Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday July 8, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Bob Newhart Show [Reg]: Desperate Sessions
Season 5, episode 21 W: Michael Zinberg, Michael Davidson D: Dick Martin With Robert Pine (Mel), Walker Edmiston (Sergeant Webber), Ron Vernan (Police Officer), Richard Dioguardi (Bank Guard), Andrea Adler (Bank Teller). Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/26/1977)
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| [ABC 8:00] Free Country [Reg]: Citizenship
Season 1, episode 3 W: Sy Rosen, Arnold Kane D: James Burrows Joseph Bresner fears he will be denied citizenship and deported.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Bionic Woman [Reg]: Fembots In Las Vegas (1)
Season 3, episode 3 W: Arthur Rowe D: Michael Preece With John Houseman (Dr. Franklin [flashback]), Jennifer Darling (Peggy Callahan), James Olson (Rod Kyler), Melinda Fee (Tami Cross), Alexander Courtney (Dan Mayers), Michael Burns (Carl Franklin), Stanley Brock (Stage Manager), Jeannie Wilson (Nancy), Nancy Bleier (Gina), Lorna Sands (Billie), Lisa Moore (Ellen Andrews). Jaime must thwart the efforts of female robots reactivated to capture America's first directed-energy ray weapon and its inventor. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1977)
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| [CBS 8:30] Baby I'm Back [Reg]: A Day At The Races
Season 1, episode 5 W: George Geiger, April Kelly D: Mark Warren With Bert Rosario (Jiggers). Ray Ellis incurs the wrath of his estranged wife when he takes their children to the racetrack and young Jordan comes home a big winner. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/27/1978)
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| [ABC 8:30] Jackie And Darlene [special]
Pilot for a comedy about a rookie policewoman.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: The French Connection (1971)
W: Ernest Tidyman D: William Friedkin With Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco. The true story of a large break in an international heroin smuggling ring.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Family Reunion / Too Hot to Handle / Cinderella Story
Season 1, episode 13 W: Bruce Shelly, Ben Joelson, Art Baer D: James Sheldon, Richard Kinon With Bob Crane (Teddy Anderson), John Rubinstein (George Allison), Bruce Solomon (Bill Edwards), Rosemary DeCamp (Cynthia Loudon), Don DeFore (Everett Loudon), David White (Greg Beatty), Victoria Carroll (Ginger LeDoux), Dori Brenner (Wendy Bradley), Robert Hays (Sam Bradley), Kathy Bates (Doreen Allison). An aging purser serves the daughter he deserted as a child; a honeymooning couple are plagued by unromantic calamities; wealthy phonies shower attention on a grocery clerk they believe to be a supermarket tycoon. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/7/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: The Hindenburg (1975)
W: Nelson Gidding D: Robert Wise With George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, Roy Thinnes, Charles Durning, Burgess Meredith, Gig Young, Robert Clary, Rene Auberjonois, Alan Oppenheimer, Katherine Helmond, Joanna Moore, Peter Donat, Richard Dysart, William Atherton. A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Bet A Million / Mr. Irresistible
Season 1, episode 2 W: Steve Fisher, Ron Friedman D: John Newland, Cliff Bole With Henry Gibson (Fred Wade), John Schuck (Chuck Huffman), Rod McCary (Ricky), Jane Powell (Joan Wade), Mabel King (Leani), Beverly Sanders (Stephanie Marie), Gilbert Green (Mr. Hayden), Reb Brown (Greg), Mary Jo Catlett (Carlotta Smith), Candace Rialson (Cindy), Alana Stewart (Nikki), Brian Cutler (Barry), Ava Lazar (Pearl), Sondra Theodore (Gloria), George Ball (Dealer). Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wade come to the island in the hopes of finding a wealthy financier to help them fulfill their dream of owning a hotel; Chuck Huffman fantasizes about being the most irresistable man in the world. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/4/1978)
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