Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday June 20, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] CBS Reports
Bill Moyers reports on a resident of Laredo, Texas, who fought corruption in the city government; Marlene Sanders reports on the situation in Taiwan as the U.S. comes closer to full diplomatic relations with Peking.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Marion's Misgivings
Season 5, episode 17 W: Fred Maio D: Jerry Paris With Jill Bunker, Jan Bunker, Suzi Quatro (Leather Tuscadero). When Marion fears she is losing Howard to a younger woman -- Leather Tuscadero -- she transforms herself into a veiled beauty and turns the Cunningham home into a scene from "The Arabian Nights". (Repeat program, originally aired 1/24/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] Man From Atlantis [Reg]: Melt Down
Season 1, episode 5 W: Tom Greene D: Virgil Vogel With Richard Williams (Jomo), James Brodhead (Trubshawe), Robert Lussier (Brent), Victor Buono (Mr. Schubert), Anson Downes (Allen), Jean Marie Hon (Jane), J. Victor Lopez (Chuey). Season premiere. Mr. Schubert promises to stop submerging the earth with melted ice if Mark Harris will surrender to him. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/22/1977)
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Obstacle Course
Season 3, episode 20 W: Arthur Silver D: Alan Rafkin With Bo Kaprall (Officer Hughes), Mickey Deems (Capt. Schmidt). Laverne and Shirley try to qualify for police work by running through an obstacle course. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/28/1978)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Escape From Bogen County (1977)
W: Christopher Knopf, Judith Parker D: Steven Hilliard Stern With Jaclyn Smith, Mitchell Ryan, Pat Hingle, Henry Gibson, Julie Mannix, Philip Abbott, John Quade, Michael Parks, Fred Willard, Alan Fudge. A ruthless political czar uses his powers to harass his wife.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Home Movies
Season 2, episode 18 W: Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernie West D: Bill Hobin With Stuart Gillard (Neil). Chrissy cranks out amateur movies of Jack and Janet, and is misled into thinking she has a "hit". (Repeat program, originally aired 1/24/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Scott Joplin (1977)
W: Christopher Knopf D: Jeremy Kagan With Billy Dee Williams, Clifton Davis, Art Carney, Eubie Blake, Godfrey Cambridge, Otis Day, Mabel King, Seymour Cassel. Details the life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
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| [ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: All About Floyd
Season 1, episode 19 W: Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel D: Peter Baldwin With Bobby Ellerbee (Floyd), Boyd Bodwell. Curtis urges Chief Roy to hire another black police officer, then discovers he has made a big mistake. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/9/1978)
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
Harold Hayes and Robert Hughes are the hosts for a broadcast edition of a news magazine featuring four major stories done by various correspondents.
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