Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars was the name of a number of U.S. television specials featuring competitions among teams of popular television performers representing the three major broadcast networks at that time: ABC, CBS, and NBC.

November 1979

• Hosts: Howard Cosell and Billy Crystal
• ABC team: Dick Van Patten (captain), Willie Aames, Diana Canova, Joanna Cassidy, Robert Hays, Max Gail, Kristy McNichol, Shelley Smith
• CBS team: Ed Asner (captain), Valerie Bertinelli, Gregory Harrison, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Judy Norton Taylor,James Fallin Jan Smithers, Allen Williams
• NBC team: Robert Conrad (captain), Greg Evigan, Gil Gerard, Melissa Gilbert, Erin Gray, Randi Oakes, Sarah Purcell, Patrick Wayne