Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday November 29, 1981:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Ed Bradley reports on the complaints of the poor in Cincinnati who are forced to move due to urban renewal and higher rents; Harry Reasoner profiles Sir Y.K. Pao, one of the world's richest ship owners; Mike Wallace investigates charges that striking workers became ill because of excessive radiation at a Tennessee munitions plant.
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| [ABC 7:00] Code Red [Reg]: All That Glitters
Season 1, episode 5 W: George Geiger, Chris Bunch, Allan Cole D: James Sheldon With Ronnie Scribner (Seth Donaldson), Ray Walston (Asa Armstrong), Peter Haskell (Gorman), John Ratzenberger (Inspector Allen), Joe Maross (Capt. Benton), James Crittenden (Rags Harris), Dennis Haysbert (Stuff Wade). A movie studio's flagrant fire code violations jeopardize everyone working on a film in which Danny has a small role.
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| [NBC 7:00] Smurfs [special]
In an animated special based on the Saturday morning series, the Smurf clan tries to outwit the evil wizard Gargamel.
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: Growing Up Is Hard To Do (1)
Season 3, episode 8 W: Jeffrey Ferro, Fredric Weiss D: Joe Gannon With Barbara Meek (Ellen Canby), Celeste Holm (Estelle Harris), Ben Slack (Floyd Mills), Michael Mann (Rabbi Jacobs), Luke Andreas (Helper), Steve Jones (Maurice). Tensions rise when Stephanie's father reappears in the days leading up to her bat mitzvah.
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| [ABC 8:00] Today's FBI [Reg]: The Fugitive
Season 1, episode 5 With Richard Dean Anderson (Andy McFey), Warren Berlinger (Claddell), Paul Koslo (Cooper). Al hunts for an escaped prisoner who was his childhood friend.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Finders Keepers
Season 5, episode 9 W: Robert Biheller, W. Dal Jenkins D: John Peyser With Kenneth Tigar (Webb), Amy Madigan (Jewel Bennett), Bennett Liss (Bernie), Duane Ladage (Lew), Jonathan Lippe (Danton), Noble Willingham (Jake), Dap Sugar Willie (Johnson). Steve is chased and harassed by criminals after recovering their stolen car; Jon falls for a country and western singer.
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Dinner At Seven (1)
Season 7, episode 6 W: Bud Wiser D: Alan Rafkin Barbara schedules back to back dates with two guys, but the first one won't take her home.
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Vera's Bouncing Check
Season 6, episode 7 W: Ken Hecht, Bob Brunner D: Marc Daniels With Kip Niven (Steve Marsh), Duane R. Campbell (Chuck). Against Mel's orders Vera cashes a check for an old flame, who's nowhere to be found when it bounces.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Sizzle (1981)
W: Richard Carr, Clyde Ware D: Don Medford With Loni Anderson, John Forsythe, Leslie Uggams, Roy Thinnes, Michael V. Gazzo, Phyllis Davis, Robert Costanzo, Richard Lynch, Michael Goodwin. A small-town girl becomes a sultry nightclub star in an attempt to avenge her fiancee's murder.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Of Mice And Men (1981)
W: E. Nick Alexander D: Reza Badayi With Robert Blake, Pat Hingle, Lew Ayres, Randy Quaid, Mitch Ryan, Ted Neeley, Cassie Yates, Whitman Mayo. John Steinbeck's classic story about the relationship between Lenny, a physically powerful but mentally slow farm worker, and George, the friend sworn to protect him.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The House That George Built
Season 8, episode 8 W: Jerry Perzigian, Don Seigel D: Bob Lally With Phil Rubenstein (Lou), Rodney Kageyama (Tour Guide), Peter Lawford (Museum Guide - voice only). A near-death experience prompts George to work toward ensuring that his life and work inspire others, so he decides to write his autobiography -- until a casual remark from Tom Willis gives him an even more pompous idea.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Is There A Doctor In The Big House?
Season 3, episode 7 W: Sanford Minton D: Bernard McEveety With Leslie Ackerman (Bernie), Dena Dietrich (Prison Guard), Fionnula Flanagan (Warden Clayton), Mildred Natwick (Grandma), Lew Gallo (Dr. Dunbar), Beverly Hope Atkinson (Finley), Dina Anne Rogers (Brookstein), Rose Parra (Shirley), Micki McHay (O'Mara). A woman prisoner gives birth to a premature baby, who is rushed to San Francisco Memorial for care. The mother, upset at not being allowed to be with her child, beats the prison warden who refused to arrange for her to be taken to the hospital.
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