Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday August 22, 1978:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Is Anyone Out There Learning?: A Report Card on Public Education
Part one of a three-part series.
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[ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: My Favorite Orkan
Season 5, episode 22 W: Joe Glauberg D: Jerry Paris With Robin Williams (Mork). Richie spots what he believes to be a flying saucer, and then dreams he has been abducted by a being from another planet. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/28/1978)
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[NBC 8:00] TV - The Fabulous Fifties [special]
Lucille Ball, Michael Landon, David Janssen, Mary Martin, Dinah Shore and Red Skelton each host a segment of this nostalgic look at the stars and shows of that decade.
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[ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Airport '59
Season 3, episode 1 W: Chris Thompson D: Alan Rafkin With Roy Stuart (Ralph "Buzz" Anderson), Ed Peck (Packer Fan), Kit McDonough (Julie), Tita Kerpan (Cindy). Season premiere. When the girls accidentally pour hot coffee into the lap of pilot Buzz Anderson, he hits his head and is knocked unconscious -- leaving Laverne to take over. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/20/1977)
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[CBS 9:00] Movie: Capone (1975)
W: Howard Browne D: Steve Carver With Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely, Sylvester Stallone, John Cassavetes, Frank Campanella, Royal Dano. The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
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[ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Chrissy, Come Home
Season 2, episode 23 W: Joyce Burditt, George Burditt D: Bill Hobin With Peter Mark Richman (Rev. Snow). Chrissy's minister father arrives unexpectedly and catches Jack red-handed, living with his daughter and Janet. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/28/1978)
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[ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: Baker Saves A Life
Season 1, episode 22 W: Mort Scharfman, Harvey Weitzman D: Peter Baldwin With John Craig (Maynard). When Jasper believes Baker saved his life after their patrol car crashed into a truck full of live chickens, Japser moves in with Baker -- determined to pay his debt. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/16/1978)
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[NBC 9:30] Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin [special]
With Leslie Browne, Carol Burnett, Oscar Peterson, Sammy Davis Jr. A musical salute to the composer.
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[ABC 10:00] 20/20
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