Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday August 20, 1980:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Bugsy Malone (1976)
W: Alan Parker D: Alan Parker With Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, John Cassisi, Florrie Dugger, Martin Lev. Children play all the adult roles in this spoof of gangster movies and 1930's musicals.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Bradford vs. Bradford
Season 4, episode 21 W: David Braff, Nick Thiel D: Leslie H. Martinson With Michael Goodrow (Ernie), William Schreiner (Barry), Thomas Callaway (Fred), Mark James (Jackson), Stoney Jackson (Darren), Bebe Drake (Mrs. Andrews). David looks askance when Janet works overtime at the office with an attractive bachelor; Tommy becomes upset when his friend Ernie starts dating Elizabeth. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/27/1980)
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
Featured: off-duty Chicago policemen who dress up as clowns to entertain children; the birdman of Baraboo; a beer drinking contest in Santa Monica, Calif.; a visit to a summer camp in Georgia; a female railroad engineer in Los Angeles; and a look at the American Medical Association.
(Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Angels On Skates
Season 4, episode 10 W: Michael Michaelian, John Francis Whelpley D: Don Chaffey With Rene Auberjonois (Freddie Fortune), Ed Begley Jr. (Kenny Daniels), Roz Kelly (Gert), Chris Mulkey (Reggie Martin), Joanna Barnes (Julia Lathrop), Lory Walsh (Rita Morgan). Kris poses as a roller skating disco queen as part of a scheme to nail a band of kidnappers holding a beautiful heiress hostage. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/21/1979)
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Dog Story
Season 2, episode 12 W: Roland Wolpert D: Gerren Keith With Dana Plato (Kimberly Drummond), James Hong (Mr. Lee), Dorothy Meyer (Mrs. Keith), Gracia Lee (Woman #1), Olive Dunbar (Woman #2). Arnold faces a painful series of rabies shots when a puppy that he rescued from traffic bites him, then disappears. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/19/1979)
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| [NBC 9:30] Sanford [Reg]: Cal's Diet
Season 1, episode 11 W: Ted Bergman D: Jim Drake With Joy Garrett (Katie Gallagher), Wilbur White (Chauncey Talmadge III), Marvin Brody (Larry), Tanya Boyd (Girl), Jeannie Linero (Woman). Fred tries to keep lovelorn and overweight Cal from returning home to Tennessee by turning him into a ladies' man. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/24/1980)
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| [CBS 10:00] CBS News Hour: The Baby Makers
This program examines recent advances in artificial reproduction and the legal, moral and ethical questions they provoke.
(Repeat program)
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Comeback
Season 2, episode 13 W: Robert Swanson D: Lewis Teague With Chick Vennera (Mitch Costigan), Rebecca York (Vanessa), Rex Holman (Verne Ryder), Bruce Glover (Sully), Royce Applegate (Charlie), Joe E. Tata (Dixon), Michael Minor (Floyd), Ken Lynch (Frenchie). One of Dan's old Vietnam buddies seeks revenge after his wife is killed by a bomb meant for him. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/16/1980)
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: The Final Gift
Season 5, episode 20 W: Marjorie Worcester, Robert A. Cinader D: Georg Fenady With June Dayton (Nurse), Joseph Campanella (Charlie Barnes), Tom Toupe (Max Carson), Ellen Bry (Linda Hayes), Don Keefer (Doc Watson), James Whitworth (Pete). A friend of Quincy's, who is recuperating from injuries sustained in a plane crash, dies from arsenic poisoning after receiving blood donated by his business partner. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/20/1980)
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