Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday September 9, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Paper Chase [Reg]: The Paper Chase
Season 1, episode 1 W: James Bridges D: Joseph Hardy With Marilu Henner (Waitress), K.C. Ligon (Linda O'Connor), Lewis Charles (Pizza Shop Owner), Betty Harford (Mrs. Wilson). Series preview. A student of a fearsome law professor comes up with an ingenious way to win the teacher's approval.
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| [ABC 8:00] College Football
UCLA vs. Washington
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| [NBC 8:00] Us Against The World [special]
With Dick Clark, Dan Haggerty, Scott Baio, Dick Van Patten, Jimmie Walker, Gavin MacLeod, Melissa Gilbert, Cloris Leachman, Kristy McNichol, Connie Stevens, Valerie Bertinelli, William Shatner, Rich Little, Bo Svenson, LeVar Burton, Britt Ekland, Barbara Parkins, Victoria Principal, Fionnula Flanagan. Gabe Kaplan hosts an athletic competition which pits two teams of celebrities in events such as kayak racing, relay races, swimming races, go-cart racing and obstacle races.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Magnum Force (1973)
W: John Milius, Michael Cimino D: Ted Post With Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitch Ryan, David Soul, Robert Urich, Tim Matheson, Kip Niven, Felton Perry, Christine White, John Mitchum. Dirty Harry is on the trail of vigilante cops who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: The Congressman Was Indiscreet / Isaac's History Lesson / Winner Take Love
Season 1, episode 16 With Dick Van Patten (Congressman John Whiteout), Maureen McCormick (Suzy Corbett), Vicki Lawrence (Robin Brandt), Scatman Crothers (Virgil "Scattergun" Gibson), Bobby Sherman (Rick), Graham Jarvis (Waldo Linden), Vernee Watson (Stephanie Hayden), Priscilla Barnes (Jeanette Arnold), Marianne Marks (Teresa Chen), Maria O'Brien (Rita Almarez). A beauty contest on board ship divides a young couple; a proud black woman is offended by the Uncle Tomfoolery of another passenger; a muckraking reporter falls for a disgraced Congressman. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/28/1978)
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| [NBC 10:00] Miss America Pageant [special]
Bert Parks, Phyllis George and Lee Meriwether host the 58th annual pageant, live from Atlantic City, N.J.
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