Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday August 24, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Is Anyone Out There Learning?: A Report Card on Public Education
In the conclusion of a three-part report, experts in the education field offer various solutions to the problems of the public school system.
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Sweathog Back-to-School Special
Season 3, episode 1 W: Peter Meyerson, Nick Arnold D: Dick King With Rebecca York (Brunette Sweathog), Melody Anderson (Blonde Sweathog), Deloresse Daniels (Black Sweathog). New students join Gabe's class in a back-to-school retrospective featuring highlights of past episodes. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/10/1977)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Rainy Day
Season 1, episode 20 W: Rod Baker, James Doherty, William D. Gordon, Glen Olson D: Gordon Hessler With David Spielberg (Herb), Johnny Seven (Dawson), Jacqueline Scott (Ethyl), Dan Magiera (Cyclist), Cliff Emmich (Ned), Mary Cross (Doctor), Julie Cobb (Juliet), Herb Edelman (Sanders), Ava Lazar (Hostess). A compulsive gambler who loses in a poker game, a gun-loving motorist, and a kindergarten teacher with an eye for Ponch create problems for the CHP officers. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/2/1978)
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: The Apartment
Season 2, episode 22 W: Thad Mumford D: Mark Warren With Raymond Allen (Mr. Stone), Kutee (Angela), Rana Ford (Delores). Raj and Rerun's plans for a party in their new apartment are interrupted by constant visits from Mama. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/11/1978)
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]
McGarrett investigates a facility for senior citizens suspected of being a front for murder. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Hostage
Season 4, episode 20 W: Reinhold Weege D: Hal Linden With Oliver Clark (Vern Bidell), Don Calfa (Leon Bidell), Mari Gorman (Officer Rosslyn Licori), Earle Towne (Oscar Leeds), Alix Elias (Louise Helton). Harris finally finds an apartment in the Village; a ventriloquist insists he's not responsible for his dummy's insensitive remarks; a prisoner holds the detectives at gunpoint. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/23/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] Richie Brockelman, Private Eye [Reg]: The Framing Of Perfect Sydney
Season 1, episode 1 W: Michael Kozoll D: Arnold Laven With David Spielberg (Sydney Brockelman), Jerry Douglas (Alex Farmer), Arlene Martel, Regis Cordic (Nehemiah), Rosanna Huffman (Rena Brockelman), Earl Boen (Tausig), William Mims (Dr. Tatlock). Sydney Brockelman is charged with embezzlement and calls upon his brother Richie for help, but Richie only succeeds in getting the two of them implicated in a homicide as well. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/17/1978)
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| [ABC 9:30] TV Movie: High Roller (1978)
W: Michael Mann D: Richard Lang With Robert Urich, Will Sampson, Chick Vennera, Bart Braverman, Phyllis Davis, Greg Morris, Michael Lerner, Red Buttons, June Allyson, Jack Kelly, Scatman Crothers, Edd Byrnes, Ned Glass, Elissa Leeds. Las Vegas private eye Dan Tanna probes the murder of a teenage prostitute who ran away from home because she didn't get along with her mother's new husband. Pilot movie for the Vega$ series.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: A Ransom In Diamonds
Season 6, episode 16 W: Gerald Sanford D: Walter Grauman With Felton Perry (Alexander Street), Dennis Patrick (Warren Christie), Vincent Baggetta (Dave Harmon), Darrell Fetty (Woody March), Carl Weintraub (Bo Harper), Fawne Harriman (Andrea Christie), Chip Hurd (Kelly Johnson), Byron Morrow (Keith Milland), Rozelle Gayle (Rambo), Jim Bohan (Pete Grannis), Sharon Thomas (Barbara), Gayle Gannes (Gloria), Sam Weisman (Stanley Donaldson). Barnaby and J.R., while investigating a $300,000 diamond theft, become involved in a kidnap case when they discover that the store manager's wife has been abducted. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/12/1978)
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| [NBC 10:00] The Runaways [Reg]: Melinda And The Pinball Wizard
Season 1, episode 2 W: Gerald Sanford With Robin Mattson (Melinda), Julie Adams (Mother), Patirck Culliton (Highway Patrolman). Two youngsters, resentful when their widowed mother remarries, run away and fall into bad company. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/4/1978)
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