Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday January 17, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Charlie Company At Home
A look at how the foot soldiers who fought in Vietnam and Cambodia have adjusted to civilian life. Eight Vietnam war veterans of the First Air Cavalry Division are profiled, eight years after their tour of duty. Bruce Morton reports.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Joanie's First Kiss
Season 5, episode 16 W: Barbara Fredrika O'Keefe D: Jerry Paris With Tim Dial (David), Terry Porter (Wendy), Shirley Kirkes (Blossom). Howard is finally persuaded to allow Joanie to go on a date, and it turns into a memorable event when she receives her first kiss.
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: The Other Side Of Hell (1978)
W: Leon Tokatyan, Robert Hamner D: Jan Kadar With Alan Arkin, Roger E. Mosley, Morgan Woodward, Seamon Glass, Al Checco, Leonard Stone. A man desperately tries to win his release from a hospital for the criminally insane after witnessing attacks on patients by guards.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Horse Show
Season 3, episode 14 W: Judy Ervin D: Alan Rafkin With Bob McClurg (Man), Robert Casper (Max Gruber). Shirley rescues a horse from the glue factory by bringing it home to the apartment.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Tea And Empathy
Season 6, episode 17 W: Bill Idelson D: Don Weis With Bernard Fox (Maj. Ross), Neil Thompson (Johnson), Sal Viscuso (Cpl. Bryant), Neil Hunt (Enright), Chris Mulkey (Soldier), Chris Winfield (Whitefield), Jay Pirelli (Michaels). Members of the 4077th wrestle with two major problems, the offbeat customs of Britain's Gloucester Regiment and a sudden shortage of penicillin.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: The Baby Sitters
Season 2, episode 17 W: Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernie West D: Sam Gary With Sheila Rogers (Grandmother), Archie Hahn (Jerry Randall), Lee Bryant (Punkin Randall), Gary Hollis (David), Brian Kend (Jonathan). A tiny tyke terrorizes Jack and Chrissy with the threat of tears after Janet presses them into service as substitute sitters.
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| [CBS 9:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Ann's Secretary
Season 3, episode 15 W: James Burr Johnson, Pat Harrington Jr. D: Herbert Kenwith With Charles Siebert (Jerry Davenport), Ellen Travolta (Mrs. Shaddock), Gloria LeRoy (Hortense Guersey), Lane Binkley (Leslie Cook). Ann's new secretary would rather have everyone believe she's a drug addict than admit the much darker and deeper truth -- she's an epileptic.
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 17
Season 1, episode 17 W: Susan Harris D: Jay Sandrich With Gordon Jump (Chief of Police Tinkler), Inga Swenson (Ingrid Swenson), Edward Winter (Congressman Walter McCallam), Howard Hesseman (Mr. Franklin), Sorrell Booke (Charles Lefkowitz), Susan Harris (Babette), Pierrino Mascarino (Henchman), Lee Weaver (Sergeant). Corinne goes free -- but Jessica is then arrested for the murder of Peter Campbell, and her attorney won't defend her in what he calls an "open-and-shut" case.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Hero
Season 1, episode 16 W: Seth Freeman D: Mel Damski With Marlene Warfield (Joanne Bartlett), Hazel Medina (Janey), Lola Mason (Ellen), Jim McMullan (William Danvers), Kerry Sherman (Barbara). An ex-con who saves a judge's life blames a story about him -- and his past -- for the loss of his business and his fiancee.
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| [ABC 10:00] Family [Reg]: Echoes Of Love
Season 3, episode 14 W: David Jacobs D: James Sheldon With Gretchen Corbett (Ellen Rickover), Louise Foley (Audrey Pfeiffer), Brooke Adams (Lizzie), Terri Nunn (Jessica Millington). As Willie dwells on the memories of his late wife Lizzy, he is drawn to Ellen Rickover, who was Lizzy's best friend.
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