Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday September 26, 1978:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Paper Chase [Reg]: The Man Who Would Be King
Season 1, episode 3 W: John Jay Osborn Jr. D: Gwen Arner With Don Porter (Franklin Ford II), Stacey Nelkin (Tracy Ford), Jack Manning (Dean Rutherford), Ken Olin (Timothy), Tanya Boyd (June). Franklin Ford III discovers that the pressures of a successful father-lawyer, and generations of legal tradition in his family, can be injurious to contract law when his father visits the classroom.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Fonzie's Blindness
Season 6, episode 4 W: Ron Leavitt, Richard Rosenstock D: Jerry Paris When Fonzie loses his vision because of a head injury, he begins to realize the true meaning of friendship.
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| [NBC 8:00] Grandpa Goes To Washington [Reg]: Kelley Inherits Tony
Season 1, episode 2 W: Harry Cauley, Emily Levine D: Herbert Kenwith Freshman Senator Joe Kelley discovers that his predecessor's legislative assistant has a lot on the ball when the young man joins him in his struggle to introduce a bill which would prevent the firing of federal employees who are living together "without benefit of clergy".
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Robbery
Season 4, episode 4 W: Mark Sotkin D: Howard Storm With Larry Bishop (Jake). Laverne starts dating a gang leader, then to her horror discovers he's mixing romance with robbery.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: One In A Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1977)
W: Stanford Whitmore D: William A. Graham With LeVar Burton, Madge Sinclair, James Luisi, Billy Martin, Paul Benjamin, Larry B. Scott, John McKee, Zakes Mokae. The true story of Ron LeFlore, a troubled Detroit youth who rose from Michigan prisons to star in Major League Baseball.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: The Love Diary
Season 3, episode 3 W: Gary Belkin, Deborah Hwang D: Dave Powers With Paul Barselou (Wanda X). Curious landlord Stanley Roper sneaks a peek at an X-rated diary Chrissy is typing, and suddenly gets the idea that Chrissy thinks he's her type.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Battered (1978)
W: Karen Grassle, Cynthia Lovelace Sears D: Peter Werner With Karen Grassle, LeVar Burton, Mike Farrell, Joan Blondell, Howard Duff, Chip Fields, Diana Scarwid. Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse abuse by their husbands.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Blind Date
Season 1, episode 3 W: Michael Leeson D: James Burrows With Suzanne Kent (Angela Matusa). The sexy voice on an answering service triggers Alex's romantic instincts, and he arranges a dinner date that turns into one big surprise.
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| [ABC 10:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Blindfold
Season 4, episode 3 W: Pat Fielder, Richard Bluel D: Leo Penn With Kim Cattrall (Emily Harrison), Gary Wood (Don Widdicombe), Robin Strand (Kenny Widdicombe), Sheldon Allman (Doctor), Joan Pringle (Sharon), Howard George (Pinky). Hutch must persuade Starsky not to quit the force after Starsky accidentally blinds a beautiful bystander during a robbery shootout and then falls in love with her.
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