Prime-time network TV listings for Monday January 15, 1979:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Tim Conway Special [special]
With Carol Burnett, Don Knotts, Craig Richard Nelson, The Village People. Conway and his guests present an hour of comedy, music and dance.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Dale McRaven D: Howard Storm With Jeffrey Jacquet (Eugene), Geoffrey Lewis (Deputy Tilwick), Penny Marshall (Laverne DeFazio), Henry Winkler (Fonzie), Dick Yarmy (Dr. Litney), Jeff Harlan (Bill), Michael Prince (Judge). Series premiere. Mork, who has been sent from the planet Ork to investigate Earth, encounters Mindy, a girl who tries to teach him earthly ways. But when a lesson about earthly love is needed, Mork goes back in time to seek advice from the Fonz, an expert in the field, who arranges for his friend Laverne to be Mork's first date. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/14/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Blind Man's Bluff
Season 5, episode 16 W: Arthur Heinemann D: William F. Claxton With Ketty Lester (Hester-Sue), Michelle Downey (Sue), Lisa Scribner (Hannah), Vince Tortell (Thomas), Maureen Lee (Mrs. Herzog), Wesley Grant (Mr. Herzog), Bert Kramer (Timothy), Ronnie Scribner (Jordan), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Belle). Laura learns that a friend is faking blindness to keep his parents from separating.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: The Price
Season 7, episode 17 W: Erik Tarloff D: Charles S. Dubin With Miko Mayama (Sun), Yuki Shimoda (Cho Pak), Ken Mochizuki (Ham), Dennis Sakamoto (R.O.K. Officer), Leich Kim (R.O.K. Soldier), Johnny Haymer (Sgt. Zale). The colonel's mare disappears, and Hawkeye and B.J. harbor a Korean teenager trying to avoid military duty.
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| [ABC 9:00] How The West Was Won [Reg]: The Gunfighter
Season 3, episode 1 W: Ron Bishop, Steve Hayes D: Vincent McEveety With Peter Bourne (Farmer Olaf), Neil Flanagan (Farmer Henry), Burton Gilliam (Cory Nealson), Richard Lockmiller (Beecher), Jared Martin (Frank Grayson), Ed McCready (Charlie), Dan Monahan (Tim Ferguson), Jacqueline Scott (Mrs. Ferguson), Kerry Sherman (Cathy Ferguson), Morgan Woodward (Henry Coe), Richard Wright (Glen Nealson), David S. Cass Sr. (Dave Nichols). A local land baron hires a gunfighter to "persuade" neighboring homesteaders to vacate the valley.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Charleston (1979)
W: Nancy Lynn Schwartz D: Karen Arthur With Delta Burke, Jordan Clarke, Richard Lawson, Lynne Moody, Patricia Pearcy, Martha Scott, Richard Bradford, Dennis Burkley. A strong-willed Southern belle is determined to hold onto her family's mansion following the Civil War.
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| [CBS 9:30] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Mama's Review
Season 1, episode 9 W: Hugh Wilson D: Asaad Kelada With Carol Bruce (Lillian "Mama" Carlson). Mama Carlson roars into the station for a surprise inspection, and Andy and Mr. Carlson review recent changes at WKRP with her.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Vet
Season 2, episode 14 W: Leon Tokatyan D: Alexander Singer With Lionel Smith (Sutton), George Pentecost (Dangler), Charles Robinson (Don), John Wyler (Howard), B.J. Bartlett (Jack). Animal's erratic behavior sets off a Trib inquiry into the plight of the all-but-forgotten Vietnam veteran.
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