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Show ? . f . ORPHAN TRAIN ! -. it A .. ""; ' Jill Eikenberry and Kevin Dob- V son (pictured) star in 'Orphan , " ," r '"" r i Train,' a three-hour dramatic . ' t " speoiil concerning a group of . ; "-,. . i '1 t slum orphans who. in 1854, are t transported from New York City I ' t i to the Midwest, where they are X -a ; t . - V' ' able to find new families and new .4 r ' lives, airing SATURDAY, DEC. 22 ''" v , on CBS-TV. j " z ' '' Emma Symns (Eikenberry), a ,t t ' ' '' ' dedicated yet untested social I ' ' - '' : worker, organizes the train trip ',' , after being shocked into action $ ' '( by the public hanging of a slum v youth. She is aided by photo- i ' - - ' 4 grapher Frank Carlin (Dobson). j- j i - , who helps to secure the first I I I ',(' 'f orphan train. Carlin joins the f . if: J " ; train to photograph the journey, I ' i J , then finds himself increasingly I j ; ' ) involved both with the children . ' I t x- f ' I and their chaperone. w ' v V... . & CHECK USTINGS FOR EXACT TIME TV COMPULOC SERVICES. INC. Dr. Richard H. Rush, Connoisseur, Connois-seur, 'The Wall Street Transcript.' 4:00 (2) WILD KINGDOM 'Woodland Caribou Of New Foundland' (5) ROUNDTABLE (7) WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW 4:30 (2) NBC NEWS (4) TO BE ANNOUNCED (5) CBS NEWS (7) USU AND YOU 5:00 S3 SHIRLEY When the recently widowed Shirley starts dating a fellowteacher, her teenage daughter, Debra, brands her a traitor to her departed husband's memory (60 mins) (4) 20-20 (5) HEE HAW (7J PERCUSSION NOEL Joyous Christmas music is performed by a percussion ensemble. 5:30 it) FEELINGS 'Lying and Cheating' Two youngsters join Dr. Lee Salk in a discussion discus-sion ol honesty. EVENING 6:00 C2) NAME THAT TUNE (4) LAWRENCE WELK SHOW (5) NEWS CD FOOTSTEPS'NewKidOn The Block' This program examines the trauma ol moving mov-ing lor children. Ov ANIMAL WORLD 6:30 C2) JOKERI JOKER! JOKER! (5) DIMENSION FIVE CD FIESTA LATINA (1T) SPORTS UNLIMITED 7:00 C2) THE STINGIEST MAN IN TOWN Based loosely on Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Christ-mas Carol,' the animated special tells the story of Scrooge and the three ghosts who show him the error of his miserly ways. Stars the voices of Walter Matthau and Tom Bosley. (60 mins.) (33 THE ROPERS The Ropers arethunderstruck when a likeable like-able stranger shows up carrying carry-ing his mother's diary and greets Stanley as dad. (Repeat) (D MOVIE -(SUSPENSE) "Count Of Monte Cristo" 1975 Richard Chamberlain, Louis Jourdan. Alter 14years in a dungeon for a crime he did not commit, Edmond Dante escapes and discovers a fortune for-tune in gems (2 hrs ) (7) SOCCER MADE IN GERMANY til) CHRISTMAS SONG Mel Torme and Les Brown and His Band ot Renown host this musical mu-sical celebration of Christmas Christ-mas featuring popular carols and traditional songs. (90 mins.) 7:30 (4) A NEW KIND OF FAMILY While Kit and Jess areprepar-ing areprepar-ing to get rid ol a gun. Kit's youngest child finds the weapon and accidentally tires it during a party. 8:00 (?) BJ AND THE BEAR Vindictive Sheriff Lobo has a plan to lure BJ back to Orly County by kidnapping Bear. (Repeat; 60 mins.) (33 THE LOVE BOAT Three vignettes: 'Lonely AtTheTop' Stars: Dick Sargent. 'Divorce Me Please' Stars: Florence Henderson, Sheckey Greene. 'Silent Night' Stars: Donna Mills, John Gavin. (Repeat; 60 mins.) CD ONCE UPON A CLASSIC 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm' This is the premiere of a lour-part adaptation of Kate Douglas Wiggin's children's classic. The tale follows the exploits of Rebecca, who is sentbyherwidowedmotherto live with two aunts in Riverbor-o Riverbor-o village. 8:30 CD AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS This is Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera about a crippled boy and the Three Wise Men. Filmed in London and Israel, this new production stars Teresa Stra-tas Stra-tas and Giorgio Tozzi. (60 mins.) (11) JOY OF CHRISTMAS 9:00 S) A MAN CALLED SLOANE Sloane must stop a coldblooded cold-blooded KARTEL operative from kidnapping an important Latin American premier and secreny replacing mm wnn a clone (60 mins ) (3) FANTASY ISLAND It's a comedy of errors when a nun wants to win a wine judging contest; and another guest faces extreme dangerwhen he seeks to change places with a gambler who looks like him. Guest stars: Celeste Holm, Ross Martin. (60 mins ) (5 TO BE ANNOUNCED Qfl BYU FORUM 9:30 CD CHRISTMAS SONG Mel Torme and Les Brown and His Band of Renown host this musical mu-sical celebration of Christmas Christ-mas featuring popular carols and traditional songs. (90 minsj 10:00 S333CD NEWS 03) ANOTHER VOICE Host Chuck Stone and guests provide timely analysis of current cur-rent events from the perspective perspec-tive of America's minorities. 10:30 (33 SECOND CITY TELEVISION 03) CHRISTMAS WORLD 10:40 CO ORPHAN TRAIN The story concerns a group of neglected, neglect-ed, abandoned and destitute children who, in 1854, are transported Irom New York City to the Midwest, where they are placed with new families and given a second chance at life. Stars: Kevin Dobson, Jill Eikenberry. (3 hrs.) 11:00 (4) MOVIE -(COMEDY) "Only with Married Men" 1974 David Birney, Michele Lee. A sexy girl who only wants to date married men, meets a sly bachelor who pretends pre-tends to be married, because he doesn't want a long-term 'A Shining Season,' the compelling com-pelling story of a young star athlete who turned the end of his track career into a winning streak, will be seen on CBS-TV WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26. ((sundayj) DEC. 23, 1979 MORNING 6:00 S3 SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE (33 SIGMUND AND THE SEA MONSTER 6:30 (43 H.R. PUFNSTUF 7:00 HERALD OF TRUTH (33 LAND OF THE LOST CD MORNING SHOW 7:30 S3 SACRED HEART CD FAR OUT SPACE NUTS 7:45 CD FROM THE CATHEDRAL 8:00 CD JERRY FALWELL CO KIDS ARE PEOPLE TOO CD SESAME STREET 8:30 CD ROBERT SCHULLER 9:00 S) REXHUMBARD JD DAY OF DISCOVERY CD MISTER ROGERS 9:30 (33 ANIMALS, ANIMALS, animai ; sr.Hnni rock S) TABERNACLE CHOIR CD ELECTRIC COMPANY 10:00 S3 MEET THE PRESS 33 ORAL ROBERTS (33 FACE THE NATION CD STUDIO SEE 10:30 S) TAKE 2 (33 LET S FACE IT (33 NFL TODAY CD ZOOM 11:00 (S3 AFC WILD CARD GAME The exact time of the football game has not been determined deter-mined at presstime, and, therefore, ther-efore, is subject to change. (33 NFC WILD CARD GAME The exact time ol the football game has not been determined deter-mined at presstime, and, therefore, ther-efore, is subject to change. CD FEELINGS 11:30 (33 CROSSFIRE CD FOOTSTEPS AFTERNOON 12:00 (33 WHATDOYOUWANTTO BE WHEN YOU GROW OLD 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 Char-lie be rekindled and her hotel face profound changes as World War I threatens. (60 mins.) 12:30 (33 OTHER SIDE OF THE involvement with anyone. (90 mins.) CD CHRISTMAS HERITAGE This program looks at the varied var-ied customs surrounding Christmas in the United States. (60mins.) 11:30 (33 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Host: Ted Knight. Guests: Desmond Child and Rouge. (90 mins ) C113 CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OF HARPS 12:30 (43 MCHALE'S NAVY i 1:00 C2) GET SMART 1 C43 ABC NEWS 1:40 (3) MOVIE -(DRAMA) '"'i "TheChristmasTree" 1969 ( William Holden, Virna Lisi. ' When the son ol an extremely wealthy businessman con-tractsradiationpoisoningand con-tractsradiationpoisoningand is given only a few months to live, his father devotes his entire en-tire existence to the happiness happi-ness of the boy. (2 hrs.) 3:40 (33 NEWS 1:00 CMIkWIPIOMSVHPS OF THE U.S. GOLF ASSOCIATION C7J WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW 1:30 CAJ LONE RANGER (33 WALL STREET WEEK 'The Connoisseur's Choices' Host: Louis Rukeyser. Guest: Dr. Richard H. Rush, Connoisseur, Connois-seur, 'The Wall Street Transcript.' 2:00 (2J ADAM 12 (4J VIRGINIAN 3J TO BE ANNOUNCED CD JUNIOR DAVIS CUP TENNIS TEN-NIS CHAMPIONSHIPS Representatives from 38 nations na-tions are expected to participate par-ticipate in the finals for 16-18 year olds, to be held at the Miami Beach Flamingo Park. 2:30 Sj JOY OF CHRISTMAS Qii CHRISTMAS AT PENN STATE The Penn State University Glee Club and of Yuletide in Central Pennsylvania. 3:00 S3 CORAL JUNGLE (33 TO BE ANNOUNCED (53) HUMAN DIMENSION 3:30 (33 MOVIE -(COMEDY) "No Sex Please, We're British" Bri-tish" 1973 Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid. Two bank employees em-ployees unexpectedly acquire ac-quire a load of pornographic literature. (90 mins.) (2) THIS IS THE LIFE 4:00 S3 COUNTRY ROADS 33) A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES Actors fromtheNa-tionalTheatreof fromtheNa-tionalTheatreof the deaf, perform per-form a series of nostalgic, yet comic vignettes as a classic dramatization of Dylan Thomas' poem, 'A Child's Christmas In Wales.' 4:30 S3 TIME OUT WITH JERRY PIMM CD CBS NEWS CD CHRISTMAS AT PENN STATE The Penn State University Glee Club and Brass Choralecapturethees-sence Choralecapturethees-sence of Yuletide in Central Pennsylvania. 5:00 CD MUPPET SHOW Guest: Linda Lavin. (33 LUNDSTROMS' CHRISTMAS CD (S) CHRISTMASTIME WITH MISTER ROGERS This family special celebrates the holiday season with music, dance and drama. (60 mins.) 5:30 S3 EXTRA (33 ALL IN THE FAMILY EVENING 6:00 S3 DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD From All Of Us To All Ol You' Jiminy Crickett emcees em-cees a merry musical Christmas Christ-mas special featuring holiday greetings from a host of Disney Dis-ney characters, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Peter Pan and Snow White. (60 mins.) (53 SCOOBY GOES HOLLYWOOD HOLLY-WOOD Scooby decides it's time fo hit the big time and travels to Hollywood to try to convince the television executivesthat he's ready lor primetime. (60 mins.) (33 60 MINUTES CD UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS DOWN-STAIRS 'A Family Gathering' (60 mins.) 03) AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS This is Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera about a crippled boy and the Three Wise Men. Filmed in London and Israel, this new production stars Teresa Stra-tas Stra-tas and Giorgio Tozzi. (60 mins ) 7:00 S3 THE BIG EVENT 'The Man In The Santa Claus Suit' 1979 Stars: Fred Astaire, Gary Burghoff. The mysterious proprietor pro-prietor of a costume shop changes the lives of an aspiring aspir-ing politician, a derelict and a shy teacher, each of whom have cometohimtorent Santa Claus outfits. (2 hrs.) GD MORK AND MINDY Mork is frightened and overwhelmed over-whelmed by the mad rush of his first Christmas until Mindy explains the meaning ol the Earth's observance. (Repeat) (5) ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE Edith wants to get a job. but Archie's first, last and final word to the idea is NO! (Repeat) (13ALLCREATURESGREAT AND SMALL Tristan fails his exam; James discovers a guihy ftecrel: Siegfried embarks em-barks on a phy&ical titneas program. (60 mma ) Ti MASTERPIECE THEATRE Poldark If Elizabeth, unable to tolerate George's jealousy, again threatens to leave. Demel-za Demel-za 's preoccupation wrth Arm-tage Arm-tage continues to nurlure Ross' jealousy. The new Parliamentary Par-liamentary election pits George against Ross. (&0 mins.) 7:30 CL SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE 'Thunderball' 1965 Stars: Sean Connery, Claudme Auger. James Bond 007 must stop the international crime ring SPECTRE that has threatened threa-tened to detonate two stolen atomic bombs somewhere in the West, unless if is paid a ransom of S270 million. (2 hrs., 30 mins.) CL ONE DAY ATATIMEAser- ies of disappointments could end inthe best Christmasever forAnnandthegirls.iftheycan avoid frostbite a nd starvation in their holiday cabin. (Repeat) 8:00 CD TRAPPER JOHN M.D. Gonzo is stuck with an unwanted unwant-ed prospective bride as he and Trapper find themselves enmeshed in cases of child-parent child-parent strife as by-products of surgery. (60 mins.) CD JOY OF BACH This salute to Johann Sebastian Bach traces his life and career and the continued appreciation of his musical genius. The program pro-gram includes dramatic vignettes vig-nettes and performances by Yehudi Menuhin, Virgil Fox and the Berlin Chamber Orchestra. Or-chestra. (60 mins ) QX LORD MOUNTBATTEN: A MAN FOR THE CENTURY Mountbatten becomes viceroy vicer-oy of India. (60 mins ) 9:00 S3 PRIME TIME SUNDAY CD ALICE CD MASTERPIECE THEATRE 'The Duchess of Duke Street II' Louisa discovers dis-covers that the love poems she has been receiving are not the work of an Oxford professor. She also suspects that all is not well with Charlie and his wife (60 mins ) 03) CHRISTMAS HERITAGE This program looks at the varied var-ied customs surrounding Christmas in the United States. (60 mins ) 9:30 CD THE JEFFERSONS George's Christmas is merrier mer-rier after Louise's intervention interven-tion helps rum find a father he never knew. (Repeat) 10:00 S333CD NEWS CD CHRISTMAS LACE Genevieve Bujold narrates the story of a young girl in 1 890's Quebec, who puis out a bowf for a gift for the baby Jesus only to have H stolen by a remorseful thief. (33) INSIGHT 10:30 3) BAXTERS (3) BARNEY MILLER Riots, ransom and ttie pushy rela-tivesof rela-tivesof a kidnapped VIP throw Captain Miller and the men of the 12th precinct into a state of commotion. (Repeat; 60 mins.) CD WORLD John Albok. Merchant Mer-chant Tailor' This is a portrait ot John Albok, a Hungarian immigrant im-migrant who came to the United Unit-ed States in 1921.Today.at 85, Albok reminisces about what life has been like for him in his adopted country. (60 mins.) 03! KUP'SSHOW 10:40 (D CBS NEWS 10:55 CD B.Y.U. COACH'S SHOW 11:00 (JO MOVIE -(DRAMA) S "Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie" 1969 MaggieSmrth, I RobertStephens.Thestoryof an eccentric teacher in an Edinburgh girls' school whose illusions are shattered by a cynical student and a fellow fel-low teacher (2 hrs ) CD TWORONNIES 11:10 CD GUNSMOKE 11:30 (3 PHIL DONAHUE SHOW 031 SNEAK PRE VIEWS Hosts Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert tell what to see and what to avoid at the movies. 12:10 (33 NEWS 12:30 (33 ABC NEWS |