Night TV Highlights From 8 P.M. Schedule List
A packed TV slate features Pappy Boyington in a court martial remake on channel 3 and 13, Happy Days, In Performance at Wolf Trap with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Laverne and Shirley, Police Woman with a kidnapping plot, The Wrecking Crew movie, M A S H, Jacek A Flash Fantasy, First To Fight movie, One Day at a Time, Best of Police Story, Kojak, Tonight Show with Steve Martin, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Destination Gobi, and 5 U.S. Pacific with multiple repeats and time marks across channels.
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Walt Trap
Crew’ Flash
Ntme Koysk Tha Goodies
Star Trak
Pat Garrett
Billy the Kid
Johnny Carson
Steve Martin
Retirement debate shows both despair and cheer
UPI reports on how Americans face retirement as more reach age 65 and beyond. Franklin Black and Mrs. Gene Quinn symbolize opposing views, with CBS News Special Report focusing on Des Moines and California retirees including Steelworkers' Oldtimers Foundation. Planning finances and lifestyle changes emerge as keys to contentment, while experts note aging challenges and rising voluntary retirement trends.
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U.S
Charles Collingwood
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Channel 8
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Marie Lacey
Virginia Boyack
Andrus Gerontology Center
University of Southern California
Redd Foxx plans fall ABC variety hour in 1970s style
Redd Foxx urged by critics as a natural TV comic aims for an ABC evening show this fall after NBC offered him a window he balked at. He says the hour will mix music, dance, social comment and new characters, with high energy and a non color bound approach.
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Jai Foxx
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Jas
Hilton Hotel
Las Vegas
Chicago
Joi
Foxx Pictures
Tandem
Johnny Carson
Tim
United States
Dazzling females are Hollywood stars again
Hollywood women return to prominence as beauty reshapes TV and film. Stars like Suzanne Somers credit Charlie’s Angels with sparking a beauty revolution, with Debrah Raffi, Barbara Bach, Jenny Agutter and others rising in film. Actresses note audiences want pretty leading women and richer screen roles.
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Susan Blakeley
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Jenny Aguiter
Jacqueline Bisset
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Maud Adams
Ty Hout
Severson Arisve
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Melinda Naud
Jamie Lewis
Dorie Thomaom
Bond Gideon Will Spice
Barbara Rhoades
CBS
Bastin Loose
Charlie‘s Angels
Soap Opera Domination Shapes Daytime TV Landscape
A Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn report highlights daytime soaps as emotional dramas, noting CBS leads daytime ratings with long running soaps like Search for Tomorrow and Guiding Light. It explains continuing storylines, low production costs, and the strong audience identification driving longevity and mail from viewers.
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