Tuesday May 9, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday May 9, 1978:


8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Movie: The Alamo (1960)
ABC Happy Days: Do You Want To Dance? Laverne & Shirley: The Debutante Ball Three's Company: Bird Song Carter Country: Roy's Encounter Family: Sleeping Gypsy
NBC Komedy Tonite Wheels: Part III


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Program details:



[CBS 8:00] Movie: The Alamo (1960)
W: James Edward Grant   D: John Wayne

With John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Linda Cristal, Chill Wills, Joan O'Brien, Patrick Wayne, Ken Curtis, Denver Pyle. In 1836, Gen. Sam Houston gathers a rag-tag force and trains them to battle Mexico's Santa Anna at the site of a crumbling Spanish mission over Texas' independence.

[ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Do You Want To Dance?
Season 5, episode 24
W: Fred Fox Jr.   D: Jerry Paris

With Leslie Brown (Colleen). Fonzie recruits the gang to help out a troubled ballet school run by an attractive young teacher.

[NBC 8:00] Komedy Tonite [special]
With Cleavon Little, Marilyn Coleman, Paula Kelly. A special starring an all-black comedy company and guest Paul Lynde.

[ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: The Debutante Ball
Season 3, episode 21
W: Judy Ervin, Paula Roth   D: Alan Rafkin

With Patricia Stich (Evelyne), Joi Staton (hostess), Kirk Duncan (Duke). Laverne goes to a ball with Lenny -- who has discovered that he is a Count and 89th in line to the Polish throne.

[ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Bird Song
Season 2, episode 24
W: Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernie West   D: Bill Hobin
Jack finds himself in trouble with Stanley when he sits on a box containing Mrs. Roper's anniversary present.

[NBC 9:00] Wheels: Part III [special]
With Rock Hudson, Blair Brown, Howard McGillin. Adam ends his realtionship with Barbara, and Greg volunteers for duty in Vietnam.

[ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: Roy's Encounter
Season 1, episode 21
W: Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz   D: Peter Baldwin

With Byron Morrow (Col. Holloway), Patrick Cronin (Dr. Grant), Steffen Zacharias. After Chief Roy sees what he thinks is a UFO, he convinces Baker to return to the mountain site with him.

[ABC 10:00] Family [Reg]: Sleeping Gypsy
Season 3, episode 22
W: Richard Kramer   D: Stuart Millar

With Dinah Manoff (Mana), Jenny O'Hara (Miss Montebello), Louise Foley (Audrey Pfeiffer), Heather Totten (Pam), Laurie Jefferson (Teacher). Buddy's efforts to help a talented but unpopular classmate fail when the girl insists on doing things her own way.

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