Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday March 28, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Sam [Reg]
Season 1, episode 3 W: Michael Donovan D: John Florea With Heather Hobbs (Wendy), Larry Golden (Dowd), John Hart (Harry), Lee Terri (Sandy). Sam and Breen are temporarily hindered in their search for the dognappers of a $20,000 champion show dog when a woman's purse is snatched and a frightened girl, hiding in a collapsing building, needs help.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: My Fair Fonzie
Season 5, episode 10 W: Warren S. Murray D: Jerry Paris With Morgan Fairchild (Cynthia), Sam Freed (Millard), Gloria Torres (Juanita), Henry Charles (Maitre d'). Fonzie falls for a pretty socialite whose snobbish brother decides it would be a great gag to invite him to a high society party. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/22/1977)
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: Cops And Robin (1978)
W: John T. Dugan, Dawning Forsyth, John A. Munhall, Brad Radnitz D: Allen Reisner With Ernest Borgnine, Michael Shannon, Carol Lynley, John Amos, Natasha Ryan. A gangster's henchmen, out to kidnap the 5-year-old daughter of a witness to a murder, don't realize that her protector is a robot programmed to be the perfect policeman.
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| [CBS 8:30] Shields & Yarnell
Robert becomes Arthur Clinkarelli and Lorene is Chantilly Lace in a take-off of "Happy Days". (Last show of the series.)
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Pact
Season 3, episode 3 W: Yvette Weinberger, Michael Weinberger D: Alan Rafkin With Dale Robinette. Shirley meets a man who sweeps her off her feet, but Laverne determines his true colors and tries to protect her friend from the roving-eyed lothario. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/4/1977)
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| [CBS 9:00] All In The Family [Reg]: Archie Gets The Business
Season 8, episode 1 W: Ben Starr, Chuck Stewart D: Paul Bogart With Jason Wingreen (Harry Snowden), Frank Maxwell (Tommy Kelsey), Norma Donaldson (Ms. Watson), Andre Pavon (Carlos). Archie puts everything on the line to chase after the American dream of owning his own business, but discovers just how much it will cost to have Edith as an "equal business partner" after forging her name to a contract to purchase Kelsey's Bar. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/2/1977)
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Ground Rules
Season 2, episode 1 W: Richard Orloff D: Bill Hobin With Jennifer Shaw (Veronica), Gary Cookson (Alex). Season premiere. A conflict over lack of privacy in their social lives erupts when Janet entertains a boyfriend and roommates Jack and Chrissy have to cool their heels at the Regal Beagle pub. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/13/1977)
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 25
Season 1, episode 25 W: Susan Harris D: Jay Sandrich With Howard Hesseman (Mr. Franklin), Gordon Jump (Chief of Police Tinkler), Charles Lane (Judge Petrillo), Eugene Roche (E. Ronald Mallu), Sorrell Booke (Charles Lefkowitz), John Terry (Foreman), Tim Rossovich (Elaine's Bodyguard). The jury reaches a verdict in Jessica's murder trial; Corinne and Father Tim reach a decision.
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| [CBS 10:00] CBS: On The Air: Name That Theme [special]
Alan Alda hosts and, along with guests Garry Moore and Phil Silvers, will test viewers' television nostalgia skills.
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| [ABC 10:00] Having Babies [Reg]
A young music tycoon tries to pressure his wife into a pregnancy that terrifies her.
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| [NBC 10:00] Spying for Uncle Sam
This edition focuses on the extraordinary lives of ex-Central Intelligence Agency case officer Caleb Bach and his family. Host Edwin Newman introduces Bach as a normal man who happened to find himself in a job that defines "treachery and deceit" as "good traits." Bach's main responsibility was recruiting agents for the CIA team.
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