Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday February 27, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] CBS Reports: The Wagon Wheel Trail
Eighty-five juvenile offenders participate in an unusual rehabilitation project -- four months on a wagon train covering 1,500 miles from from southern Arizona to Denver.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Bradford vs. Bradford
Season 4, episode 21 W: David Braff, Nick Thiel D: Leslie H. Martinson With Michael Goodrow (Ernie), William Schreiner (Barry), Thomas Callaway (Fred), Mark James (Jackson), Stoney Jackson (Darren), Bebe Drake (Mrs. Andrews). David looks askance when Janet works overtime at the office with an attractive bachelor; Tommy becomes upset when his friend Ernie starts dating Elizabeth.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A talking refrigerator; a toilet for cats; a traveling belly-dancing teacher; a man who wears a Richard Nixon mask and sells flowers; and a psychic who conducts seances for members of Elvis Presley's family.
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| [CBS 9:00] Grammy Awards [special]
With George Benson, Johnny Cash, The Doobie Brothers, Bob Dylan, Barbara Mandrell, Chuck Mangione, Dionne Warwick. Guest stars join host Kenny Rogers to perform and present awards in the 22nd annual recording industry gala ceremony. Bob Dylan sings his composition "Serve Somebody".
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: An Angel's Trail
Season 4, episode 21 W: Wayne Cruseturner D: Dennis Donnelly With Farrah Fawcett (Jill Munroe), L.Q. Jones (Sam Mason), Tracey Walter (Clint Mason), John Dennis Johnston (Harley Mason), John Lupton (Sheriff Hunt), Cis Rundle (Lee Thomas). Jill is taken hostage by an escaped convict and his sons when she accidentally stumbles into a gas station robbery.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Teacher's Pet
Season 2, episode 20 W: Sandy Veith, Donald Ross D: Gerren Keith With Steven Mond (Robbie Jason), Shavar Ross (Dudley Johnson), Mary Ann Mobley (Nancy Osborne). Parent-teacher night leads Mr. Drummond to a romance with Arnold's teacher and leaves poor Arnold open to the jealousy of his classmates. Arnold tries every trick in the book to win back his friends, including one which may have him expelled.
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| [NBC 9:30] Hello, Larry [Reg]: The Neighbor Dies
Season 2, episode 14 W: Barbara Tibbles, Douglas Tibbles D: Doug Rogers With Frank Vohs (Ed), Walter Burke (Mr. Vandervellen). Ruthie feels guilty after her neighbor dies during an argument.
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Consortium
Season 2, episode 17 W: Robert Earll D: Lawrence Dobkin With Lloyd Bochner (Mel Blandon), James Darrin (Paul Bracken), William Lucking (Kenny), Walter Mathews (Ben Kanin), Christopher Cary (David), Kathrine Baumann (Charlene), Jim Hodge (Blackstone). A desperate casino owner who is trying to avoid bankruptcy frames Dan Tanna for the murders of two prostitutes at a hotel-owners' gathering.
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| [NBC 10:00] Best Of Saturday Night Live [special]
Highlights from the popular Saturday late-night comedy program.
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