Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday August 6, 1980:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Pottsville, U.S.A. [special]
W: Rod Parker D: Hal Cooper With Forrest Tucker, Jan Miner, George O'Hanlon Jr., Nina Foch, Hamilton Camp, Lynne Thigpen, Edie McClurg, Richard Brestoff, John Lawlor. Comedy pilot about a harrassed labor leader in a small manufacturing town, dealing with feminist discontent among his own ranks.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: My Son, The Prom Queen
Season 4, episode 14 W: Bruce Shelly D: Irving J. Moore With Michael Goodrow (Ernie), James Karen (Elliott Randolph), Nicholas Pryor (Jeffrey Trout), Michael Griswold (Mr. Gillette), Colin Hamilton (Rankin Manheim), Amy Gibson (Charlotte), Heather Totten (Blythe), Lachelle Chamberlain (Anne), Tony O'Dell (Jeff), Brian Henskovitz (Scott), Kimberly Cameron (Cindy). When Tommy and Ernie's band is beaten out by an all-girl rock group to play for the senior prom, the guys plan a counterattack by nominating Tommy for prom queen. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/9/1980)
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A profile of Captain Sticky, a 300-pound self-styled consumer advocate; a look at a minister who uses ventriloquism to get his message across; a lawyer who offers advice at a low cost.
(Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Corn Is Green (1979)
W: Ivan Davis D: George Cukor With Katharine Hepburn, Bill Fraser, Patricia Hayes, Anna Massey, Ian Saynor. An strong-willed spinster teacher meets with ignorance and wariness when she attempts to educate the illiterate youth of a small Welsh mining town. Adapted from the play by Emlyn Williams.
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Catch A Fallen Angel
Season 4, episode 17 W: Edward J. Lakso D: Kim Manners With Elissa Leeds (Bess Hemsdale), Gary Wood (Joe Willis), Sully Boyar (Stiles), Eugene Butler (Hacker), Anthony Mannino (Trask), Robert Pierce (Seth Jeffers). The Angels investigate the disappearance of a young man whose ex-girlfriend has moved to the big city and joined the adult film industry. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/23/1980)
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Skin Deep Or True Blue
Season 2, episode 19 W: Sandy Veith, Donald Ross D: Gerren Keith With Grant Wilson (Roger Morehouse), Melora Hardin (Emily Morehouse). Kimberly's new beau suggests pairing his sister with Willis for a double date, until he finds out the color of his true love's brother. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/20/1980)
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| [NBC 9:30] Sanford [Reg]: Cissy And The Nephew
Season 1, episode 10 W: Marc Sheffler D: Jim Drake Fred has two overnight guests -- his college-bound nephew and Evelyn's runaway daughter, Cissy. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/17/1980)
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Lost Monday
Season 2, episode 12 W: Martin Roth D: Phil Bondelli With Tige Andrews (Benson), Mary Ann Mobley (Paula Conway), Dick Sargent (Farley), Mary Louise Weller (Jamie Randall), Phil Morris (Calvin Tate), Garry Marshall (Dr. Middleton). Dan races against time when a hypnotist programs Binzer into a human bomb set to explode at the final buzzer of a basketball game in a crowded arena. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/9/1980)
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Sweet Land Of Liberty
Season 5, episode 6 W: Erich Collier D: Robert Loggia With Marcia Rodd (Eleanor Janssen), Robert F. Simon (Col. Wilcox), Richard Evans (Col. Flanders), Stack Pierce (Sgt. Dolen), Logan Ramsey (Capt. Frye), Paul Mantee (Mr. Perkins), Nobu McCarthy (Lee Yokashira), Barry Cahill (Chairman), Louise Fitch (Dr. Taylor). Sam suffers great anguish when an old friend inexplicably turns to violence and murders a police officer. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/25/1979)
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