Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday May 18, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Battle Of Drucilla's Pond
Season 6, episode 9 W: Rod Peterson, Claire Whitaker D: Philip Leacock With Rachel Longaker (Aimee Godsey), Dorothy Shay (Thelma), Merie Earle (Maude Gormley), Michael Sullivan (Private Lance), Alice Hirson (Jane Stevens), Joseph Cala (Sergeant), Jeff Reese (Sentry), Kevin Scott Allen (Soldier). The tranquility of Walton's Mountain is abruptly shattered when Grandpa invites a U.S. Army unit to camp there while the soldiers are on maneuvers. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/17/1977)
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Class Encounters Of The Carvelli Kind
Season 3, episode 27 W: George Arthur Bloom, Beverly Bloomberg D: Robert Hegyes With Charles Fleischer (Carvelli), Bob Harcum (Murray). One of the Sweathogs convinces Mr. Woodman that beings from another planet will soon land on campus.
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: The Beasts Are In The Streets (1978)
W: Laurence Heath D: Peter R. Hunt With Carol Lynley, Dale Robinette, Billy Green Bush, Philip Michael Thomas, Burton Gilliam. Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
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| [ABC 8:30] Operation Petticoat [Reg]: Claire Voyant
Season 1, episode 22 W: John Fenton Murray, Bryan Joseph, Gil Grant, Leonard Stern D: Hollingsworth Morse Skipper Sherman and his crew become targets for the U.S. Navy.
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| [CBS 9:00] Festival of Stars: Mexico [special]
Suzanne Somers, John Ritter and Ricardo Montalban host a variety special.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Inauguration
Season 4, episode 23 W: Reinhold Weege, Carol Gary D: Alex March With Philip Sterling (Noel Cadey), Florence Halop (Evelyn Holly), Dino Natali (Officer Zitelli), Basil Hoffman (Allen Korbel). A man threatens to leap from a building into the mayoral parade; Harris does some extensive soul searching when he's offered a job on the mayor's security team.
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| [ABC 9:30] Fish [Reg]: Chief Fish
Season 2, episode 20 W: Jim Rogers D: Gary Shimokawa Fish considers leaving the group home to accept the position of chief of police in a small town in Georgia.
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| [ABC 10:00] Baretta [Reg]: The Bundle
Season 4, episode 24 W: Les Carter D: Don Medford With Scoey Mitchell (Aterna), Sheila DeWindt (Minnie), Roz Kelly (Alice), Lee Delano (Trudgeon), Paul Pepper (Artie Singer), Jack Kosslyn (Sisko), Frank Christi (Premo). Baretta struggles to save the lives of two young actresses involved in an extortion scheme. (Last show of the series.)
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| [NBC 10:00] The Runaways [Reg]: Too Young To Love
Season 1, episode 4 W: William Froug With Alan Fudge (Captain), Jon Van Ness (Police Officer), Gary Imhoff (Danny). McKay mediates in an emotion-charged situation involving a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend who ran away when her parents insisted on an abortion.
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