Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday October 12, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Moonshiner
Season 7, episode 3 W: Jeb Rosebrook D: Lawrence Dobkin With Rachel Longaker (Aimee Godsey), Deirdre Lenihan (Daisy Garner), Morgan Woodward (Boone Walton), Ford Rainey (Judge), Brandi Tucker (Melissa Garner). Jason sympathetically puts up bail for Boone Walton, an elderly relative charged with moonshining, but John and Olivia feel their son has gone too far when he takes Boone into his custody.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork's Seduction
Season 1, episode 5 W: Neil Lebowitz D: Harvey Medlinsky With Morgan Fairchild (Susan Taylor), Bruce M. Fischer (The Big Man). Mindy's old rival sets her sights on Mork as revenge for Mindy stealing her boyfriend back in high school.
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| [NBC 8:00] Project UFO [Reg]: Sighting 4018: The Incident On The Cliffs
Season 2, episode 4 W: Greg Heffernan D: Robert M. Leeds With Trish Stewart (Lisa Forman), William Reynolds (Roger Forman), Kim Richards (Amy Forman), Miles Shearer (Lt. Col. Hutton). Four bright blue and white UFO's spiraling at incredible speed are captured on film by a young woman with a history of mental illness.
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: Basketball Brain
Season 3, episode 3 W: Ted Bergman D: Mark Warren With Leland Smith (The Snake), Sorrell Booke (Mr. Finley). Raj is hired to tutor a basketball star, but finds himself in trouble when he has little time to do his own studying.
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Deadly Courier
Season 11, episode 3 W: Seeleg Lester, Sam Neuman D: Reza Badiyi With Stephen Elliott (John Enslow), Irene Yah-Ling Sun (Marla Kahuana), John Zenda (Walter Sherman), Colin da Silva (Rajah Sin), Haidee Inazu (Sulaine), Lee Stetson (Soames), Patricia Herman (Dr. McBride). Death and espionage result after the explosion of a bomb-rigged briefcase.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Accusation
Season 5, episode 5 W: Wally Dalton, Shelley Zellman D: Max Gail With George Murdock (Lt. Scanlon), Eugene Elman (Rabbi Greenblatt), Ruth Warshawsky (Ruthie Greenblatt), Michael Tucci (Rubin), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Doris Whittaker). An accusation of an indiscretion on the part of Dietrich leads to a visit from the gleeful Lieutenant Scanlon of Internal Affairs; Yemana books a rabbi who is running a gambling casino in his synagogue.
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| [NBC 9:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Speed Trap
Season 4, episode 3 W: Steve Greenberg, Aubrey Solomon, Pamela D. Glasser D: Ron Satlof With Simon Oakland (Chick Thomas), Cassie Yates (Judy Feldner), Erica Hagen (Sherry Reddon Bannon), Frank Parker (Dr. Weiss), John Dennis (Garbage Truck Driver), Mert Rich (Mechanic), Michael DeLano (Mark Hellman), Phillip R. Allen (Dr. Finley). Quincy suspects that a race car driver's flaming death was not as accidental as it appeared to be.
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 30
Season 2, episode 5 W: Susan Harris, Jordan Crittenden D: Jay Sandrich With Caroline McWilliams (Sally), Doris Roberts (Flo Flotsky), Ron Rifkin (Dr. Kanter), Fred Iwasaki (Chef). Jodie proposes to Carol; Jessica consents to a dangerous operation on her husband Chester.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Deadly Sanctuary
Season 7, episode 3 W: Mann Rubin D: Leo Penn With Larry Linville (Tom Watkins), Stewart Moss (Bill Wayland), John Calvin (Andy Godwin), Wayne Heffley (Sheriff Carson), Michael MacRae (Eddie), Christina Hart (Jenna Smith), Ben Fuhrman (Vic Smith), Melendy Britt (Phyllis Hunter), Sandy Balson (Lucille Watkins), Arlene Banas (Iris Banning), Robin G. Eisenman (Rusty Kelly), Alan Austin (Len). Betty Jones' eagerly awaited vacation turns into a nightmare when a rapist stalks her quiet seaside retreat and she becomes the bait to capture him.
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| [ABC 10:00] Family [Reg]: Changes
Season 4, episode 3 W: Carol Evan McKeand D: Edward Parone With Constance McCashin (Ms. Massey), Mary Ann Hermansen (Emmy Sheldon), Stephen Furst (Delivery Boy), Jack Fletcher (Mr. Edmund), Eliose Hardt (Sylvia Maitland). Old disagreements hang over Nancy and Jeff's decision to remarry.
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| [NBC 10:00] Weekend
A report on how college football players are promoted and given publicity buildups that make them into gridiron stars before they have even played their first game.
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