Tuesday August 22, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday August 22, 1978:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Is Anyone Out There Learning? Movie: Capone (1975)
ABC Happy Days: My Favorite Orkan (R) Laverne & Shirley: Airport '59 (R) Three's Company: Chrissy, Come Home (R) Carter Country: Baker Saves A Life (R) 20/20
NBC TV - The Fabulous Fifties Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin


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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.

[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)

[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.

[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)

[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.

[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)

[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)

[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.

[ABC 10:00] 20/20

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