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ABC premieres two major shows on one night
ABC launches its 1977 78 season with Happy Days and Soap on same evening. Soap sparks controversy over its sex oriented content while Happy Days attracts loyal fans. NBC and CBS counter with Pryor show Sex and the Married Woman and boxing Night of the Champions. Soap follows the Tate and Campbell families amid scandal and family intrigue.
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Bob Martin
Radio Bitar
ABC
Channel 7
Three
Family
Laverne and Shirley
NBC
Richard Pryor
Fonz
Laverne
Shirley
Richard
CBS
ABQ
Channel 2
Olympic Auditorium
Los Angeles
Carlos
Palomino
World Boxing Council
Everaldo Costa Azevedo
Danny “Little Red Lopez
Jose Torres
Howard Davis
Arturo Pineda
Michael Spinks
Ray Elson
Norman Lear
Macy Hartman
Mary Hartmaid
Jessica Tate
Katherine Helmond
Mary Campbell
Cathryn Damon
Jessica
Corinne
Diana Canova
Peter
Robert Urich
Chester
Robert Mandan
Billy Emmry Baio
Mary
Burt
Richard Mulligan
Jodie Dallas
Billy Crystal
Danny Dallas
Ted Wass
Cross-Wits
Good News
Joanna Pettet
Barry Newman
star@ Three’s Company
Jack
Crissy
Janet
Merv Griffin
al Jarreau
Dody Goodman
Stan Kann
Orson Bean
David Sah
Wolf Trap
Donizetti
Beverly Sills
Praise the Lord
Masterpiece Theatre
London
Judge Pao Chin Tien
Fishman/ McCormick
Willie
Art J
Bohrmian
Kaestner
Ernest Angley
Gene Scott E. Bien Amada
Liberty
Deiz