In 1979, the film was remade for CBS television by Delbert Mann, starring Richard Thomas of The Waltons as Paul Bäumer and Ernest Borgnine as Kat.

On television, the made-for-TV movie The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders ( which aired January 14, 1979 ) starring Jane Seymour was a highly-rated success, spawning the 1980 sequel The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II.

Notable disco hits based on movie and television themes included a medley from Star Wars, " Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band " ( 1977 ) by Meco, and " Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone " ( 1979 ) by The Manhattan Transfer.

During this period, Parton's visibility continued to increase, with television appearances in 1977, 1978 and 1979.

He reunited twice with Katharine Hepburn for the television movies Love Among the Ruins ( 1975 ) and The Corn Is Green ( 1979 ).

It was remade for television in 1979 and 2000.

* John Ford Noonan ( born 1943 ), American actor and writer for theater, film and television ; authored over 30 plays during 1970s, 1980s and 1990s ( A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, 1979 )

* Demeter Bitenc in the 1979 Yugoslavian television production Slom

He briefly worked on the television soap operas Search for Tomorrow ( 1979 ) and The Guiding Light ( 1980 – 81 ) in New York.

The " Pythonesque " film explored the events surrounding the 1979 television debate on talk show Friday Night, Saturday Morning between John Cleese and Michael Palin and Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood, the then Bishop of Southwark.

* 1979 – The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.

Merlin plays a modern-day villain in Roger Zelazny's short story " The Last Defender of Camelot " ( 1979 ), which won the 1980 Balrog Award for short fiction and was adapted into an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone in 1986.

* 1979 – Barney Harwood, English television presenter

It was adapted and broadcast for television by the BBC for Christmas 1979 ..

Both a film ( 1940 ) and a short lived 1979 television sitcom starring Sharon Gless and John Schuck ( canceled after six episodes ) were based on Turnabout .< ref >

Notable residents of Whitehorse include Audrey McLaughlin, the first woman to lead a represented political party ( NDP ) in Canadian federal politics, who has resided in Whitehorse since 1979, Robert W. Service, author of " The Cremation of Sam McGee ", who lived in Whitehorse from 1904 to 1908, and Pierre Berton, an author and television host, born in Whitehorse.

* May 8 – Fulton J. Sheen, American Catholic archbishop and television personality ( d. 1979 )

By 1976, 60 Minutes became the top-rated show on Sunday nights in the U. S. By 1979, it had achieved the number-one Nielsen rating for all television programs, unheard of before for a news broadcast in prime time.

Anderson is perhaps best known for her role as Mary Ingalls on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie, as well as for her film roles ; as Vivian in Midnight Offerings, as Ginny in the cult classic slasher Happy Birthday to Me, and as Alex in the ABC Afterschool Special, Which Mother Is Mine ?, for which she won the Emmy Award in 1979.

The Daytona 500 was the first auto race to be televised live flag-to-flag on network television when CBS aired it in 1979, continuing to air until 2000.

In 1979, This Old House, starring Bob Vila, premiered on PBS and started the DIY television revolution.

The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.

In 1979, Hanks moved to New York City, where he made his film debut in the low-budget slasher film He Knows You're Alone ( 1980 ) and got a part in the television movie Mazes and Monsters.

It is also because of these rights issues that Animal Crackers did not see an appearance on television until July 21, 1979, when CBS broadcast the film.

Banks had a short career in management with Alliance Premier League side Telford United, he spent the 1979 – 80 season before being sacked after losing to a cup match against a team lower down the table.

He collected the only " Did Not Finish " of his sidecar TT career on the famous Isle of Man circuit in 1979.

He bounced back to hit 31 home runs and 109 RBIs in 1977, but the Reds would only reach the post-season once more during Bench's career, when the 1979 Reds were swept in three games by the Pirates in the 1979 National League Championship Series.

He finished out the decade of the 1970s with his controversial performance as Colonel Walter Kurtz in another Coppola film, Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ), a box office hit for which he was highly paid and that helped finance his career layoff during the 1980s.

Robinson's early political career included election to Dublin City Council in 1979, where she served until 1983.

Certainly, Bertrand Russell seems to have espoused such a view in his early philosophical career ( Sainsbury, R. M., Russell, London 1979 ).

During periods away from Hawkwind duties, and after finally leaving the group in 1979, Calvert worked on his solo career, his creative output including albums, stage plays, poetry, and a novel.

From the time of his return until 1979, Li engineered and managed a number of major power projects across China, beginning his career in Manchuria.

After Gulf Winds ( 1976 ), an album of entirely self-composed songs, and From Every Stage ( 1976 ), a live album that had Baez performing songs " from every stage " of her career, Baez again parted ways with a record label when she moved to CBS Records for Blowin ' Away ( 1977 ) and Honest Lullaby ( 1979 ).

In November 1979, Haley and the Comets performed for Queen Elizabeth II, a moment Haley considered the proudest of his career.

He began his acting career in 1979 in the German TV film Tante Maria.

* Laura Macchi ( born 1979 ), basketball player whose career began at Pallacanestro Varese.

In the later years of her career, she made guest appearances in three different series by Aaron Spelling ; The Love Boat ( 1979 ), Glitter ( 1984 ), and Hotel ( 1987 ), which would be her final screen appearance as an actress.

On May 1, 1991, Henderson broke one of baseball's most noted records when he stole the 939th base of his career, one more than Lou Brock's total compiled from 1963 to 1979, mainly with the St. Louis Cardinals.

By the time she had completed her military service in 1979, Haza had matured as a singer and was ready to launch a solo career.

Highlights of his career in modern theatre include the roles of Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons ( 1960 ), Charles Dyer in Dyer's play Staircase, staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966, the definitive Laurie in John Osborne's A Hotel in Amsterdam ( 1968 ), and Antonio Salieri in the original stage production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus ( 1979 ).

In 1979, Iversen became top goalscorer for the fourth time in his career, but by the time he had retired in 1982, the club had still not regained its former glory.

The character went through two later revivals, once by Filmation Studios in 1979, and again in 1987 at the hands of animation director Ralph Bakshi, who had worked at the Terrytoons studio during his early career.

He spent the larger portion of his career managing the Tigers ( 1970 – 78 with the Reds, 1979 – 95 with the Tigers ), but he won two World Series with the Reds and one with the Tigers.

* Edgar Buchanan ( 1903 – 1979 ), who had a long career in movies and television.

* Edward James Olmos ( born 1947 ), actor who lived in West New York from 1979 to 1987, while he built his stage career following his emigration from East Los Angeles.

Born to a Kuomintang military family of Hunanese origin, Soong began his political career as a Secretary to Premier Chiang Ching-kuo ( later President ) and rose to prominence as Director-General of the Government Information Office from 1979 to 1984.

* Rich Milot, graduate of Moon Area High School, a former American football linebacker who played his entire nine year career with the Washington Redskins from 1979 to 1987 in the National Football League.

Nonetheless, on 11 December 1979, Charles Haughey was elected Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil, almost a decade after the Arms Crisis nearly destroyed his political career.