Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday April 29, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] TV Movie: Leave 'Em Laughing (1981)
W: Cynthia Whitcomb, Peggy Chantler Dick D: Jackie Cooper With Mickey Rooney, Anne Jackson, Red Buttons, Allen Garfield, William Windom, Elisha Cook Jr. Television film based on the true story of Jack Thum, a professional clown, and his wife who supported and raised dozens of homeless children in Chicago while struggling to make a living -- and then faced up to advanced cancer.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Greatest American Hero [Reg]: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Season 1, episode 6 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Arnold Laven With Branden Williams (Kevin Hinkley), Jack Ging (Tracy Winslow), John Hart (Lone Ranger), Ferdy Mayne (Abe Figueroa), Frank McCarthy (Edward Castelli), Joseph Chapman (Tim Carson), Robert Gooden (Norm Woods), Bruce Tuthill (Sam Watson), Glenn Wilder (Pete King). Ralph is despondent after nearly wrecking a tour bus, and is seriously considering giving up the suit -- until he gets a pep talk from his childhood hero; Bill needs Ralph to stop a corrupt cop from pulling a major jewel heist.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
The annual grape festival in Sonoma, Calif.; the "Mr. Tush" contest in Burbank, Calif.; a visit to a New Mexico rodeo where the contestants are children. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] Aloha Paradise [Reg]: Letter From Broadway / Letter From Cyrano / Letter From A Secret Admirer
Season 1, episode 8 W: Jane Elizabeth Richmond D: Bruce Bilson With Ruth Buzzi, Jared Martin (Chris), Pat Morita (Dr. Nakamura), Louis Nye, Dick Shawn (Cyrus). Debbie Reynolds plays an 80-year-old grand dame of the theater and her granddaughter; a man, fearing to express his love for Fran, helps a dashing younger man write romantic letters to win her attention; a married man invents a secret admirer for his wife so he can feign jealousy and put the spark back in their marriage. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Accident
Season 3, episode 4 W: Howard Leeds, Ben Starr, Martin Cohan D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Robert Ginty (Ron Connolly), Tom Rosqui (Dr. Benson), Gina Gallego (Nurse), Rana Ford (Nurse), Cyndi Cardinal (Telegram Girl). The festive family celebration of Drummond's 50th birthday suddenly becomes a disaster after a drunk driver puts Drummond in the hospital with his life hanging in the balance. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/3/1980)
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| [CBS 10:00] Johnny Cash And The Country Girls [special]
With June Carter Cash, Roseanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Minnie Pearl. Mr. Cash pays tribute to the women of country music.
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Dead Ringer
Season 3, episode 19 W: Herman Groves D: Cliff Bole With Broderick Crawford (Winslow), Wayne Newton (Himself), Richard Lynch (Benjamin Lang), David Sheiner (Capt. Smith), Ned Glass (Sam Gates), David Wallace (Tommy), Dennis Robertson (Mike Carlton), Rawn Hutchison (George). Dan takes the job of protecting entertainer Wayne Newton from a man who believes himself to be the singer -- and that the real Newton is an imposter who must be killed.
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Stain Of Guilt
Season 6, episode 8 W: Sam Egan D: Ray Danton With Martin Rudy (Jason Newlands), William Sylvester (District Attorney Harrison), Sid Haig (Hatch), Edmund Balin (Farley), Bobbie Jordan (Mrs. Newlands), Carolyn Jones (Victoria Sawyer), Ed Begley Jr. (Kit Sawyer), Paca Thomas (Dr. Morton), Susan Powell (Cassie Spencer), Stewart Moss (Director), Ezra Stone (Judge Simon). While working as a technical advisor on a movie, Quincy discovers that the murder being dramatized was unjustly prosecuted and resulted in the conviction of an innocent woman. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/14/1981)
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