Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday May 6, 1978:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The Jefferson Curve
Season 4, episode 14 W: Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstorff D: Jack Shea With Ernest Harden Jr. (Marcus Henderson), Jack Somack (Papa Panelli), Ronalda Douglas (Natalie Parker). After watching George in action, his young protege Marcus bends the truth to win the heart of a young lady, and throws a curve that lands Lionel in foul territory. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1977)
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[ABC 8:00] Mel & Susan Together
With Donny Most, Jimmie Walker.
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[NBC 8:00] The Bionic Woman [Reg]: Rancho Outcast
Season 3, episode 21 W: Arthur Rowe D: Ivan Dixon With Keenan Wynn (Gustave), Don Calfa (Petie "The Weasel" Regan), Diane Civita (Madeline Boylin), Henry Kingi (One-Eyed-One), Robert Easton (Colonel), David S. Cass (Janos). Jaime, in danger of being killed by gangsters in a Central American town where she is traveling undercover, saves her life by performing a made-up flamenco dance.
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[CBS 8:30] The Ted Knight Show [Reg]: Sweet Sixteen
Season 1, episode 5 W: Richard Rosenstock D: Jerry Paris With Reb Brown (Cliff), Wendy Hoffman (Carol), Sara Slack (Victoria). When a mature-looking young woman approaches the Mr. Dennis Escort Service seeking an escort to a party, she insists that Roger rather than Winston escort her. When Roger arrives at the party, he discovers that his client is only 16 years old, that it is her sweet sixteen party, and that she is using him to make her boyfriend jealous.
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[ABC 8:30] Operation Petticoat [Reg]: Matt On A Hot Pink Sub
Season 1, episode 21 W: John Fenton Murray, Bryan Joseph, Gil Grant, Leonard Stern D: Hollingsworth Morse With James Ray (Capt. Milgrim), Dick O'Neill (Gen. Houghton), Frank Aletter (Lt. Commander Baxter), Frank Di Elsi (Lt. Wilson). Skipper Matt Sherman's command is in question when the Sea Tiger's nurses are photographed while skinny dipping.
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[CBS 9:00] Movie: The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
W: James Lee Barrett D: Gene Kelly With James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon, Arch Johnson, Dabbs Greer, Jackie Joseph, Elaine Devry, Robert Middleton, Jackie Russell. A pair of down-and-out cowboys fall heir to some profitable property and discover that earning a decent living isn't necessarily respectable.
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[ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Musical Cabins
Season 1, episode 22 With Michele Lee (Irene), Dick Gautier (Curt), Paul Williams (Nelson), Barbara Rhoades (Didi), Marcia Wallace (Miss O'Roarke), Debra Feuer, Suzie Summers (Irene's Friend). A young bachelor must marry within the week in order to claim a $3 million inheritance; a drab widow poses as a glamorous adventuress and captures the heart of the Captain; a confirmed male chauvinist angers his fiancee, who finds comfort in sick bay with Doc; a scandal sheet reporter sets out to compile material for a sins-at-sea story.
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[NBC 9:00] Movie: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
W: Robert Getchell D: Martin Scorsese With Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Diane Ladd, Alfred Lutter III, Vic Tayback, Valerie Curtin, Jodie Foster. A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.
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[ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: King For A Day / Instant Family
Season 1, episode 12 W: Steve Fisher, Ron Friedman D: George McCowan With Diane Baker (Queen Aurora of Carpathia), David Doyle (Ernie Miller), Theodore Bikel (Eric Soro), Melinda Naud (Gail Grayson), Adam Rich (Herbie Block), Jane Wyatt (Mrs. Grayson), William Glover (Cecil), Christian Zika (Conrad Block), Barbara Baldavin (Selma Block), Don Dubbins (Dr. Block), Don Pedro Colley (Bakota), Fred Lerner (Manager), George Wallace (Harry Sand), Kristi Jill Wood (Laurie Block). A young woman with revolutionary ideas about running a household; a plumber who wants to live like a king.
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