Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday August 29, 1978:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	The Leningrad Ice Show		TV Movie: The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977), part one
ABC	Happy Days: Fonsillectomy (R)	Laverne & Shirley: Laverne And Shirley Meet Fabian (R)	Three's Company: Coffee, Tea Or Jack (R)	Carter Country: Roy's Encounter (R)	20/20
NBC	Memories Of Elvis

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[CBS 8:00] The Leningrad Ice Show [special] Sally Struthers and Harry Morgan are hosts for a special that features a permanent company of 80 of the world's finest skaters, who combine ice skating with ballet, acrobatics and slapstick comedy.

[ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Fonsillectomy
Season 5, episode 6
W: Marty Nadler D: Jerry Paris
With Donna Ponterotto (Nurse), Len Lawson (Dr. Stack), Ellen Meskimen (Candy Striper), Gregg Forrest (Russell). Fonzie wants to go to a Halloween costume party, but winds up in the children's ward of a hospital with tonsilitis. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/25/1977)

[NBC 8:00] Memories Of Elvis [special] Elvis Presley is featured performing a selection of his best-known songs, in a gospel medley, in a production number depicting the rise of a young musician, and in a concert performance taped in Hawaii. Ann-Margret is the host.

[ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Laverne And Shirley Meet Fabian
Season 3, episode 8
W: Paula A. Roth D: Alan Rafkin
With Fabian (Himself), Ken Lerner (Pete), Carole Ita White (Rosie Greenbaum), Fred Fox Jr. (Freddie the Bellhop). After trying unsuccessfully to buy tickets for a Fabian concert, the girls begin concocting a scheme to meet their idol face-to-face. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/22/1977)

[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977), part one
W: John Gay D: William A. Graham
With Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, Tovah Feldshuh, James Hampton, Marla Carlis, Lee Purcell, Jim Antonio, Sorrell Booke, Marty Brill, Tannis Montgomery. The story of Howard Hughes, a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a Hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery.

[ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Coffee, Tea Or Jack
Season 2, episode 25
W: Kathy Donnell, Madeline DiMaggio Wagner D: Bill Hobin
With Loni Anderson (Susan Walters), Bruce Bauer (Pilot). Chrissy tries to pry Jack from the clutches of his old flame -- for a surprise birthday party. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/16/1978)

[ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: Roy's Encounter
Season 1, episode 21
W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Peter Baldwin
With Byron Morrow (Col. Holloway), Patrick Cronin (Dr. Grant), Steffen Zacharias. After Chief Roy sees what he thinks is a UFO, he convinces Baker to return to the mountain site with him. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/9/1978)

[ABC 10:00] 20/20