Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday December 2, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] A Tale Of Two Cities [special]
W: John Gay D: Jim Goddard With Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Flora Robson, Barry Morse. Dramatization of the Charles Dickens novel about two men whose lives becomes intimately bound together during the bloody horror of the French Revolution. Features Chris Sarandon in the dual roles of Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Hello, Roger
Season 8, episode 4 W: William Bickley, Michael Warren D: Jerry Paris With Denis Mandel (Eugene Belvin), Harris Kal (Bobby), Teddi Siddall (Lucille Scarabatza), Sandie Newton (Adrian Scarabatza), Randy Stumpf (Spider). Roger Phillips, Marion's nephew, comes to Milwaukee to become an English teacher and the basketball coach at Jefferson High School. But he gets off on the wrong foot with Fonzie.
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| [NBC 8:00] Battle Of Beverly Hills [special]
With William Devane, Gil Gerard, Leif Garrett, Scott Baio, Dick Van Patten. Ed McMahon and Richard Dawson are the hosts as celebrities test their athletic and mental abilities in this competition which features eight five-member teams vying for cash prizes.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Studio City
Season 6, episode 3 W: Richard Rosenstock D: John Tracy With Troy Donahue (Himself), Doug Cox (Zwick), Ed Marinaro (Sonny St. Jacques). The girls audition as stuntwomen for a Troy Donahue movie set in prehistoric times.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: A Crowded Romance
Season 5, episode 5 W: Mark Tuttle D: Dave Powers With Rebecca Holden (Bunny/Twinkie), Vernon Weddle (Mr. Weddle), Fay DeWitt (Woman). Jack and Larry are both dating the same girl and don't know it, and Janet runs herself ragged trying to keep them from finding out.
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: Que Sara, Sara
Season 1, episode 5 W: Mitch Markowitz D: Will Mackenzie Muriel moves in with Jackie and Sara after a fight with Henry over Sara's new waitress job, where her skimpy uniform draws considerable applause from the restaurant's male clientele -- but not from her father.
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| [ABC 10:00] Barbara Walters Special [special]
Barbara interviews Burt Reynolds, Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood.
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| [NBC 10:00] Gene Shalit Talks To The Stars [special]
Excerpts from interviews done by Gene Shalit on the "Today" show over the last five years, including Mel Brooks, Richard Burton, Bette Davis, Sophia Loren, Mickey Rooney, Peter Sellers, Liv Ullmann and others.
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