Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 27, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Fastidious Wife
Season 8, episode 12 W: Loraine Despres D: Gwen Arner With Zachary Lewis (Ned), Fred Downs (Dr. Lewis), Denise Latella (Sue Ann). Cindy, trying to become the perfect wife for Ben by following a manual, is instead transformed into a fanatic.
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| [ABC 8:00] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: One Heckuva Note
Season 5, episode 2 W: Jeff Franklin D: Joel Zwick Laverne and Shirley's friendship may be ended when Shirley discovers a passionate love letter written to Laverne by Carmine. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/20/1979)
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| [NBC 8:00] Buck Rogers In The 25th Century [Reg]: Cruise Ship To The Stars
Season 1, episode 12 W: Michael Bryant, Cory Applebaum D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. With Leigh McCloskey (Jaior), Trisha Noble (Sabrina), Brett Halsey (Cruise Ship Captain), Kimberly Beck (Alison Michaels), Patty Maloney (Tina the Robot), Timothy O'Hagan (Young Man), Dorothy Stratten (Miss Cosmos). A bizarre woman with the ability to hurl balls of energy kidnaps Miss Cosmos, a genetically perfect woman whom Buck was assigned to protect.
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| [ABC 8:30] Benson [Reg]: One Strike, You're Out
Season 1, episode 13 W: Warren S. Murray D: Jay Sandrich With Rene Enriquez (Raul), Robert Karnes (Mr. Keller), Jeanne Bates (Mrs. Keller), Robert Phalen (Mr. Barnett), Kathryn Reynolds (Mrs. Barnett), G.W. Bailey (Gus). Benson becomes cook, cleaner and chief bottle washer when Miss Kraus leads the rest of the mansion employees on strike.
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| [CBS 9:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Cry For Vengeance
Season 8, episode 11 W: Robert I. Holt D: Allen Baron With A Martinez (Tony Sierra), Carlos Rivas (Tom), Skip Homeier (Fred Wilcox), Anna Navarro (Maria Avila), Ernesto Macias (Charles Julio Moreno), Tony Plana (Peter Sinestra), Chu Chu Malave (Vince Figueroa), Alberto Morin (Albert Allende), Anna Garduno (Tina Avila), Richard Cansino (Jimmy Avila), Gerald Castillo (David Alvarado). Barnaby's investigation into a murder in a Mexican barrio is complicated by racial prejudice and vigilante-style passions.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Dentist
Season 6, episode 11 W: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein D: Noam Pitlik With Oliver Clark (Dentist), Jenny O'Hara (Sgt. Holly Scofield), Arthur Malet (Henry Creighton), Estelle Omens (Evelyn Swofford). Barney assigns a female detective with a toothache to investigate a dentist accused of fooling around with a sedated female patient.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Ode To Billy Joe (1976)
W: Herman Raucher D: Max Baer Jr. With Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Joan Hotchkis, James Best, Sandy McPeak. Billy Joe confesses his love to the lovely Bobbi Lee only to cover his growing fear that he may, in fact, be homosexual.
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 58
Season 3, episode 11 W: Stu Silver, Susan Harris D: J.D. Lobue With Marla Pennington (Leslie Walker), Nora Denney. Billy celebrates his 18th birthday and Chester pulls a series of outrageous stunts to get back into Jessica's good graces.
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| [CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: David Jacobs D: Peter Levin With Steve Shaw (Eric Fairgate), Patrick Duffy (Bobby Ewing), Karen Allen (Annie Fairgate), Justin Dana (Jason Avery). In the series pilot, Gary and Val Ewing of "Dallas" relocate to Southern California, and soon find themselves involved in a dispute between a neighbor and his rebellious teenage daughter.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
The phenomenon of the "Trekkies"; a report on new developments in the investigation of Elvis Presley's death; profile of the Jackson Five.
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