Picks and Pans Review: 1980 Miss America Pageant

UPDATED 09/08/1980 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 09/08/1980 at 01:00 AM EDT

NBC (10 p.m.-midnight ET)

A computer whiz from Northern Illinois University thinks he already knows the winner (see story, page 28). If so, there will still be the suspense of checking out Ron Ely (see page 30), the swinging but nonsinging replacement for Bert Parks.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7