Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday September 30, 1978:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Rhoda [Reg]: In Search Of Martin
Season 5, episode 2 W: Aubrey Tadman, Garry Ferrier D: Tony Mordente With Jane Rose (Mary), Ernie W. Brown (Mr. Brooks), Maxine Elliott (Erma). Rhoda, Brenda and Benny go to Florida in search of Martin, and find him living the irresponsible life he desires.
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[ABC 8:00] Carter Country [Reg]: The Tracy Report
Season 2, episode 2 W: Mort Scharfman, Harvey Weitzman D: Peter Baldwin With Melanie Griffith (Tracy Quinn), Gerald Hiken (Woodcock). Chief Roy's problems with a citizen who threatens to sue for false arrest swell into hilarious panic when something happens to the man in the chief's office and a young woman reporter seeks all the juicy details.
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[NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Family Crisis
Season 2, episode 3 W: James Doherty, William D. Gordon D: Phil Bondelli With Michael Potter (Detective), Leslie King (Betsy), Joan Crosby (Manager), Shell Kepler (Gail), Don Stark (Officer Allen), Gene Dynarski (Capt. Grube), Denise Dubarry (Sue), Jack Carter (Salesman), Christopher Knight (Wes Miller), Danny Bonaduce (Fred). A gang of thieves stage a series of daring robberies and make their getaway in a stolen movie stunt car, and Baker's nephew falls in with a reckless crowd and worries the family.
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[CBS 8:30] Good Times [Reg]: Florida's Homecoming: United We Stand
Season 6, episode 3 W: Joseph Bonaduce, Bruce Howard D: Gerren Keith With Teddy Wilson (Sweet Daddy Williams), Bubba Smith (Claude), Larry Greene (Hood #2). Double tragedy threatens the Evans family when Thelma's new husband, football star Keith Anderson, stands to lose his $1 million contract, and J.J. faces the jaws of a greedy loan shark.
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[ABC 8:30] Apple Pie [Reg]: Ginger Nell Goes Hollywood
Season 1, episode 2 W: Charlie Hauck D: Peter Bonerz A slick talking salesman tells Ginger-Nell he is going to make her a Hollywood star.
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[CBS 9:00] The American Girls [Reg]: The Beautiful People Jungle
Season 1, episode 2 W: Richard Landau D: Alvin Ganzer With Adam West, Frank Converse, Simone Griffeth, Dennis Patrick, Enrique Novi (Juan). A health spa catering to rich runaways who want plastic surgery to hide their true identities is researched by the girls.
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[ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: The Man Who Loved Women / A Different Girl / Oh, My Aching Brother
Season 2, episode 3 W: Howard Albrecht, Bruce Howard, Cynthia Santillo, Sol Weinstein D: Allen Baron With David Doyle (Alvin), Bess Armstrong (Laura), Sonny Bono (Harold), Cathryn Damon (Charlotte), Grant Goodeve (Dave), Marty Ingels (Joe), Judy Landers (Rita), Jo Ann Pflug (Bonnie Stokes), Brett Somers (Anita Carmichael). A womanizer woos three women, unaware they're traveling together; the Captain's godson is having marital problems on board; a passenger fakes a back injury so he and his brother can sue the ship.
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[NBC 9:00] Movie: The Missouri Breaks (1976)
W: Thomas McGuane D: Arthur Penn With Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest, John McLiam, Steve Franken, Richard Bradford, John P. Ryan. A flamboyant gunman is hired by a wealthy rancher to drive off a gang of horse thieves.
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[CBS 10:00] Dallas [Reg]: Reunion (2)
Season 2, episode 2 W: David Jacobs D: Irving J. Moore With Sarah Cunningham (Aunt Maggie), David Ackroyd (Gary Ewing), Joan Van Ark (Valene Clements Ewing), David Wayne (Digger Barnes). J.R.'s effort to make his long-lost brother, Gary, comfortable in his new surroundings, is designed to pressure him into taking over one of the Ewing businesses. But Val, his former wife, believes it is just another method of chasing him away again.
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[ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: The Beachcomber / The Last Whodunit
Season 2, episode 3 W: James L. Henderson, Orville H. Hampton D: George McCowan With Jack Carter (Detective), John Astin (Charles Preston), Celeste Holm (Mabel Jarvis), Maurice Evans (Helmsley), Janis Paige (Charlotte), Judith Chapman (Evelyn Wallace), Howard Morton (Terence), Lynn Borden (Nancy Preston), Jorge Moreno (Gono), Marianne Marks (Ulla), Sam Hiona (Bapu), Anthony Penya (Pepe), Mickey Morton (Bartender). A famous mystery writer's fan becomes involved in a murder plot; an executive wants to live the life of a beachcomber.
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