Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday September 5, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Amazing Spiderman [Reg]: The Captive Tower
Season 2, episode 1 W: Gregory S. Dinallo D: Cliff Bole With David Sheiner (Major E.W. Foster), Todd Susman (Farnum), Warren Vanders, Fred Lerner (Duke), William Mims. A modern, computer-controlled skyscraper is infiltrated by a former Army major who is a computer expert, and a small gang during the dedication ceremonies. The building, along with its occupants, is held for $10 million ransom.
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| [ABC 8:00] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Festival (1)
Season 4, episode 1 W: Paula A. Roth, Marc Sotkin D: Alan Myerson With William Sumper (Concessionaire), Ogden Talbot (Cabbie), Penny Santon (Grandma), Betty Lou Robinson (Neighbor), Rick Podell (Gino), John Lansing (Anthony), Bernie Kuby (Judge). Laverne and Shirley and the gang visit New York, where Shirley finds sudden romance and Laverne is tricked into an instant "engagement" with Squiggy.
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| [NBC 8:00] TV Movie: Little Mo (1978)
W: John McGreevey D: Daniel Haller With Glynnis O'Connor, Michael Learned, Anne Baxter, Claude Akins, Anne Francis, Mark Harmon, Martin Milner, Leslie Nielsen. Biography of tennis star Maureen Connolly, the first woman to win all Grand Slam titles in one year.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Happily Ever After (1978)
W: Garry Michael White D: Robert Scheerer With Suzanne Somers, Bruce Boxleitner, Eric Braeden, John Rubinstein, William Lucking, Arch Johnson, William Lanteau, Al Checco. An aspiring singer is torn between her desire for fame and her attraction to a star-struck mountain man.
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| [ABC 9:00] Roots: Part 1 [special]
W: William Blinn, Alex Haley, Ernest Kinoy D: David Greene With LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, O.J. Simpson, Ralph Waite, Cicely Tyson, William Watson, Moses Gunn, Maya Angelou, Hari Rhodes, Thalmus Rasulala, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Ernest Thomas. In 1767, 17-year-old Kunta Kinte is kidnapped in Gambia and shipped to America aboard a slave vessel commanded by a conscience-stricken captain. (Repeat program)
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