Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday December 27, 1980:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Breaking Away [Reg]: Heart Like A Wheel
Season 1, episode 5 W: Caroline Elias D: Jack Bender With Dominique Dunne (Paulina Bornstein), Chris Lemmon (Danny), Dan Kilpatrick (Bill), Lou Walker (Security Guard). Moocher asks Nancy to move in with him; Mike readies for a drag race with a collegian; Dave's friendship with a co-ed may blossom into a romance.
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: The Loneliest Runner (1976)
W: Michael Landon D: Michael Landon With Lance Kerwin, Brian Keith, Melissa Sue Anderson, Michael Landon, Walker Edmiston. Based on the personal boyhood of Michael Landon, who wrote and directed this film, a 14-year-old bed wetter runs home from school every day to retrieve the wet sheet his mother has hung from his bedroom window to punish him. This training prepares him to become a competitive runner.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Tim Conway Show [Reg]
Season 2, episode 13
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| [CBS 9:00] Kennedy Center Honors [special]
The third annual entertainment gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., which pays tribute this year to Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Agnes de Mille, Lynn Fontaine and Leontyne Price.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Doc's 'Ex' Change / The Gift / Making The Grade
Season 3, episode 14 W: Ben Joelson, Art Baer, Don Segall, Marc Sheffler D: Gordon Farr With Jessica Walter (Madeline Harris), Johnny Timko (Danny Harris), Juliet Prowse (Samantha Bricker), Dick Gautier (John Hurley), Red Buttons (Buddy Redmond), Sonny Bono (Kenny Carter), Ronee Blakley (Mrs. Carter), Kaye Ballard (Jean Redmond). Doc panics when his ex-wife boards the ship and informs him that they are still legally married; a couple find $2,000 in cash but can't decide what to do with it; a young boy grows upset with his mother when she dates his teacher. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/15/1979)
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| [NBC 9:30] NBC White Paper: Gambling
David Brinkley and Lloyd Dobbins report on the proliferation of gambling in America, a profile of those who gamble, the allure of casinos and the alleged role of organized crime in the industry.
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| [ABC 10:00] ABC News Closeup: The Shattered Badge
Paul Altmeyer reports on the life of the big city police officer, focusing on departments in cities which have experienced problems with claims of overstressed officers and police brutality.
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