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Thursday January 4, 1979
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Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday January 4, 1979:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS The Waltons: The Conscience Hawaii Five-O: Number One With A Bullet (2) Barnaby Jones: The Medium
ABC Mork & Mindy: Mork In Love (R) What's Happening: Shirley's Boyfriend (R) Barney Miller: The Indian Soap: Episode 39 Family: The Friend's Affair
NBC Project UFO: Sighting 4024: The Scoutmaster Incident Quincy, M.E.: A Question Of Death David Cassidy - Man Undercover: Teammates
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[CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Conscience
Season 7, episode 13
W: Michael McGreevey   D: Gwen Arner

With Sean Michael Rice (Bert), Edwin Owens (Drill Sergeant), David Hunt Stafford (Lt. Streeter), Hal Bokar (Sgt. Gates), Wayne Northrop (Jeb).
Jason has second thoughts about joining the military and considers conscientious objector status, much to brother Ben's dismay.

[ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork In Love
Season 1, episode 4
W: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell   D: Harvey Medlinsky

Mork falls passionately in love with a shapely blonde -- a mannequin.

(Repeat program, originally aired 10/5/1978)

[NBC 8:00] Project UFO [Reg]: Sighting 4024: The Scoutmaster Incident
Season 2, episode 10
W: Albert Aley, George F. Slavin   D: Robert M. Leeds

With Russell Wiggins (Andy McMurtry), Jim B. Smith (Chief Morton), Lou Frizzell (Luke Primrose), Joyce Jameson (Ella Primrose), Scott Mulhern (Sgt. Larkin), Kenneth Tigar (Ron Denby), Steve Patrick (Chris Sherwood), Brian Part (Sam Robbins).
A Vietnam veteran, hiding a secret from his past, refuses to reveal information about his UFO sighting.

[ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: Shirley's Boyfriend
Season 3, episode 2
W: Jeremy Stevens, Tom Moore   D: Mark Warren

With Ed Bernard (Ed Roberts).
Raj, Rerun and Dwayne are in a dither about Shirley's romance with a handsome truck driver who, unknown to her, is already married.

(Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1978)

[CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: Number One With A Bullet (2)
Season 11, episode 13
W: Robert Janes   D: Don Weis

With Nehemiah Persoff (Allie Francis), Ross Martin (Tony Alika), George Herman (McClary), Winston Char (Ed), Jimmy Borges (Ron), Bernard Ching (Reed), James Darren (Johnny Munroe), Richard Dimitri (Sonny Kanekoa), Antony Ponzini (Ray Santoro), Yvonne Elliman (Yvonne Kanekoa), Brian Tochi (Joey Lee), Melveen Leed (Sally), Vic Malo (Billy Swan), John Barry (Bernie Adams), Eddie Vierra (Eddie), Brendan Burns (Phil Perry).
Two rival gangs are on the brink of all-out war, and Five-O must struggle to stop them.

[ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: The Indian
Season 5, episode 12
W: Reinhold Weege   D: Noam Pitlik

With Phil Leeds (Horace Chandler), Dino Natali (Officer Zitelli), Charles White Eagle (George Tenfingers), Richard Stahl (Philip Owens), Alix Elias (Maggie DuBois).
Barney and his men clash with an elderly Indian who is determined to make Central Park his burial ground.

[NBC 9:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: A Question Of Death
Season 4, episode 11
W: Aubrey Solomon, Steve Greenberg, Peter J. Thompson, Robert Crais   D: Ray Danton

With Logan Ramsey (Mark Bloch), Judson Pratt (Mr. Murphy), Jeanne Bates (Mrs. Murphy), Nancy Priddy (Joan Corey), Don Keefer (Terence Morgan), Kenneth O'Brien (Andrew Corry), Peter Hobbs (Dr. Peterson), Royal Dano (Dr. Williams), Granville Van Dusen (Raymond Morrison), Ed Grover (Dr. Monroe).
Quincy is accused of murder when he signs a kidney transplant order on an accident victim who allegedly was not dead.

[ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 39
Season 2, episode 14
W: Susan Harris, Stu Silver   D: Jay Sandrich

With John Byner (Detective Donahue), Caroline McWilliams (Sally), Richard Stahl (Officer Hickey), G.W. Bailey (Hobo).
Danny and Burt decide to avenge Elaine's death; Det. Donohue tries to tell Jessica that Chester is dead -- maybe.

[CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: The Medium
Season 7, episode 13
W: Gerald Sanford   D: Dick Lowry

With Sarah Kennedy (Cleo da Vinci), Norman Alden (Norman Finch), Marianne McAndrew (Linda Grayson), Michael Bond (Father Donovan), Gary Giem (Chuck Bowen).
A skeptical J.R. becomes a believer when a psychic uses her clairvoyant powers to trap a psychotic killer.

[ABC 10:00] Family [Reg]: The Friend's Affair
Season 4, episode 9
W: Calvin Clements Jr.   D: Philip Leacock

With Whitney Blake (Eve Carson), Donald Moffat (Gene Carson), Charles Tyner (Mr. Chadway), Lesley Woods (Mrs. Chadway), Shannon Wilcox (Marilyn).
Kate learns that Doug is covering for a married friend who is involved in an illicit affair.

[NBC 10:00] David Cassidy - Man Undercover [Reg]: Teammates
Season 1, episode 8
W: Rick Kelbaugh   D: Alf Kjellin

With James Whitmore Jr. (Spanner), Norman Alden (Golden), Justin Lord (Terry T.), Mark Carlton (Donavan), J. Jay Saunders (Holman), Tom Simcox (Dixon), Jenny O'Hara (Vickie), Richard Fullerton (Fremont).
Shay poses as a weapons buyer to nab a deadly arms dealer.


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