Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday March 8, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Amazing Captain Nemo [special]
W: Robert Bloch, Norman Katkov, Mann Rubin et al D: Alex March With Jose Ferrer, Burgess Meredith, Mel Ferrer, Horst Buchholz, Warren Stevens, Lynda Day George, Burr DeBenning, Tom Hallick. Jules Verne's legendary hero emerges from a century-long hibernation and searches for the lost city of Atlantis. Pilot for a series.
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| [ABC 8:00] That Second Thing On ABC [special]
With Bert Parks, Danielle Spencer, Dick Van Patten, Dr. Joyce Brothers. A zany comedy-variety special with a potpourri of blackouts, animation and nonsense.
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| [NBC 8:00] Circus Special: Highlights Of The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus [special]
Dick Van Dyke hosts circus stars from 23 countries, featuring aerialist Elvin Bale, animal trainer Charly Baumann and the Flying Gaonas of Mexico.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Mahogany (1975)
W: John Byrum D: Berry Gordy With Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins, Beah Richards, Nina Foch, Jean-Pierre Aumont. A girl from a Chicago ghetto puts herself through fashion school and becomes an internationally famous model and dress designer.
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Angel Flight
Season 2, episode 4 W: Brian McKay D: Dennis Donnelly With Mary Angela (Marilyn), Lee Travis (Paula), Nigel Bullard (Palmer), Philip Roth (Eddie), Fawne Harriman (Angela Hart), Robert Gentry (Gene Knox), Marshall Thompson (Meadows), Ben Hayes (Bill Glover), Lisa Moore (Mai Ling), Ralph Byers (Cliff). The Angels go undercover as stewardesses to find out why Sabrina's friend is being terrorized. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/5/1977)
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| [NBC 9:00] Black Sheep Squadron [Reg]: The Iceman
Season 2, episode 9 W: Donald P. Bellisario D: Dana Elcar With Richard Jaeckel (Major John Duncan), Richard Narita (Captain Haguro "Iceman" Nishi), Harry Moses (Dutch's Wingman), Marcus Mukai (Japanese Officer), Michael Bond (Major Dutch Cochran). When Pappy is ordered stateside to bolster homefront morale, he is replaced by Major Duncan, a spit-and-polish martinet who succeeds in agitating the entire squadron.
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| [ABC 10:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Fatal Charm
Season 3, episode 3 W: Jeff Kanter D: Earl Bellamy With Karen Valentine (Diana Harmon), Roz Kelly (Officer Linda Baylor), Paul Lukather (Max Frost), Janice Heiden (Kathy Marshall), Michael Stipanich (Benny). Hutch's romance with a pretty nurse turns into a nightmare when she feels rejected and sets out to destroy him. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1977)
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Woman [Reg]: Shadow On The Sea
Season 4, episode 19 W: Jack M. Casey D: Alvin Ganzer With Catherine Bach (Eve), Ned Romero (Delgado), Stephen McNally (McManus), Forrest Tucker (O'Malley), Charles Aidman (Skow), Katherine Justice, Michael Parks (Chuck Whitfield), Paul Wexler. When a number of pleasure boat owners disappear with their craft, Pepper and Crowley suspect a lethal drug-running ring of pirating the vessels.
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