Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 30, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Mike Wallace profiles Republican presidential contender John Connally; Dan Rather looks into the growing use of small airplanes, and Morley Safer profiles lawyer Roy Cohn.
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| [ABC 7:00] Salvage 1 [Reg]: Diamond Volcano
Season 2, episode 3 W: Geoffrey Fisher D: Dana Elcar With Ron Rifkin (Mike Flannery), William Bogert (Karl Miller), Derek Wells (Steve), Olive Dunbar (Doris Cloister), Yuki Shimoda (Dr. Takata), Frank Maxwell (J.P. Nichols). Harry Broderick and his band of retrieval experts confront violent eruptions from a long-dormant volcano which contains a fortune in diamonds. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Dad, Can I Borrow The Car?
Season 18, episode 20 W: Ted Berman D: Ward Kimball With Kurt Russell (Narrator), June Foray. This 1970 theatrical featurette takes a comical look at the automobile and its effect on the American lifestyle. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/9/1972)
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: Blanche And Murray
Season 1, episode 15 W: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller D: Peter Bonerz With Estelle Parsons (Blanche Hefner). Barney's ex-wife Blanche comes back to town to collect overdue alimony payments -- and goes after Murray.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Dale McRaven D: Howard Storm With Jeffrey Jacquet (Eugene), Geoffrey Lewis (Deputy Tilwick), Penny Marshall (Laverne DeFazio), Henry Winkler (Fonzie), Dick Yarmy (Dr. Litney), Jeff Harlan (Bill), Michael Prince (Judge). Series premiere. Mork, who has been sent from the planet Ork to investigate Earth, encounters Mindy, a girl who tries to teach him earthly ways. But when a lesson about earthly love is needed, Mork goes back in time to seek advice from the Fonz, an expert in the field, who arranges for his friend Laverne to be Mork's first date. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/14/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: Goldie And The Boxer (1979)
W: Ethel Brez, Mel Brez, David Debin, Doug Schwartz D: David Miller With Melissa Michaelsen, O.J. Simpson, Vincent Gardenia, Ned Glass, Gordon Jump, Madlyn Rhue, Phil Silvers. A 10-year-old girl helps a struggling fighter make it in the ring.
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Happy New Year II
Season 5, episode 12 W: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield D: Alan Rafkin With Nedra Volz (Emily), Dick O'Neill (Orville), Helen Kleeb (Glenda), David Fresco (Homer), Nanette Fabray (Katherine Romano). Ann, her family and Schneider are once again talked into staging a New Year's Eve show for the residents of the Utopia Park Retirement Hotel.
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: What're You Doing New Year's Eve?
Season 3, episode 13 W: Marion C. Freeman, Dawn Aldredge D: Marc Daniels With Robert Hogan (Greg Stemple), Alan Haufrect (Brian), Dave Madden (Earl Hicks), Victoria Carroll (Marie), Theodore Lehmann (McCoy). Alice feels terrible when the blind date she sets up for Flo falls through, leaving her without a date for New Year's Eve. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/31/1978)
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Superdome (1978)
W: Barry Oringer D: Jerry Jameson With David Janssen, Ken Howard, Susan Howard, Tom Selleck, Ed Nelson, Donna Mills, Clifton Davis. The Super Bowl game is threatened by a killer roaming the stands.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Me And Mr. G.
Season 6, episode 11 W: Michael Moye D: Bob Lally With Marlene Warfield (Mrs. Owens), Alene Wilson (Abby), Tom Lawrence (Mr. Curry). Louise is enraged when a troubled orphan who arrives for a week's stay picks up on some of George's favorite phrases.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Whose Little Hero Are You?
Season 1, episode 11 W: Don Brinkley, Frank Glicksman D: Robert Douglas With Alan Feinstein (P.K. O'Keefe), Katy Kurtzman (Amy), Betty Karlen (Newswoman), Michael Currie (Newsman), Chris Wallace (Grote), Marion Yue (Shapiro), Quinn O'Hara (Amy Johnson). Dr. Riverside basks in the limelight of the publicity over a daring emergency action which saved the life of a 13-year-old girl.
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| [NBC 10:00] Eischied [Reg]: Fire For Hire
Season 1, episode 11 W: Frank Abatemarco D: Leo Penn With Ina Balin, Carmine Caridi (Seymour Jaffe), Michael Baseleon, John Randolph (Abe Phillips), Laraine Stephens (Irene), Joe Cirillo (Malfitano), Joe Pantoliano (Boy). A gentle senior citizen, whose family business is in financial trouble, is suspected of hiring an arsonist to burn down his office building.
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