Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday April 15, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: The Cross-Town Hustle
Season 2, episode 3 W: Steve Kline D: Mark Tinker With Dennis Howard (Coach Rogers), Hari Rhodes (Harmon Reese), Wayne Heffley (Coach Harper), Jay Bilas (Larsen), Isabel Cooley (Reba Reese), Keny Long (Little Mack), Ronald McQueen (Adrian Bender). An ambitious rival coach from a predominantly white school convinces Coach Reeves' top guard to transfer and play for him. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/1/1979)
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Joanie Busts Out
Season 7, episode 9 W: Beverly Bloomberg D: Jerry Paris With G.W. Bailey (Jake Whitman), Tammy Taylor (Sally), Rhonda Shear (Michelle), Taaffe O'Connell (Carol). As an act of rebellion, Joanie allows Chachi to convince her to pose for some cheesecake photos. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/13/1979)
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford [Reg]: Retrospective
Season 1, episode 7 W: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran D: Jim Drake With Vernon Weddle (Arresting Officer), Michael Alldredge (Detective), Ron Vernan (Detective), William McDonald (Guard), Will Hunt (Drunk Prisoner). After Fred and Cal are mistakenly arrested for stealing Evelyn's furniture, Fred reflects on his life since meeting Evelyn and Cal via flashbacks from previous episodes.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Fat City Holiday
Season 5, episode 3 W: Roger Garrett D: Joel Zwick With Donovan Scott, Rosemary Prinz, Sally Kellerman. Laverne and Shirley, hungering for a change in their lives, take jobs as weight counselors at a fat farm. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/27/1979)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Guyana Tragedy: The Story Of Jim Jones (1980), part one
W: Ernest Tidyman D: William A. Graham With Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Colleen Dewhurst, LeVar Burton, James Earl Jones, Veronica Cartwright, Rosalind Cash, Meg Foster, Brenda Vaccaro, Ed Lauter. Dramatization of the events that led the Reverend Jim Jones to initiate the mass suicide of his followers in Jonestown, Guyana. The first part of the drama focuses on Jones' early life in Indiana, where his sense of divine mission developed, through his early ministry and his emergence as a political force.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: A Camping We Will Go
Season 4, episode 8 W: Kim Weiskopf, Michael S. Baser D: Dave Powers With Louise Williams (Laura). Jack's planned quiet weekend at a secluded mountain cabin turns into a three-ring circus when Janet and Chrissy show up with a crowd. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/6/1979)
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| [NBC 9:00] The Big Show [Reg]: Episode 6
Season 1, episode 6 W: David Axelrod, George Bloom, Stan Burns, Ted Lang With Peggy Fleming, The Two Ronnies, Sherrill Milnes, Ken Berry, The Unknown Comic, Dance Theater of Harlem. Victor Borge and Loretta Swit are the hosts.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Nardo Loses Her Marbles
Season 2, episode 4 W: Earl Pomerantz D: James Burrows With William Callaway (Gallery Owner), Robert Picardo (Phillip), Mary Woronov (Artist), Tom Ewell (Dr. Collins), William Callaway (Sandor Kovacs). Elaine, convinced her hectic life is driving her crazy, decides that an easier cure than seeing a psychiatrist would be to spend a night with Alex. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/2/1979)
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: Max In Love
Season 1, episode 9 W: Edward Martino, David Solomon D: Leo Penn With Rene Auberjonois (Donald Springfield), Madlyn Rhue (Charlotte Fleming), Daniel J. Travanti (Edgar), Joseph Stern (Robert Mellon), Joan Welles (Sandy). Max's new girlfriend is a prime suspect after the Hart's mansion is stripped by sophisticated thieves. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/13/1979)
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| [NBC 10:30] United States [Reg]: Better Than Burning
Season 1, episode 7 W: Larry Gelbart With Lola Mason (Interviewer), George Clifton (Interviewer). The Chapins answer personal questions asked during separate interviews for a marriage survey.
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