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Show Jean died, this program captures cap-tures hiB protound understanding under-standing of human nature. (60 mins.) 11:30 (4J NCAA FOOTBALL (5) 30 MINUTES CZJ NOVA 'Termites And Telescopes' Dr. Philip Morrison Morri-son ol the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides commentary on the nature of civilization in the second annual memorial lecture lec-ture honoring the late Dr. i Jacob Bronowski. (60 mins.) AFTERNOON 12:00 CD COMEBACK 12:30 (5) DIMENSION FIVE CZJ MOVIE -(DRAMA) "All the King's Men" 1949 Broderick Crawford. Mercedes Mer-cedes McCambridge. The story of a Southern governor who inaugurates a wreck-less, wreck-less, corrupt administration destined for failure. (2 hrs.) 1:00 (D FACES 1:30 CD COLLEGE BASKETBALL BASKET-BALL DePaul vs UCLA (D NFL TODAY 2:30 CD MASTERPIECE ; THEATRE 'Love For Lydia' Lydia's recovery is encouraged encour-aged by the attention of Richardson and Blackie. On her first venture outside the sanitarium she reveals a new understanding of her past. (60 mins.) 3:00 CD WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS Coverage of the World Gymnastics Championship Cham-pionship from Ft. Worth, Texas. (90 mins.) CU) FREESTYLE Grease Monkey' In this final episode, Chris tries to overcome her boss' skepticism about her ability to work part-time at a gas station. 3:30 (D COUNTRY ROADS CD WALL $TREET WEEK 'Economic Alternatives' Host: Louis Rukeyser. Guest: Car Alperovitz, co-director co-director of the National Center for Economic Alternatives. 4:00 CD WILD KINGDOM 'World Of The Shark' CD NFL FOOTBALL Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions CD WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW (11) ALL-STAR SOCCER 4:30 CD NBC NEWS Ci) TO BE ANNOUNCED (D USU AND YOU 5:00 CD SHIRLEY When Shirley contacts a doctor before buying life insurance, her children, who already have lost their father, fear they're losing her too. (60 mins ) Ci) 20-20 (D HEE HAW CD FREESTYLE Grease Monkey' In this final episode, Chris tries to overcome her boss' skepticism about her ability to work part-time at a gas station. Qfi FOOTSTEPS 'Tightrope' A conflict in parenting styles arises when one year old April suffers a mild concussion concus-sion in a fall from a merry-go-round. 5:30 CD FEELINGS 'Anger' Three preteens talk about ways in which children can find an acceptable outlet for their anger. (fl) WALL STREET WEEK 'Economic Alternatives' Host: Louis Rukeyser. Guest: Car Alperovitz, co-director co-director of the National Center for Economic Alternatives. EVENING 6:00 CD NAME THAT TUNE CD LAWRENCE WELK SHOW CD NEWS CD FOOTSTEPS 'Tightrope' A conflict in parenting styles arises when one year old April suffers a mild concussion concus-sion in a fall from a merry-go-round. (B) ANIMAL WORLD 6:30 CD JOKERI JOKER! JOKERI CD DIMENSION FIVE CD FIESTA LATINA Cfl) SPORTS UNLIMITED 7:00 CD CHIP Ponch is rt- watch. until he tinda himself involved with a group ot poor children who help tranatorm his holiday into the setting for a modern day miiade. (60 mins.) Ci) THE ROPERS Stanley's job hunting antics ii.'.s an outrageous twist when he discovers that he doesn't want to work for his brother-in-law, Herbert. CD MOVIE -(SUSPENSE) "Count Ot Monte Crlsto" 1975 Richard Chamberlain, Louis Jourdan. After 14 years in a dungeon for a crime he did not commit, Edmond Dante escapes and discovers a fortune in gems. (2 hrs ) ID SOCCER MADE IN GERMANY (ID MARK TWAIN: BENEATH BEN-EATH THE LAUGHTER This dramatic film reveals the cynicism that provoked Twain's humor. Focusing on Twain the night his daughter Jean died, this program captures cap-tures his profound understanding under-standing of human nature. (60 mins ) 7:30 CO A NEW KIND OF FAMILY Kit Flannagan guiltily backs out of a camping trip with her three children in order to spend a romantic weekend alone with her boyfriend. 8:00 CD BJ AND THE BEAR While trying to deliver a load of turkeys to market at Christmas time, BJ risks his life to aid a pregnant woman being pursued by a crooked sheriff. (60 mins.) THE LOVE BOAT Flirtatious Doc panics when his beautiful former wife boards the ship, informing that they're still legally married. mar-ried. Guest stars: Juliet Prowse, Red Buttons. (60 mins.) CD ONCE UPON A CLASSIC 'The Boy With Two Heads' When Chris Page thwarts a burglary in an antique shop, his rewards include a witch doctor's shrunken head and some instruments. The adventure ad-venture begins when the head comes to life. Cl1) SIMPLE GIFTS: SIX EPISODES FOR CHRISTMAS CHRIST-MAS Through animation, this program presents views of the holiday season as perceived per-ceived by famous writers and artists, including Maurice Maur-ice Sendak, Moss Hart and Virginia Woolf. (60 mins.) 9:00 CD A MAN CALLED SLOANE Sloane must recover a mysterious and powerful blue crystal ball before a madman can use it to wreak nuclear calamity and enslave two million people. peo-ple. (60 mins.) FANTASY ISLAND A widow is accompanied by her grandson to the island where she is determined to fulfill her dream of communicating commun-icating with her deceased husband. Guest stars: Jean-nette Jean-nette Nolan, Arte Johnson. (60 mins.) CD TO BE ANNOUNCED CD MOVIE -(MUSICAL) "On the Town" 1949 Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra. Three sailors on leave in New York City find romance. (2 hrs.) 31) BYU DEVOTIONAL 'Elder Hartman Rector, Jr.' (60 minsj 10:00 CD CD NEWS (fl) ANOTHER VOICE Host Chuck Stone and guests provide timely analysis of current events from the perspective per-spective of America's minorities. 10:30 CD EISCHIED Chief Eis-chied Eis-chied directs a commando team of crack detectives in a desperate effort to nab a gang of bank robbers terrorizing terror-izing the city. (60 mins.) EIGHT IS ENOUGH College freshman Elizabeth's search for a boyfriend takes her through a wild fraternity party, and an encounter with an overly intellectual student activist group. (60 mins.) (fl) COUGAR BASKETBALL BYU vs Cougar Classic 1):40 CD THE GIFT A young Brooklyn man in the early 1950's home from the Navy on Christmas leave attempts , ubiii i, ib in love, the poverty ot the environment environ-ment in which he has been raised, and the insensitivity of his lather. Stars: Gtenn Ford. Gary Frank. (2 hrs.) 11:30 C2J SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Host: Martin Sheen. Guest: David Bowie. (90 mins.) Ci) SECOND CITY TELEVISION 12:00 (il MOVIE -(ADVENTURE) "Star Fighters" 1963 Robert Dornan, Richard Jor-dahl. Jor-dahl. The tactical air command com-mand adventures at the edge of space as three new pilots are whipped into combat shape, flying the F-104 star fighters. (90 mins.) 12:40 CU MOVIE -(ROMANCE-COMEDY) "Let's Make Love" 1960 Marilyn Monroe, Yves Mon-tand. Mon-tand. A billionaire to be satirized in an off Broadway musical revue, unrecognized by the producer-director, is hired to impersonate himself. him-self. (2 hrs.) 1:00 (D GET SMART 1:30 (33 ABC NEWS 2:40 CD NEWS ((sundayj) SUNDAY DEC. 16, 1979 MORNING 6:00 CD SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE SIGMUND AND THE SEA MONSTER 6:30 Ci) H.R. PUFNSTUF 7:00 CD BIBLE ANSWERS LAND OF THE LOST CD MORNING SHOW 7:30 CD SACRED HEART FAR OUT SPACE NUTS 7:45 CD FROM THE CATHEDRAL 8:00 CD JERRY FALWELL KIDS ARE PEOPLE TOO CD SESAME STREET 8:30 CD ROBERT SCHULLER 9:00 CD REX HUMBARD LSJ U A T Ul- UIUUVEMT CD MISTER ROGERS 9:30 ANIMALS, ANIMALS, ANIMALS; SCHOOL. ROCK CD TABERNACLE CHOIR CD ELECTRIC COMPANY 10:00 CD MEET THE PRESS ORAL ROBERTS CD FACE THE NATION CD STUDIO SEE 10:30 CD TAKE 2 LET'S FACE IT CD NFL FOOTBALL (D ZOOM 11:00 CD NFL FOOTBALL CD FEELINGS 11:30 CROSSFIRE (D FOOTSTEPS AFTERNOON 12:00 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW OLD CD MASTERPIECE THEATRE 'Love For Lydia' Lydia's recovery is encouraged encour-aged by the attention of Richardson and Blackie. On her first venture outside the sanitarium she reveals a new understanding of her past. (60 mins.) 12:30 EL RANCHO GRANDE 1:00 ISSUES AND ANSWERS CD WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW 1:30 VIRGINIAN CD NFL FOOTBALL CD WALL STREET WEEK 'Economic Alternatives' Host: Louis Rukeyser. Guest: Car Alperovitz, co-director co-director of the National Center for Economic Alternatives. 2:00 CD ADAM 12 CD DIRECTIONS '79: MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS CORPOR-ATIONS Robert MacNeil of the 'MacNeil-Lehrer Report' hosts this discussion on the role of large international corporations in contemporary contempor-ary America. The panel includes: in-cludes: Ralph Nader, consumer con-sumer advocate; Malcolm Forbes, Jr., senior editor of Forbes Magazine; and Raymond Ray-mond Vernon, director of The Harvard Graduate School for Business. (60 mins.) 2:30 CD MOVIE -(MUSICAL) Vt Gardner. Howard Keel. A musical about lite on the Mississippi in 1900. (2 hrs ) 3:00 (J A CHRISTMAS STORY (U LEXO: ALEXANDER TOR ADZE, PIANIST This program features Russian pianist Alexander Toradze performing Stravinsky's 'Three Movements from Petrouchka.' n, HUMAN DIMENSION 3:30 MOVIE -(DRAMA) ""h "Brian's Song" 1971 James Caan, Billy Dee Williams. Wil-liams. The story of the true-life true-life friendship of Gale Sayers. the Chicago Bears backfield star and his friend and teammate, Brian Piccolo, Pic-colo, who died of cancer. (90 mins.) CD EVENING AT SYMPHONY Principal guest conductor Colin Davis leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra Or-chestra in the 'King Lear' Overture by Hector Berlioz, and 'A Child of Our Time', an oratorio by the contemporary contempor-ary British composer Sir Michaei Tippert. (90 mins.) (fl THIS IS THE LIFE 4:00 (fl) LONG SEARCH 'Loose Ends' Host Ronald Eyre takes a personal look at his own beliefs and how 'The Long Search' has affected them. (60 mins.) 4:30 CD TIME OUT WITH JERRY PIMM CD CBS NEWS 5:00 CD MUPPET SHOW Guest: JOHN Denver. DONNY AND MARIE CD 60 MINUTES CD LONG SEARCH 'Loose Ends' Host Ronald Eyre takes a personal look at his own beliefs and how 'The Long Search' has affected them. (60 mins.) (fl) FIRING LINE "The Resolve: Re-solve: The U.S. Should Recognize The P.L.O.' Part II. Pro: Rev. Jesse Jackson. Con: William F. Buckley, Jr. (60 mins ) 5:30 CD EXTRA EVENING 6:00 CD DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD 'Major Effects' Joseph Jo-seph Bottoms takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes tour . of the Disney special effects department. Highlighting the tour is a sneak preview of 'The Black Hole,' a S20 million Disney deep-space adventure. (60 mins.) A PINK CHRISTMAS There seems to be a blue Christmas in store for the Pink Panther, who is alone and cold and hungry on a Central Park bench in New York City of the 1890s. (3D TO BE ANNOUNCED CD UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS DOWN-STAIRS 'The Wages Of Sin' (60 mins.) Cfl) DIRECTIONS '79: MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS CORPOR-ATIONS Robert MacNeil of the 'MacNeil-Lehrer Report' hosts this discussion on the role of large international corporations in contemporary contempor-ary America. The panel includes: in-cludes: Ralph Nader, consumer con-sumer advocate; Malcolm Forbes, Jr., senior editor of Forbes Magazine; and Raymond Ray-mond Vernon, director of The Harvard Graduate School for Business. (60 mins.) 6:30 OUT OF THE BLUE Random's heavenly diplomacy di-plomacy is put to a test when he attempts to show the merits of being twins to Jason and Shane who have become rebellious at being carbon copies of each other. CD NBA BASKETBALL Milwaukee Bucks vs Utah Jazz (2 hrs., 30 mins.) 7:00 CD THE BIG EVENT 'Christmas Lilies Of The Field' 1979 Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Maria Schell. A dramatic sequel to the acclaimed ac-claimed theatrical film about a former soldier who donates his time and energy to help a group of nuns carry on their work with orphans by building build-ing an orphanage and kinder- Sarten. (2 hrs.) D MORK AND MINDY Mork stuns Exidor on his wedding eve by finding his long-lost mother who tries to slot, tHe marriage by chairur.g rtvett in MinOy's living room. rD ALL CREATURES GREAT ANO SMALL Wrven the stock in whi a rr.sr, has sunk all his savings is struck by a deadly disease, wnat can a vet do? H, MASTERPIECE THEATRE 'Polder.. II' D'ae Carne's business is destroyed des-troyed when Wariejgan s men beat tin up. El.za&erh. appalled by her husband's brutality, threatens to leave him. (&0 mms ) 7:30 CL SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE 'An American Christmas Carol' Car-ol' 1979 Stars: Henry Winkler, Dorian Harewood. Set during the Depression, a mean old miser makes the hard times just a little harder on Christmas Eve for a poor, but hardworking farmer. (2 hrs.) 3:00 CD THE NOBEL PRIZE '79 Noted commentator Howard K. Smith hosts this exclusive special on this year's prestigious pres-tigious Nobel Prize ceremony, cer-emony, held in Stockholm, Sweden on December 10. (60 mins.) CD LORD MOUNTBATTEN: A MAN FOR THE CENTURY After the Japanese surrender sur-render in 1945, Mountbatten becomes involved in handling han-dling post-war political and humanitarian concerns, and he assumes responsibility for protecting French interests inter-ests in Indc-China. (60 mins.) 9:00 CD PRIME TIME SUHDAY CD TO BE ANNOUNCED CD MASTERPIECE THEATRE 'The Duchess of Duke Street II' 'The Duchess of Duke Street- returns with a brand new series. We will watch Louisa's love for Charlie be rekindled and her hotel face profound changes as World War I threatens. (60 mins.) Cfl) THE NOBEL PRIZE '79 Noted commentator Howard K. Smith hosts this exclusive special on this year's prestigious pres-tigious Nobel Prize ceremony, cer-emony, held in Stockholm, Sweden on December 10. (60 mins.) 9:30 WHO'S ON CALL? Attractive doctor Liz Spencer is introduced to the hectic life of interns at Manhattan Man-hattan Memorial Hospital. 10:00 CD CD NEWS iD THE 70 S: AN ECONOMIC ECON-OMIC REVIEW This special presents an overview of the major economic problems of . the past decade-inflation, unemployment, energy-and possible trends for the 1980's. (60 mins.) CS INSIGHT 10:30 CD BAXTERS SOAP Jessica catches Chester red-handed in a hotel room with another woman. CS) KUP'S SHOW 10:35 CD CBS NEWS 10:50 CD B.Y.U. COACH'S SHOW 11:00 CD MOVIE -(DRAMA) "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" 1966 Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton. After an evening out, a middle-aged middle-aged history professor and his wife, invite a new young teacher and his wife for a late drinking party which turns into a bitter confrontation. confronta-tion. (2 hrs ) CHARLIE'S ANGELS Bullseye' The Angels enlist in the U.S. Army to uncover a medical fraud and the murder of a WAC recruit. (Repeat) CD TWO RONNIES 11:10 CD GUNSMOKE 11:30 Cfl) SNEAK PREVIEWS Hosts Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert tell what to see and what to avoid at the movies. 12:00 PHIL DONAHUE SHOW 12:10 CD NEWS 1:00 NCAA BOWL PREVIEW 1:30 ABC NEWS |