Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday August 8, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Movie: Charlotte's Web (1973), part one
W: Earl Hamner Jr. D: Charles Nichols, Iwao Takamoto With Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Agnes Moorehead, Martha Scott, Dave Madden, Danny Bonaduce. A friendly spider helps a pig -- the runt of a litter -- to fend off efforts to turn him into bacon.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Rules To Date By
Season 5, episode 26 W: Joe Glauberg D: Jerry Paris With Suzi Quatro (Leather Tuscadero), Ben Davidson (Oak Tree), Shirley Kirkes (Blossom), Jan Bunker (Member of the Suedes), Jill Bunker (Member of the Suedes). A romantic weekend turns into a disaster when a lumberjack decides that he likes Richie's girlfriend. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/23/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] Just For Laughs [special]
Jack Albertson, John Ritter, Arte Johnson and a host of famous comedians are joined by up-and-coming comic talent in a topical humor special.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Slow Child
Season 3, episode 15 W: Dan Wiseburd D: Alan Rafkin With Linda Gillen (Amy Babish). The girls witness the development of a moving relationship when they allow Mrs. Babish's "exceptional" daughter to go out with Lenny. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/24/1978)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Hell's Boats (1970)
W: Anthony Spinner, Donald Ford, Derek Ford D: Paul Wendkos With James Franciscus, Elizabeth Shepherd, Ronald Allen, Mark Hawkins, Drewe Henley, Reuven Bar-Yotam. An American commander, serving under the British Royal Navy in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the Nazi arsenal in Sicily, but the mission is threatened by animosity between the group leader and his men.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Jack In The Flower Shop
Season 2, episode 19 W: Paul Wayne, George Burditt, Ziggy Steinberg D: Bill Hobin With Mickey Deems (Mr. Harwood), Natalie Schafer (Impatient Woman), J.J. Barry (Mr. Compton). All work and no play makes Jack an angry boy when Janet hires him to work for her and acts like a martinet. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/31/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Deadly Game (1977)
W: Lane Slate D: Lane Slate With Andy Griffith, Mitzi Hoag, James Cromwell, Rebecca Balding, Dan O'Herlihy, Sharon Spelman, Hunter von Leer. A small-town police chief is hindered by government officials in his investigation of an auto accident involving a chemical-carrying truck.
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| [ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: Chief To Chief
Season 1, episode 10 W: George Arthur Bloom D: Peter Baldwin With Kenneth Mars (Chief Thorpe). Roy confronts his arch-enemy, Fire Chief Thorpe, who annually leads his department's baseball team to victory over Roy's team by using dirty tricks. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/1/1977)
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
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