Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday November 17, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Puff The Magic Dragon In The Land Of The Living Lies [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf With Burgess Meredith, Ike Eisenmann, Peter Yarrow, Robert Ridgely, Joan Gerber, Gene Moss, Mischa Bond. Puff takes a confused little girl to a mysterious land to show her the difference between harmless fantasy and damaging lies.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Ropers [Reg]: Pal Joey
Season 2, episode 9 W: Martin Rips, Joseph Staretski D: Jack Shea With Dena Dietrich (Ethel Armbrewster), Rod Colbin (Hubert Armbrewster), Richard B. Shull (Joey). Stanley buys some "new" furniture for Helen, not realizing that its previous owner was Helen's snobbish sister Ethel.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: The Watch Commander
Season 3, episode 11 W: Frank Telford D: Don Weis With Lois Hamilton, Patti Davis (Receptionist), Curtis Credel, Michelle Pfeiffer (Jobina), Don Mitchell (Tyrone), Granville Van Dusen (Lt. Bates). A strict new officer makes life and work miserable for Jon, Ponch and the rest of the staff.
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| [CBS 8:30] A Connecticut Rabbit In King Arthur's Court [special]
W: Chuck Jones D: Chuck Jones With Mel Blanc. While taking an underground shortcut to a peanut festival, Bugs Bunny somehow ends up in King Arthur's court. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:30] Detective School [Reg]: Farewell, My Miss Glendale
Season 2, episode 9 W: Pat Proft, Toni Sherohman D: Bob Lahendro With Kenneth White, Russ Marin, John Myhers. Nick Hannigan and his students search for a bomb at a beauty pageant.
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| [CBS 9:00] Salem's Lot: Part 1 [special]
W: Stephen King, Paul Monash D: Tobe Hooper With David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres. A novelist who returns to his boyhood New England home, determined to end his troubled memories of an evil house, arrives to find the house sold to a sinister stranger.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Brotherhood Of The Sea / Letter To Babycakes / Daddy's Pride
Season 3, episode 10 W: Jay Grossman, Lee Aronsohn, Howard Merrill D: George Tyne With Jimmie Walker (Wally), Nancy McKeon (Penny Barrett), Christopher Connelly (Rory Daniels), Alex Cord (Mr. Barrett), Sydney Goldsmith (Ginger), Telma Hopkins (Tracy), Demond Wilson (Bart), Stephen Manley (Kevin), Sid Gould (Sidney). Julie is shocked by the initiation rites when she is allowed to join the ship's secret all-male club; a womanizer is surprised when he finally gets what he's looking for; a young gymnast comes to terms with her overprotective father.
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| [NBC 9:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: Mary Ellen
Season 2, episode 8 W: Michael Sloan, Sidney Ellis, Jimmy Sangster D: Frank Beascoechea With Abe Vigoda (Grandpa Rule), Slim Pickens (Sgt. Wiley), Conchata Ferrell (The Fox), Richard Deacon (Sheriff Masters), Pat Cranshaw (Joe), Patricia Wilson (Alice Denby), Larry Pennell, Phil Chambers (Jack Peterson), Robert Gooden (Stu), Gus Corrado (Ray), Marilyn Jones (Maggie), Pamela Vance (Miss Wilson). A circus performer hires B.J. to transport his two ton elephant, who promptly escapes.
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: The Dancer / Nobody's There
Season 3, episode 9 W: Ken Pettus, Stephen Lord D: Gene Nelson With Carol Lynley (Valeska DeMarco), Michael Callan (Dickie Devereaux), Charlie Dell (Usher), Robert Casper (Pitou), Leslie Deutsch (Janine), Howard Morton (Samuel Blade), Lilyan Chauvin (Selena), Ellen Geer (Sylvia), Frank Aletter (Todd Sinclair), Stephanie Kramer (Contessa Christina Kastronova), Max Baer Jr. (Big Jake Farley), Dick Sargent (Algernon Pepperhill), Toni Tennille (Betty Foster). Tattoo and a pretty but naive private eye become involved in a murder case; a Texas millionaire uses all his charms to romance a famous dancer.
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| [NBC 10:00] A Man Called Sloane [Reg]: Collision Course
Season 1, episode 7 W: Stephen Kandel D: Elizabeth Lindberg Gallagher, Ray Austin With Eric Braeden (Crane), Nancy DeCarl (Denise), Pat Klous (Elsa), Ben Wright (Mr. Harbridge), Eldon Quick (Dr. Ellman). A demented genius launches a plan to change the course of a blazing comet and direct it toward Earth.
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