Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday February 17, 1979:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	The White Shadow: Spare The Rod		TV Movie: Murder By Natural Causes (1979)
ABC	The Love Boat: A Good And Faithful Servant / Secret Life Of Burl Smith / Tug Of War			Fantasy Island: Pentagram / A Little Ball / Casting Director
NBC	CHiPs: Bio-Rhythms		B.J. & The Bear		The Rockford Files: The Return Of The Black Shadow

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[CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: Spare The Rod
Season 1, episode 11
W: Marc Rubin D: Victor Lobl
With Lisle Wilson (Mr. Finniman), Robert Moloney (Mr. Ellis), Fred Pinkard (Mr. Robinson), Royce Wallace (Mrs. Robinson), Jeff Bannister (Referee), Philip Sterling (Lee Burns), Renny Temple (Mr. Harris), Brian Mitchell (Lucius Robinson). Coach Reeves' personal stand on corporal punishment in the school is unexpectedly put to a test when a belligerent student forces him into a fight.

[ABC 8:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: A Good And Faithful Servant / Secret Life Of Burl Smith / Tug Of War
Season 2, episode 19
W: Bob Fraser, Ben Joelson, Barry E. Blitzer, Bruce Howard, Rob Dames D: Roger Duchowny
With Juliet Mills (Millicent), David Hedison (Sherman), Celeste Holm (Estelle Castlewood), Thelma Hopkins (Cleo), Reggie Jackson (Himself), Hayley Mills (Shirl Tyson), John Mills (Bertram MacDonald), Keith Coogan (Lucas). A chauffeur takes up with his employer; an 8-year-old blames himself when his parents separate; Gopher idolizes a model; Reggie Jackson worries that his fans will recognize him and ruin his vacation, then can't get anyone to believe that he is the famous baseball star.

[NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Bio-Rhythms
Season 2, episode 19
W: James Schmerer D: Don Weis
With Michael Baseleon (Murray Thomas), Georgia Schmidt (Elderly Woman), Jeff Maxwell (Motorist), Bruce Kimball (Rocky), Katherine Cannon (Robbie Davis), Tige Andrews (Charlie Davis), Steve Brodie (Sam), Michael Conrad (Karl Maddox). A trucking company tries to put two independent truckers, who are friends with Ponch and Jon, out of business.

[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Murder By Natural Causes (1979)
W: Richard Levinson, William Link D: Robert Day
With Hal Holbrook, Katharine Ross, Richard Anderson, Barry Bostwick, Phil Leeds, Jeff Donnell, Bill Fiore, Eve McVeagh. An unfaithful wife, together with her lover, tries to kill her husband by scaring him to death.

[NBC 9:00] B.J. & The Bear [Reg] [Episode pre-empted.]

[ABC 9:30] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Pentagram / A Little Ball / Casting Director
Season 2, episode 18
W: Skip Webster, Arthur Rowe D: George McCowan
With Phyllis Davis (Jean Arden), John Saxon (Jim Cowl), Lisa Hartman (Sister Mary Theresa/Mary Hoyt), Don Knotts (Felix Birdsong), Florence Henderson (Jane Garwood), Cesar Romero (Sheikh Habib), Abe Vigoda (Sid Gordon), Edward Grover (Marsh), Ben Davidson (Hammerhead Harris), Francine Gabel (Lisa), Victoria Ann Berry (Barbi Dalton), Linda Kendall (Gigi), Suzanne Copeland (Bobbi Jo), Jim Burk (Paul Kendall). An avid movie fan dreams of becoming a casting director; a famous newspaperwoman wants to be rid of a Satanic curse; a nun is not sure if she wants to take her vows because she may be in love with a man.

[NBC 10:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: The Return Of The Black Shadow
Season 5, episode 17
W: Stephen J. Cannell D: William Wiard
With Bo Hopkins (John Cooper), Paul Koslo (Whispering Willie Green), Dennis Burkley (Animal), Laurie Jefferson (Gail Cooper), Andy Jarrel (Phil Dankus), Jerry Ayres (Robert Greis), Ken A. Anderson (Harry), Noah Keen (Dr. Greenberg), Paul Mace (Festus), Scott Walker (Hilliard), Sandra de Bruin (Nurse), Jack Garner (Gas Station Attendant). A friend of Rockford's infiltrates a motorcycle gang to avenge their attack on his sister and Jim.