''The American Girls'' is an American

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series that aired on

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on Saturday nights from September 23 to November 11, 1978.

Synopsis

Rebecca Tomkins (Barnes) and Amy Waddell (Clinger) are two young reporters who work for ''The American Report'', a

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similar to ''

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''. Rebecca and Amy travel the country in an equipped van that provides them with a production studio to work on their stories. The show's producer, Francis X. Casey (Spielberg), is busy juggling assignments, often changing the girls' schedules in mid-assignment and sometimes flying out to help them out of a tough situation.

Cast

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as Rebecca Tomkins * Debra Clinger as Amy Waddell *

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as Francis X. Casey * William Prince as Jason Cook

Episodes

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