Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 10, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Family Tree
Season 6, episode 18 W: Thomas Hood D: Lawrence Dobkin With Lynn Hamilton (Verdie Foster), Hal Williams (Harley Foster), William Washington (Unwin's Gardener), Ernestine Barrier (Estelle Unwin), Amzie Strickland (Courthouse Clerk), Daniel Petrie (Arnold Kevin), Vernon Washington (Church Sexton), Davis Roberts (Frank Nelson), Paulene Myers (Mrs. Nelson). The Waltons' neighbor, Mrs. Foster, traces her roots and finds out some astonishing facts about her family tree. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/9/1978)
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Good-Bye, Mr. Kripps
Season 3, episode 23 W: Aubrey Tadman, Garry Ferrier D: Bob Claver With Bryan O'Byrne (Desk Sergeant), Norman Alden (Detective Lasky), Jack Fletcher (Leonard Kripps), Melonie Haller (Angie Globagoski). A distraught Vinnie Barbarino turns himself in at police headquarters after he blames himself for the death of a teacher with heart trouble who collapsed while reprimanding him. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Cry Wolf
Season 1, episode 18 W: Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell D: John Florea With Ellen Travolta (Helen), David Staller (Caller), Gregg Palmer (Walter), Alyscia Maxwell (Kathy), Kathryn Holcomb (Karen Rayburn), Melinda Fee (Sarah), Brad David (Walt), Charlene Dallas (Ruth), Robbie Rist (Jeff). A rash of calls sends CHP officers, ambulances and fire trucks to the scenes of nonexistent accidents. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1978)
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: Rerun Sees The Light
Season 2, episode 18 W: Thad Mumford D: Mark Warren With Earl Billings (Rob), Jonelle Allen (Life-Is-Love), Oscar DeGruy (High Priest). Rerun's friends worry when he falls in love with the beautiful priestess of a new cult that worships a head of lettuce. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/11/1978)
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The Big Aloha
Season 10, episode 13 W: Gerry Day D: Marc Daniels With Lara Parker (Julie Kincaid Trahune), Cal Bellini (Dr. Palahana), Eleanor Parker (Constance Kincaid), John Reilly (Kelly Trahune), Irmgard Aluli (Mamu Palahana), Scott Kingston (Kai), Carleton Smith (Weaver), Harold Iseke (Pete Luana), Yankee Chang (Akino). An aristocratic matriarch of a wealthy, old-line island family becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/12/1978)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Corporation
Season 4, episode 4 W: Lee H. Grant, Tony Sheehan, Danny Arnold D: Hal Linden With David Dukes (Brad Laneer), Fran Ryan (Mrs. Hirsch), Vernon Weddle (Alvin Trager). A quixotic environmentalist who calls himself "The Hawk" faces the high-priced lawyer hired by the chemical plant he's been vandalizing. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/6/1977)
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| [NBC 9:00] Richie Brockelman, Private Eye [Reg]: Junk It To Me Baby
Season 1, episode 2 W: Robert E. Swanson D: Ivan Dixon With Nehemiah Persoff (Saul Gerardi), Stanley Brock, Danny Dayton, Lisa Eilbacher (Theresa), Robert Phalen (Pettigrew), Gianni Russo (Phil), Douglas Dirkson (Lenny), Jake Mitchell (Vern). After he is hired to purchase an antique car at an auction, Richie is pursued by two thugs and finds himself caught up in a homicide investigation. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/24/1978)
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| [ABC 9:30] Movie: For Pete's Sake (1974)
W: Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin D: Peter Yates With Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarazin, Estelle Parsons, William Redfield, Molly Picon, Heywood Hale Broun. A Brooklyn housewife tries to help her financially struggling husband through college by taking on a series of unusual jobs, including becoming a bumbling criminal.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Child Of Danger
Season 6, episode 14 W: Mann Rubin D: Michael Caffey With Michael Hershewe (Charlie Hopkins), Charles Cyphers (Jimmy Dorset), John Kerry (Nick Reynolds), Than Wyenn (Vince Mercer). Betty is left responsible for a nine-year-old child when the boy's father, an old friend of Betty's, mysteriously disappears during their luncheon date. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/29/1977)
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| [NBC 10:00] The Runaways [Reg]: Lies We Live With Forever
Season 1, episode 3 With Anthony Eisley (Paul Larkin), Vera Miles, Greg Evigan (Eddie Couch), Lonny Chapman (Ray Farris), Debra Clinger. A runaway wife encounters a young fugitive with a complusion for lying, which nearly proves fatal to both. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/11/1978)
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