Prime-time network TV listings for Friday February 24, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Wilds Of Ten Thousand Islands [special]
W: Paul West, Andy White D: Charles S. Dubin With Chris Robinson, Julie Gregg, Rachel Roberts, Charlie Aiken, Mary Ellen McKeon, John Ashton, John Kaufmann. While studying the behavior of birds on one of the western Florida island wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico, the Wild family encounters hunters and an island recluse. Pilot for a series.
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| [ABC 8:00] Second Barry Manilow Special [special]
W: Ernest Chambers, Barry Manilow D: George Schaefer With Ray Charles. Televised concert special featuring the musical stylings of Barry Manilow along with special guest Ray Charles. Manilow's mother Edna also appears. Manilow performs "Beautiful Music," and then talks about music's positive effect on his overall life, sings "Daybreak," accompanied by a group of children, a group of senior citizens, and finally by a group of animals. Charles sings Manilow's "One Of These Days," and Manilow then joins him for "It's A Miracle". In a sketch, Manilow portrays an awkward wedding guest who meets an equally shy young woman, and though they both admit to being uncomfortable in relationships, sparks fly between them and they dance to "All the Time".
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| [NBC 8:00] Quark [Reg]: May The Source Be With You
Season 1, episode 1 W: Steve Zacharias D: Hy Averback With Henry Silva (High Gorgon), Hans Conried (Voice of The Source), Rick Goldman (Worker One), Vern Rowe (Worker Two), Paul Schumacher (Gorgon Man), Melissa Prophet (Gorgon Woman), Larry French (Gorgon Assistant). Premiere of a comedy series. The dreaded Gorgons declare war on the galaxy, and Commander Adam Quark is sent to blown up their doomsday vehicle.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Thaddeus Rose And Eddie (1978)
W: William D. Witliff D: Jack Starrett With Johnny Cash, Diane Ladd, Bo Hopkins, June Carter Cash, James Hampton, Noble Willingham. Two Texas buddies part company when one of them is tricked into trading his ranch for a citrus grove in the Rio Grande Valley.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Dr. Scorpion (1978)
W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Richard Lang With Nick Mancuso, Christine Lahti, Sandra Kerns, Richard Herd, Roscoe Lee Browne, Denny Miller, Philip Sterling. A mad genius threatens world peace with a scheme involving the theft of U.S. atomic missiles, and a retired spy is reluctantly lured back into action to try and stop him.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: The House On Willis Avenue
Season 4, episode 21 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Hy Averback With Dennis Dugan (Richie Brockelman), Jackie Cooper (Garth McGregor), Howard Hesseman (Albert Steever), Philip Sterling (Tom Nardoni), Simon Oakland (Vern St. Cloud), Paul Fix (Joseph Tooley), Pernell Roberts (B.J. Anderson), Irene Tedrow (Mary Tooley), Robert Hogan (Ted Coopersmith), Brett Hadley (Computer Operator), Lou Krugman (Sam Detonis). Jim is joined by neophyte detective Richie Brockelman to probe the suspicious traffic death of a semi-retired private eye, and the trail leads to a conglomerate executive and a plot to gain international power through an elaborate computer system.
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