Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 29, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Hiding Place
Season 5, episode 23 W: John McGreevey D: Walter Alzmann With Jean Marsh (Hilary), Joe Cala (Newscaster), Walker Edmiston (Voices of F.D.R. and Edward R. Murrow). The wife of a German diplomat tells newspaper editor John-Boy the story of her hurried departure from Germany during the 1930s. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/3/1977)
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: The Deprogramming Of Arnold Horshack
Season 3, episode 7 W: Jim Mulholland, Mike Barrie D: Bob Claver With Ellen Travolta (Mrs. O'Hara). The Sweathogs and Mr. Kotter plan a way to deprogram Horshack, who has joined a religious cult because he is tired of the way his classmates treat him. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/13/1977)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Paul Playdon D: Paul Krasny With Tommy Huff (Mike), Paul Mantee (Eddie), Brooke Bundy (Carol), Michael Christian (Jerry), Hoke Howell (Tex), Eric Server (Biker). Series premiere. Two bachelor motorcycle officers take on a sophisticated car theft ring and a load of industrial glue spilled on the L.A. freeway. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/15/1977)
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: The Hospital Stay
Season 1, episode 13 W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Mark Warren With Mel Stewart (Spike Gibbs), Judy Pace (Nurse Jennings), Hope Clarke (Elizabeth Duncan). Raj, hospitalized with a knee injury, meets a grouchy old baseball player who has not talked to his daughter for 12 years because she married a white man. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/20/1977)
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: East Wind -- Ill Wind
Season 10, episode 11 W: Edwin Blum D: Reza Badiyi With Hans Strasser (Speaker), Bo Brundin (Derek Hoffman), Sian Barbara Allen (Kati Parisa), Marisa Pavan (Madame Sandanarik), Mary Angela (Helen Macy), Michael Durrell (Charlie Davilo), John Allen (Pete Colby). When an exile from the tyranny of his native land dies accidentally, his wife convinces McGarrett that it was murder.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Happy New Year
Season 2, episode 15 W: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward, Arne Sultan D: Bruce Bilson With Edith Diaz (Pregnant Shoplifter), John Dullaghan (Pickpocket), Joseph Bova (Michael D. Crowley). On New Year's Eve, Barney's detectives face an evening of jumpers, drunks, pickpockets and an expectant mother. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/8/1976)
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| [NBC 9:00] James At 15 [Reg]: Mrs. Carson
Season 1, episode 7 W: Nancy Sackett D: Ernest Losso With Joanne Nail (Mrs. Carson), Jon Lormer (Minister), J.R. Clark (Teacher), Gene Castle (Sam). An adoring James unwititngly sparks malicious gossip when he misinterprets his attractive young teacher's fondness for him.
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| [ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: Hail To The Chief
Season 1, episode 1 W: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran D: Bud Yorkin With Michael Durrell (Kaplan), Michael Alldredge (Murphy), Gordon Hurst. Series premiere. Plains' First Citizen is scheduled to pass through town and everyone -- including the Klan -- wants to make a good impression. Mayor Burnside wants a token black on the platform when the President arrives. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/15/1977)
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Child Of Danger
Season 6, episode 14 W: Mann Rubin D: Michael Caffey With Michael Hershewe (Charlie Hopkins), Charles Cyphers (Jimmy Dorset), John Kerry (Nick Reynolds), Than Wyenn (Vince Mercer). Betty is left responsible for a nine-year-old child when the boy's father, an old friend of Betty's, mysteriously disappears during their luncheon date.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Redd Foxx Show
With Joe Lewis. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/29/1977)
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| [NBC 10:00] Class Of '65 [Reg]: The Girl Nobody Knew
Season 1, episode 4 W: John Kurland D: Edward Parone With Kim Cattrall (Cynthia), John Rubinstein (Jaik), Larry Hagman (Gene), Jessica Walter (Fran), Michael Anderson Jr. (Doug), Kevin Scott Allen (Danny), Sheila Wills (Sheba), Kevin Dignam (Shirley), Ray Underwood (Richie). A girl who was extremely heavy all through high school, loses weight and finds happiness with a songwriter.
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