Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday January 30, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Featherstone's Nest [special]
W: Michael Norell D: Jim Drake With Ken Berry, Susan Swift, Dana Hill, Virginia Capers, Phil Leeds, Fred Morsell. The story of Charlie Featherstone, a pediatrician, as he struggles to run a house and cope with two lively daughters while his wife is away studying at law school. Pilot for a series. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: The Commitment
Season 4, episode 17 W: David Braff, Nick Thiel D: Jack Bender With K.C. Martel (Marvin), Michael Goodrow (Ernie), Michele Greene (Jill), Markie Post (Kerry), Grant Wilson (Brandon), Kimberly Woodward (Darla). While everyone prepares for Susan's shower, Tommy debates dropping his girlfriend for someone more experienced and Nicholas sets up a date for his friend Marvin.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A gathering of mystics in Casadega, Fla.; an ugly dog contest; a visit to a dime-a-dance hall in Oakland, Calif.; a Miss Physique contest in Tampa, Fla.; a look at a speedway in California on which race human-powered vehicles; and a tour of Nome, Alaska.
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| [CBS 8:30] State Of The Union: A Republican Response
A reply to President Carter's Jan. 23 address.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Marathon (1980)
W: Ron Friedman D: Jackie Cooper With Bob Newhart, Leigh Taylor-Young, Anita Gillette, Herb Edelman, Dick Gautier, John Hillerman, Valerie Landsburg, Rene Enriquez, Richard Roat, Bill Smillie. A happily married middle-aged accountant finds a new meaning in life, and a new romance, when he becomes obsessed with the hobby of running.
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Homes, $weet Homes
Season 4, episode 18 W: William Froug D: Allen Baron With Dick Gautier (Barry Kingsbrook), Sherry Jackson (Tina Fuller), Natalie Core (Mrs. Mayhew), Vito Scotti (Tyrone), Arthur Space (Mr. Mayhew). When a wealthy Beverly Hills couple is robbed of valuable Egyptian artifacts, the Angels suspect a local real estate baron who uses only beautiful women as agents.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Big Business
Season 2, episode 16 W: Howard Leeds, George Geiger, Ed Jurist D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker). Willis and Arnold scheme to make extra dough by selling brownies, only to discover they can't stand the heat of big business and may soon have to get out of the kitchen.
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| [NBC 9:30] Hello, Larry [Reg]: Tommy The Houseguest
Season 2, episode 10 W: Elaine Newman, Jay Sommers, Dick Chevillat, George Tibbles D: Doug Rogers Tommy has to temporarily move in with the Alders while his mother is away.
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: The Magic Sister Slayings
Season 2, episode 15 W: Pat Dunlop D: Don Chaffey With Byron Morrow (Chairman), Chick Vennera (Mitch Costigan), Debra Feuer (Eva Zorav), Jeannie Wilson (Adele Zorav), Tom Simcox (Mr. Gleaver), Robert Phillips (Kovac), Alan Gibbs (Mullard). Dan is targeted by a man who's trying to get a gaming license, because Dan has a videotape that shows him consorting with criminals.
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| [NBC 10:00] Best Of Saturday Night Live [special]
Steve Martin is guest host.
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