Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 8, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Milestone
Season 6, episode 11 W: Kathleen Hite D: Philip Leacock With Louise Latham (Aunt Kate), Jim Henaghan (Mr. Clinton). The Waltons fear something is drastically wrong when Olivia suddenly sinks into a depression, becomes extremely short-tempered and abruptly decides to take a trip alone.
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Epstein's Madonna
Season 3, episode 14 W: George Arthur Bloom, Beverly Bloomberg D: Bob Claver With Frank O'Brien (Jerry Cronkite), Denise Galik (Paula Holtzgang), Stan Ross (Weirdo). Epstein's painting of a nude woman on a wall stirs up the Buchanan High campus and creates turmoil at the Kotter home when admirers discover that the nude's face resembles Julie Kotter.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Name Your Price
Season 1, episode 11 W: Bruce Shelly, Mike Raschella, Carole Raschella D: Ric Rondell With Pearl Shear (Sylvia), Ruth Kobart (Millie), Jack Knight (Emcee), Rhonda Hopkins (Tracy), Tom Hallick (Bob), Jaime Lyn Bauer (Carrie), Paul Linke (Officer Grossman), Oscar Peters (Lars). Ponch tries to win fame and fortune on a game show; a truckload of escaped chickens causes pandemonium on the freeway; a gang of beautiful car thieves absconds with a Rolls Royce.
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: One Strike And You're Out
Season 2, episode 11 W: Rick Mittleman D: Mark Warren With Thomas Carter (Bobby), Neil J. Schwartz (Harold), Minnie Summers Lindsey (Irene), Renee Brown (Louise), Simeon Holloway (Pronson). Raj organizes a strike at the supermarket where he works, then learns Mama is sick and is counting on the money he won't be earning.
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Deep Cover
Season 10, episode 9 W: Robert Janes D: Steven Hilliard Stern With Geoffrey Lewis (Commander Nolan), Maud Adams (Maria Noble), Dale Robinette (Michael Trikonis), Bob Basso (Captain Kemp), Don Pomes (Chief Bishop), Joe Moore (Commander Rizzo), Jeff Kennedy (Admiral Dunn), Herb Hardin (Commander Rivers), Don Rockwell (Captain Fitzsimmons), Vernon Hayes (Commander Polakoff). When a murdered U.S. Navy submarine officer is found near where a U.S. destroyer detected an unidentified submarine, McGarrett wonders where the investigation will lead.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Asylum
Season 3, episode 19 W: Roland Kibbee, Tony Sheehan, Reinhold Weege, Danny Arnold D: Alex March With Jack DeLeon (Marty), David Clennon (Jeffrey Stevens), Ion Teodorescu (Fyodor Jininsky), Michael Panaieff (Andre Bulganov), Louis Zito (Uniform Officer). Capt. Miller and the detective of the 12th precinct are frustrated in their efforts to protect the rights of a Russian defector. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/24/1977)
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| [NBC 9:00] The Paul Simon Special [special]
W: Lorne Michaels, Al Franken, Tom Davis, et al D: Dave Wilson With Art Garfunkel, Lily Tomlin, Chevy Chase, Charles Grodin. Music-variety special.
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| [ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: Union vs. The Confederacy
Season 1, episode 11 W: Sheldon Bull D: Peter Baldwin With Will MacKenzie (Jedd). Chief Roy falls into a trap when he treats his annual negotiating session with the mayor as the game they usually play. The mayor has hired a professional negotiator.
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| [CBS 10:00] Heisman Trophy Awards [special]
With Elliott Gould, O.J. Simpson, Leslie Uggams, Connie Stevens. Live from the New York Hilton.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Redd Foxx Show
With Penny Marshall, Roger Miller.
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| [NBC 10:00] Class Of '65 [Reg]: Everybody's Girl
Season 1, episode 1 W: Ann Beckett D: Harry Falk With Valorie Armstrong (Samantha), Tim Matheson (Jay Miller), Charles Frank (Dane), Denny Miller (Jim Vann), Annette O'Toole (Kathy Adams Miller), Priscilla Pointer (Dr. Maurice). Series prermiere. After suffering the pain and humiliation of a bad reputation during her high school years, a young woman, now happily married, is suddenly confronted by a ghost from the past.
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