Prime-time network TV listings for Friday August 11, 1978:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Wonder Woman [Reg]: The Murderous Missile
Season 2, episode 22 W: Dick Nelson D: Dick Moder With James Luisi (George), Mark Withers (Luther), Warren Stevens (Beal), Steve Inwood (Mac), Lucille Benson (Flo), Hal England (Hal Shaver), Sam Edwards (Ernie), Neil Elliot (William Ryan). IADC agent Diana Prince, en route to a desert launch site for a missile test, finds herself sidetracked in an almost-ghost town that, oddly, she seems unable to leave. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/21/1978)
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[ABC 8:00] Tabitha [Reg]: Paul Goes To New York
Season 1, episode 10 W: Bernie Kahn D: Charles R. Rondeau With Barbara Sharma (Renee Cummings), Kenneth Mars (Robert), Penelope Willis (Nancy), Mary Grace Canfield (Ms. Morrison). Tabitha suggests that a catty Hollywood gossip columnist replace departing talk show host Paul Thurston, and becomes the first to get clawed. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/7/1978)
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[NBC 8:00] Black Sheep Squadron [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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[ABC 8:30] Operation Petticoat [Reg]: Bless You, My Sub
Season 1, episode 13 W: John Fenton Murray, Bryan Joseph, Gil Grant D: Alan Bergmann With Norman Alden (Admiral Summers), James Ray (Capt. Milgrim), Adam West (Steve Fleming), Gloria Stroock (Mrs. Summers), Curtis Credel (Officer), Arthur Song (Kim Toy), Ray Duke (Lieutenant). Skipper Matt Sherman must find a way to avoid a scheduled inspection of the Sea Tiger, which would result in the battered sub's being taken out of service. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/7/1978)
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[CBS 9:00] The Incredible Hulk [Reg]: The Beast Within
Season 1, episode 2 W: Karen Harris, Jill Sherman D: Kenneth C. Gilbert With Caroline McWilliams (Dr. Claudia Baxter), Dabbs Greer (Dr. Malone), Charles Lampkin (Joe), Jean Durand (Jagger), Billie Beach (Rita), Richard Kelton (Carl). When David Banner gets a job at a zoo, he finds a lovely young scientist involved in the same genetic research he had been doing. His curiosity about the experiments lands him in the middle of a smuggling operation. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/17/1978)
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[ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Three On A Date (1978)
W: Michael Norell, Stanley Ralph Ross D: Bill Bixby With Loni Anderson, Rick Nelson, John Byner, Ray Bolger, Carol Lawrence, Patrick Wayne, Meredith MacRae. The adventures and mishaps of four couples, winners on TV's "The Dating Game" show, on their Hawaiian dream holiday.
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[NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: The Big Ripoff
Season 1, episode 7 W: Robert Hamner, Jo Swerling Jr. D: Vincent McEveety With Jill Clayburgh (Marilyn Polonski), Norman Burton (Melvyn Moss), Fred Beir (Steve Nelson / Dennis Rains), Bruce Kirby (Carl LeMay), Nedra Dean (Nancy Frazer), Warren Vanders (Earl Pitt), Kelly Thordsen (Sheriff Neal), Suzanne Somers (Ginny Nelson), Jack Garner (Man in Airport), Jenny Maybrook (Ticket Clerk). Rockford believes that an insurance company was taken for $400,000 in settling with the lone survivor of a plane crash. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/25/1974)
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[CBS 10:00] Sparrow [special]
With Randy Herman, Don Gordon, Beverly Sanders, Jeff Holland. A mailroom clerk yearns to play private eye. Pilot for a series.
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[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Double Death
Season 3, episode 19 W: Albert Aley D: Robert Douglas With Frank Campanella (Carl), Jonathan Segal (Jeff Sellers), Leonard Frey (Frank Bristol), Lara Parker (Angie Wilson), George Wyner (Mr. Glendon), Joy Garrett (Gladys), Bob Hastings (Judge Whelan), Olan Soule (Mortician), Charlie Jones (Newscaster). A botched autopsy by Dr. Asten places Quincy in a difficult position with the police -- and mobsters. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/3/1978)
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