Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday November 11, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Gnomes [special]
W: Sam Moore, Maurice Rapf D: Jack Zander Based on the characters in the bestseller by Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet, this animated special follows the adventures of a family of woodland gnomes as they prepare for the wedding of their eldest son.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: No Tell Motel
Season 8, episode 1 W: Cindy Begel, Lesa Kite D: Jerry Paris With Steven Peterman (Wilbur), Jim Begg (Bellhop). Joanie and Chachi sneak off without permission to a concert in Chicago, but they get in over their heads when Chachi's car breaks down and they get stuck in a motel together.
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| [NBC 8:00] Movie: Smokey And The Bandit (1977)
W: James Lee Barrett, Charles Shyer, Alan Mandel D: Hal Needham With Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, Mike Henry, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick. Two free-wheeling men and a runaway bride try to smuggle a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines in hot pursuit from a pesky sheriff.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Date With Eraserhead
Season 4, episode 7 W: Judy Ervin D: Ray DeVally Jr. With Lynne Marie Stewart (Muriel), Paul Willson (Eraserhead), Linda Gillen (Girl in Black Wig). Shirley finds out that Carmine is running around with other girls, so Laverne arranges a blind date for her with an old high school acquaintance. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/24/1978)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Promise Of Love (1980)
W: Harry Longstreet, Renee Longstreet, Carol Saraceno D: Don Taylor With Valerie Bertinelli, Jameson Parker, Craig T. Nelson, Andy Romano, Joanna Miles, Shelley Long. An 18-year-old woman, who gave up college to marry her Marine boyfriend, attempts to rebuild her life after her young husband is killed in Vietnam.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: And Justice For Jack
Season 5, episode 2 W: George Burditt D: Dave Powers With Jan Sterling (Judge Sheffield), Ellen Travolta (Mrs. Marconi), Steven Anderson (Higgins), Pamela McMyler (Ms. Callahan), David Tress (Virgil). Jack gets fired from his new job for refusing his female boss's sexual advances. He decides to sue her for wrongful termination, but his problems only begin there.
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Arne Sultan, Earl Barret, Brian Cooke D: Will Mackenzie With Fern Fitzgerald (Masseuse), Jeff Maxwell (Artist). Debut of a series starring Ted Knight as Henry Rush, a middle-aged cartoonist and overprotective father. In the series opener, Henry rents the downstairs apartment to his two daughters.
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: Murder, Murder On The Wall
Season 2, episode 1 W: Robert Swanson D: Tom Mankiewicz With Mimi Maynard (Deanne), Karen Carlson (Marcie Fowler), John P. Ryan (Milo Vitt), Sid Haig (Gunther Maddox), Don Gordon (Lt. Gifford), John Gavin (Craig Abernathy), Brett Halsey (Adam Fowler). When a bridegroom disappears abruptly and leaves his wife, a friend of Jennifer's, to face a couple of thugs by herself, the Harts step in to help her.
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| [NBC 10:00] Smothers Brothers Special II [special]
With Glen Campbell, Martin Mull, Pat Paulsen, The Flying Karamazov Brothers. Guests join Tom and Dick Smothers for an hour of comedy and music.
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