Show monday MONDAY DEC EVENING tm a a D act Cp NEWS a II ZOOM c 30 p O CANDID CAM CAMERA ERA o Q CROSS WITS a Q CONCENTRATION ti O 0 A GIFT TO LAST A short story about an eighty year old If man who relives a very special Christmas In his life from long Ion I ago Stars Melvyn Douglas 51 min N CD m Q MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT O Q LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE Nellie Oleson and Luke Simms meet fall In love and elope and during the frantic frantic frantic fran fran- tic search for the pair the boy boys boy's s t father and spinster Miss Beadle decide to tie the matrimonial knot themselves 60 min O Q ABCS ABC'S MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Baltimore Colts Colts Colts- V vs Miami Dolphins O a CIRCUS aRCUS OF THE STARS Lucille Ball Telly Cindy Cindy Cindy Cin Cin- dy Williams Robert Conrad among many others temporarily ly abandon their acting careers to become daring circus performers performers per per- formers on the flying trapeze the and in cages with wild animals 2 hrs m CD STUDIO SEE 7 30 O p MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT CD m ONCE UPON A CLASSIC M The Legend of Robin Hood if Episode Nine King Richard Is taken laken prisoner by Leopold of p. p Austria and demands a ransom fot tor his release Robin Intercepts Inz intercepts in In- b r. r z a letter from Prince t John to the sheriff andt and t suspects a plot O Q NBC MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE The Storyteller Stars Martin Balsam Patty Duke Astin A prolific scriptwriters scriptwriter's iti television movie Is accused of If triggering a 12 year year old ld viewer to commit arson 2 hrs i Q Ia NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Iii Yukon Passage Four young men retrace the trail of 01 the Klondike seekers gold pitting their courage and endurance against the rugged Alaskan wilderness In a spectacular outdoor adventure 60 min mm CD m FAMILY CLASSICS t I Ivanhoe m CD MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD Ii O Q HOLLYWOOD TELEVISION THEATRE The Last of Mrs W Lincoln This television adaptation adapts adapts- lion tion of James play features Julie Harris in her herr r Tony winning Award role as Mary Todd Lincoln seen in the years following her husbands husband's assassination 2 hrs r CD m CROCKETTS VICTORY f. f GARDEN GARDENHouse House Plants Plants' 9 JO CD m CONSUMER SURVIVAL KIT Wine From rom the Grapevine i a covers imported and domestic wines wine clubs and restaurant wine selection as aswell aswell well as the purchase storage f aging and chilling of wine 1000 O O O NEWS m CD MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT i 10 1030 JO O 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Guest host David Brenner Guests John Suzanne Somers Frankie Valli Helen Gurley Brown 90 min i. i O Q MOVIE The Manipulator 1972 1172 Stephen Boyd Sylva Top television executive executive ex ex- who manipulates his performers his family and all those around him fakes takes a kidnapping kidnapping kid kid- napping to 10 get publicity for his latest discovery but events get out of hand and phony kidnapping kidnapping ing ng turns Into the real thing 90 min mina CD m DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest John Cheever award award- winning American short story storywriter t writer and novelist f. f 1040 O Q I f 1100 1190 O Q DICK CAVETT SHOW It Guests Gwen Verdon and the American Dance Machine Part I. I r CD LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS Mohandas Gandhi Gan Gan- 11 1130 JO Q 0 ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 11 1140 AD 0 FBI i 1 1200 00 CJ Q TOMORROW Host Tom r. r q Snyder Guest Rev Kirby J. J Hensl Hensley 60 mina l Q LUCY SHOW 0 1240 0 NEWS k tuesday TUESDAY DEC EVENING O Q O Q CD NEWS tJ o OVER EASY Guest Robert Young O Q ALL STAR ANYTHING GOES O CROSS WITS O n CONCENTRATION 8 iii CIVIC DIALOGUE News on News News' CD m MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 00 O MAN FROM ATLANTIS An underwater explosion traps Mark Harris In the past where he becomes Involved In the feud between the families of the legendary Romeo and Juliet 60 min O Q HAPPY DAYS In a boxing match arranged by Foozle Fonzie Ralph pride overshadows over- over overshadows overshadows shadows his terror when he gets into the ring with a football bruiser Q o CD m BYU DEVOTIONAL Guest President N. N Eldon Tanner O D LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY Shirley Is taken to the hospital In need of an emergency operation and the medical Tried leaf profession profession pro pro- profession is turned upside down O Q MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT m CD LOS CONFERENCE REPORT Guest Elder Bruce R. R McConkle McConkie O 0 MULLIGAN'S STEW During a family camping trip Jimmy Mulligan and his cousin become lost in the wilderness 60 min O Q THREES THREE'S COMPANY Roper on a rampage for the rent is deceived by Jacks Jack's visiting uncle uncle uncle un un- cle a charming rascal who passes him a bad check O Q MASH Hawkeye and Hot Ups Lips grudging companions on ona ona ona a special mission to another MASH unit experience a wondrous wondrous wondrous won won- drous phenomenon under the stress of enemy artillery fire they discover each other romantically Pt I of a two-part two episode O Q IN PERFORMANCE AT WOLF TRAP Benny Goodman The King of Swing performs with both his sextet and big band Selections Include King Porter Stomp Stomp- Sing Sing Sing and the original Gershwin version of Rhapsody in Blue with conductor Morton Gould and pianist Patricia Prattis- Prattis Jennings 60 min O Q NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Yukon Passage Four young men retrace the trail of the C Klondike seekers gold pitting their courage and endurance against the rugged Alaskan wilderness In a spectacular outdoor adventure 60 min O 0 BARBARA WALTERS Henry Winkler Lucille Ball and her husband Gary Morton and Dolly Doily Parton discuss both their personal and professional lives with Barbara Walters Waiters 60 min O Q LOU GRANT Lou and Charlie face a difficult problem how to tell their publisher that the new man in her life may be bemore bemore bemore more interested in her paper than in romance Q 0 POLICE WOMAN Rich Little guest stars as a well-heeled well but demented businessman who lures young female hitchhikers hitchhikers hit hit- Into his car for their last ride 60 min O Q A PORTRAIT OF JAMIE Artist Jamie Wyeth comes from froma a famous family of American artists artists artists ar ar- but his study profiles his own unique works and lifestyles The painter famed for his portraits of animals and US U.S. Presidents tells the tha stories behind his works m CD SURVIVAL Shelter Building O Q SOAP Peter is in for the surprise surprise sur sur- prise of his life when an unexpected unexpected unexpected visitor calls at his apartment apart apart- ment mentO O Q ONE DAY AT A TIME A con con- fused Barbara is convinced she's responsible for her classmates classmate's overdose of sleeping sleeping sleepIng sleep sleep- ing pills Concluding episode O MARK RUSSELL COMEDY SPECIAL From the campus of the State University of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York at Buffalo humorist Mark Russell spoofs the weeks week's leading political events CD m FRUGAL GOURMET Cooking For Two 1000 GOO NEWS O SH DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE Carnivore The cultural historical and economic facets of meat eating in America are explored in five brief essays 60 min m CD MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 1030 O 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Guest host David Brenner Guests Mac Davis Norm Crosby 90 min wednesday WEDNESDAY DEC 7 1977 EVENING Q o ZOOM Q EXTRA O 0 CROSS WITS CONCENTRATION O Q LEGISLATIVE REPORT I CD m MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT O FLINTSTONE'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL When Santa Claus sprains his ankle while delivering presents to Bedrock he gives Fred a special power which enables him to drive the sleigh and deliver the remaining gifts around the world 60 min O THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Paul Lynde stars In an unusual version of how the poem the Night Before Christmas came to be written Guest stars Anne Meara Mears Foster Brooks George Gobel Anson Williams 60 min 0 Q GOOD TIMES Big brother JJ Is watching when Thelma becomes the romantic target of ofa ofa a handsome stranger with a shady past O Q OVER EASY Guest Barbara Feldon m CD WINDOW ON THE WORLD U Q Reggie Jackson goes to Washington to search for the actual ball hit on his crucial third home run O Ii MACNEIL EIL LEHRER REPORT O Q MAC DAVIS DAVISI BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS Mac Davis will relive relive relive re re- live childhood Christmas memories with guests David Soul Shields and Yarnell Engelbert 60 min O Q CHARLIES CHARLIE'S ANGELS Kidnappers are after Sammy Davis Jr so Sabrina Kelly and Kris are hired to protect him 60 min O Q CBS WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE Uptown Saturday Night Stars Sidney Bill Cosby Steve Jackson who Is holding a lottery ticket and Wardell Warded Franklin O Q TUESDAY MOVIE OF THE WEEK Quitter Price of Violence Stars Michael Jayston R 2 hrs CD m DICK CAVETT SHOW Guests Gwen Verdon and the American Dance Machine Part I. I 1040 O 1100 G Ii DICK CAVETT SHOW Guests Gwen Verdon and the American Dance Machine Part II ll CD m PARENT EFFECTIVENESS Automatic Transmission deals with the permissive parent and more uses for the I Message skill 1130 O Q ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 1140 O Q FBI 1200 O Q TOMORROW Host Tom Snyder 60 min mm o LUCY SHOW 1240 Q 0 NEWS who has been having a lucky streak at craps are held up by bya a gangster 2 hrs O Q NOVA The Race for the Double Helix Author Isaac Asimov narrates the story behind the discovery of the structure of DNA James Watson Watson Watson Wat Wat- son and ex colleague Francis Crick exchange memories of the race for the structure of the gene 60 min mm m CD COUGAR BASKETBALL IN CALL-IN Host JAY talks with BYU Basketball Coach Frank Arnold 60 min mm G Q JACKIE GLEASON CHRISTMAS SHOW o OBURT BURT BACHRACH O Q THEATRE IN AMERICA Abide With Me Cathleen Nesbitt Is featured in Julian Mitchells Mitchell's dramatization of the complex relationship between a strict lonely dowager and the young girl girt hired as her housekeeper Filmed in the original setting setting setting set set- ting the drama Is set in 1928 in England's Cotswold Hills 90 min mm CD m WORLD AT WAR 1000 Q 0 O Q O Q NEWS CD m MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 1030 O 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Guest host David Brenner 90 min O AND HUTCH- HUTCH MYSTERY OF THE WEEK and The Hutch Bait Dressed as flashy hustlers and Hutch pose as dealers in order to nail a big big- time heroin supplier Mystery of the Week The Werewolf of Woodstock A man is turned Into into in into in- in to a werewolf by an electrical storm R 2 hrs 30 min O LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS m CD DICK CAVETT SHOW Guests Gwen Verdon and the American Dance Machine Part II 11 1040 O 1100 O 0 DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest Willard Gaylin m CD SPECIAL OF THE WEEK Selecting Meats Meats' Pt II 1130 O Q ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 1140 0 O FBI 1200 O TOMORROW Host Tom Snyder 60 min 1240 0 Q NEWS |