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Wednesday April 30, 1980
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Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday April 30, 1980:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Jimmy McNichol Special TV Movie: Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
ABC Eight Is Enough: Finally Grad Night Charlie's Angels: One Love. . .Two Angels (1) Vega$: Siege Of The Desert Inn
NBC Real People (R) Diff'rent Strokes (R) Hello, Larry: The Yearning Quincy, M.E.: No Way To Treat A Flower (R)
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[CBS 8:00] Jimmy McNichol Special [special]
With Kristy McNichol, Jeff Conaway, Donna Pescow, Kurt Thomas, Magic Johnson, Ricky Schroeder.
Guests join Jimmy for an hour of comedy, dancing and music.

[ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Finally Grad Night
Season 4, episode 27
W: Patricia Green, Chris Manheim   D: Irving J. Moore

With Michael Goodrow (Ernie), Michele Greene (Jill), Cyndi Bain (Tami), Floyd Levine (Officer Dudley), Ed Griffith (Mr. Moore), Melissa Converse (Mrs. Moore), Jeff Cotler (Irving), Eric Stolz (Kurt Harper), James Parkes (Officer Callow), Tom Dunlop (Alvin Flecker), Gary Dubin (Jeff), Tony O'Dell (Scott).
Tommy's graduation party is invaded by "friends" after he convinces the family to vacate the house so he can have a small get-together with his closest chums.

[NBC 8:00] Real People
Featured are a ventriloquists convention; a visit to the first man-watchers beauty pageant; a Minneapolis millionaire who gives away money; Buddy, the wonder dog who drives a car; a New York lawyer who spends his spare time coaching an all-girls track team; a gathering of about 500 members of a Nielsen family in Utah, and a report from consumer advocate Herb Deneberg.

(Repeat program)

[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
W: David W. Rintels   D: Robert Collins

With Henry Fonda, Jose Ferrer, John Houseman, Richard McKenzie, Dolph Sweet, Fay Wray, David Sheiner, Sam Jaffe, Ford Rainey, Dean Jagger, William Prince, Jerry Hardin, Allan Rich.
Dramatization of the life of Clarence Earl Gideon, an obscure Florida convict who petitioned the Supreme Court for the right to guaranteed legal counsel. Based on the 1964 book by Anthony Lewis.

[ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: One Love. . .Two Angels (1)
Season 4, episode 25
W: B.W. Sandefur   D: Dennis Donnelly

With Ray Milland (Oliver Barrow), Patrick Duffy (Bill Cord), Robert Reed (Glenn Staley), Lynne Marta (Linda), Simon Scott (Richard Carver), William Mims (Sam Worden), Harry Townes (Harmon).
Kelly, who was orphaned as an infant, is contacted by an attorney who tells her she may be the long lost daughter of a millionaire.

[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]
(Repeat program)

[NBC 9:30] Hello, Larry [Reg]: The Yearning
Season 2, episode 21
W: George Tibbles, Woody Kling, Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn   D: Doug Rogers, Art Dielhenn

With Barbara Cason (Miss Putman).
Morgan's new secretary dates Larry's father and soon marriage is in their plans. (Last show of the series.)

[ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Siege Of The Desert Inn
Season 2, episode 21
W: Larry Forrester   D: Lawrence Dobkin

With Cameron Mitchell (Zinberg), Richard Bakalyan (Bronson), Jeffrey Druce (Benny Trudo), Troas Hayes (Maisie), Hope Holiday (Josie), Don Helm (Sergeant).
Dan Tanna joins Lt. Nelson's SWAT team in an effort to save Beatrice and four showgirls who are being held captive by convicts demanding $5 million for their release.

[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: No Way To Treat A Flower
Season 5, episode 1
W: Jeff Freilich, Christopher Trumbo   D: Ray Danton

With Karlene Crockett (Kathy Campbell), Charles Bloom (Joey Campbell), Pat Renella (Ken Campbell), Paul Kent (Dr. Osborn), Gary Wood (Ralph Peters), Toni Berrell (Karen Harris), Joan Freeman (Mrs. Campbell), Whit Bissell (Botanist), Barbara Tarbuck (Mrs. Westlake), Martin Rudy (Jack Price), Paca Thomas (Dr. Lieber).
Season premiere. Quincy's relief over isolating a powerful chemical that caused a young girl's death turns to horror when he learns that no government agency has the power to take the drug off the market.

(Repeat program, originally aired 9/20/1979)


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