''The Roller Girls'' (on-screen title: ''Rollergirls'') is an American

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that aired on

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from April 24, 1978 to May 10, 1978.

Premise

The series features the exploits of a fictional all-female

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team, the Pittsburgh Pitts, owned and managed by Don Mitchell (

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Cast

as Don Mitchell *

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as Mongo Sue Lambert *

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J.B Johnson *

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as Selma 'Books' Cassidy * Marcy Hanson as Honey Bee Novak * Marilyn Tokuda as Shana 'Pipeline' Akira * James Murtaugh as Howie Devine

Episodes

References

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* 1978 American television series debuts 1978 American television series endings 1970s American sitcoms NBC original programming Television shows set in Pittsburgh Roller derby mass media {{US-comedy-tv-prog-stub