Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday May 8, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Paper Chase [Reg]: The Paper Chase
Season 1, episode 1 W: James Bridges D: Joseph Hardy With Marilu Henner (Waitress), K.C. Ligon (Linda O'Connor), Lewis Charles (Pizza Shop Owner), Betty Harford (Mrs. Wilson). Series preview. A student of a fearsome law professor comes up with an ingenious way to win the teacher's approval. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/9/1978)
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Chachi's Incredo-Wax
Season 6, episode 26 W: David Ketchum, Tony DiMarco D: Jerry Paris With Al Alu (Becket), Diana Markworth (Leilani). A smooth talker who conned Chachi into selling a phony product soon finds himself dealing with Chachi's upset uncle, Fonzie.
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| [NBC 8:00] Greatest Heroes Of The Bible: The Ten Commandments [special]
W: Martin Roth D: Charles Davis With John Marley (Moses), Anson Williams (Nabar), Dan Frazer (Araziah), Richard Mulligan (Aaron), Kristoffer Tabori (Eleazar). Moses struggles to lead his people through the desert and deliver God's law to them.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: There's A Spy In My Beer
Season 4, episode 23 W: Julie Mishkin D: Joel Zwick With Dick Yarmy (Ludwig Stenger), G.W. Bailey. Laverne, convinced there is a spy after a secret Shotz beer formula, convinces Shirley to stake out the vat room one night with her.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Anatomy Of A Seduction (1979)
W: Alison Cross D: Steven Hilliard Stern With Susan Flannery, Jameson Parker, Ed Nelson, Rito Moreno, Roger C. Carmel, Michael LeClair, Allan Miller. The story of a divorced woman who begins an affair with the college-age son of her best friend, and the effects it has on her relationship with her own son, who is not much younger than her lover.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Jack Moves Out
Season 3, episode 21 W: Paul Wayne, George Burditt D: Dave Powers With John Larroquette (Cop), Cynthia Harris (Mrs. Layton), Jordan Charney (Mr. Layton), Janet Wood (Frances), Paul Kent (Alvin Morell). Jack becomes so angry with Janet and Chrissy that he accepts a job as live-in cook for Larry's boss.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Hanging By A Thread (1979), part one
W: Adrian Spies D: Georg Fenady With Donna Mills, Patty Duke, Joyce Bulifant, Bert Convy, Sam Groom, Burr DeBenning, Oliver Clark, Ted Gehring, Lonny Chapman, Roger Perry, Cameron Mitchell, Peter Donat. A festive mountaintop picnic turns into a nightmare for a group of friends left hanging above a gorge in a disabled tram.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Hollywood Calling
Season 1, episode 21 W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: James Burrows With Gary Imhoff (Richard), Christine Dickenson (Lea), Joey Aresco (Michael Patrese), Martin Mull (Roger Chapman), Rik Colitti (Cook). A film company making a movie about taxi drivers turns Louie's garage into a glamorous setting complete with champagne.
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| [ABC 10:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Starsky vs. Hutch
Season 4, episode 21 W: Rick Edelstein D: Peter Levin With Topo Swope (Arlene), Corinne Calvet (Mrs. Marlene Bouvet), Joyce Ingalls (Det. Kira), Richard Lynch (Joey Webster), Duncan Gamble (Officer Hardy), Yvonne Craig (Carol). Starsky and Hutch become so involved in competition for a policewoman's affection that they almost forget about the murderer they were hunting.
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