Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday July 23, 1980:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Movie: Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
W: Ronald M. Cohen, Edward Huebsch D: Robert Aldrich With Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning, Joseph Cotten, Melvyn Douglas, Roscoe Lee Browne, Richard Jaeckel, Richard Widmark, William Marshall, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Leif Erickson. A dedicated and patriotic, if misguided, Air Force general seizes control of a nuclear missile base in Montana to blackmail the U.S. government. He threatens to launch nine ICBMs unless he gets $10 million and a public explanation for the Vietnam war.
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[ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Moving Out
Season 3, episode 17 W: Nick Thiel, David Braff D: Arnold Laven With Danny Wells (Ed Foster), Toni Lamond (Mrs. Dreissen). Nancy, Susan, and Joannie rebel against their father's restrictions and move into their own small apartment. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/17/1979)
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[NBC 8:00] Real People
Clayton Moore, famous as the Lone Ranger, talks about the controversy surrounding his wearing of a mask; a report on a man who makes rubber bricks to throw at TV sets; a trip to Croaker College which trains frogs to be weightlifters.
(Repeat program)
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[ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: The Prince And The Angel
Season 4, episode 9 W: Edward J. Lakso D: Cliff Bole With Farrah Fawcett (Jill Munroe), Leonard Mann (Eric Railman), Jesse Doran (Edward Dain), Herb Braha (George Stanos), Karl Held (Paul Kohler). Jill Munroe's romantic involvement with a foreign prince leads her into the dangerous world of international power politics and murder. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/14/1979)
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[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Arnold's Hero
Season 2, episode 5 W: Martin A. Ragaway, Howard Leeds, Ben Starr, Martin Cohan D: Gerren Keith With Muhammad Ali (Himself), James Cromwell (Father O'Brien). Willis and Kimberly arrange for Arnold to meet hs idol, Muhammad Ali, by writing the champ a letter saying that their brother is dying. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/24/1979)
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[NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: The Facts Of Love
Season 1, episode 7 W: Jerry Mayer, Rowland Barber D: John Bowab With Greg Bradford (Steve). To the chagrin of the headmaster, Mrs. Garrett holds a sex education class. Meanwhile Blair gets into a compromising situation with a boy and has to make a tough decision. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/4/1980)
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[ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: The Man Who Was Twice
Season 2, episode 19 W: Judy Burns D: Alf Kjellin With Darleen Carr (Robyn Andrews), Jim Bailey (Jeremy Wells), Dick Dinman (Simon Baldwin), Wolfman Jack (Himself), Bill Fletcher (Kirk), Patti Davis (Beth). Dan tries to protect a female impersonator whose life has been threatened. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/12/1980)
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[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: TKO
Season 5, episode 19 W: Sam Egan, Deborah Klugman D: Lawrence Doheny With Allan Miller (Dr. Saunders), Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Kenny Mitchell), Kim Hamilton (Mrs. Hester), Frank Maxwell (Dr. Reynolds), Brendon Boone (Chaffey), Sheila Wills (Katya Hester), Nedra Volz (Gladys), Dick Wilson (Salesman), Peter Schrum (Alfredo Carlotti), Robert Hardy (Clarence). An incompetent surgeon performing operations in his ill-equipped office causes the deaths of a boxer and a chef. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/13/1980)
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