Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday December 17, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Enos [Reg]: Grits And Greens Strike Again
Season 1, episode 5 W: Gy Waldron D: Rod Amateau With Len Lesser (Solly), Ike Eisenmann (Banjo), Gloria Stuart (Lilly), Dolph Sweet (Doc). Enos and Turk meet a silent film star during their hunt for teenage muggers that leads them to a high class burglary ring.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Strike
Season 5, episode 7 W: Bruce Shelly D: Seth Pinsker With James Karen (Elliott Randolph), Sandy Kenyon (Joe Jackson), Peggy Pope (Rowena), Richard Paul (Chuck), Tom Williams (Sydney Vector), James Staley (Inspector Carruthers), Ken Sansom (Byron), Freeman King (Officer), Robert Ackerman (George), Clint Young (Security Guard), Ben Kronen (Unemployment Clerk). With Tom out of work after he sides with striking typesetters at the newspaper, Nicholas suggests the family try the barter system to make ends meet.
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
A tandem skiing race; a visit with a man who lives in a covered wagon; profile of a female bodybuilder; male exotic dancing contest; a train trip through the Alaska wilderness with Sarah Purcell.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Millionaire (1978)
W: John McGreevey D: Don Weis With Martin Balsam, Edward Albert, Pat Crowley, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Wyatt, William Demarest, John Ireland, Allan Rich, Talia Balsam. Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are given one million dollars each by an eccentric billionaire.
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| [ABC 9:00] Taxi [Reg]: Going Home
Season 3, episode 5 W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: James Burrows With John Eames (Butler), Dick Yarmy (Spencer), Barbara Deutsch (Lila Caldwell), Walter Olkewicz (Tom Caldwell), Victor Buono (Mr. Caldwell). After a private investigator hired by Jim's father tracks him down, Jim and Alex pay a visit to Jim's father.
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Football Father
Season 3, episode 6 W: Sandy Veith, Donald Ross D: Gerren Keith With Nedra Volz (Adelaide Brubaker), Le Tari (Ted Ramsey), Shavar Ross (Dudley Johnson), Greg Mullavey (Coach Slattery), Pat Mulligan (Mr. Green), Meeno Peluce (Miller), Angela Newell (Cynthia Needleman). After Arnold fails to measure up to the demands of the basketball, baseball and volleyball teams, Drummond convinces the boy to try football and then pays the coach a clandestine visit to ensure Arnold a place on the team -- by promising to buy the team uniforms.
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 75
Season 4, episode 6 W: Susan Harris, Stu Silver, Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon D: J.D. Lobue With Marla Pennington (Leslie Walker), Gregory Sierra (El Puerco), Jesse Welles (Gwen), Joseph V. Perry (Mr. Phil), Lynnda Ferguson (Hooker). Burt and Danny disguise themselves to get into one of Tibbs' massage parlors; Danny recognizes Gwen as one of the girls in the blackmail photos; with Jessica still lost in Malaguay, the Tates have no access to her money.
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| [NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Who Am I?
Season 2, episode 4 W: Linda Marsh, Margie Peters D: Lee Lochhead With Cheryl Epps (Terry), Erik Moses (Fred), David Coburn (Carl), Tan Adams (Julia), Shawnte Northcutte (Madge). Tootie falls for a black boy who tries to drive a wedge between her and her white friends.
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Christmas Story
Season 3, episode 7 W: Anne Collins D: Charles Picerni With Jill Whelan (Marki Drummond), Melinda O. Fee (Kay Drummond), Lindsay Bloom (Rocket), Paul Picerni (Deputy), Lynda Goodfriend (Ski Instructor), Barney Phillips (Dr. Sutherland), Laurence Haddon (Ski Director). Dan's romantic vacation at a ski resort is interrupted by a little girl claiming to be his daughter.
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Welcome To Paradise Palms
Season 6, episode 6 W: David Moessinger, John Dalke, Ray Danton D: Georg Fenady With Stacy Keach Sr. (Country Club President), Eddie Garcia (Chester Wanaka), Joseph Running Fox (Joshua Wanaka), Rod Colbin (Dr. Lang), Emilio Delgado (Felix Wanaka), Dehl Berti (Shaman), Dennis Patrick (Charles Curtis), Silvana Gallardo (Roberta Wanaka), Ronald Joseph (Dr. Minnara). When bubonic plague strikes an Indian reservation in Arizona, Quincy rushes to the scene to find the source of the outbreak before the opening of a prestigious new golf course adjacent to the reservation puts more lives in jeopardy.
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