Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday August 26, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Bob Newhart Show [Reg]: A Jackie Story
Season 6, episode 3 W: Lloyd Garver D: Michael Zinberg With Hope Alexander-Willis (Jackie Windsor), Sam Kwasman (Danny James), Roger Etienne (Waiter). Jerry is terrified of losing his new dream girl; a ventriloquist and his dummy seek psychological help from Dr. Hartley when the dummy threatens to break up their successful showbiz act. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/8/1977)
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| [ABC 8:00] ABC Sports Special: College Football 1978
Keith Jackson hosts a preview of the 1978 NCAA season, featuring segments on the top Heisman Trophy candidates, the finest quarterbacks, and the top 21 schools in the nation.
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| [NBC 8:00] The Bionic Woman [Reg]: On The Run
Season 3, episode 22 W: Steven E. DeSouza D: Thomas Blank With Linda Wiser (Sarah), Skip Homeier (Senator Renshaw), Andrew Duggan (Deputy Director Bill Parr), Juno Dawson (Agent Harding), Mariel Aragon (Reiko), Johnny Timko (Tommy). Jaime resigns from the OSI, then flees for her life when the government tries to confine her to a compound for retired agents. (Last show of the series.) (Repeat program, originally aired 5/13/1978)
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| [CBS 8:30] Wilder And Wilder [special]
With Greg Mullavey, Meredith MacRae. A married TV writing team discovers the pitfalls that often accompany the merging of marriage and identical careers.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977)
W: Joanna Lee D: Allen Reisner With Susan Dey, John Vernon, Kevin McCarthy, Tricia O'Neil, Natasha Ryan, Phillip R. Allen, Bernie Casey, Priscilla Pointer, Rhea Perlman, Ray Buktenica, James Karen. A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her infant daughter.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Musical Cabins
Season 1, episode 22 With Michele Lee (Irene), Dick Gautier (Curt), Paul Williams (Nelson), Barbara Rhoades (Didi), Marcia Wallace (Miss O'Roarke), Debra Feuer, Suzie Summers (Irene's Friend). A young bachelor must marry within the week in order to claim a $3 million inheritance; a drab widow poses as a glamorous adventuress and captures the heart of the Captain; a confirmed male chauvinist angers his fiancee, who finds comfort in sick bay with Doc; a scandal sheet reporter sets out to compile material for a sins-at-sea story. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/6/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] NFL Football
Los Angeles Rams at Oakland Raiders.
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Fool For A Client / Double Your Pleasure
Season 1, episode 13 W: Orville H. Hampton, Ron Friedman D: Earl Bellamy With Mary Ann Mobley (Pamela Deering), Ken Berry (Larry Barbour), Caren Kaye (Dina McKay/Nina McKay), Rich Little (Herbert Costigan), Donald May (Dr. Marlowe), Stephen McNally (Judge Harper), Lana Wood (Cecile), Sal Viscuso (Charles Deering), Junero Jennings (Wiggins), John Dennis (Hart). A brilliant yet insecure lawyer wishes to experience the excitement of a big courtroom trial; the winner of a raffle ticket for a weekend on Fantasy Island is torn between two girls -- twin sisters. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/15/1978)
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