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Show December 22, 1977 Qt. Ifasant (thursdayj) EVENING WALES Actors from the National Theatre of the Deaf mime a senes of nostalgic yet comic vignettes m their classic dramatization of Dylan Thomas poem describing his boyhood in Wales in the 1920 s Narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and signed visually IN 600 OOOQ)NEWS 0ZOOM 6 30 feud O family WITS 00 CROSS O CONCENTRATION UTAH WEEKEND (60 Films MACNEIL CD LEHRER REPORT 700 oMelody' MOVIE Interrupted 1955 Eleanor Parker Glenn Ford Biography of Mar- Lawrence Australian jorie opera star who made a com eback after being crippled by Polio (2 hrs ) WELCOME O Arnold BACK, KOTTER Horshack takes over as the school s radio station programmer much to the dismay of the student he replaced-Fred- dy Washington THE WALTONS For the first time in hts married life hard working John Walton has final ly toiled his way out of debt and he throws a big celebration in honor of the occasion (60 min ) EASY OVER Guest Q Carmen McCrae singer (D MOVIE 'Desert Trail" 1935 John Wayne A star rodeo performer clashes with a friend over a girl and brings holdup bandits to justice (60 mm) 730 The O WHATS HAPPENING'! colthree boys "borrow" atew or TV set from their church to watch a football game at home then panic when they think they ve broken it MACNEIL LEHRER O REPORT 600 gets a Q JAMESandAT 15 James very brief initiadazzling tion into a fantasy world of instant gratification when a rich classmate flies him to California where the dream world is 0 shattered (60 min ) MILLER BARNEY O An outraged citizen creates a disturbance when he learns that his deposit at a specialized medical bank has been accidentally ruined MOVIE 'The Healers" John Forsythe, Pat Harrington Penetrating exploration of the tensions and conflicts in a vital medical research hospital (2 0 hrs ) O Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto and Goofy get their fans with holiday cheer in From All of Us to serenade together IN THE SPIRIT of You on Sunday, Dec. 25 to All NBC-TV- s 'THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY ONCE UPON A CLASSIC The Legend Of Robin Hood" Episode Twelve King Richard secretly returns to England and attacks his enemies Robin exposes the imposter who killed the Bishop Sir Guy fulfills s an old sister phophecy Final Episode (D CHRISTMAS AT POPS Arthur Fiedler, the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Festival Chorus Tanglewood a of program present Christmas music ranging from traditional carols to popular melodies Festivities end up with a smg-alon- g and a surprise visit from a very important guest (60 mm ) 630 O GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD PROGRAM A O TION CHRISTMAS CELEBRAFrom the Cloisters Museum in New York City, actor Richard Kiley hosts a musical look at Christmas The Hofstra University Collegium Museum performs baroque Yuletide favorites as the protraditional traces gram Christmas fables 900 WHAT REALLY HAPPENO ED TO THE CLASS OF 65 Two scheming graduates, intent on making lots of money, are offranchise fered a with all kinds of strings attachfast-foo- d Paul Williams (right) plays a police informant who double-crosse- s an investigator (Michael Burns, left) in the POLICE WOMAN episode Ambition Wednesday, Dec 28 on NBC-TSinger-compos- er ed (60 min ) oCHRISTMAS o 03 ORAL ROBERTS SPECIAL A mm ) 10 Ski CHILDS CHRISTMAS 00 OOQNEws 0 Claudius MASTERPIECE THEATRE Episode Seven 'Queen Of Heaven Tiberius wiles away his reign with treason trials while the real power m the empire passes to the commander of Sejanus Livia reconciles the guard with Claudius and presents him with an odd request (60 mm ) LEHRER MACNEIL (D REPORT 30 TONIGHT 10 O THE SHOW John Davidson Guest host Guests Bernadette Peters John Schuck Kip Addotta (90 mm ) POLICE STOR- YTHURSDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Police A police veteran in the Latent Prints Division is discouraged with his job until some unexpected combat gives him a new outlook (R) Thursday Night Special 'The Lou Rawls Guests Lola Falarta Special' Crystal Gayle Kip Addotta (R, 2 hrs 30 mm ) DICK CAVETT CD SHOW Guest Joseph Papp, theatre producer and founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival 0 10 40 GUNSMOKE 00 CAVETT 11 O DICK SHOW Guest Joseph Papp theatre producer and founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival (D BOOK BEAT 'Song Solomon ' by Toni Morrison 11 Of 30 O ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 40 11 0 F B 12 00 TOMORROW Q Host Tom Snyder Guest David Brenner (60 mm 0 ) 12 40 NEWS o NETWORKS AND STATIONS THE RESERVE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TV COMPULOG SERVICES INC ((friday)) Valerie Harper, Olivia Newton-Joh- n Steve Martin (60 min) WASHINGTON WEEK IN EVENING o REVIEW 600 6000 0 8 30 a NEWS ZOOM 6 30 TRUTH OR Q QUENCES NIGHT THE O CHRISTMAS CONSE- BEFORE WALL STREET WEEK Host Louis Rukeyser "Investing In Fine Art Morton Guest Shulman investor ot art and antiques 900 Q CONCENTRATION USU QUINCY Q was well 03 nography, is found dead in the room of a high-price- d prostitute (R 60 min ) ABC NEWS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL The Eve Of Christmas Eve" ABC News will visit world news capitals for a look at Christmas, 1977, and what are likely to be some ot the major news stories of 1978 O WEEK SPECIAL OF THE I The Best Of MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 700 THE Q BOY An LITTLE DRUMMER animated Christmas orphaned boy who to and arrives Bethlehem goes at the Christ Child s manger with nothing to give except a song Narrator Greer Garson story of an o DONNY AND MARIE Guests The Osmond Family, Mormon Tabernacle Choir (60 min ) 0"TheCBSBible" Stars FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE George C Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O Toole The film epic recounts the initial days of the world, starting with the creation of Adam and Eve and their banishment from the Garden of Eden (3 hrs , 20 min ) O OVER EASY Guest Mort Sahl, comedian (D MOVIE 'The Bells of St Mary s" 1954 Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman A priest and a nun fight to save a Catholic school from destruction by industrialist (2 hrs ) 730 THE FOURTH KING The Q animals of the forest see a wonderful star that leads them to the manger In Bethlehem where discover they something important that was from their lives love missing tor one another MACNEIL LEHRER O REPORT 800 ROCKFORD FILES falls prey to a scientist who puts him through an THE Q Rockford elaborate stress exercise under the guise of ina homicide Guest vestigating star Larry Linvllle (60 min) JOHN O MOUNTAIN special ROCKY CHRISTMAS John Denver Singer-compos- stars DENVER in a musical holiday with his guest stars clergyman, who known for his A crusades against por- o (60 min ) MICROBES oSearch AND MEN The For The Magic Bullet" sucPaul Ehrlich worked cessfully in Germany to find cures for known diseases Through the use of chemistry, he found a cure for syphilis but suffered moral indignation (60 min ) (D MOVIE "Desert Trail" 1935 John Wayne A star rodeo performer clashes with a friend over a girl and brings holdup bandits to iustice (60 mm) 10 00 NEWS Q OSOCCER O MANY MADE MACNEIL (D IN GER- LEHRER REPORT 10 20 QNEWS 10 30 THE TONIGHT SHOW Q Guest host John Davidson Guests Pat Boone, Buono (90 min ) Victor BARE! O No I A This Sister Ain't Cousin Baretta is confronted by an angry ghetto nun when one of her street kids is murdered to keep him from talking to the police (R, 60 min ) SHOW O) DICK CAVETT Guest John Cheever, awardwinning American short story writer and novelist 11 0 GUNSMOKE O DICK 00 CAVETT SHOW Guest John Cheever, awardAmerican short winning story writer and novelist HOW TO ENJOY (D |