Saturday August 23, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday August 23, 1980:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS That's My Line TV Movie: Perfect Gentlemen (1978)
ABC 240-Robert: Double Trouble (R) The Love Boat: Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover (R) Fantasy Island: My Fair Pharaoh / The Power (R)
NBC Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: Cosmic Whiz Kid (R) NFL Preseason Football


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] That's My Line [Reg] A Chicago butcher who specializes in exotic meats; the world's fastest typist; a woman who teaches babies to swim; a lady who custom designs clothes for pets; and a man who teaches the dangerous business of training tigers.

[ABC 8:00] 240-Robert [Reg]: Double Trouble
Season 1, episode 9
W: Simon Muntner   D: John Florea

With Dick Clair (Mr. Edmonds), Jenna McMahon (Mrs. Edmonds), Michael Adams (Mikie), Casey Adams (Casey), Gary Wood (Steve), Tain Bodkin (Clark), Bill Catching (Lewis), Jeffrey Bannister (Price), Robin Eisenman (Girl). Trap and Thib attempt to rescue two nudists trapped in an awkward position, while Morgan is forced to crash land her chopper with two young boys aboard.
(Repeat program, originally aired 10/29/1979)

[NBC 8:00] Buck Rogers In The 25th Century [Reg]: Cosmic Whiz Kid
Season 1, episode 10
W: Alan Brennert   D: Leslie H. Martinson

With Gary Coleman (President Hieronymus Fox), Ray Walston (Roderick Zale), Melody Rogers (Lt. Cyrton), Albert Popwell (Koren), Earl Boen (Selmar), Lester Fletcher (M.D. Toman). Buck is asked to rescue the kidnapped president of an alien planet from his captor, a sly gangster.
(Repeat program, originally aired 11/22/1979)

[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Perfect Gentlemen (1978)
W: Nora Ephron   D: Jackie Cooper

With Lauren Bacall, Ruth Gordon, Sandy Dennis, Robert Alda, Lisa Pelikan, Stephen Pearlman, Dick O'Neill, Steve Allie Collura. Three diverse women, each in need of a large sum of money, devise an elaborate scheme to steal a million dollars.

[ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Dumb Luck / Tres Amigos / Hey, Jealous Lover
Season 3, episode 21
W: Ray Jessel, Tony Webster, Ben Joelson, Art Baer   D: Roger Duchowny

With John Gabriel (Floyd Gaines), Jayne Meadows (Gertrude Benson), Jennifer Darling (Alice Gaines), Kevin Tighe (Chris), Shelley Hack (Carol Ketay), James Gregory (Milton Benson), Ronnie Scribner (Keith Gaines), Tony Ramirez (Luis Rivera). A man thinks his wife is the object of every male passenger's desire; men are intimidated by Julie's intellectual friend; Vicki and a passenger discover a stowaway bound for a reunion with his mother in Mexico.
(Repeat program, originally aired 3/15/1980)

[NBC 9:00] NFL Preseason Football Houston Oilers vs. Dallas Cowboys.

[ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: My Fair Pharaoh / The Power
Season 3, episode 22
W: Stephen Lord, Ray Brenner, Ellen Wittman   D: George McCowan

With Carol Lynley (Stephanie), Ron Ely (Eric Williams/Marc Anthony), Joan Collins (Lucy Atwell), Michael Ansara (Ptolemy), Larry Linville (Fred Webster), Julie Sommars (Laura Crane), Ruth Roman (Mistress of the Harem), Brioni Farrell (Cleopatra), Patti Davis (Charmaine). Lucy Atwell travels in time to ancient Egypt and poses as Cleopatra, only to find her life in grave danger; Fred Webster wishes to assert more control over his life, and is given the tricky power of telekinesis.
(Repeat program, originally aired 5/10/1980)

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