an old will under which Arnold and Willis would inherit money, and he claims to be the boys' only relative.
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| [NBC 9:30] Hello, Larry [Reg]: Ruthie Grows Up (1)
Season 2, episode 4 W: Lois Hire, Earle Doud D: Doug Rogers Larry regrets having told Ruthie to shed her tomboy image and grow up, when she fails to return on time from a date.
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Design For Death
Season 2, episode 5 W: Ken Pettus D: Phil Bondelli With Eve Arden (Sarah Bancroft), Barbi Benton (Holly), Gary Crosby (Tom Bancroft), Frank Marth (George Crowley), Cliff Osmond (Henry Gates), Linda Thompson (Rita Mason), Paul Mantee (Roy), Pepper Davis (Manny). Dan is hired to protect a bevy of bathing beauties from a gang of killers who are planning to use the women in a hideous scheme.
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| [NBC 10:00] Best Of Saturday Night Live [special]
Segments include a Buck Henry monologue, Chevy Chase's Gerald Ford, the Samurai swordsman and music from The Band.
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