Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday August 30, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Mike Wallace looks into the cocaine business and its possible tie-in with the Bolivian government; Harry Reasoner reports on sudden infant death syndrome; Morley Safer profiles sports columnist Red Smith, now 75. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 7:00] Movie: The Bad News Bears (1976)
W: Bill Lancaster D: Michael Ritchie With Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Jackie Earle Haley, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Brandon Cruz, Timothy Blake. An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league and transforms his losing team into pennant contenders by signing up two of the meanest, toughest players around.
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Big Red (2)
Season 11, episode 12 W: Louis Pelletier D: Norman Tokar With Walter Pidgeon (James Haggin), Gilles Payant (Rene Dumont), Emile Genest (Emile Fornet), Janette Bertrand (Therese Fornet). The courage of a champion Irish setter and a young boy combine to soften the heart of an embittered man. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/13/1964)
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: Goodbye, Murray (2)
Season 2, episode 20 W: Patt Shea, Harriett Weiss D: Joe Gannon With Cynthia Harris (Marcie Phillips), Cheri Maugans (Molly), Tanya Boyd (Natalie). Archie convinces Murray to win Marcie back -- then finds himself without a partner when the two marry and move to California. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/10/1981)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Ponch's Angels (2)
Season 4, episode 15 W: Rudolph Borchert D: John Florea With Stuart Pankin (Louis), Cindy Morgan (Jennifer), Andrew Duggan (Stamp), Barbi Benton (Sal), Danny Wells (Gordy), Barbara Stock (Officer Paula Wood). Jon, his female trainee and the rest of the CHP officers must work together to shut down the marina operation and recapture the escaped prisoner. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/1/1981)
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: November Song (2)
Season 6, episode 11 W: James Burr Johnson, Pat Harrington Jr. D: Alan Rafkin With Sally Klein (Jeannie Foster). Schneider is overcome by jealousy at the thought of going fishing while his young girlfriend is alone with a man her own age. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/18/1981)
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Alice Strikes Up The Band
Season 5, episode 18 W: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon D: Marc Daniels With Duane P. Campbell (Chuck), James Callahan (Vinnie), Vern Rowe (Man). Alice thinks she has found her big break when she lands a gig singing with a band at a banquet and then is invited to join them as a permanent member -- the only problem is that they are about to launch a one-year road tour. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/29/1981)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: An Unmarried Woman (1978)
W: Paul Mazursky D: Paul Mazursky With Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman, Patricia Quinn, Lisa Lucas, Kelly Bishop. A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Airport '77 (1977), part one
W: Michael Scheff, David Spector D: Jerry Jameson With Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, James Stewart, Darren McGavin, Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland. A private jumbo jet carrying the elite friends of a millionaire art collector to a party in Florida crashes into the sea and sinks.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: As Florence Turns
Season 7, episode 9 W: Peter Casey, David Lee D: Bob Lally Florence writes a soap opera spoof centering on a ruthless dry cleaning tycoon a la J.R. Ewing of "Dallas", who mistreats everyone in his orbit and even goads someone into doing him an injury. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/11/1981)
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: The Pagoda Cure
Season 2, episode 8 W: Milt Rosen D: Seymour Robbie With Joey Bishop (Dr. Burton), Constance Forslund (Lorna Latour), Ed Nelson (Albert Ryker), France Nuyen (Miss Trang), Jacqueline Scott (Ellie Ryker), Beulah Quo (Bah Tuan). When a Vietnamese woman is operated on very skillfully, without anyone seeing it, the staff tries to find the identity of the mystery surgeon; a politician suffers a heart attack while in the company of a prostitute. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/25/1981)
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