Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday October 17, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Paper Chase [Reg]: Nancy
Season 1, episode 6 W: T.S. Cook D: William Hale With Elyssa Davalos (Nancy Burch), Allan Miller (Anthony Burch), Timothy Patrick Murphy (Michael Burch), Earl Boen (Nick Burch). Hart's serious romance with a lovely first-year law student takes a rocky turn when her father's murder reveals that he had been the confidant and legal counsel to a known gangland czar.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Sweet Sixteen
Season 6, episode 7 W: Brian Levant D: Jerry Paris With Dan Spector (Burton Fitch), Ray Underwood (Tip Corrigan). Joanie catches her date for her 16th birthday party running around with another girl.
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| [NBC 8:00] Major League Baseball
World Series, game 6.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Laverne And Shirley Go To Night School
Season 4, episode 6 W: Marc Sotkin D: Lowell Ganz With Hans Conried (Wilner). Shirley wants to become a medical assistant, and convinces a reluctant Laverne to go to night school with her.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
W: Richard Shapiro D: Don Taylor With Lee Marvin, Oliver Reed, Robert Culp, Elizabeth Ashley, Strother Martin, Kay Lenz. A bored soldier of fortune, his Harvard-educated half-Indian compatriot, and a grizzled old cowboy decide to kidnap a group of bordello girls.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: My Sister's Keeper
Season 3, episode 6 W: Franelle Silver, Paul Wayne, George Burditt D: Dave Powers With Devon Ericson (Jenny Wood). Overprotective Janet goes into a rage when she finds Jack in the same bed with her attractive young sister who is visiting.
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| [ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: The Great Line
Season 1, episode 6 W: Earl Pomerantz D: James Burrows With Rusdi Lane (Rudy), Sheila Rogers (Mrs. Carruthers), Dolph Sweet (Mr. Carruthers), Ellen Regan (Suzanne), Bill Foster (Beer Drinking Champion). The cabbies come up with a sure-fire way for John to meet his new heartthrob.
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| [ABC 10:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Moonshine
Season 4, episode 5 W: Fred Freiberger D: Reza Badiyi With Billy Green Bush (Willy Hall), Zachary Lewis (Melvin Hall), Shug Fisher (Sam Ivers), James Noble (Treasury Agent Kendall), Mary Louise Weller (Dolly Ivers), Lee McLaughlin (Earl), Pat Corley (Ben Meadows), Bruce M. Fischer (Rudy), Dennis Fimple (Virgil), Johnnie Collins III (Frank), William Cort (Detective Munson). Starsky and Hutch vie for the affections of a Southern girl, unaware that she and her father are bootleggers.
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