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Sunday January 27, 1980
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Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday January 27, 1980:


7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS 60 Minutes Archie Bunker's Place: The Ambush One Day At A Time: Triple Play Alice: Alice Beats The Clock The Jeffersons: Brother Tom Trapper John, M.D.: Missionary's Downfall
ABC Galactica 1980: Galactica Discovers Earth (1) Tenspeed And Brownshoe: Pilot Donna Summer Special
NBC Wonderful World Of Disney: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1) (R) The Martian Chronicles: The Expeditions Eischied: Spanish Eight (R)
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[CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes

[ABC 7:00] Galactica 1980 [Reg]: Galactica Discovers Earth (1)
Season 2, episode 1
W: Glen A. Larson   D: Sidney Hayers

With Pamela Susan Shoop (Dorothy Carlyle), Sharon Acker (Anne), Richard Eastham (General Cushing), Brion James (Willy), Mickey Jones (Donzo), Eddie Firestone (Derelict), Richard Lynch (Xavier), Robert Reed (Dr. Mortinson), Fred Holliday (Brooks), Robbie Rist (Dr. Zee), Richard Lynch (Commander Xavier).
Thirty years after its voyage began, Galactica finally nears Earth. But to their utter disappointment, Earth's technology is no match for the Cylons. Adama sends representatives ahead to Earth to secretly speed up the planet's technological development.

[NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1)
Season 19, episode 1
W: Joseph McEveety   D: Robert Butler

With Kurt Russell (Dexter), Joe Flynn (The Dean), Cesar Romero (A.J. Arno), William Schallert (Professor Quigley).
A spoof of the generation gap and establishment when a failing collegian inadvertently gets his mental wires crossed with a jolt from a backfiring computer, turns into a genius, and finds himself a national celebrity.

(Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1972)

[CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: The Ambush
Season 1, episode 17
W: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller   D: Peter Bonerz

With Katherine McDaniel (Robber), Nancy Locke (Robber), Danny Dayton (Hank Pivnik).
The neighborhood has had a sudden rash of burglaries and Archie and Murray are afraid the bar will be the next one.

[ABC 8:00] Tenspeed And Brownshoe [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1
W: Stephen J. Cannell   D: E.W. Swackhamer

With John Harkins (Col. Beuler), Robyn Douglass (Martha Gribb), Luke Andreas (Little Mo), A.C. Weary (Fred Platt), Simone Griffeth (Bunny LaCrosse), Peter Brocco (Dr. Brandt), Robert Webber (Herman LaCrosse), Jayne Meadows (Ruth LaCrosse), Nicholas Worth (Dick Hemmet), Larry Manetti (Chip Vincent), Richard Romanus (Crazy Tommy Tedesco).
Fast talking con man "Tenspeed" Turner hooks up with straight arrow suburban professional Lionel Whitney to form a mismatched private detective team.

[NBC 8:00] The Martian Chronicles: The Expeditions [special]
W: Richard Matheson   D: Michael Anderson

With Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowall, Fritz Weaver, Bernadette Peters, Gayle Hunnicutt, Darren McGavin, Nicholas Hammond, Michael Anderson Jr., Joyce Van Patten, Bernie Casey, Christopher Connelly, Maria Schell.
The exploration of Mars begins with two failed expeditions. Colonel Wilder then leads a crew to discover the secret of Mars -- only to find all the Martians dead from chicken pox.

[CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Triple Play
Season 5, episode 14
W: Ron Bloomberg   D: Alan Rafkin

With Nanette Fabray (Katherine Romano), Rick Lenz (Arnold Bates), Beverly Sanders (Veronica).
A fast talking insurance man can't decide whether he would rather romance Barbara, Ann or Grandma Romano.

[CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Alice Beats The Clock
Season 4, episode 14
W: Katherine Green   D: Marc Daniels

With Michael Alldredge (Ralph), Michael Ballard (Mike), Duane R. Campbell (Chuck), Ted Gehring (Charlie).
Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.

[CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Brother Tom
Season 6, episode 14
W: Jerry Perzigian, Don Seigel   D: Bob Lally

With Dick Anthony Williams (Wayne), Starletta DuPois (Donna).
When two old friends of Helen's come for a visit, Tom feels like an outsider in his own home. This prompts him to ask George to teach him how to act black.

[CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Missionary's Downfall
Season 1, episode 14
W: Don Brinkley   D: Joseph Pevney

With Barry Miller (Obie), David Spielberg (Hollander), Jesse Welles (Cheryl), Johnny Venokur (Rooster), Kevyn Major Howard (Tony).
A former patient who recovered from terminal cancer using a holistic approach he devised has written a book and is looking for converts. He convinces a lupus patient to stop all medical treatment, and nearly allows her to die before accepting that she needs help he cannot give her.

[ABC 10:00] Donna Summer Special [special]
With Robert Guillaume, Debralee Scott, Twiggy.
The disco recording star is host of her first musical-variety showcase, featuring taped segments from her concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

[NBC 10:00] Eischied [Reg]: Spanish Eight
Season 1, episode 9
W: Mark Rodgers   D: Harvey Laidman

With Silvana Gallardo (Linda), Aixa Moreno (Rita), Richard Beauchamp (Joe Valenzuela), Jerry Douglas, Laraine Stephens, Joe Santos (Luis Aguilar), Tony Perez (Costanza), Ted Noose (Jackson), Charles Castilla (Detective), Joanna Lipari (Lingerie Saleslady).
Eischied suspects an embittered detective of ordering the gangland slayings of two suspected heroin dealers including the owner of a disco.

(Repeat program, originally aired 12/7/1979)


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