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Sunday Remains TOP OF THE WEEK returning series, The Jeffersons, moves to about "two boys enjoying the period be- Sunday a new time period (Sunday at 9:30 -10, tween adolescence and adulthood," will from Wednesday at 8). replace Paper Chase as the lead -in to Tues- ABC CBS NBC Sunday remains "structurally" day -night movies. 7.00 unchanged, Mr. Daly said, although All in Working Stiffs, about "two bumbling the Family will become Archie Bunker's brothers who seek to climb fortune's lad- 80 Wonderful Place, centering on Archie's tavern (Jean der," starting as janitors in an uncle's of- 730 To be Minutes World announced ,(CBS News) of Disney Stapleton will make "at least six" ap- fice building, will go at 8 -8:30 Wednesday (Watt Disney) pearances as Edith, and Mr. Daly hopes to and be followed by The Last Resort' a half- hour comedy set in "a genteel hotel in the get the Mike and Gloria pair of Rob 8:00 Reiner and Sally Struthers to appear in mountains that is a peaceful retreat for its Mork & Mindy" Archie a to col- (Paramount/- some). Jeffersons, moving into the guests but madhouse the young Miller -Milkusl Bunker's Place (Tandem) Stockard Channing in Just Friends spot, lege students who flock there for summer Henderson) and one of the new entries, Trapper John, jobs." 8 30 two The Associ- One Day M.D., a contemporary M *A *S *H that Saturday gets new one -hour series: ales' At a Time takes over the Mary Tyler Moore Hour's Big Shamus, Little Shamus, featuring an (Paramount) (TAT) The 9:00 Big period, "fit into the comedy flow" and will old- fashioned hotel detective and his 13- Event keep Sunday a winning night for CBS, in year -old son, is set for 9 p.m. and Paris, Alice (Various) Mr. Daly's opinion. starring James Earl Jones as a captain of (Warner Bros.) (Although Stockard Channing is not on detectives, at 10. 9.30 the fall schedule, CBS said it will return by Mr. Daly said he was grateful to ABC for Jeffersons" the end of the year. And CBS announced moving Laverne and Shirley out of its The ABC (TAT) Sunday - Tuesday comedy block, for 10.00 earlier that a new situation comedy star solid -night Night ring'Mary Tyler Moore will open in the fall moving Mork and Mindy out of Thursday Movie night and Fantasy Island out of Saturday (various of 1980.) Trapper Prime Time All of the other CBS nights- except the night. All these moves, he felt, would 10:30 John, M.D.' With three that are unchanged a new "help us and hurt ABC." With Mork out (20th Century Tom Snyder' -get 'Fos) (NBC News) series, and most get two. and 20/20 in, he said, CBS definitely ex- to win "We're Cruisin', a youth- oriented show pects Thursday night. 11:00 Monday Tuesday Wednesday ABC CBS NBC ABC CBS NBC ABC CBS NBC 8.00 800 e00 Happy Days (Paramount/ Working Stiffs' Miller- The Mis- (Universal) Real House Eight is 240 -Robert' While Little Mìlkus) Were Adventures - People 8.30 8 30 Enough 8.30 Crwsm of Sheriff (George Rosner TV) (MTM) (NBC /Friendly) Hart in San Lobo' (Lorimar) (Warner Bros.) The Last Schlatter) Francisco' (Universal) Resort' (Universal) (MTM) 9 00 9 00 9:00 M'A'S'H Threes Com- Diluent (20th Century pany Strokes" Fox) (Nicholl /Ross/ West) Charlie's )(TAT) 9 30 930 9 30 Angels Taxi (Spelling/ WKRP in Cin- Goldberg) cinnati (Charles Hello. Larry ' The CBS (MTM) Monday Night Walter/ The CBS Tuesday (TAT) Paramount) Tuesday Wednesday Monday Night at the Night 1000 10.00 1000 Night at Night Football Movies Movies (Various) Movies The Movies (Various) (Various) (Various) From Here Lazarus Vegas to Eternity: 10.30 Lou Grant 10 30 Syndrome' 1090 The War (MTM) (Blinn /Thorpe (Aaron Spell- Productions) ing) Years' (Columbia) 11 00 1 00 11.00 Thursday Friday Saturday ABC CBS NBC ABC CBS NBC ABC CBS NBC 8:00 800 8.00 Bad News Laverne & Shir The ley Ropers" Bears "(Paramount /Ross! The Incredible (Nicholl (Arthur /Miller- Milkusl Fantasy West) Buck Rogers Hulk Bob Bruner) Henderson) The Island" Shirley' CHiPs 8 30 Wallons in the 25th (Kenneth 8.30 8:30 (Spelling/ Epstein) (NBC /MGM) (Lorimar) Century' Johnson/ (Jon Struck by Benson' Goldberg) (Universal) Universal) Angie" Lightning' (WitUThomas/ (Paramount) (Fellows/ Harris) Keegan) 9 00 9:00 9.00 Barney Miller (Four D) The Dukes Big Shamus, BJ and the Hawaii Five-O Ouincy The Rockford Love Boat 01 Little Shamus' Bear /Leonard (Universal/ 9 30 Files 9.30 (Aaron Spell- 9 30 (CBS Hazzard (Universal) (Lee Rich and (LarsonlUniver- Freeman) Larson) ing) Soap (Warner Bros.) Phil Capice) sal) (Witt/Thomas/ Harris) The ABC Night 1000 Friday 10 00 000 Movie (Various) Hart to Barnaby Kate The Man 20120 Columbo Dallas The Force' Hart' Paris' Called 1030 Jones (Levinson /Link 10 30 1030 Sloane' (ABC News) (Spel l Martin) (Lorimar) (David Gerber) (Steve Bochcbl (Quinn Universal) Goldberg)l/ (OM Productions) 00 n 00 00 .
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