Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday December 29, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration Of The Performing Arts [special]
An array of celebrities perform at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. to pay tribute to five distinguished American artists: Aaron Copland, Ella Fitzgerald, Henry Fonda, Martha Graham and Tennessee Williams.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Ropers [Reg]: Two For The Road
Season 2, episode 5 W: Wayne Kline, Joseph Staretski, Martin Rips D: Jack Shea With Dick Christie (Officer Hibbs), Fred Pinkard (Desk Sergeant), Alan Koss (Officer Slade), Art Koustik (Bartender). Stanley and Jeffrey, driven to the same bar by marital tiffs, begin a friendship that ends shortly afterwards in jail. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/13/1979)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Roller Disco
Season 3, episode 1 W: Rudolph Borchert D: Don Weis With Larry Storch (Franco), Robert Starr (Brian), Leif Garrett (Jimmy Tyler), Bill Daily (Balford), Mike Minor (Doctor), Fred Williamson (Ty), Jim Brown (Romo), Larry Linville (Carlin), Ed McMahon (Himself). Season premiere. While organizing a roller disco charity ball, Ponch and Jon cross paths with roller-skating thieves, a con man constantly collecting insurance for whiplash, and a rock star hiding out from the world. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/22/1979)
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| [ABC 8:30] A New Kind Of Family [Reg]: Fair Weather Friend
Season 1, episode 9 With Michelle Downey (Sharon). Tony's candidacy for student council is jeopardized when his sister is picked up with a rich and snobby girlfriend.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Third Wheel / Grandmother's Day / Second String Mom
Season 2, episode 25 W: Lee Aronsohn, Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel D: Gordon Farr With Beth Howland (Lee Noble), Ethel Merman (Roz Smith), Nanette Fabray (Maggie O'Brien), Barry Nelson (Mac O'Brien), Ken Berry (Robert Noble), Shelly Juttner (Judy Noble), Michele Tobin (Mary Noble), Bob Cummings (Elliot Smith). A middle-aged couple with grown kids find out they're going to have an addition to their family; a widower's second wife tries to win the acceptance of his daughters; Gopher's relationship with his mother leaves his father feeling left out. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/12/1979)
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| [CBS 10:00] American Dream, American Nightmare: The Seventies, Part 2
Harry Reasoner continues his look back at the last 10 years, attempting to assess the state of the nation and the direction in which it is headed in the 1980s.
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Goose For The Gander / The Stuntman
Season 3, episode 2 W: Thomas Rowe, Mike Vejar D: Cliff Bole With Hans Conried (George Boeuftou), Grant Goodeve (Bill Rawlins), Doris Roberts (Marjorie Gibbs), Dale Robertson (Peter Rawlins), Vito Scotti (Antoine de Vouvray), Abe Vigoda (Joe Lange), Dana Wynter (Norma Rawlins), Skip Homeier (Jim Heston), Roy Jenson (Snuffy Harris), Fred Lerner (Paul), Alvin Ing (Fu Chow), John McCafferty (Dean Ward). A former stuntman tries one last death-defying feat; an international cooking contest turns into a giant food fight when one of the entrants is caught cheating. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/14/1979)
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| [NBC 10:00] Prime Time Saturday
Reports on author Harold Robbins and the energy crunch in a small Maine town.
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