Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday February 27, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] TV Movie: Women At West Point (1979)
W: Ann Marcus, Ellis Marcus D: Vincent Sherman With Linda Purl, Jameson Parker, Andrew Stevens, Leslie Ackerman, Paul Gleason, Bernard Barrow, Edward Edwards, Joan Kaye. A dramatization of the encounters of the first women to enter the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and how they -- and the school -- faced the resulting problems.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Fonzie's Funeral (2)
Season 6, episode 23 W: Michael Loman D: Jerry Paris With Pat Morita (Arnold), Cindy Williams (Shirley Feeney), Penny Marshall (Laverne DeFazio), Lorrie Mahaffey (Jennifer), Ed Peck (Officer Kirk), Gino Conforti (Sticky), Cliff Emmich (Candy Man), David L. Lander (Squiggy Squiggman), Michael McKean (Lenny Kosnowski), Eddie Mekka (Carmine Ragusa), Richard Moll (Eugene), John Moskal Jr. (T-Man Peterson), Shirley Kirkes (Blossom). All of Fonzie's good friends, including Laverne and Shirley, come to the fallen hero's wake to pay their last respects.
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| [NBC 8:00] Cliffhangers
Season 1, episode 1 Series debut. Susan Anton, Geoffrey Scott and Michael Nouri are the stars of three separate serials in which the hero/heroine is left on the verge of disaster each week.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Squiggy In Love
Season 4, episode 20 W: Barry Rubinowitz D: Penny Marshall With Cynthia Harrison (Vivian McCafferty). Lenny falls in love with a beautiful girl who is taking him for all she can get.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: The Bake-Off
Season 3, episode 19 W: Paul Wayne, George Burditt, Jerry Kernion D: Dave Powers With William Pierson (Dean Travers), Leon Askin (Mr. Hoffmeier). Chrissy accidentally eats Jack's entry in a baking competition and substitutes an identical pastry from a bakery.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Drowning Pool (1975)
W: Tracy Keenan Wynn, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Walter Hill D: Stuart Rosenberg With Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Tony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith, Andrew Robinson, Richard Jaeckel, Paul Koslo. A private investigator is hired by an heiress to discover the identity of the author of a slanderous letter.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Mama Gravas
Season 1, episode 19 W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: James Burrows With Tom Castronova (Tommy), Susan Kellerman (Greta Gravas). Latka assumes that Alex is going to be his new daddy after Alex and Latka's mother spend the night together.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Paper Chase [Reg]: Once More With Feeling
Season 1, episode 18 W: William Froug D: Marvin Kupfer With Robert Reed (Professor Howard), Judith Chapman (Amelia Hutton), Boyd Bodwell (Langhorn), Ysabel MacCloskey (Mrs. Connell), Karl Ellis (Green), Christine Dickinson (Eileen), Kay Cummings (Doris), Linda McClure (Gwen). Top student Elizabeth Logan is mystified when she receives a low exam score from a respected law professor.
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Geraldo Rivera investigates the death of the late Howard Hughes; Dave Marsh looks at the controversy over underground water rights in Colorado; Hugh Downs reports on the proposed construction of a nuclear power plant in Mexico, N.Y.; Sylvia Chase reports on the Mardi Gras.
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