Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday December 31, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Bob Newhart Show [Reg]: Ex-Con Job
Season 6, episode 2 W: Ziggy Steinberg D: Michael Zinberg With Taurean Blacque (Arthur Tatum), Allen Case (Steve Kopelson), Ric Mancini (Al Brolio), Wyatt Johnson (Richard Hawkins), Bert Rosario (Reuben Ortiz), H.B. Haggerty (The Hammer), Greg Lewis (Man). Dr. Hartley's attempt at providing psychological aid to men about to leave prison has him climbing the walls. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/1/1977)
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| [ABC 8:00] Tabitha [Reg]: That New Black Magic
Season 1, episode 8 W: Robert Stambler D: Herb Wallerstein With Tracy Reed (Portia), Barbara Mealy (Lorraine), Frank Delfino (Little Sheik). Tabitha employs desperate measures to free Marvin from a witch's spell and save his marriage.
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| [NBC 8:00] King Orange Jamboree Parade [special]
Rita Moreno and Joe Garagiola host from Miami. The parade includes 51 of America's college homecoming queens, 23 floats, 16 marching bands and five specialty bands.
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| [CBS 8:30] We've Got Each Other
Stuart and Judy, about to leave on a Hawaiian vacation, are put to the test when Stuart gets a surprise workload that has to be completed before they can go.
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| [ABC 8:30] Tabitha [Reg]: What's Wrong With Mister Right?
Season 1, episode 9 W: Jerry Mayer D: George Tyne With Rod McCrary (Monty), Fred McCarren (Jeff Baron), Sydney Lassick (Warlock). Two young, good-looking men -- one a mere mortal and the other a warlock -- try to steal Tabitha's heart.
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| [CBS 9:00] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Once A Friend
Season 4, episode 3 W: Michael S. Baser, Kim Weiskopf D: Jack Shea With Vernon Washington (Leroy), Veronica Redd (Eddie/Edie Stokes). Louise is suspicious when George is seeing an old Navy buddy -- but is it a man or a woman? (Repeat program, originally aired 10/1/1977)
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| [ABC 9:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Starsky's Lady
Season 2, episode 19 W: Robert Earll D: Georg Stanford Brown With Season Hubley (Terry Roberts), Sanford Smith (Woody "The Magic Man"), Stephen McNally (Crazy George Prudholm), Rita George (Christine), Beulah Quo (Dr. Quo), Joey Vera (Freddie), Angela McClelland (Sally). A vindictive hoodlum holds Starsky and Hutch responsible for his son's death, and in retaliation he shoots and critically wounds Starsky's girlfriend. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/12/1977)
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Come Back, Little Sheba (1977)
W: William Inge D: Silvio Narizzano With Laurence Olivier, Joanne Woodward, Carrie Fisher. Doc and Lola Delaney, a middle aged couple, feel trapped by their marriage and yearn for better bygone days.
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| [CBS 9:30] Tony Randall Show [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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| [CBS 10:00] Kojak [Reg]: The Queen Of Hearts Is Wild
Season 5, episode 1 W: Donald P. Bellisario D: Leo Penn With Edward Power (Agent Robinson), Charles Cioffi (Arnie Brace), Cathey Paine (Linda), Michael Lane (Curly), Earl Boen (District Attorney Hepburn), Jan Peters (Ben), Lynne Topping (Charlene), Connie Sawyer (Mary Benson). The girlfriend of a local gangster who hates Kojak is the only witness in the murder of a police officer, and Kojak is ordered to leave her alone. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/2/1977)
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| [ABC 10:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Message For Maureen / The Acapulco Connection / Gotcha
Season 1, episode 4 W: Richard Albrecht, George Tricker, Casey Keller, Neil Rosen D: Richard Kinon, Stuart Margolin, Peter Baldwin With Milton Berle (Cyril Wolfe), Audra Lindley (Anita Wolfe), Charo (April Lopez), Brenda Benet (Maureen Mitchell), Bill Bixby (John Ballard), Mary Grace Canfield (Housekeeper), Britt Leach (Reverend Dickerson), Lynn Adams (Mrs. Dickerson). Confined to a wheelchair, a former tennis pro becomes involved with a sportswriter; a stage-struck stowaway creates havoc; a long-suffering wife deals with her practical joker husband. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/15/1977)
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