Sweepstakes

Episode 1

Lynn and Grover and Joey

Fri, Jan 26, 1979 60 mins

This week's ticker buyers are a man who just got out of jail and is on probation needs to try and find a legitimate job, a woman who's separated from her husband who has a girlfriend and a dog whose owner's relatives try to get a piece of what he wins.

Episode 2

Dewey and Harold and Sarah and Maggie

Fri, Feb 2, 1979

A blind girl faces expensive eye surgery. Another girl seeks her long lost father. An artist whose paintings are painted on the wall of his own apartment building will be lost if the building is demolished.

Episode 3

Vince, Pete and Patsy, Jessica and Rodney

Fri, Feb 9, 1979

A circus performer, an unhappily married couple plus a pickpocket and his victim all see a winning lottery ticket as a solution to their problems.

Episode 4

Billy, Wally and Ludmilla, and Theodore

Fri, Feb 16, 1979

A wealthy man shuns his overly philanthropic nephew when the latter has given away his money to the poor.

Episode 5

Episode #1.5

Fri, Feb 23, 1979 90 mins

Episode 6

Roscoe, Elizabeth, and the M.C.

Fri, Mar 2, 1979

Sweepstakes Emcee Greg's girlfriend Beverly makes an appearance; Roscoe Fuller, a school-bus driver who wants to go into business for himself, is a finalist; 12-year-old Elizabeth wants to make her parents' dreams come true.

Episode 7

Victor, Billie and Boby, Sometimes

Fri, Mar 9, 1979

Episode 8

Cathy, Bernie and Al, Meg and Don

Fri, Mar 23, 1979

Episode 9

Cowboy, Linda and Angie, Mark

Fri, Mar 30, 1979

A former baseball player, fired for pranks, looks to regain former glory by starting his own team. A parking attendant needs the money to repay a loan used to try to impress a beautiful rich girl. Two girls share a sweepstakes ticket but have a falling out about how to spend the money if they win.