Picks and Pans Review: Shirley

UPDATED 10/29/1979 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 10/29/1979 at 01:00 AM EST

NBC (8-9 p.m. ET)

Not every sitcom can exude social comment, but Shirley Jones' new one didn't have to be another Partridge Family. This family doesn't sing; otherwise, only the names are changed. In the premiere, Shirley moves her brood to Tahoe where termites, a furniture mixup and a bleak future await.

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