Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday March 29, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Chisholms [Reg]: Chapter One
Season 1, episode 1 W: Evan Hunter D: Mel Stuart With Anthony Zerbe (Jimmy Jackson), James D. O'Reilly (Luke Cassidy), Gavin Troster (Brian Cassidy), David Allen (Squire Bailey), Dean Hill (Jeremy Stokes). Series premiere. A Virginia farming family in the 1840s loses their land in a legal dispute and decides to pack and head west for California.
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: To Tell The Truth
Season 1, episode 7 W: April Kelly D: Joel Zwick With Jeffrey Jacquet (Eugene), Logan Ramsey (Arnold Wanker), Jeremy West (Funeral Home Attendant), Stu Silver (Paramedic), Fay DeWitt (Annie Wanker). Mork is so touched by the eulogy for the meanest man in town that he decides to jump-start the man back to life. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/2/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] Harris & Company [Reg]: The Loneliest Night Of The Week
Season 1, episode 3 Mike's family and friends think they're doing him a favor by fixing the widower up with various women.
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| [ABC 8:30] Angie [Reg]: The House Guests
Season 1, episode 7 W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz D: Jeff Chambers With Al Stellone (Workman). Angie's mother and sister are evicted from their apartment and move in with Angie and Brad.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Dog Days
Season 5, episode 3 W: Reinhold Weege D: Noam Pitlik With Rosalind Cash (Carolyn Slade), Joseph V. Perry (Joseph Lasorda), John Lawlor (Dog Catcher). After a painful case of bite and run, Wojo faces the prospect of rabies unless he can overcome his fear of needles. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1978)
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| [NBC 9:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: The Death Challenge
Season 4, episode 2 W: Richard Bluel, Pat Fielder D: Ron Satlof With Don Ameche (Harry Whitehead), Ann Blyth (Velma Whitehead), Ron Masak (Ed Shannon), Martin Kove (Joe Kirby), Jo Ann Pflug (Maggie), Bobbie Jordan (Georgette Saltini), Carl Byrd (Dr. Covington), James A. Watson Jr. (Dep. D.A. Jim Barnes). An aging magician's comeback is marred when his protege dies while attempting the master's water trick illusion.
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| [ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: Happy Anniversary
Season 2, episode 12 W: Bruce Kalish, Philip John Taylor D: Peter Baldwin With Amzie Strickland (Julia Mobey), Jay Gerber (Dr. Short). Chief Roy brings in a psychologist to conduct a group encounter session in an effort to modernize the force.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]
[Episode "Temptation" pre-empted, aired April 19, 1979.]
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| [ABC 10:00] The Killing Ground
Brit Hume and Michael Connor explore the increasing problem of chemical contamination of the land caused by the improper disposal of toxic wastes.
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| [NBC 10:00] Mrs. Columbo [Reg]: A Puzzle For Prophets
Season 1, episode 5 W: Al Reynolds D: Sam Wanamaker With Richard Altman (Medical Examiner), Anne Newman-Mantee (Mrs. Canfield), Alice Frost (Apartment Manager), Francine Tacker (Sister Janice), Lee Wallace (Pediatrician), Michael Durrell, Joseph Ruskin (Sid Russell), Cindy Grover (Eve). After a clairvoyant accurately predicts the death of her business manager, Kate investigates and discovers that the man was scared to death. (Last show of the series.)
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