Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday August 17, 1980:
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Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
An investigation into violence in professional football; a report on a U.S. Army experiment in biological warfare with wide ranging implications; a profile of the mayor of Jerusalem.
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| [ABC 7:00] Galactica 1980 [Reg]: The Return Of Starbuck
Season 2, episode 10 W: Glen A. Larson D: Ron Satloff With Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Col. Boomer), Dirk Benedict (Lt. Starbuck), Judith Chapman (Angela), Rex Cutter (Cy). Dr. Zee tells Adama about a dream where he sees Starbuck, crashed on a distant planet, befriending an injured Cylon Centurion and a mysterious alien woman who gives birth to a baby boy. (Last show of the series.) (Repeat program, originally aired 5/4/1980)
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Child Of Glass (1)
W: Jim Lawrence D: John Erman With Irene Tedrow (Miss Merriweather), Jack Rader (Sheriff Muncey), Denise Nickerson (Connie Sue Arnsworth), Olivia Barash (Inez Dumaine), Steve Shaw (Alexander Arnsworth), Katy Kurtzman (Blossom Culp), Nina Foch (Aunt Lavinia), Anthony Zerbe (Amory Timmons), Biff McGuire (Joe Arnsworth), Barbara Barrie (Emily Arnsworth). A 13-year-old boy's supernatural powers put him in touch with the ghost of a girl from the nineteenth century and involve him in the search for a china doll that holds the secret to her family's missing fortune. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: The Cook
Season 1, episode 8 W: Richard Baer, Milt Josefsberg D: Lila Garrett With Danny Dayton (Hank Pivnik), Dean Scofield (Fred), Jerry Fujikawa (Yamatoko), Norma Donaldson (Ms. Watson). Archie and Murray hire short-order cook Veronica Rooney, but she insists that her homosexual nephew be hired as waiter, so Archie takes drastic steps to "straighten" out the kid. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/4/1979)
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| [ABC 8:00] All-American Pie [special]
Joe Namath hosts this variety magazine, looking at unusual occupations and lifestyles against a variety of colorful American backdrops. Highlights include a visit with a driving instructor in San Francisco; a New York coach-lawyer and his juvenile basketball team; a look at a phone answering service in Chicago; kids in Phoenix discuss ways in which they make life rough for grown-ups; and the patrons of a Youngstown, Ohio cafe talk about "perfect 10s" while the women in a local beauty salon explain what they like about men.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Peaks And Valleys
Season 2, episode 1 W: Rudolph Borchert D: Phil Bondelli With Pamela Norman (Melanie), Paul Mace (Bernie), Peter Looney (Rogers), Rick Gates (Stan Bosca), Martin West (Lundsford), Kaye Stevens (Karen Niles), Jack Rader (Carl), Troy Donahue (Bob Niles). Jon and Ponch consider quitting the California Highway Patrol because of an unjust civil suit filed against them by an injured motorist. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/16/1978)
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Old Horizons
Season 5, episode 16 W: Bud Wiser D: Alan Rafkin With John Hillerman (Mr. Connors), Nanette Fabray (Katherine Romano), Barney Phillips (Harry Barofsky), Joey Forman (Mr. Raymond). Ann feels a crimp in her life-style when Grandma Romano moves to Indianapolis, takes an apartment in Ann's building and finds a job in her office. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/10/1980)
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| [CBS 9:00] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The Shower
Season 6, episode 17 W: Arthur Bonaduce, Celia Bonaduce D: Bob Lally George brags he's found the perfect gift for Jenny and Lionel's baby shower, but fails to notice that what they really need can't be bought and packaged. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/17/1980)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
W: James Edward Grant D: Burt Kennedy With James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam, Joan Blondell, Harry Morgan, John Dehner, Henry Jones, Dub Taylor, Kathleen Freeman, Chuck Connors, Ellen Corby. A runaway bridegroom runs straight into the toughest job out west -- that of a hired gunman in a money-crazed mineral boom town.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Joe Panther (1976)
W: Dale Eunson D: Paul Krasny With Ray Tracey, Brian Keith, Ricardo Montalban, Alan Feinstein, Cliff Osmond, A Martinez. A young contemporary Seminole Indian grows restless with village life in the Florida Everglades and tries to enter the white man's world.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The Longest Day
Season 6, episode 18 W: Bob Baublitz D: Bob Lally George, Tom and Lionel are left to take care of baby Jessica, and soon find out that it is no easy chore as the Jefferson apartment begins to slowly turn to shambles. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/24/1980)
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: If You Can't Stand The Heat
Season 1, episode 17 W: Deborah Zoe Dawson, Victoria Johns D: Murray Golden With Peter Harrell (Pete), Edward Winter (Dr. Hanley), Molly Picon (Sally Needleman), Barry Brooks (Sullivan). Trapper is initially unconcerned when an old medical colleague starts to behave erratically, but Gonzo suspects that something is wrong, especially when the doctor freezes during an emergency. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/17/1980)
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