Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday August 16, 1978:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Down Home [special]
With Robert Hooks, Madge Sinclair, Beah Richards, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Edward Binns, Andrew Duggan, Anne Seymour. A black family moves from Detroit to a small town in the South in their search for a different lifestyle.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: The Lost Weekend
Season 2, episode 22 W: Peter Lefcourt, Greg Strangis D: Harry Harris With Michelle Patrick, Jeff Cotler (Irving J. Moore), Timothy Van Patten, Harry Gold, Robin Strand, John Walter Davis, Anson Downes, Janet Wood, Alisa Powell, Stacey Nelkin (Linda), Rudy Hornish, Grace Gaynor, Rob Berger. Confusion reigns in the Bradford household with Tom and Abby away for the weekend. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/26/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: The Beasts Are In The Streets (1978)
W: Laurence Heath D: Peter R. Hunt With Carol Lynley, Dale Robinette, Billy Green Bush, Philip Michael Thomas, Burton Gilliam. Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: The Deadly Trap (1971)
W: Sidney Buchman, Eleanor Perry D: Rene Clement With Faye Dunaway, Frank Langella, Barbara Parkins. A former industrial espionage agent and his wife have eerie "accidents" after he quits his job at a large corporation.
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: The Jade Trap
Season 2, episode 22 W: Lee Sheldon D: George McCowan With Dirk Benedict (Denny Railsback), Barry Bostwick (Ted Machlin), Victoria Shaw (Julie), Irene Hervey (Samantha), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Machlin), Joan Leslie (Catherine). Charlie uses the Angels plus his own priceless collection of jade to trip up an acrobatic jewel thief and killer. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/1/1978)
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| [ABC 10:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: The Action
Season 3, episode 13 W: Al Friedman, Robert Swanson D: Ivan Nagy With Carmine Caridi (Sam Eberly), Richard Venture (Hillard), James B. Sikking (Ted McDermott), M. Emmet Walsh (Freddie), Melanie Griffith (Julie McDermott), John Carradine (Professor), Kenneth White (Officer Hobart), Julienne Wells (Ellen McDermott), Marc Alaimo (Daimler), Mary Steelsmith (Ginger), Quinn Cummings (Toni McDermott). Starsky and Hutch set out to bust an illegal gambling ring which was behind the brutal beating of a friend who failed to pay his debts. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/7/1978)
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Woman [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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