Election Night 1978 TV Schedule Highlights
TV listings show coverage of the 1978 elections across CBS NBC and ABC with Cronkite Reasoner Mudd and Rather leading CBS, Chancellor Brinkley Brokaw Savitch guiding NBC, and ABC’s team reporting results from gubernatorial and Senate races. The night also features films, comedies, and daytime programming including MARY TYLER MOORE and THE JOKER'S WILD, plus news updates and late night airings.
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MacNeil Lehrer
CBS News
Walter Cronkite
New York
Harry Reasoner
Roger Mudd
Dan Rather Adam
NBC News
John Chancellor
David Brinkley
Tom Brokaw
Jessica Savitch
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Brinkley
ABC News
Senate
House of Representative
Afternoon lineup and soap opera schedule summary
A compact TV guide list shows daytime soaps like All My Children and General Hospital, with a mix of game shows and cartoons such as Price Is Right and Bugs Bunny. Notable titles include Viva Max and City Beneath The Sea, with 3 00 to 5 30 pm blocks across networks NBC ABC CBS and PBS.
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Lilias
Yoga
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Merv Griffin Krofft
Devon Shepherd
Tricia Pursley Hawkins
Abc-Tv
Planning for 1978 79 tax returns amid tax reform act
Tax adviser urges early planning for the 1978 and 1980 reforms. By timing major purchases and charitable or medical expenses you may boost itemized deductions above the standard. Married couples filing jointly see the zero bracket rise to 3400 in 1980, single filers to 2300.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Diff'rent Strokes debuts to mixed reception in NBC slot
NBC launches a new comedy featuring Gary Cole man and Todd Bridges as two Harlem orphans fostered by a white millionaire. The show opens in a New York living room with a rags to riches premise while exploring generational and racial themes.
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Arnold Jackson
Los Angeles
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Todd Bridges
Universal
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Harlem
Tykes
Coleman
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Bain
Dana Plato
Election turnout unlikely to shift Congress controls
A final day in the 1978 campaign shows low voter interest likely to leave Democratic control of Congress and most state governments intact. Forecasts predict Republicans may gain some seats but not end Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. The piece notes GOP gains hinge on pocketbook issues and warns turnout could dip below 40 percent.
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