Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday August 29, 1978:
Program details:
| [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.
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| [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)
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| [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.
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| [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)
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| [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.
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| [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)
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| [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)
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| [ABC 10:00] 20/20
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