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In the Beginning (1978)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Robert Leszczak
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)
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IN THE BEGINNING
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T.A.T. Communications Company (Norman Lear)
for
CBS
Executive Producers: Norman Steinberg & Mort Lachman
Produced by Rita Dillon & Jim Mulligan

US Situation Comedy series 1978   9 episodes x 30 min

Starring:
McLean Stevenson as Father Daniel M. Cleary
Priscilla Lopez as Sister Agnes
Priscilla Morrill as Sister Lillian
Jack Dodson as Monsignor Francis X. Barlow
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Kids who hang out at the mission:
Olivia Barash as Willie
Bobby F. Ellerbee as Jerome Rockefeller
Cosie Costa as Tony
Michael Anthony as Bad Lincoln
Fred Lehne as Frank

Premise:
The clash between Father Dan Cleary, a conservative Priest, and Sister Agnes, a streetwise Nun,
as they join forces but seldom agree on how to run a mission to help the people of their poor community.

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CBS Wednesdays 8:30-9:00pm Eastern (20Sep78-18Oct78)

1.1 [--] In The Beginning: PILOT
20 Sep 1978 CBS Wed

1.2 [--] In The Beginning: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?!
27 Sep 1978 CBS Wed
Guest Cast:
Rick Springfield
Barry Paul Silver ... Big 'B' (recurring)
Sue Ann Gilfillan ... Mrs. Schultz
Will Hunt ... Brown

1.3 [--] In The Beginning: Father CLEARY'S CRISIS
4 Oct 1978 CBS Wed

1.4 [--] In The Beginning: THE GOOD THIEF
11 Oct 1978 CBS Wed
Guest Cast:
Barry Paul Silver ... Big 'B' (recurring)
Michael Anthony ... Bad Lincoln (one of the kids at the mission)
Fredric Lehne ... Frank (one of the kids at the mission)

1.5 [--] In The Beginning: AGGIE'S LOVE STORY
18 Oct 1978 CBS Wed

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1.6 [--] In The Beginning: THE POKER GAME
1978 unaired ?
Guest Cast:
William Pierson ... Harold
Stanley Brock ... Benny
Phil Leeds ... Shark
Greg Lewis ... Diminico

1.7 [--] In The Beginning: THE KOOK
1978 unaired ?
Guest Cast:
Bella Bruck

1.8 [--] In The Beginning: WELL HEALED
1978 unaired ?

1.9 [--] In The Beginning: WEDDING FOR THREE
1978 unaired ?

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