Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday September 20, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Louise's Painting
Season 5, episode 1 W: Nancy Vince, Ted Dale D: Jack Shea With Sara Seegar (Mrs. Pomeroy), Robert Dolittle (Charlie), Ingrid Greer (Nancy). Season premiere. George goes wild when Louise reveals the bare facts about her new art class, and he discovers that much more than the truth has been exposed.
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Here We Go Again
Season 3, episode 3 W: Peter Lefcourt D: Arnold Laven With Anita Dangler, George Pentecost, Joe Hecht. When Abby thinks the stork may be making another visit to the Bradfords, she tries to keep it a secret from the family -- especially Tom, who stopped thinking about babies nine years ago.
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| [NBC 8:00] Dick Clark's Live Wednesday
With Diana Ross, Rick Nelson, the Los Angeles Rams cheerleaders, Chuck Berry, Johnny Rivers, Bo Diddley, Frankie Avalon, Billy Preston, Charlie Daniels. Premiere of a music and comedy series.
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| [CBS 8:30] In The Beginning [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Jim Mulligan, Norman Steinberg D: Doug Rogers, Jack Shea Debut of a comedy series starring McLean Stevenson and Priscilla Lopez as a pompous, inept priest and a feisty, street-wise nun trying to run a downtown storefront mission in a seedy neighborhood.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Are You In The House Alone? (1978)
W: Judith Parker D: Walter Grauman With Blythe Danner, Tony Bill, Dennis Quaid, Kathleen Beller, Tricia O'Neil, Robin Mattson, Alan Fudge, Scott Colomby, Ellen Travolta. A teenage girl is plagued by harassing phone calls. Her fear mounts when she's babysitting at a neighbor's home one evening and the caller rings her at that number.
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Angel Come Home
Season 3, episode 3 W: Stephen Kandel D: Paul Stanley With Farrah Fawcett (Jill Munroe), Stephen Collins (Steve Carmody), Bill Vint (Danny Bligh), Jackie Stewart (Himself), Dolly Martin (Andrea Lassiter), Horst Buchholz (Paul Ferrino), Martin Azarow (George Danforth). Jill Munroe comes home to the Angels and announces that she will marry a famous race driver, but her joy is short-lived when her fiancee is killed driving a car designed by a man with whom Jill was formerly involved.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: Airport '77 (1977), part two
W: Michael Scheff, David Spector D: Jerry Jameson With Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, James Stewart, Darren McGavin, Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland. The underwater jet is discovered with some passengers still alive, but the only possible rescue operation proves to be of immense risk to the survivors.
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Centerfold
Season 1, episode 1 W: Burton Armus D: Harry Falk With John Ericson (Mr. Smith), Dane Clark (Nat Finer), Abe Vigoda (Max), Morey Amsterdam (Izzy), Vic Tayback (Bruno), Richard Roat (Smith's Assistant), Cristina Ferrare (Shawn Adams). America's most famous model, an ex-Miss America, goes to Las Vegas for a fashion layout and becomes the victim of an extortion plot involving obscene photos.
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