Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday October 27, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Volunteer
Season 6, episode 6 W: Kathleen Hite D: Philip Leacock With David Doremus (G.W. Haynes), Merie Earle (Maude Gormley), Wendy Rastattar (Judy), Kevin Scott Allen (Lou), David Clarke (Abel Bingley), Channing Clarkson (Ernie). Erin rejects the marriage proposal of a childhood sweetheart, prompting him to enlist in the Army, but discovers how much she really needs him when he is no longer around.
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: A Novel Idea
Season 3, episode 9 W: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold D: Bob Claver The Sweathogs clash with Mr. Woodman when they discover he is the hero amidst four Sweathog-like villians in his novel.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Baby Food
Season 1, episode 6 W: Simon Muntner D: Paul Krasny With Jenny Sherman (Melinda), Don Maxwell (Pickup Driver), Harvey J. Goldenberg (Davis), Barbara Brownell (Nancy), Marjorie Bennett (Mrs. Downey), Reb Brown (Brouillette). Officers Jon and Ponch race against time to discover the whereabouts of an infant endangered by contaminated baby food. Their day is further complicated by a trapped dog and a driver headed in the wrong direction on the freeway.
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: If I'm Elected
Season 2, episode 6 W: Winston Moss D: Lee Bernhardi With Bryan O'Dell (Marvin), Debbi Morgan (Diane), Greg Morris (Lawrence Nelson), Rose Fonseca (Connie), Hank Rolike (Ted Howard), Gerry Black (Ron). Dwayne is crushed when he thinks that his politician father, whom he idolizes, is a liar and an opportunist of the worst sort.
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The Ninth Step
Season 10, episode 6 W: Robert Pirosh D: Dennis Donnelly With Gil Gerard (Marty Cobb), Emilio Delgado (Vic Salazar), Lynne Ellen Hollinger (Mavis), Chuck Couch (Harry), George Herman (Eddie), Linda Redfearn (Gloria), Kimo Hugho (Tice). When a former Honolulu cop's drunken blunder permits a sensational armored-truck robbery to succeed, McGarrett doubles his efforts to find the fugitives who may try a repeat performance.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Copy Cat
Season 4, episode 6 W: Douglas Wyman, Tony Sheehan D: Jeremiah Morris With Don Calfa (Angelo Dodi), Norman Bartold (Roy Jenkins), John Dullaghan (Harold Durrell), Don Sherman (Mr. Boston). Detective Yemana's preoccupation with television provides a crucial break in solving the M.O. of a felon plaguing the 12th Precinct.
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| [NBC 9:00] James At 15 [Reg]: Friends
Season 1, episode 1 W: Dan Wakefield D: Joseph Hardy With Lisa Pelikan (Paisley), Marian McCargo (Mrs. Huffton), Elliott Reid (Mr. Huffton), Lee Chamberlin (Mrs. Hazeltine), J.A. Preston (Mr. Hazeltine), Rosanna Arquette. Series premiere. James, in his loneliness at a new school in a new city, reaches out to other newcomers who are as isolated as himself by throwing a party, but only 3 people show up.
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| [ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: Baker Buys A House (2)
Season 1, episode 6 W: Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn D: Peter Baldwin With Shane Nickerson (Jasper Jr.). Chief Roy, disturbed by an epithet spray painted on his deputy's door, drives the crew crazy in his determination to find the culprit.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Gang War
Season 6, episode 6 W: Jack V. Fogarty D: Leslie H. Martinson With Asher Brauner (Duke Moran), John Shea (Max Tate), Debra Clinger (Tina Wilson), Scott Edmund Lane (Vic), Kerry Sherman (Sherry Gordon), Paul Comi (Sgt. Dean), Robert Perault (Tony Torres), Virginia Leith (Mrs. Wilson), Sean Michael Rice (Soldier Boone), Grand Bush (Doc Evans). J.R., investigating the murder of a street gang member, learns the ins and outs of the gang's operations and faces being eliminated because he knows too much.
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| [ABC 10:00] Teenage Turn-On: Drinking And Drugs [special]
Tom Jarriel narrates a look at the massive problem of teenage alcoholism & drug abuse. Included are film clips of an encounter session where young people are trying to overcome their addictions.
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| [NBC 10:00] Rosetti And Ryan [Reg]: Ms. Bluebeard
Season 1, episode 4 With Eva Gabor, Marcel Hillaire (Daddy Miklos), Phil Leeds (Ziggy). A widow, charged with murder when her fifth husband is hit by a truck, wants "two young lawyers, successful and unmarried" to defend her.
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