The Real Ghostbusters: When Halloween Was Forever
ABC premieres the eighth episode of The Real Ghostbusters, an animated series based upon the hit 1984 movie and featuring the voices of Arsenio Hall, Maurice LeMarche, and Lorenzo Music. This episode, timed to coincide with Halloween, is written by J. Michael Straczynski. 
Ewoks: The Season Scepter
ABC premieres the 26th episode of Star Wars: Ewoks, an animated series based upon George Lucas’ furry primitive (and very marketable) characters from the 1983 film Return Of The Jedi.
Starman: Secrets
ABC premieres the sixth episode of Starman, a series based upon and continuing the story of John Carpenter’s 1984 movie of the same name. Robert Hays, C.B. Barnes, and Michael Kavanaugh star.
Automan: Ships In The Night
The fourth episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Automan airs on ABC, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. and Chuck Wagner, taking at least a little bit of inspiration from the 1982 movie Tron. Frank Aletter (It’s About Time) guest stars.
Automan: The Great Pretender
The third episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Automan airs on ABC, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. and Chuck Wagner, taking at least a little bit of inspiration from the 1982 movie Tron. Clu Gulager guest stars.
Automan: Staying Alive While Running A High Flashdance Fever
The second episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Automan airs on ABC, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. and Chuck Wagner, taking at least a little bit of inspiration from the 1982 movie Tron. William Windom guest stars.
Automan: Pilot
The first episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Automan airs on ABC, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. and Chuck Wagner. Inspired by the 1982 movie Tron, Automan involves a hologram of an intelligent computer program who fights crime alongside a nerdy police computer technician. Patrick Macnee (The Avengers, Battlestar Galactica) and Sid Haig (Jason Of Star Command) guest star. The series lasts less than a full season.
Battlestar Galactica: Gun On Ice Planet Zero
The sixth episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. This episode is part one of a two-part story; Roy Thinnes (The Invaders) guest stars.
Future Cop: The Kansas City Kid
ABC airs the sixth episode of Future Cop, starring Ernest Borgnine (McHale’s Navy), Michael J. Shannon, and John Amos (Good Times). Joan Collins (Dynasty) guest stars. The series is cancelled following the broadcast of this episode, but will reappear a year later as a new pilot for NBC.
Future Cop: The Carlisle Girl
ABC airs the fifth episode of Future Cop, starring Ernest Borgnine (McHale’s Navy), Michael J. Shannon, and John Amos (Good Times). Peter Donat (Time Trax) guest stars.
Future Cop: Girl On The Ledge
ABC airs the fourth episode of Future Cop, starring Ernest Borgnine (McHale’s Navy), Michael J. Shannon, and John Amos (Good Times).
Future Cop: The Mad Mad Bomber
ABC airs both parts of a two-part episode of Future Cop as its Friday night movie, starring Ernest Borgnine (McHale’s Navy), Michael J. Shannon, and John Amos (Good Times). Albert Salmi and Gerrit Graham guest star.
Future Cop: Fighting O’Haven
The first weekly episode of Future Cop airs on ABC, starring Ernest Borgnine (McHale’s Navy), Michael J. Shannon, and John Amos (Good Times), based on a successful pilot movie aired in May 1976.
Wonder Woman In Hollywood
The 13th episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. This episode, guest starring Debra Winger, Robert Hays and Barry Van Dyke, closes the first season, and ends the show’s run on ABC. (The series will move to CBS for its second season, as well as reformatting the show into a present day setting, so this is also the end of the show’s World War II setting, which was faithful to the original comics.)
Wonder Woman: The Bushwhackers
The 12th episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Roy Rogers guest stars.
Wonder Woman: Formula 407
The 11th episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Nehemiah Persoff guest stars.
Wonder Woman: Judgment From Outer Space, Part 2
The tenth episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Tim O’Connor (Buck Rogers In The 25th Century) guest stars.
Wonder Woman: Judgment From Outer Space, Part 1
The ninth episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Tim O’Connor (Buck Rogers In The 25th Century) guest stars.
Wonder Woman: Last Of The Two-Dollar Bills
The eighth episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. James Olson guest stars.
Wonder Woman: The Pluto File
The seventh episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Robert Reed (The Brady Bunch) guest stars.
Wonder Woman vs. Gargantua
The fifth episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. John Hillerman (Magnum P.I.) and Mickey Morton (The Star Wars Holiday Special) guest star.
Holmes & Yoyo: The K-9 Caper
ABC airs the seventh episode of the sci-fi police comedy Holmes & Yoyo, starring Richard B. Shull and John Schuck (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Babylon 5). The series centers around an accident-prone police detective who takes on a robotic partner in human guise. John Astin (The Addams Family, Batman) directs.
Wonder Woman: The Feminum Mystique, Part 2
The fifth episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. John Saxon guest stars, and Debra Winger guest stars as Wonder Girl.
Wonder Woman: The Feminum Mystique, Part 1
The fourth episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. John Saxon guest stars, and Debra Winger makes her first TV appearance as Wonder Woman’s younger sister.
Holmes & Yoyo: The Last Phantom
ABC airs the fourth episode of the sci-fi police comedy Holmes & Yoyo, starring Richard B. Shull and John Schuck (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Babylon 5). The series centers around an accident-prone police detective who takes on a robotic partner in human guise. Arnold Soboloff (High Anxiety) guest stars.
Wonder Woman: Beauty On Parade
The third episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Anne Francis, Dick Van Patten and Bobby Van guest star. Following on from the ratings success of the introductory TV movie and two one-off specials before it, this is the beginning of the first season proper.
Holmes & Yoyo: Pilot
ABC premieres the first episode of the sci-fi police comedy Holmes & Yoyo, starring Richard B. Shull and John Schuck (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Babylon 5). The series centers around an accident-prone police detective who takes on a robotic partner in human guise. Larry Hovis (Hogan’s Heroes) guest stars.
Future Cop: Cleaver & Haven
The TV movie-of-the-week Future Cop airs on ABC, starring Ernest Borgnine (McHale’s Navy), Michael J. Shannon, and John Amos (Good Times), involving a veteran LAPD cop who is assigned a rookie trainee who turns out to be an android. The movie achieves a high enough rating to return as a short-lived series in 1977, though the show will also become the subject of a lawsuit over its premise.
Wonder Woman: The Nazi Wonder Woman
The second of two one-hour Wonder Woman specials airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Lynda Day George (Mission: Impossible) guest stars. Weekly hour-long episodes begin later in the year.
Wonder Woman Meets Baroness von Gunther
The first of two one-hour Wonder Woman specials airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Christine Belford guest stars.