Picks and Pans Review: The Gift of Life

UPDATED 03/15/1982 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 03/15/1982 at 01:00 AM EST

CBS (9-11 p.m. ET)

Since the first surrogate mother gave birth a few years ago, could this earnestly inane, preachy and muddled TV movie be far behind? Susan Dey stars as a waitress who rents her body for a surrogate pregnancy, while Paul LeMat is her supportive husband.