Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday July 30, 1980:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Brothers [special]
W: Rick Podell, Mixhael Preminger D: Will Mackenzie With Charles Levin, James O'Sullivan, Jenetta Arnette, Bobby Ramsen, Dori Brenner, James Hong. Two adopted brothers, one of Jewish and the other of Irish ancestry, pick up their lives together after many years of separation.
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[ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Big Shoes, Little Feet
Season 4, episode 7 W: Linda Elstad D: Carl Kugel With K.C. Martel (Marvin), James Karen (Elliot Randolph), Meg Wyllie (Miss Krutch), Darrell Fetty (Kirk Ashley), Katherine Woodville (Ms. Chovick), Warren Munson (Park Director). Nicholas decides to drop out of school after a teacher ridicules him for not meeting the Bradford scholastic standards. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/31/1979)
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[NBC 8:00] Real People
Reports on the Unknown Comic, who conceals his identity beneath a brown bag; a toilet-trained cat, a fashion show for "full-figured women" and a senior citizens' Olympics.
(Repeat program)
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[CBS 8:30] TV Movie: Four Days In Dallas (1978)
W: John McGreevey, Michael McGreevey D: Mel Stuart With Michael Lerner, Frederic Forrest, Lanna Saunders, Lou Frizzell, Doris Roberts, Bruce French, Sandy McPeak, Sandy Ward, Brian Dennehy, Gordon Jump, Michael Pataki. The lives of Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald are retraced over a four-day period following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in November of 1963.
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[ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Nips And Tucks
Season 4, episode 22 W: B.W. Sandefur D: Don Chaffey With Louis Jourdan (Dr. Paul Redmont), Tab Hunter (Bill Maddox), Corinne Camacho (Angela), Barbara Harris (Elena), Joanna Pettet (Barbara Brown). When a congressional witness is found dead, the Angels investigate a plastic surgeon's association with a racketeer whom they learn wants surgery to change his identity. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/5/1980)
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[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Squealer
Season 2, episode 23 W: Ed Jurist, Alan Rosen, Fred Rubin D: Gerren Keith With Erik Moses (Mike), Ron Feinberg (Detective Morrison), Dan Spector (Lenny), Michael Twain (Mr. Clark), David Coburn (Jimmy). Willis seeks comradeship as a member of the Tarantulas, a street gang, but finds only deceit as he gets caught in a web of misplaced loyalties. Willis allows himself to be arrested rather than "squeal" on his fellow gang members by telling the truth. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/26/1980)
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[NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Dieting
Season 1, episode 6 W: Martin A. Ragaway D: John Bowab With Greg Bradford (Steve). Convinced that "thin is in," Blair fasts in order to impress her socially prominent date. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/21/1980)
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[ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Dan Tanna Is Dead
Season 2, episode 7 W: Dallas L. Barnes D: Alf Kjellin With Peter Haskell (Dr. Taylor), Stephen Brooks (Dr. Connors), John Colicos (Dr. Durrand), Alex Henteloff (Dr. White), Don Diamond (Carney Hendricks), Michael V. Gazzo (Cruger), Todd Martin (Al), Tom Dunstan (Ted), Laurence Haddon (Captain). Dan desperately searches for a vengeance-seeking maniac who injected him with a poison with no known antidote. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/21/1979)
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[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: New Blood
Season 5, episode 18 W: Jeri Taylor D: John Peyser With Jane Wyatt (Mrs. Bridges), Beverly Adams (Dr. Jeri McCracken), Gloria Manon (Caroline Hughes), James Callahan (Congressman Bridges), John Elerick (Fenner), John Garrett (Davila). Quincy is upset when Asten makes him go on vacation and calls in a pretty young pathologist to perform the autopsy on a city councilman who was found dead at the base of a stairwell. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/28/1980)
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