Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday June 16, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Bad News Bears [Reg]: Fielder's Choice
Season 1, episode 12 W: Jeff Franklin D: William Asher Coach Buttermaker's dream of a championship playoff for the Bears depends on his ability to change Lupus' negative self-image.
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| [ABC 8:00] Battlestar Galactica [Reg]: The Young Lords
Season 1, episode 11 W: Donald P. Bellisario, Frank Lupo, Paul Playton D: Donald P. Bellisario With Charles Bloom (Kyle), Bruce Glover (Megan), Audrey Landers (Miri), Adam Man (Nilz), Brigitte Muller (Ariadne), Jonathan B. Woodward (Robus), Murray Matheson (voice of Spectre). After crash landing on a strange planet, Starbuck is rescued by a band of children who decide to ransom him to the Cylons. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/19/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Mait Team
Season 2, episode 15 W: James Doherty, William D. Gordon, George Zateslo D: John Florea With Scott Mulhern (Doctor), Dan Ferrone (Anderson), Ingrid Wang (Cheng), Wade Wallace (Construction Worker), Lee Terri (Barbara Daniels), Peg Stewart (Mrs. Harris), Wonderful Smith (DMV Supervisor), Michael Christian (Ken Thomas), Eric Braeden (Senator Larwin), Michael Bell (Margolis), Carmen Argenziano (Borlov). Ponch, Jon and Sgt. Getraer are assigned to determine the cause of a multiple-fatality accident in which a CHP unit was involved. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/13/1979)
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| [CBS 8:30] Mowgli's Brothers [special]
W: Chuck Jones D: Chuck Jones, Hal Ambro With Roddy McDowall, June Foray. Animated special about a young African boy who was abandoned in the jungle and rescued by a family of wolves. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Last Of The Good Guys (1978)
W: Theodore J. Flicker, John D. Hess, Clark Howard D: Theodore J. Flicker With Robert Culp, Elta Blake, Jonathan Harris, Marlyn Mason, Roger Bowen, Howard Honig, Merie Earle. Drama revolving around a tough police officer, a veteran of 30 years on the force, who takes pride in his tyranny.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Gopher's Opportunity / Home Sweet Home / The Switch
Season 2, episode 15 W: John Walsh, Lan O'Kun, Sue Masters, Ray Jessel D: Allen Baron, Natalie Schafer, Roger Duchowny With Elaine Joyce (Melody Livingston), Bobby Van (Phill Livingston), Melinda Naud (Maggie Walsh), Nancy Walker (Mrs. Waterhouse), Abe Vigoda (Charles Fletcher), Ron Palillo (Al Bayer), Michael Gregory (Ken). Gopher quits his job to manage a new hotel; a wealthy eccentric widow books a five-year passage and begins meddling in the crew members' lives; a magician tries to avoid his assistant by sending his brother to perform in his place. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/20/1979)
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| [NBC 9:00] B.J. And The Bear [Reg]: The Murphy Contingent
Season 1, episode 7 W: C.R. O'Christopher, Frank Lupo D: Rod Holcomb With Lance LeGault (Murphy), A Martinez (Melendez), Jack Kelly (Nichols), Katherine Cannon (Joanne), Tony King (Jefferson), Susan Woollen (Rita). B.J. learns that a group of his Vietnam buddies are planning to steal a fortune in gold from an underworld czar. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/14/1979)
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| [ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Carnival / The Vaudevillians
Season 2, episode 11 W: Orville H. Hampton, Skip Webster D: Georg Stanford Brown With Carol Lynley (Dorothy Weller), Stuart Whitman (Tom Parnell), Phil Silvers (Charlie Parks), Phil Harris (Will Fields), John Fiedler (Ace Smith), Luke Askew (Sunglasses), Rick Lenz (Adam), Lewis Arquette (Jeff), Ellen Geer (Doris), Paul Cavonis (Priest), Charles Nunez (Pablo), Tony Goodstone (Man). A woman desires to meet again a former love who mysteriously disappeared; an ex-vaudevillian wants to be reunited with his former partner. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/2/1978)
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| [NBC 10:00] Supertrain [Reg]: Hail To The Chief
Season 1, episode 3 W: Robert I. Holt D: Barry Crane With Loretta Swit (Alice Phillips), Scott Brady (Gilbert Forbes), Victor Buono (Misto), Roy Thinnes (J.J. Phillips), Billy Barty, Joe Gieb, Michael Minor, Woody Eney. A presidential candidate traveling on Supertrain is kidnapped and replaced with his con-artist twin brother. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/21/1979)
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