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1977–78 United States network television schedule |
1978–79 United States network television schedule |
List of American television programs currently in production |
This is a list of American television-related events in 1978.
Date | Event |
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January 15 | Super Bowl XII airs on CBS, the first time the NFL's championship event is played and telecast at night. The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Denver Broncos 27-10. |
January 23 | Roots One Year Later, a special examining the impact and influence of the miniseries, airs on ABC. |
January 28 | The Doobie Brothers make a guest appearance on ABC's What's Happening!! |
February 5 | ABC celebrates its silver anniversary with a retrospective special. |
February 28 | Robin Williams makes his first appearance as Mork from Ork on an episode of Happy Days on ABC. The episode proved to be such a success, that it would soon give way to a spin-off starring Williams entitled Mork & Mindy . |
March 7 | Showtime goes nationwide on the air. |
March 22 | The Beatles spoof The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash airs on NBC. |
March 26 – April 1 | CBS commemorates its golden anniversary in radio and TV broadcasting with CBS: On the Air, a 9½-hour retrospective special airing over 7 nights. |
April 16–19 | Holocaust , starring James Woods and Meryl Streep first airs on NBC. |
April 22 | The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on NBC's Saturday Night Live ; the duo of Jake & Elwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) are introduced in a skit by Paul Shaffer (as Don Kirshner) and performs "Hey Bartender". |
April 26 | Ringo Starr's, Ringo , a musical version of The Prince and the Pauper , airs on NBC, with Starr's fellow former Beatle, George Harrison, providing the narration. |
May 1 | KDOG-TV, Houston's independent station, changes its call sign to KRIV-TV following its purchase by Metromedia. |
June 12 | WHNB-TV, NBC affiliate in New Britain/Hartford/New Haven, Connecticut, changes its name to its current WVIT-TV, shortly after Viacom purchased the station. |
June 26 | WTOP-TV changes its call sign to WDVM-TV. In return the NBC affiliate, WWJ-TV changes its call sign to WDIV-TV. |
July 1 | In Charlotte, North Carolina, NBC affiliate WSOC-TV leaves the network and joins ABC, citing a stronger affiliation (at the time, NBC is in last place among the three major networks, while ABC is in first place). NBC eventually aligns with Ted Turner-owned independent station WRET-TV (now WCNC-TV), tempted by promises Turner made to NBC to make $2.5 million worth of upgrades, including a stronger transmitter and the launch of a news department; former ABC affiliate WCCB becomes an independent station, and eventually a charter affiliate of Fox in 1986. [1] |
July 10 | On ABC, the ABC Evening News get a revamp and become ABC World News Tonight , employing a unique three-anchor setup (Frank Reynolds serving as lead anchor from Washington, Max Robinson presenting national news from Chicago, and Peter Jennings with international news from London). |
August 1 | Taking advantage of an oral escape-clause in his contract with ABC, Harry Reasoner returns to CBS, eventually rejoining 60 Minutes , the program he anchored with Mike Wallace from its 1968 premiere until he joined ABC News in 1970. |
September 17 | The ceremony formalizing the success of the peace talks between Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat—the Camp David accords—is televised live from the White House East Room. |
September 19 | The chairs on which Archie and Edith Bunker sat through 8 seasons of the CBS comedy All in the Family are presented to the Smithsonian Institution. |
September 27 | Replacing Zara Cully and Damon Evans, Jay Hammer joins the cast of the CBS comedy The Jeffersons , for a short period of time. |
October 31 | On NBC, Norma Brown wins $28,800 playing the Money Cards on Card Sharks , the first and only time a contestant has won the maximum amount. |
November 12 | In Fort Smith, Arkansas, KLMN-TV (now Fox affiliate KFTA-TV) signs-on the air and takes CBS programming from KFPW-TV/KTVP. Both KFPW-TV and KTVP subsequently become full-time ABC affiliates, giving Fort Smith in-market affiliates of all three major networks. |
November 17 | The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS. The special gives fans their first glimpse of Boba Fett, a character from the upcoming Star Wars sequel. |
Show | Last aired | Previous network | Retitled as/Same | Returning |
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High Rollers | 1976 | NBC | Same | April 24 |
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! | 1970 | CBS | September 9 | |
Jeopardy! | 1975 | NBC | The All-New Jeopardy! | October 2 |
Date | Show | Debut |
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March 6 | The Six Million Dollar Man | 1973 |
March 29 | The Carol Burnett Show | 1967 |
March 30 | Police Woman | 1974 |
March 31 | Tattletales | |
April 1 | The Bob Newhart Show | 1972 |
April 7 | Quark | 1977 |
April 28 | C.P.O. Sharkey | 1976 |
April 29 | Maude | 1972 |
Another Day | 1978 | |
May 13 | The Ted Knight Show | |
The Bionic Woman | 1976 | |
Columbo | 1971 | |
May 18 | Baretta | 1975 |
July 21 | Chico and the Man | 1974 |
September 1 | Fred Flintstone and Friends | 1977 |
October 28 | Laff-A-Lympics | |
Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics | ||
November 10 | The American Girls | 1978 |
December 2 | Yogi's Space Race | |
December 4 | Lucan | 1977 |
December 9 | Rhoda | 1974 |
December 16 | The New Fantastic Four | 1978 |
December 23 | The Scooby-Doo Show | 1976 |
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! | 1969 |
Title | Network | Date of airing |
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King | NBC | February 12–14 |
Holocaust | April 16–19 | |
Zuma Beach | September 27 | |
Centennial | October 1–February 4 | |
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival | October 24 | |
The Time Machine | November 5 | |
Someone's Watching Me! | November 29 |
Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
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Home Theater Network | Cable television | September 1 | ||
INSP | Cable television | Unknown | ||
WGN-TV | Cable television | November 9 | ||
Operation Prime Time | Cable television | Unknown |
Network | Type | Conversion date | Source | |
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Hughes Television Network | Paramount Television Service | April | ||
Paramount Television Service | Hughes Television Network | Unknown |
There are no closures for Cable and satellite television channels in this year.
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Old affiliation | New affiliation | Notes/Ref. |
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July 1 | Charlotte, North Carolina | WCCB | 18 | ABC | Independent | |
WRET-TV | 36 | Independent | NBC | |||
WSOC-TV | 9 | NBC | ABC |
Date | City of license/Market | Station | Channel | Affiliation | Sign-on date | Notes/Ref. |
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April 9 | Greenfield, Massachusetts | WRLP | 32 | NBC | June 29, 1957 | |
August 15 | Warrensburg/Sedalia, Missouri (Columbia/Jefferson City) | KMOS-TV | 6 | CBS | July 8, 1954 (as an independent station) | Returned to the air December 22, 1979 as a PBS member station |
Date | Name | Age | Notability |
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February 28 | Zara Cully | 86 | Actress (Mother Olivia Jefferson on The Jeffersons ) |
March 18 | Peggy Wood | 86 | Actress ( One Life to Live ) |
April 22 | Will Geer | 76 | Actor (Grandpa Walton on The Waltons ) |
May 21 | Bruce Geller | 47 | Screenwriter, producer ( Mannix ) |
June 29 | Bob Crane | 49 | Actor (Col. Hogan on Hogan's Heroes ) |
July 3 | James Daly | 59 | Actor (Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center ) |
September 7 | Keith Moon | 32 | English drummer (The Who) |
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