Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday August 27, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Funny Business [special]
Walter Matthau is the host of a tribute to the comedy stars and classics of early Hollywood, featuring W.C. Fields, Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy and others. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: A Little Triangle
Season 4, episode 26 W: David Braff, Nick Thiel D: Vincent McEveety With Michele Greene (Jill), Michael Goodrow (Ernie), Larry Breeding (Gary), Keith Coogan (Vincent), Cyndi Bain (Tami), Rori King (Wendy), Ted Noose (Rex's Owner), John McCafferty (Bobby). Nancy's relationship with a widower runs afoul of his jealous 5-year-old daughter; Ernie can't find a date for the prom. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/9/1980)
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A roller-skating elephant; a girl who was fired for sitting on a photocopying machine and making copies of her posterior; a visit with magician Harry Blackstone, Jr.; a city of the future in Arizona. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Angels At The Altar
Season 4, episode 4 W: Larry Alexander D: Lawrence Dobkin With Kim Cattrall (Sharon), John David Carson (Scott Miller), Adrienne LaRussa (Claudia), Joseph Hacker (Randy), Robert Walker Jr. (Burt Marshall), Parley Baer (Grandpa), Marie Windsor (Gloria Kellerman). The Angels discover that a wedding in which Kelly is to be maid of honor is also a camouflage for an insidious murder scheme. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/3/1979)
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Arnold Faces Fatality
Season 2, episode 22 W: Albert E. Lewin D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), John Starr (Messenger). Arnold fears that his loved ones are checking out of his life when he stumbles upon Drummond's will and then uncovers the fact that his goldfish has given up the ghost. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/19/1980)
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| [NBC 9:30] Sanford [Reg]: Cal's Diet (2)
Season 1, episode 12 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: The Trial That Sparked The Riots
Ed Bradley reports on the strained race relations in Miami and the recent trial of four policemen who were acquitted of murder in the 1979 death of a black insurance salesman -- leading to three days of rioting last May which claimed 18 lives.
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Consortium
Season 2, episode 17 W: Robert Earll D: Lawrence Dobkin With Lloyd Bochner (Mel Blandon), James Darrin (Paul Bracken), William Lucking (Kenny), Walter Mathews (Ben Kanin), Christopher Cary (David), Kathrine Baumann (Charlene), Jim Hodge (Blackstone). A desperate casino owner who is trying to avoid bankruptcy frames Dan Tanna for the murders of two prostitutes at a hotel-owners' gathering. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/27/1980)
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: No Way To Treat A Patient
Season 5, episode 22 W: R.A. Cinader D: Georg Fenady With A Martinez (Dr. Antonio Carbo), Duncan Gamble (Dr. Michael Sloan), Diana Webster (Nurse Russell), Ana Alicia (Nurse Berger), Chip Johnson (Pete), Bernard Behrens (Dr. Warren), Martin Speer (Eddie Harris). A young unorthodox physician may lose his license over his alleged mishandling of a gunshot victim. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/23/1980)
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