Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday September 12, 1978:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Amazing Spiderman [Reg]: A Matter Of State
Season 2, episode 2 W: Howard Dimsdale D: Larry Stewart With Nicolas Coster, John Crawford, James Victor, Michael Santiago, Erik Stern, Tony Miller, John Dewey-Carter, Don Gazzaniga. In a daring daylight caper at the airport, a State Department courier is ambushed and his attache case, containing top-secret documents, is stolen.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Westward Ho (1)
Season 6, episode 1 W: Walter Kempley D: Jerry Paris With Jason Evers (H. R. Buchanan), Ruth Cox (Thunder), Brad Wilkin (Phil), Jerry Young (Hank), Jeannie G. Allyson (Donna). Richie and the Fonz spend a wild and wooly vacation at a Colorado dude ranch that winds up in a love triangle when they vie for the affections of a beautiful girl named thunder.
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| [NBC 8:00] Canine Hall Of Fame [special]
With Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara. Joe Garagiola is the host for this light-hearted entertainment special dedicated to dogs both real and imaginary -- from prize winning purebreds, pals of Presidents and performers, to mutts and working dogs.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Hondo (1953)
W: James Edward Grant D: John Farrow With John Wayne, Geraldine Page, James Arness, Ward Bond, Paul Fix, Michael Pate, Leo Gordon. Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Double Date
Season 3, episode 1 W: Bob Baublitz D: Dave Powers With Anne Schedeen (Linda), Richard Kline (Larry Dallas), Rebecca Clemons (Samantha). Season premiere. Jack pretends to be ill so he can cancel a date with his girlfriend Linda and spend the evening with his new interest. But everyone finds out he has pulled a fast one.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: The Critical List (1978), part two
W: Jerry McNeely D: Lou Antonio With Lloyd Bridges, Buddy Ebsen, Lou Gossett Jr., Richard Basehart, Melinda Dillon, Ken Howard, Robert Wagner, Barbara Parkins, Scott Marlowe, Robert Hogan, James Whitmore Jr., Pat Harrington Jr. Dan Lassiter awaits confirmation for the cabinet post as Secretary of Health; a black activist tells him of a scandal involving stolen federal health funds and high government officials, possibly even the President himself; and Lassiter comes under a great deal of pressure from the FBI and others.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Like Father, Like Daughter
Season 1, episode 1 W: David Davis, Stan Daniels, James L. Brooks, Ed Weinberger D: James Burrows With Jill Jaress (Airline Counter Employee), Talia Balsam (Cathy Consuelas). Judd Hirsch stars in a new series centering on the warmly funny shenanigans of a bunch of New York City cabbies. In the initial episode, they embark on a wild trip to Miami so that their fellow cabbie can spend 20 minutes between planes with his long-lost daughter.
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| [ABC 10:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Discomania
Season 4, episode 1 W: Rick Edelstein D: Arthur Marks With Pierrino Mascarino (Tony Mariposa), Adrian Zmed (Marty Decker), Bruce Scott (Walt), Susan Duvall (Judith), Amanda McBroom (Sergeant Lizzie Thorpe), Tom Tarpey (Officer Harding), Deborah Chaffin (Rita), Paula Sills (Michelle Brady), Bunny Summers (Mrs. Anderson). Season premiere. Starsky and Hutch join the flashy-shirt, gold chain set when they penetrate the glamorous, glittering disco scene to investigate the puzzling disappearance of a number of beautiful girls.
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