Prime-time network TV listings for Monday February 26, 1979:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Billy [Reg]: The Letter
Season 1, episode 1 With Don Adams (Himself), Peggy Lee Brennan (Nanny), Janice Kent (Secretary). Series premiere. A nineteen-year-old with "Walter Mitty" flights of fancy finds himself constantly caught between his fantasies and the hard realities of life.
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| [ABC 8:00] Salvage 1 [Reg]: The Haunting Of Manderly Mansion
Season 1, episode 5 W: Mike Robe D: Ray Austin With Bert Freed (Sam Bishop), Howard Mann (Kramer), Henry Sutton (Burt), Robert F. Hoy (Jim), Keith McConnell (Ed). After Harry purchases a famous haunted mansion, strange things begin to happen at the house.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Enchanted Cottage
Season 5, episode 21 W: Don Balluck D: William F. Claxton With Nathan Adler (Dr. Fromm), Vince Tortell (Thomas), Ruth Foster (Woman). Mary's husband Adam falls into a deep depression when he learns there is a possibility of Mary regaining her sight.
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| [CBS 8:30] Flatbush [Reg]: Kar Kannibals
Season 1, episode 1 W: Dennis Palumbo With James Cromwell (Sonny), Antony Ponzini (Esposito), Jack Murdock (Detective Bosko). Series debut. Five young Brooklynites known as "The Fungos" concoct a mad scheme to recover their cherished auto, The Fungomobile, from a gang of car thieves.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: A Night At Rosie's
Season 7, episode 23 W: Ken Levine, David Isaacs D: Burt Metcalfe With Richard Lee-Sung (Ham Kim), Eileen Saki (Rosie), Jim Burk (M.P.), Keye Luke (Cho Kim), Joshua Bryant (Sgt. Scully), Joe Di Reda (Maj. Dorsett). A typical day in the life of Rosie's bar, complete with AWOL problem drinkers, a bound and gagged Winchester, and a gambling scheme.
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| [ABC 9:00] How The West Was Won [Reg]: Hillary
Season 3, episode 5 W: Earl W. Wallace D: Irving J. Moore With Luke Askew (Wesley Bowdin), Anthony Battaglia (Billy Joe Jethro), Wilford Brimley (Sheriff Daniels), George Caldwell (Andy Hooper), Woodrow Chambliss (Mr. Greevy), Booth Colman (Art Kingsley), Sarah Cunningham (Miss Corwin), Ken Curtis (Sheriff Gant), Ben Davidson (Herman), Sarah Handy (Mrs. Atwoood), Ted Jordan (Willie), Richard Kelton (Clay Hollingsworth), John Quade (Waddie Travers), Sean Roche (Chris Bodine/Jennings), Fran Ryan (Mrs. Holmes), Marty Smith (Alfy). Luke, with a price on his head, sets out to find the gunslinger who can clear him of murder charges.
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| [NBC 9:00] Mrs. Columbo [Reg]: Word Games
Season 1, episode 1 W: Richard Alan Simmons D: Boris Sagal With Robert Culp (Charles Huston), Ben Gerard (Party Host), Barney Martin (Dr. Prinz), Frederic Forrest (Martin), Edie Adams (Joanne Huston), Rene Auberjonois (Monsieur Gerard), Bob Dishy (Sgt. Norris), Priscilla Pointer (Mrs. Prior). The wife of legendary detective Columbo stumbles into a crime-fighting career of her own when she overhears an attorney's plot to murder his wife. Stars Kate Mulgrew.
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| [CBS 9:30] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Johnny Comes Back (2)
Season 1, episode 14 W: Blake Hunter D: Asaad Kelada With Jeff Altman (Murray Gressler), Philip Charles MacKenzie (Doug Winner), Sam Anderson (Mason Nobel). Just when Andy has finally found a new disc jockey to replace Dr. Johnny Fever, Johnny shows up in Cincinnati again.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Home
Season 2, episode 19 W: Gary David Goldberg D: Alexander Singer With Jack Gilford (Fred Horton), Ed Grover (John Berrtram), Patricia Smith (Dr. Kalman), Lee Kessler (Leslie), Jessamine Milner (Mrs. Keaton). Billie and Lou become involved in an expose of shoddy nursing home practices.
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