Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday January 12, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: Spring Fever
Season 6, episode 15 W: Rod Peterson, Claire Whitaker D: Richard Chaffee With Debbie Gunn (Patsy Brimmer), Heather Totten (Ruby Davis). When Jim-Bob forgets his picnic date with Patsy Brimmer, Ben eagerly takes his place, causing friction with Jim-Bob.
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Angie, Girl Sweathog
Season 3, episode 18 W: Eric Cohen D: Alan Myerson With Melonie Haller (Angie Globagoski). The boys meet their new classmate, a female tough who wants to enter their ranks.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Rustling
Season 1, episode 14 W: Skip Webster, Jock MacKelvie, Frank Telford D: Phil Bondelli With Paul Tuerpe (Buck), Kay Peters (Judge Linda), Kirk Mee (Attorney), Mills Watson (Ambrose), Fred Beir (Farrell), L.Q. Jones (Hoskins), Chris Forbes (Maria), Pamelyn Ferdin (Susie), Carl Ballantine (Marvello The Great), G.W. Bailey (Drunk Driver), Alice Ghostley (Mamie), Paul Linke (Officer Grossman), Zacki Murphy (Ginny). The officers are plagued by a gang of big-city cattle rustlers with a foolproof plan to bilk insurance companies, and by a drunken driver with political pull.
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| [ABC 8:30] Fish [Reg]: Close Encounters Of The Fishy Kind
Season 2, episode 10 W: Norman Barasch, Roy Kammerman, Arthur S. Rabin D: Jeremiah Morris With Sean McClory. A neighborhood character makes Loomis a believer in UFOs, but Fish remains a hard-core skeptic.
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The Big Aloha
Season 10, episode 13 W: Gerry Day D: Marc Daniels With Lara Parker (Julie Kincaid Trahune), Cal Bellini (Dr. Palahana), Eleanor Parker (Constance Kincaid), John Reilly (Kelly Trahune), Irmgard Aluli (Mamu Palahana), Scott Kingston (Kai), Carleton Smith (Weaver), Harold Iseke (Pete Luana), Yankee Chang (Akino). An aristocratic matriarch of a wealthy, old-line island family becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Ghost
Season 4, episode 13 W: Reinhold Weege D: Lee Bernhardi With Kenneth Tigar (Elliot Porter), Nehemiah Persoff (Carl Simms), Titos Vandis (Mr. Sefanos), Caroline McWilliams (Tricia Morgan). Demonic possession, an illegal alien, and an accountant with a pocketful of grass keep the precinct hopping.
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| [NBC 9:00] James At 15 [Reg]: Actions Speak Louder
Season 1, episode 9 W: Ronald Rubin D: Joseph Hardy With Jennifer Rhodes (Mrs. Phillips), Marvin Katzoff (Dean Lewellyn), Lillian Lehman (Mrs. Duncan), J.J. Johnston (Coach), Dave McKay (Jerry Fredericks), Christine Diamond (Chris), Renee Brown (Nancy). James encourages a friend to leave the Deaf Institute, but the boy comes to regret the transition after being ostracized by cruel students at school.
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| [ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: The Physical
Season 1, episode 14 W: Bruce Kalish, Philip John Taylor D: Peter Baldwin With Richard McKenzie (Dr. Fenway), James Brodhead (Dr. Arneson). Roy is afraid he will lose his job when the mayor orders the police force to take physicals.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: A Ransom In Diamonds
Season 6, episode 16 W: Gerald Sanford D: Walter Grauman With Felton Perry (Alexander Street), Dennis Patrick (Warren Christie), Vincent Baggetta (Dave Harmon), Darrell Fetty (Woody March), Carl Weintraub (Bo Harper), Fawne Harriman (Andrea Christie), Chip Hurd (Kelly Johnson), Byron Morrow (Keith Milland), Rozelle Gayle (Rambo), Jim Bohan (Pete Grannis), Sharon Thomas (Barbara), Gayle Gannes (Gloria), Sam Weisman (Stanley Donaldson). Barnaby and J.R., while investigating a $300,000 diamond theft, become involved in a kidnap case when they discover that the store manager's wife has been abducted.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Redd Foxx Show
With Florence Henderson, The Sylvers, Fred Travalena.
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| [NBC 10:00] Class Of '65 [Reg]: The Class Liberal
Season 1, episode 6 W: Linda Elstad D: Lawrence Dobkin With Laurie Prange, Don Johnson (Edgar), Kate Reid (Jane), Christopher Tenney (Ted). Following graduation, a girl becomes a VISTA volunteer and tries to change the lives of the poverty stricken people of Appalachia.
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