Wednesday January 2, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday January 2, 1980:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Young Maverick: Dead Man's Hand (2) TV Movie: Ohms (1980)
ABC Eight Is Enough: Mary, He's Married (R) Charlie's Angels: Of Ghosts And Angels Vega$: Night Of A Thousand Eyes
NBC Real People (R) Diff'rent Strokes: Birds And Bees (R) Joe's World: The Woman Painter Best Of Saturday Night Live


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] Young Maverick [Reg]: Dead Man's Hand (2)
Season 1, episode 5
W: Robert Van Scoyk   D: Hy Averback

With Alan Fudge (Amos Layton), James Woods (Lem Fraker), Harry Dean Stanton (Pokey Tindal), Donna Mills (Lila Gates), John McIntire (Vernon Maywood), Howard Duff (Herman Rusk). After having successfully avoided being killed by Lem Fraker, Ben and Nell prepare to resume play in a high-stakes poker game.

[ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Mary, He's Married
Season 4, episode 13
W: James Schmerer   D: Irving J. Moore

With Nicholas Pryor (Jeffrey Trout), Johnny Haymer (Deliverman), Reed Birney (Steven). Nancy and Elizabeth are shocked when they learn that Mary is involved with a married man, and Joannie brings a camera crew into the house to film a documentary on the Bradfords.
(Repeat program, originally aired 12/12/1979)

[NBC 8:00] Real People The 25th anniversary of Playboy magazine; Byron Allen becomes the target of a knife thrower; a reunion in a ghost town in Contact, Nev.; a visit to the annual hollering contest in Spivey Corner, N.C.; a sky diving demonstration in San Bernardino, Calif. and a visit to a convention of Edsel owners. (Repeat program)

[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Ohms (1980)
W: Gene Case   D: Dick Lowry

With Ralph Waite, David Birney, Talia Balsam, Dixie Carter, Cameron Mitchell, Leslie Nielsen, Paul Hecht, Charley Lang. A conservative Midwestern farmer organizes his neighbors and joins with a political activist to combat a local power company which is planning to run a potentially dangerous million-volt power line through their area.

[ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Of Ghosts And Angels
Season 4, episode 14
W: Katharyn Powers   D: Cliff Bole

With Robin Mattson (Erica), Paul Burke (Clifford Burke), Virginia Gregg (Mrs. Craig), R.G. Armstrong (Sebastian Craig), Frank Christi (George Harper). Tiffany is having psychic premonitions about history repeating itself during a costume party at the mansion of a recently married friend of hers.

[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Birds And Bees
Season 2, episode 4
W: Ed Jurist   D: Gerren Keith

With Enid Kent (Mrs. Martino). Mr. Drummond is forced to tell Arnold the facts of life after the boy becomes convinced that Mrs. Garrett and Kimberly are pregnant from eating salmon.
(Repeat program, originally aired 10/19/1979)

[NBC 9:30] Joe's World [Reg]: The Woman Painter
Season 1, episode 3
W: Al Schwartz, Ray Singer   D: Herbert Kenwith

With Lisa Constanza (Laurie). Kate objects when she learns that Joe has added a female painter to his crew -- and is worried Joe will give in to her good looks.

[ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Night Of A Thousand Eyes
Season 2, episode 11
W: Jack Turley   D: Don Chaffey

With Gary Collins (Jack Prescott), Heather Menzies (Charlotte Henderson), Pamela Susan Shoop (Maryann Silverton), Bert Freed (Tony Regosi), Rhonda Bates (Jennifer), Paul Tuerpe (Tim Bradshaw), Joe Medalis (Eric). A gorgeous private eye decides to compete with Ben in tracking down a killer.

[NBC 10:00] Best Of Saturday Night Live [special]
With Jill Clayburgh. In one of the skits, guest star Jill Clayburgh is trained in the precise art of handling cheeseburger orders in a Greek restaurant.

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