Prime-time network TV listings for Monday March 19, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] You're The Greatest, Charlie Brown [special]
W: Charles M. Schultz D: Phil Roman With Arrin Skelley, Patricia Patts, Casey Carlson, Michelle Muller, Daniel Anderson, Bill Melendez. The "Peanuts" characters become involved in a sports cliff-hanger during their school's Junior Olympics competition.
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| [ABC 8:00] Salvage 1 [Reg]: The Golden Orbit (2)
Season 1, episode 8 W: Robert Swanson D: Ron Satlof With Ellen Bry (Vanessa Ashley), Edward Winter (Buck Fulton), Barry Nelson (Dr. Singleton), Gary Swanson (Jim Webster), Lee de Broux (Hank Beddoes). The Salvage crew encounters a deadly meteor shower while trying to recover a gold-encased satellite.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: The Odyssey
Season 5, episode 24 W: Carole Raschella, Michael Raschella D: Michael Landon With Steve Shaw (Dylan), Melinda Cordell (Gwen), Ken O'Brien (Ferret), J.S. Young (Zac McCabe), Jim Driskill (Snake), Bill Ewing (Hearst), John Steadman (Jasper), Bill Quinn (Conductor), Gavin Mooney (Stationmaster), Maurice Hill (Editor). After helping a dying boy realize a lifelong dream, Charles, Laura and Albert are rewarded by the young William Randolph Hearst.
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| [CBS 8:30] The White Shadow [Reg]: Mainstream
Season 1, episode 13 W: George Geiger D: Victor Lobl With Jason Green (Tom Hendricks), Ketty Lester (Mrs. Hendricks), Barbara Babcock (Mrs. Simpson), Jerry Fogel (Bill Donohue), Robin Pearson Rose (Katie Donohue), James Cromwell (Mr. Hamilton). Coach Reeves is prompted to permit an autistic boy to join the Carver basketball team.
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| [ABC 9:00] How The West Was Won [Reg]: The Forgotten
Season 3, episode 8 W: Ray Goldrup, Earl W. Wallace D: Barry Crane With Parley Baer (Dr. Gunnerson), Steve Brodie (Sgt. Chester Worth), Bradford Dillman (Colonel Craig), Brian Farrell (Private Atwell), Missy Gold (Stacy Willow), Ken Marshall (Private Willow), Laurie Prange (Prudence Willow), Brad Wilkin (Billy Twiggs). The Macahans take in a Confederate veteran who has just come out of the mountains.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Fast Friends (1979)
W: Sandra Harmon D: Steven Hilliard Stern With Carrie Snodgress, Dick Shawn, David Letterman, Mackenzie Phillips, Edie Adams, Michael Parks, Jed Allan, Elayne Heilveil, Tom Hallick, Denise DeBarry. A young divorced woman struggles to raise her young son and to succeed at her new job on the staff of a TV talk show, where she becomes close to the show's head writer.
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| [CBS 9:30] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: I Want To Keep My Baby
Season 1, episode 16 W: Hugh Wilson D: Asaad Kelada With Mary Betten (Lorraine Brown), Michael Flanagan (Chic Hudspeth). Johnny Fever becomes an instant father when a young woman leaves her baby on WKRP's doorstep.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Marathon
Season 2, episode 21 W: Gene Reynolds D: Alexander Singer With Peter Hobbs (George Driscoll), Michael Warren (Andrew Turner), John Petlock (Dreyfus), Emilio Delgado (Rubin Castillo), Rebecca Stanley (Moyers). Lou tries to cope with an unusually busy day and his knowledge that a resentful Donovan has been offered a better job.
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