Prime-time network TV listings for Monday April 3, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Good Times [Reg]: That's Entertainment, Evans Style
Season 5, episode 24 W: Kim Weiskopf, Michael S. Baser D: Gerren Keith With Gary Coleman (Gary James). Everyone gets into the act when Willona, the Evans family and friends put on a singing, dancing and comedy show to raise money for a much-needed day care center.
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| [ABC 8:00] Captain & Tennille In New Orleans [special]
With Hal Linden, John Byner, Fats Domino, The Olympia Brass Band. In their special taped in New Orleans, Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille bypass sketch material and stick to jazz classics like "Muskrat Ramble." The program also features Fats Domino and the Olympic Brass Band, and John Byner and Hal Linden are on hand for the comedy bits and a Mississippi River boat ride.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: My Ellen
Season 4, episode 3 W: Michael Landon D: Michael Landon With James Wainwright (Cal Taylor), Corinne Camacho (Eloise Taylor), Ken Johnson (Busby), Mia Bendixsen (Ellen Taylor), Bryce Berg (Jason), Matthew Roberts (Tommy). Laura is imprisoned by a grief-stricken woman who thinks that she's her daughter -- who has drowned. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/26/1977)
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| [CBS 8:30] Baby I'm Back [Reg]: Pay Or Die
Season 1, episode 10 W: David Garber, Kevin Hartigan D: Dick Harwood With Wendell Wright (Shake), Al White (Rosey). Ray Ellis is greeted by two strong-arm men representing a loan shark. They've been sent to collect a debt of Ray's that's grown astronomically -- from $200 to $7,280 -- while he was away.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: The Light That Failed
Season 6, episode 6 W: Burt Prelutsky D: Charles S. Dubin With Enid Kent (Nurse Bigelow), Gary Erwin (Cpl. Dobson), Philip Baker Hall (Sgt. Hacker). An acute shortage of light bulbs causes a crisis in the operating room when the usually meticulous Charles Winchester makes a mistake that almost costs the life of a patient. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/25/1977)
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| [ABC 9:00] Cher [special]
With Dolly Parton, Rod Stewart. With guests Dolly Parton and Rod Stewart along, Cher adheres to her usual formula of vocals amid sketches on the silly side. The opening is a "West Side Story" medley with Cher cutting loose singing nine songs.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Wind And The Lion (1975)
W: John Milius D: John Milius With Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston, Geoffrey Lewis, Steve Kanaly. An American widow and her two children are kidnapped by a desert chieftain who seeks to bargain for their release with President Teddy Roosevelt.
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| [CBS 9:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Ann, The Father
Season 3, episode 24 W: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield D: Alan Rafkin With John Putch (Bob Morton), William Schallert (Mr. Morton), Scott Colomby (Cliff Randall). Ann gets caught in the crossfire when Barbara's painfully shy but suddenly rebellious friend Bob runs away from home and then gets collared in hers.
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| [CBS 10:00] Anatomy Of A Scandal
Jay McMullen reports on the investigation into the causes, events and five-year cover-up of "Korea-gate" and the accusations of influence-peddling on Capitol Hill.
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| [ABC 10:00] Academy Awards [special]
Bob Hope emcees the 50th annual show, live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion of the Los Angeles Music Center. Fred Astaire, Olivia De Havilland, Janet Gaynor and Bette Davis will be among the presenters. Eight special awards are to be included along with the winners, and such stars as Faye Dunaway, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Walter Matthau, Steve McQueen, Henry Winkler and the robot heroes of "Star Wars" will also be on hand.
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