Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday September 7, 1978:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Rumor
Season 6, episode 14 W: Kathleen Hite D: Ralph Waite With Larry Blake (Charley), Barry Cahill (Buck Vernon), Hal Boker (Fisk), Tasha Zemrus (Katrina Brimmer), Ellen Blake (Marta Brimmer), Mathew Anden (Willie Brimmer). A German family who have found refuge on Walton's Mountain from the scorn and rejection of former neighbors, are hurt again when Elizabeth carries a rumor. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/5/1978)
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| [ABC 8:00] Roots: Part 3 [special]
W: James Lee D: Marvin Chomsky With LeVar Burton, John Amos, Lorne Greene, Madge Sinclair, Edward Asner, Louis Gossett Jr., Ralph Waite, Robert Reed, Lynda Day George, Vic Morrow, Gary Collins, Raymond St. Jacques, Lee de Broux, Thayer David, Beverly Todd. The adult Kunta marries in 1775 and has a daughter, Kizzy. Years later, Kizzy is sold for disobedience -- and the horror of separation is magnified by her sadistic new owner. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] NBC Welcomes Joe Namath And The Waverly Wonders [special]
With O.J. Simpson, Dean Martin, Joe Namath. A preview of Namath's new series, "The Waverly Wonders", and a film clip from another new comedy, "Who's Watching the Kids".
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Head To Head
Season 10, episode 16 W: Leonard B. Kaufman D: Jack Whitman With George Grizzard (Al Marsh), Joanne Nail (Luana), Charles Cioffi (Jack Fabian/Fred Jackman), Beau Van Den Ecker (Harry Sunday), Ernest Chan (Barney Kawala), Ron Nakahara (Sammy), Electra Gailas Fair (Dr. Strauss), Ed Fernandez (Dr. Fairmont), Barry Russo (Eddie Rizzo), Cha Thompson (Mary Kawala), Haidee Inazu (Suzie). Steve McGarrett, pursuing a drug dealer he suspects of having killed a police officer, finds himself in bitter conflict with a federal agent. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/16/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] Grandpa Goes To Washington [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 7 W: Noel Baldwin, Lane Slate D: Richard Crenna With Rue McClanahan (Grace), Nicolas Coster (Charlie Perkins), William Daniels (Gov. Bronx), Sandra Kerns (Jenny Campbell), John Kerry (Secretary), James McEachin (Flynn). Jack Albertson stars in the title role as Joe Kelly, a retired college professor drafted to run for the U.S. Senate after the incumbent withdraws following the exposure of his affair with a stripper. But his son, an Army general, fears that if his father wins he would become part of the son's household.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Uninvited Peril
Season 6, episode 20 W: Robert Sherman D: Robert Sherman With Michael Horton (Duane Pierson), Jacqueline Scott (Verna Compton), Michael Strong (Stuart Compton), Lisle Wilson (David Oxford), Lee Bryant (Miss Ross), Richard Bakalyan (Winchell). Betty agrees to help a couple locate their missing son, and then discovers he is a criminally insane killer on the run. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/2/1978)
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| [NBC 10:00] Lifeline
Preview of the upcoming series.
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