Saturday October 21, 1978
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Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday October 21, 1978:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Rhoda: Meet The Goodwins Good Times: J.J. The Teacher The American Girls: A Crash Course In Survival Dallas: Double Wedding
ABC Carter Country: The Selling Of The Mayor (1) Apple Pie The Love Boat: The Kissing Bandit / Mike & Ike / The Witness Fantasy Island: I Want To Get Married / The Jewel Thief
NBC CHiPs: Trick Or Treat TV Movie: Rescue From Gilligan's Island (1978), part two Sword Of Justice: The Gemini Connection


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] Rhoda [Reg]: Meet The Goodwins
Season 5, episode 5
W: Charlotte Brown   D: Tony Mordente

With Nancy Lane (Tina Molinari), George Wyner (Earl Goodwin), Peggy Pope (Irene Goodwin), Howard Honig (Lloyd Goodwin), Ron Wilson (The Great Waldo). Brenda insists that Rhoda accompany her when she meets Benny's family for the first time, and Rhoda makes an unexpected hit with his big brother.

[ABC 8:00] Carter Country [Reg]: The Selling Of The Mayor (1)
Season 2, episode 3
W: Douglas Arango, Phil Doran   D: Peter Baldwin

With Doyle Baker (Judd), Richard Venture (Chet). Roy decides to run for mayor.

[NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Trick Or Treat
Season 2, episode 6
W: James Schmerer   D: Phil Bondelli

With John Dennis (Collins), Justin Dana (Tommy), Bobby Van (Eddie), Jenny Sherman (Karen), Susan Page (Julie), Joe Medalis (Mr. Stone), Barbara Leigh (Paula), Elaine Joyce (Susan), Jeff Cotler (Allan), Darryl Cooksey (Skeleton), Beatrice Colen (Mary), Edward Call (Manager), Hal Baylor (Reed), Bobby Porter (Sammy), Fran Ryan (Nancy). A mysterious woman who steals candy from children and a "ghost" who robs supermarkets to pay off her husband's gambling debts give the CHP officers a wild Halloween.

[CBS 8:30] Good Times [Reg]: J.J. The Teacher
Season 6, episode 6
W: Mark Fink   D: Gerren Keith

With Ernest Harden Jr. (Earl Mitchell), Hal Williams (Frank Mitchell), Rose Parrish (Donna). The father of J.J.'s art student is opposed to his son's painting lessons.

[ABC 8:30] Apple Pie [Reg]

[CBS 9:00] The American Girls [Reg]: A Crash Course In Survival
Season 1, episode 5
W: Judy Burns   D: John Peyser

With Jared Martin, William Prince (Jason Cook), Don Johnson, Katherine Moffat, Ron Feinberg. After their plane crashes in the wilderness, Rebecca and the pilot struggle to survive.

[ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: The Kissing Bandit / Mike & Ike / The Witness
Season 2, episode 5
W: Fred Grandy, Arnold Grossman, Bernie Kopell   D: Allen Baron, Roger Duchowny

With Robert Reed (Frank McLean), Nancy Kulp (Gert), Billy Davis Jr. (Michael Sr.), Billy Crystal (Newton Weems), Todd Bridges (Michael Jr.), Toni Tennille (Suzanne Henderson), Marilyn McCoo (Lenore), Sharon Acker (Evelyn), Pat Carroll (Muriel), Laurie Walters (Roberta Potter). A shy young man becomes a completely different person at night; a businessman who doesn't have time for his family learns a valuable lesson; a man who believes his chances of survival are better at sea than as a witness in a gangland trial receives loving sympathy from a fellow passenger.

[NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Rescue From Gilligan's Island (1978), part two
W: Sherwood Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz, Al Schwartz, David Harmon   D: Leslie H. Martinson

With Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Judith Baldwin, Vincent Schiavelli, Norman Bartold, Art LaFleur. The castaways must try to readjust to life in civilization after they are rescued from the island.

[CBS 10:00] Dallas [Reg]: Double Wedding
Season 2, episode 6
W: Jim Inman, Arthur Bernard Lewis   D: Paul Stanley

With Sarah Cunningham (Aunt Maggie), Robin Clarke (Ed Haynes), David Wayne (Digger Barnes), Charles Hallahan (Harry Ritlin), Lisa LeMole (Susan). Pam's ex-husband suddenly shows up, insisting that they are still legally married.

[ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: I Want To Get Married / The Jewel Thief
Season 2, episode 5
W: Worley Thorne, Wilton Denmark   D: George McCowan

With Ken Berry (Eddie), Meredith MacRae (Cindy Barker), Steve Forrest (Jordan Montgomery), Leigh Taylor-Young (Leslie Tarleton), Peter Mark Richman (Carl Dekker), Jill Jaress (Bella), Yale Summers (Philip), Peter Palmer (Boyd), Patrick Cronin (Harry), Henry Polic II (Marty). A woman wants her long-standing boyfriend to finally go ahead with their wedding; a carpenter yearns to be a dashing jewel thief.

[NBC 10:00] Sword Of Justice [Reg]: The Gemini Connection
Season 1, episode 4
W: Herman Groves   D: Michael Caffey

With Cameron Mitchell (Radick), Paul Picerni (Burcella), Cassie Yates (Angie), Carmine Caridi (Burson), Sarah Rush (Cathy), Colby Chester (Buckner). An airline stewardess, who is to leave the country with millions of syndicate dollars to be "laundered", plots with Jack Cole and Hector to steal the money.

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