Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 28, 1978:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Boosters
Season 7, episode 12 W: Robert Pirosh D: Harry Harris With Robert Donner (Yancy Tucker), Llynn Storer (Man #1), Pearl Shear (Zuleika Dunbar), Gordon Hodgins (Man #2). Ben formulates a plan to bring much needed revenue to Walton's Mountain.
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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. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/12/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] Project UFO [Reg]: Sighting 4023: The I-Man Incident
Season 2, episode 9 W: Buck Houghton D: Richard Moder With Pamelyn Ferdin (Cindy Harper), Whit Bissell (Harper), Malachi Throne (Prof. Lazlo). A large but extremely delicate UFO hovers over a 10-year-old on girl a beach, and plays her a startling message which echoes a signal sent from earth 15 years ago.
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: Disco Dollar Disaster
Season 3, episode 1 W: Deborah Pastoria D: Mark Warren With Earl Billings (Rob), Candy Mobley (Girl #2), Ralph Wilcox (Danny Domino), Henry Robinson (Leon), Franchesska Berry (Charlene), Rochelle Runnells (Girl #1), John Witherspoon (M.C.), Sarina C. Grant (Sign-Up Girl), Andre Edwards (James). Season premiere. Rerun enters a disco contest and raises the money he needs by selling a percentage of his winnings to "investors", but then gets carried away and sells too many shares of himself. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/21/1978)
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Number One With A Bullet (1)
Season 11, episode 12 W: Robert Janes D: Don Weis With Nehemiah Persoff (Allie Francis), Ross Martin (Tony Alika), James Darren (Johnny Munroe), Richard Dimitri (Sonny Kanekoa), Antony Ponzini (Ray Santoro), Yvonne Elliman (Yvonne Kanekoa), Brian Tochi (Joey Lee), Vic Malo (Billy Swan), John Barry (Bernie Adams), Brendan Burns (Phil Perry). A promising young singer's potential for stardom ignites a three-way battle involving McGarrett and the Hawaiian and west coast syndicates.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Power Failure
Season 3, episode 9 W: Tony Sheehan, Danny Arnold D: Noam Pitlik With Arny Freeman (Mr. Rosten), Paul Lichtman (Beckman), Stefan Gierasch (Charles Foster Keller), Susan Brown (Dr. Fitzgerald). Barney has problems when the lights go out in the 12th precinct and a female psychologist turns on to him. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/9/1976)
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| [NBC 9:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: The Last Six Hours
Season 4, episode 1 W: Steve Greenberg, Aubrey Solomon D: Corey Allen With Sharon Acker (Barbara), John Anderson (Justin DeWilde), Scott Marlowe (DiCenzio), Steve Franken (Dr. Kitei), Paul Carr (Dr. Weiss), Mary Carver (Mrs. Purdy), Len Lesser (DeGroot), Karen Philipp (Secretary), Evelyn Guerrero (Lab Assistant). Season premiere. Quincy races against time to isolate the mysterious poison that has already proven fatal to an auto accident victim and the investigating officer. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/21/1978)
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| [ABC 9:30] Almost Heaven [special]
W: Dale McRaven D: Bill Persky With Robert Hays, Eva Gabor, Larry Gelman, Jay Leno, Anne Schedeen, Ellen Regan, Laurie Heineman, Richard Roat. After dying in an auto accident, a man is assigned to Heaven's Crisis and Conscience Center to prove himself fit to enter Paradise.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Academy Of Evil
Season 7, episode 12 W: Margaret Armen, Alf Harris D: Ray Austin With Terri Nunn (Olivia Hamilton), Marla Adams (Eleanor Raymond), Patricia Smith (Grace Nesbitt), Jean Rasey (Donna Austin), Jill Martin (Sue Ann Moore), Cindy Henderson (Liz Baxter), Richard Lockmiller (George), Laura Lacey (Meg Campbell), William Joyce (Robert Hamilton). Betty poses as a physical education teacher at a private school to investigate a serious of mysterious accidents.
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| [ABC 10:00] Family [Reg]: A Friend Of The Family
Season 3, episode 20 W: Emily Shoemaker, Gregory Dinallo, John Hess D: Kim Friedman With Joseph Bottoms (Seth Oliver), Alice Ghostley (Mrs. Hanley). An acquaintance of Willie "crashes" at the Lawrence home, wins the heart of Buddy, then proceeds to steal money from Kate and Doug. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/28/1978)
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| [NBC 10:00] David Cassidy - Man Undercover [Reg]: Firestorm
Season 1, episode 7 W: Mark Rodgers D: Edward M. Abroms With Frank Campanella (Detective Norlund), Livia Ginise (Lidia Dantone), Jerome Guardino (Dantone), Don Reid (Jack Lansing), Renata Vanni (Mrs. Dantone), Carla Borelli (Joy Clayton), Royce D. Applegate (Joel Hill), Jacques Aubuchon (Garibaldi). Dan Shay poses as a truck driver to catch an arsonist hired by the mob to torch overinsured buildings.
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