Saturday May 20, 1978
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Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday May 20, 1978:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS The Jeffersons: The Grand Opening (1) (R) Movie: Hannie Caulder (1971)
ABC Paul Lynde Comedy Hour The Love Boat: Gopher the Rebel / Cabin Fever / Pacific Princess Overture Fantasy Island: Call Me Lucky / Torch Singer
NBC Project UFO: Sighting 4011: The Doll House Incident TV Movie: Hunters Of The Reef (1978)


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[CBS 8:00] The Jeffersons [Reg]: The Grand Opening (1)
Season 4, episode 1
W: Roger Shulman, John Baskin, Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan   D: Jack Shea

With Danny Wells (Charlie), Michael Alldredge (Man #1), James Staley (Man #2), Bill McIntire (Chauffeur). George's outlandish boasting of how well he is doing heads him for disaster when underworld kidnappers get into the act.
(Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1977)

[ABC 8:00] Paul Lynde Comedy Hour [special]
With Harry Morgan, Juliet Prowse, Brenda Vaccaro.

[NBC 8:00] Project UFO [Reg]: Sighting 4011: The Doll House Incident
Season 1, episode 11
W: Robert Blees   D: Robert M. Leeds

With Alf Kjellin (Carl Youngstrom), David Hedison (Fredrick Flanagan), Linda Foster (Kristie Shields), Marta Kristen (Anita). Alien beings exchange a lotus-shaped loaf of bread for a jug of earthly water.

[CBS 9:00] Movie: Hannie Caulder (1971)
W: Burt Kennedy, David Haft   D: Burt Kennedy

With Raquel Welch, Robert Culp, Ernest Borgnine, Christopher Lee, Jack Elam, Strother Martin, Diana Dors. A woman who has been living a peaceful life on an isolated relay station with her husband finds herself at the mercy of a gang of murderous bank robbers.

[ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Gopher the Rebel / Cabin Fever / Pacific Princess Overture
Season 1, episode 24

With Jonelle Allen (Andrea), Diane Baker (Ruth), Kaye Ballard (Cora), Gary Collins (Ken Davis), Antonio Fargas (Leo Graham), Pat Morita (Tycoon), Eve Plumb (Vanessa), Don Porter (Mr. Sumerall), Elias Jacob (Herman), Fay Hauser (Laraine), Selma Archerd (Eve Culbert), Karl Bruck. Gopher chafes under the Captain's constant orders; a Japanese industrialist's suave manager persuades a widow to sell her factory; a mistress develops cabin fever when her boyfriend cools their affair.

[NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Hunters Of The Reef (1978)
W: Eric Bercovici   D: Alexander Singer

With Michael Parks, William Windom, Mary Louise Weller, Felton Perry, Moosie Drier, Stephen Macht, Katy Kurtzman. A salvage vessel captain finds himself in competition with a better-equipped boat in a race to raise a wreck on the Florida coast.

[ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Call Me Lucky / Torch Singer
Season 1, episode 14
W: Paul W. Cooper, John Meredyth Lucas   D: Cliff Bole

With Richard Dawson (Harry Beamus), Kathryn Holcomb (Edith Garvey), Dick Butkus (Moose), Edd Byrnes (Neil), Anthony Caruso (Big Al), Joey Forman (Bugsy), Brad Savage (Joey), Milton Selzer (Willie), Frank Farmer (Bookie), John Furlong (Ames), Delana Michaels (Redhead), Louis Quinn (Joe). A professional gambler looks for the big score; a young woman wants to be a sexy torch singer.

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