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Show (jeunday)) 00 O SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE 7:00 0 HERALD OF TRUTH O H R. PUFN8TUF O 700 CLUB 7 30 tj SACRED HEART O BULL WINKLE 7:46 0 FROM THE CATHEDRAL 8:00 3 JERRY FALWELL O ANIMALS. ANIMALS, ANIMALS; SCHOOL. ROCK 0 CHRISTMAS AT THE UN. 6:30 O J ABBE RJ AW; SCHOOL. ROCK 1:00 0 REX HUMBARD O 3 RAPE APE 0 DAY OF DISCOVERY 9.X O ORAL ROBERTS 0 TABERNACLE CHOIR 0:00 O MEET THE PRESS O SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SERVICE A special Christmas Eve Candlelight service, with music and dance, that was held last night at the First United Methodist Church In Illinois. Il-linois. (60 min.) 0 FACE THE NATION 10:30 0 CONVERSATION WITH... Q NBA BASKETBALL Buffalo Braves vs Cleveland Cavaliers 11:00 Q Cl-iRISTMAS AT THE WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL Live coverage of the Christmas Day services from the Washington Cathedral In Washington, D C. (60 mln.) O LET'S FACE IT AFTERNOON 12:00 0 I DREAM OF JEANNIE 0 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW OLD? 12:30 0 KIPUNQER'S CHANGING CHANG-ING TIMES O OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN 12:48 0 LET'S TRAVEL 1:00 0 LIONS ARE FREE Q BILLY GRAHAM CHRISTMAS 8PECIAL 0 NCAA FOOTBALL CBS Sports will provide live coverage of the Fiesta Bowl featuring Penn- CD FRENCH CHEF "Spaghetti Dinner Flamoe" 7:00 0 THE BEAR WHO SLEPT THROUGH CHRISTMAS Ted E. Bear Is determined to be different from other bears who hibernate in the winter he wants to stay awake and search for Christmas. (R) O THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN Stev Austin, who thought th. giant Bigfoot had gone back into space with the aliens who created him, catches up with him in the wilderness and is amazed when his old friend goes on a rampage. (60 mm.) 0 RHOOA Unable to relate to people at parties, Brenda turns to a "shyness clinic" for professional help. (D FORSYTE SAGA The Challenge" (60 mm.) 7:30 0 NOAH'S ANIMALS A unique Interpretation of the attitudes and adventures adven-tures of the animals aboard Noah's- Ark during the biblical flood. (R) 0 ON OUR OWN Julia and Maria learn never to trust an auditioning actor, when they attempt to cast their first tMtain commercial. w fctt 0 SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE "Against A Crooked Sky-Stars: Sky-Stars: Richard Boone, Stewart Peterson. When a young boy's unintentional distraction results In Indians In-dians capturing his teenage sister, he sets out with the help of an old trapper trap-per to find her. (R; 2 hrs.) O ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE "Funny Girt" Stars: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif. The story follows Fanny Brice, who overcame over-came a series of heartbreaks heart-breaks in her life while becoming one of America' s most beloved stars, from her beginnings on the Lower East Side of New York through her triumphs with the "Ziegfeld Follies." 0 hrs.) 0 ALL IN THE FAMILY Edith questions her deepest beliefs when tragedy strikes the Bunker household. (Concluding episode) ID INSIGHT "Where Were you During the Battle of The Bulge. Kid?" 8:30 0 ALICE Victor Jory guest stars as an old Indian who takes up an entire booth at Mel's, and announces that it sets on a sacred Indian burial ground. CD HUMAN DIMENSION "Art And The Bible" 8:00 0 CAROL BURNETT O MASTERPIECE THEATRE "I, Claudius" Episode Eight. "Reign Of Terror" Tiberius' palace guard has the emperor totally cut off from the outside out-side world at Sejanus' order. Antonia finds it difficult dif-ficult to warn Tiberius that his throne is In danger. (60 min.) CD A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES Actors from the National Theatre of the Deaf mime a series of nostalgic. yet comic vignettes in their classic dramatization of Dylan Thomas' poem describing his boyhood In Wales in the 1920' s. Narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave and signed visually. (60 min.) 10:00 0 0 NEWS O VISIONS "Liza's Pioneer Diary" Set in 1846. the first feature-length dramatic film by Neil Cox deals with a wagon train traveling to the Oregon Territory and how a young Kentucky bride grows in maturity and self-reliance. (90 min.) (D DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW "Mafia Informers" (2 hrs.) 10:30 0 TAKE TWO 10:30 0 CBS NEWS 10:90 0 BYU COACHES SHOW 11:00 0 MOVIE "Glgl" 1958 Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevafier. Musical tale, set in turn-of-the-century Paris, of a French girl who becomes a lady. (2 hrs.) ONEWS 11:06 0 IRONSIDE 11:30 O REDD FOXX Guests: Jim Nabors, Rip Taylor, Tim Thomerson. (60 min.) 12:05 0 NEWS 12:30 Q LUCY SHOW 1:00 O 1B77 USGA HIGHLIGHTS 1:30 O ABC NEWS 0 THE TONY RANDALL SHOW Beverly Garland guest stars as an aggressive ag-gressive realtor who whirls into Walter's life like a hurricane hur-ricane and demands that he sell his house. O ONCE UPON A CLASSIC The Legend Of Robin Hood" Episode Twelve. King Richard secretly returns to England and attacks his enemies. Robin exposes the impostor im-postor who killed the Bishop. Sir Guy's sister fulfills an old phophecy. Final Episode. EVENING 6:00 0 WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY "From All of Us to All of You" Jimlny Cricket emcees a magical musical Christmas program pro-gram featuring holiday greetings from a host of Disney animated characters, Including Mickey Mouse. Donald Duck. Pinocchio. (60 min.) O HARDY BOYS-NANCY DREW MYSTERIES At an African game preserve. Frank and Joe investigate a huga poaching operation in wnich a great white nuntef appears to be the prime suspect. (60 min.) 0 tO MINUTES O PARENT EFFECTIVENESS EFFEC-TIVENESS "For Life Goes Not Backward" In this final episode, the pitfalls of praise and children who "hire" parents as consultants con-sultants In the field of values are discussed. CD CROCKETT'S VICTORY GARDEN "House Plants" Jim Crockett shows how to care for some seasonal house plants, including Kalanchoe. Poinsettia, Gloxinia, Chrysanthemum and Cyclamen. 6:30 O EVENING AT SYMPHONY SYM-PHONY A full-length performance per-formance of Handel's "Messiah" Includes the Boston Symphony Orchestra Or-chestra under the direction of guest conductor Colin Davis and the Tangle wood Festival Chorus conducted by John Oliver. (2 hrs., 30 min.) Sylvania State University vs Arizona State University. 2:00 If) BK3 RED RODEO O LONE RANGER 0 JUNIOR DAVIS CUP FINALS The top International Interna-tional male junior players from 32 countries compete under Davis Cup tennis rules in the finals held In Miami Beach on December 19 (2 hrs., 30 mm.) 3:00 0 WILD KINGDOM The World Of The Pinnipeds' CD PAINT ALONG WITH NANCY KOMINSKY "White Daisies" 3:30 0 TIMEOUT O MOVIE The Flame Barrier" Bar-rier" 1958 Arthur Franz. Kathleen Crowley. Story about a group of people who go on a search for a missing scientist in Central Cen-tral America (90 min.) (D HERE'S LIFE 4:00 0 STAR TREK "A Piece Of The Actlon"(60min.) 0 JOY OF CHRISTMAS CD THIS IS THE UFE 4:30 0 CBS NEWS O A NEW MASS IN NEW ENGLAND The South Congregational Con-gregational Church in Pitt-sfield, Pitt-sfield, Mass., is the setting tor a new Mass composed . by Leonard Kastle. William F. Buckley, Jr. Introduces the program. CD THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs. per-forms. 5:00 0 CORAL JUNGLE "Coral Labyrinth" (60 min.) O GONG SHOW 0 THE JEFFERSONS When Louise discovers that George has been sen ding presents and money lo a mysterious address, she follows him to find out why and is shocked by what she sees. O TO BE ANNOUNCED CD FIRING LINE Host: William F. Buckley, Jr. "What Have We Learned From The Failure Of British Socialism?" Guests: Margaret Thatcher, head of the Conservative Party. (60 min.) 5:30 O CARTER COUNTRY Mayor Teddy Burnside, Chief Roy and Deputy Curtis Cur-tis spend Christmas Eve together In jail after a dispute over a holiday loan gets out of hand. they are on their way home from school. (R; 60 mln.) O LUCAN Lucan Is confronted con-fronted by hostile sheriff and ranchers when he returns to the mountalns-where mountalns-where he spent his formative for-mative years living In the wild In search of his identity. iden-tity. (60 min.) 0 LOGAN'S RUN Rem almost shows human emotions emo-tions when he reacts with electromagnetic sparks to Ariana, a female android who Is running a dream-analysis dream-analysis station. (60 min.) O OVER EASY Guest: Patti Page, singer. (D STUDIO SEE 7:30 O MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT CD ONCE UPON A CLASSIC The Legend Of Robin Hood" Episode Twelve. King Richard secretly returns to England and attacks his enemies. Robin exposes the im poster who killed the Bishop. Sir Guy's sister fulfills an old phophecy. Final Episode. 8:00 0 NBC MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE "Christmas Miiacle In Caulfield U.S.A." Stars: Mitchell Ryan. Kurt Russell. The buildup of dangerous gasses causes an underground explosion in an unsafe mine that traps some of the miners and sets off a frantic race to save their lives. (2 hrs.) O THE MACAHANS James Arness stars as a O MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT CD LDS CONFERENCE REPORT Guest: Elder Ezra Taft Bensor.. 8:00 O THREE'S COMPANY Jack. Janet and Chrissy think a burglar has stolen their rent money and frantically fran-tically try to avoid the landlord until they can replace it. (R) 0 M.A.S.H. Major Winchester, Win-chester, conveying the dreariness of his new situation at the 4077th hospital in a tape recording to his parents, also offers his candid assessment of some of its principal personalities. per-sonalities. (R) O PICCADILLY CIRCUS "Ballet Shoes" Part One. Noel Streatfield's children' s classic tells the story of three orphan girls who live in genteel poverty in a boarding house peopled by a varied group of characters who influence their lives and contribute to their dreams of fame and fortune. (90 mm.) CD AN EVENING OF CHAMPIONSHIP SKATING 1977 Ice stars from Italy. Hungary, Canada. England and the U.S. perform at Harvard University's Watson Wat-son Rmk in a program sanctioned by the U.S. Figure Skating Association Associa-tion (60 mm.) (Wednesday)) EVENING 6:00 0 O 0 CD NEWS 0 ZOOM 6:30 0 EXTRA O CROSS WITS 0 CONCENTRATION O TARGET "Higher Education In Utah-CD Utah-CD MACNEIL LEHRER 7:00 0 UFE AND TIMES OF GRIZZLY ADAMS A woman posing as a wildlife writer stalks a black bear that she believes to be responsible for the tragic death of her lather (60 mm.) O EIGHT IS ENOUGH When David's roommate begins dating both Joannie and Susan, he learns the true meaning of "hell hath no fury like a woman and her sister when they compare com-pare notes." (R; 60 mln.) 0 GOOD TIMES In rebellion against J.J 's take over as leader of the Evans family, Thelma moves into her own off-campus off-campus apartment. (R) O OVER EASY Guest: Pat O'Brien, actor. CD WINDOW ON THE WORLD The Saboteurs of Telemark" 7:30 0 SZYSZNYK It looks as though Leonard will be fired from his job at the Community Center unless Nick can pull off a bureaucratic miracle. O MACNEIL LEHRER 0:00 0 THE BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON Pappy and an army major are assigned to lead a mission against the top Japanese commander, but their plans are compromised com-promised by T.J. 's newest heartthrob, who is suspected of being an enemy agent. (60 min.) O CHARLIE'S ANGELS Sabrina, Kelly and Bosley have Just welcomed new angol Kris Munroe to the team when Charlie calls from Hawaii to say that he' has been kidnapped and will be killed unless the angels fly to the islands. (R;2hrs.) 0 CBS WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo" Stars: Claude Akins, Deborah Winters. A horde of deadly tarantulas, unleashed in the crash of a cargo plane, spread terror and death as they move unchecked through a Southwestern town. (2 hrs.) O PICCADILLY CIRCUS "Ballet Shoes" Part Two. Noel Streatfield's children' s classic tells the story of k three orphan girls who live In genteel poverty in a boarding house peopled by a varied group of characters who influence their lives and contribute to their dreams of fame and fortune. (90 min.) CD COUGAR FOOTBALL "The Gif ford-Wilson Report" A backward glance at this year's BYU football season. (60 mln.) 9:00 0 POUCE WOMAN A hot shot police officer, resented by others on the force, is caught in the middle mid-dle when one of his informants in-formants Is found to be ex-. ex-. tortlng money from defendants defen-dants and implicates the officer. (60 mln.) CD WORLD AT WAR Desert" (60 mln.) 9:30 O DANCE IN AMERICA "New Directions In Dance With The Piloboius Dance Theatre" This performing collective of four men and two women uses acrobatics, design. ' sculpture and wit to create its unique dance form. Dancers intertwine and link limbs to produce unique architectural human structures. struc-tures. (60 min.) 10:00 0 O 0 NEWS CD MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 10:30 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Host: Johnny Carson. Guest: Bert Convy. (90 mln.) O STARSKY AND HUTCH-MYSTERY HUTCH-MYSTERY OF THE WEEK Starsky and Hutch-"Death Ride" Driving with the daughter of a crime czar who has agreed to tell all, Starsky and Hutch are pursued pur-sued by killers who will slop at nothing to prevent the girt from surviving the journey. (R) Mystery of the Week-"Mr. and Mrs. and the Magic Studio Murders" (R;2hrs..30min.) 0 LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS CD WCK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Larry Rivers, one of America' s most controversial controver-sial contemporary artists. Part II 10:40 0 GUNSMOKE 11:00 0 DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Walter Kerr, author and drama critic for the New York Times. CD USU SPECIAL OF THE WEEK "4-h Basketball" 11:30 O ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 11:40 0 F.B.I. 12:00 0 TOMORROW Host: Tom Snyder Guest: William Baxley. altorney general of Alabama (60min.) 12:40 0 NEWS (jfoonday)) MORN! NO 10:30 0 NR. TOOAY (PRE-QAME) (PRE-QAME) A program preceding each NFL broadcast with news and features on the NFL and other sports news of the day. 11:00 O NFL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS PLAY-OFFS CBS Sports will televise an NFC divisional play-off oame today. The game will pre-empt normal daytime programming. AFTERNOON 2:00 Q NFL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS PLAY-OFFS CBS S(iorts will televise an NFC divisional play-off game toddy The game will pre-empt normal daytime programming. EVENING :00 OO BCD NEWS O ZOOM 0:30 Q CANDID CAMERA O CROSS WITS Q CONCENTRATION O SEVEN SCENE (D MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 7:00 Q LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE A sudden. bitter snowstorm traps some of Walnut Grove's children including Laura. Mary and Came Ingalls aj (Jtuesdayji) EVENING 6:00 0 O O CD NEWS O OVER EASY Guests: Tony Martin, singer and Cyd Charisse, dancer. 6:30 0 ALL STAR ANYTHING GOES O CROSS WITS 0 CONCENTRATION O CIVIC DIALOGUE CD MACNEIL LEHRER 7:00 0 PINE CANYON IS BURNING BUR-NING Kent McCord plays a widowered fire fighter with two children who runs a fire-rescue station in Southern California. (R; 90 mm.) O HAPPY DAYS The Cunningham Cun-ningham family and Fonzie get together to recall series highlights of past years. (R) 0 CBS REPORTS The Aliens" The plight of the Mexican illegal aliens in California and the dilemma dilem-ma caused to Americans by their immigration-will be examined (60 mm.) CD BYU FORUM Guest: Ben Bloxham. 7:30 O LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY Laverne snares a date for Shirley's New Year's Eve party, but then finds herself stag when his girlfriend shows up at the affair. drawing room comedy stars Eva Marie Saint as an incurable romantic confronted con-fronted with her husband' s infidelity. After the play, Princess Grace of Monaco talks about the playwright, her late uncle. (2 hrs.) CD CROCKETT'S VICTORY GARDEN "House Plants" Jim Crockett shows how to care for some seasonal house plants, including Kalanchoe. Poinsettia, Gloxinia, Chrysanthemum and Cyclamen. 9:30 CD CONSUMER SURVIVAL SUR-VIVAL KIT "Investments: Risky Business" explains some basic terms and concepts con-cepts of the stock market and securities Industry. How to use the market as a vehicle for capital growth and select a broker are reviewed along with mutual funds. 10:00 0 O O NEWS CD MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 10:30 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Guest host: Rich Little. (90 min.) O THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO "Death And The Favored Few" The death of a notorious society socie-ty columnist leads Stone and Keller into high society socie-ty after they learn he made more money for what he withheld from publication rather than for what he printed. (R: 60 min.) CD DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: John Cheever. award-winning American 0 ONE DAY AT A TIME On her 36th birthday, Ann looks in the mirror and for the first time realizes a middle-aged woman is looking back. O SHOWDOWN AT THE HOEDOWN A behind the scenes look at an old-time music festival in Tennessee Ten-nessee examines the genre and the various forms of country music including in-cluding fiddling, dulcimer playing, buck dancing anc square dancing. (60 min.) 10:00 0 O 0 NEWS CD MACNEIL LEHREF 10:30 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Host: Johnny Carson Guests: Helen Reddy. Dr. Lendon Smith. (90 min.) O TUESDAY MOVIE Of THE WEEK The Man Whc Would Not Die" Stars: Dorothy Malone. Keenar Wynn. The skipper of a boat sailing the Caribbean is hunted by police, the FBI. and a crime syndicate after he picks up a mysterious passenger and a vagrant. (R. 2 hrs.) O COUNTRY CORNERS The centuries-old tradition of the colorful Contra Dance, a commonplace community activity in New England since the earlv short story writer and novelist. 10:40 0 GUNSMOKE 11:00 O DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Larry Rivers, one of America's most controversial controver-sial contemporary artists. Part I. CD LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS "Adolf Hitler" Part II. From Czechoslovakia In 1936 through highlights of World War II, newsfllm recalls the events that led to the downfall and suicide of Der Fuehrer, Adolf Hitler. ' 11:30 O TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUN (CAPTIONED) (CAP-TIONED) Fifty-five years ago archaeologists discovered the 3000-year-old tomb of King Tut, filled with valuable objects. This program looks at the present pre-sent exhibit currently touring tour-ing the United States and into the discovery of the tomb and at the life of King Tut himself. 11:40 O MOVIE The Big Game" 1937 Philip Huston, James Gleason. Big time gamblers enter big-time football in an attempt to make easy money. (75 min.) 0 F.B.I. 12:00 0 TOMORROW Host. Tom Snyder. (60 min.) 12:40 0 NEWS settlers brought it to America from the British Isles, is traced as it flourishes today. CD DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Larry Rivers, one of America's most controversial controver-sial contemporary artists. Part I. 10:40 0 GUNSMOKE 11:00 O DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Larry Rivers, one of America's most con trover-Part trover-Part M. I CD PARENT EFFECTIVENESS EFFEC-TIVENESS "For Lile Goes I Not Backward" In this final episode, the pitfalls of i praise and children who "hire" parents as consultants con-sultants in the field of values are discussed. 11:30 O ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 11:40 0 F.B.I. , 12 00 0 TOMORROW Host: Tom l Snyder. Guest: Billy James , Hargis, conservative evangelist. (60 mln.) 12:15 O LUCY SHOW 12:40 0 NEWS I NETWORKS AND STATIONS STA-TIONS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TV COMPULOG SERVICES, SER-VICES, INC. buckskin-clad mountain scout In the saga of a family's move westward in the 1860's and their numerous hardships along the way. (Based on the movie "How The West Was Won 'KR; 2 hrs.) 0 BOB NEWHART SHOW A disgruntled patient buys a contract on Dr. Bob Hartley that makes him the target for a pie-throwing "hit-man." O AN EVENING OF CHAMPIONSHIP SKATING 1077 Ice stars from Italy, Hungary, Canada. England and the U.S. perform at Harvard University's Watson Wat-son Rink in a program sanctioned by the U.S. Figure Skating Association. Associa-tion. (60 min.) CD FAMILY CLASSICS "Ivanhoe" 6:30 0 BETTY WHITE SHOW Fletcher and Marion Huff have moved in with Joyce while their house is being repainted, and having them underfoot for two weeks is driving Joyce up the wall. CD MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD The Mormon Mor-mon Tabernacle Choir Performs. Per-forms. 9:00 0 SWITCH Pete plays goalkeeper and Mac masquerades mas-querades as a trainer after a soccer team's star player is murdered. (60 min.) O HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION TELEVI-SION THEATRE 'The Fatal Weakness" George Kelly's 8:30 0 NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK Terraces" Stars: Lloyd Buchner, Julie Newmar. A film presentation presenta-tion about the human comedies com-edies and dramas affecting some of the residents with adjoining terraces in a high rise apartment building. (2 hrs.) O FAMILY Tension builds in the Lawrence home when Nancy receives gifts from a secret admirer who is obviously observing the pretty divorcee at close range. (R; 60 min.) 0 LOU GRANT After being be-ing fired as a television news director. Grant heads for Los Angeles to take over (he city desk. (R; 60 min.) 9:00 CD GREENPEACE ADVENTURES ADVEN-TURES "Voyages To Save The Whales" The story of the Greenpeace Foundation Founda-tion members who track down whaling fleets at sea and put themselves between bet-ween the whales and har-pooners har-pooners in an effort to focus world attention on the extermination of various species. (60 mm.) 9:30 O SOAP The Tales, and the Campbells are stunned when one of them is arrested ar-rested tor the murder of Peter Campbell. |