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Show 5 c V t " ' -f5 i ' . . I I t -v. j . T with one ot his culprit's nieces. OOmins.) 1:00 W DIMENSION FIVE (3D MISTER ROGERS 1:30 (5) COLLEGE BASKETBALL ' Indiana vs North Carolina CD THE NFL TODAY CED 3-2-1 CONTACT 2:00 CB NFL FOOTBALL Chicago Bears vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers CD IS THERE AN AMERICAN STONEHENGE?lnlhe Rocky Mountains of Colorado, there is a collection of cairns and lines marked in stone which resemble a primative astronomical astron-omical observatory. A modern astronomer applies computer research and anthropological anth-ropological data to solve the mystery of the structure. (3D BIG BLUE MARBLE 2:30 CD SPORTS AMERICA QD JULIA CHILD AND MORE COMPANY 3:00 3D OVER EASY 3:30 CD WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS Amateurboxingwith theUnited Stales vsArgentin-a vsArgentin-a from Louisiana. (60 mins.) CD WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW Qfl GREAT PERFORMANCES: PERFOR-MANCES: DANCE IN AMERICA AMER-ICA 'Choreography by Balan-chine'PartlV.Fiveballetmas-terpieces by Balanchine are performed by members of the New York City Ballet. Featured Fea-tured artists include Makhail Baryshnikov, Patricia McBride, Peter Martins and Suzanne Farrell. (90 mins.) 4:00 CD WILD KINGDOM CD WALL STREET WEEK 'Numismatic Dreams' Guest: Walter Perschke. President, Numisco Inc.. Host: Louis Rukeyser. ClD ALL STAR SOCCER 4:30 CD NBC NEWS (A) ALL IN THE FAMILY 'i CDUSUANDYOU 5:00 CD NBC MAGAZINE WITH DAVID BRINKLEY CB LAWRENCE WELK SHOW CB HEE HAW Guests: Dennis Weaver, Randy Boone, Woody Woodbury, Jana Jae. 1 (60 mins.) CD ONCE UPON A CLASSIC i 'SwishoftheCurtain'TheHal-j 'SwishoftheCurtain'TheHal-j ford children solicit the Bell's ! help in getting their parents' permission to participate in a '' drama competition, using the , competition to prove their abilities. (Closed-Captioned;U.S.A.) CtD SPORTS AMERICA 5:30 CDALLCREATURESGREAT AND SMALL ' EVENING 6:00 CD COLLEGE BASKETBALL Louisville vs Univ. Of Utah (2 . hrs.) CD SOLID GOLD CD NEWS CLD CHRISTMASTIME WITH MISTER ROGERS Fred Rogers, his neighborhood friends and other guests present pre-sent a family special which celebrates the holiday season sea-son while acknowkedging that it can bring disappointment disappoint-ment as well as joy. (60 mins.) 5:30 CB DIMENSION FIVE CD FIESTA LATINA 7:00 CB BREAKING AWAY Dave, Mike, Cyril and Moocher grab the opportunity to show the kind of pride and strength 'townies' have when their coveted swimming hole is invaded in-vaded by the frat kids preparing prepar-ing for the annual Greek Bathtub Bath-tub Regatta. (60 mins.) CB 1980 NATIONAL RODEO FINALS CD SOCCER MADE IN GERMANY (3D A CHRISTMAS CHILD 7:30 CtD CHRISTMAS SNOWS, CHRISTMAS WINDS Set in a western farming community in the '40's, this is the story of the joys of a young boys Christmas, and how they are overshadowedbyhismemory of a school concert and a young girl's tears. 8:00 CD SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES 'Rollercoaster' 1977 Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda. A young man uses radio controlled bombs to destroy amusement park rides, then demands to be paid one million dollars in y dec. 21, ieao MORNING 6:O0 CD SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE 6:30 CB LAND OF THE LOST 7:00 CD HERALD OF TRUTH CB WHAT DO YOU WANTTO BE WHEN YOU GROW OLD CB SUNDAY MORNING 7:30 CD SACRED HEART CB LET'S FACE IT 7:45 CD FROM THE CATHEDRAL 8:00 CD JERRY FALWELL CB H.R. PUF 'n' STUF CD SESAME STREET blackmail money with a policeman acting as go-between. go-between. (2 hrs.) CB THE LOVE BOAT On a Christmas cruise, a man is reunited with his father with the help of their wives after a 10-year silence, and the Captain Cap-tain buys a parrot for his daughter which causes much trouble for Gopher when he tries to hide the bird. Guest stars: Jack Jones, Dorothy Lamour. (60 mins.) (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) CD TO BE ANNOUNCED CtD LIVE FROM THE MET 'Lulu'TheMetropolitanOpera presents Alan Berg's 'Lulu', perfromed for thefirst time in its complete three act version. ver-sion. Janes Levin conducts the production which stars Teresa Stratas, Evelyn Lear and Kenneth Riegel. 9:00 CB FANTASY ISLAND A beautiful singer risks her life on a bizarre journey to meet the mysterious but reclusive composer who's written so manysongsforher.andaman accused of cowardicetries to convincehisfriendshedidnot abandon them after a plane crash. Guest stars: Toni Ten-nille, Ten-nille, Hugh O'Brian. (60 mins.) CB SECRETS OF MIDLAND HEIGHTS A deeply troubled Dorothy Wheeler decides to end her affair with Nathan Welsh when she discovers that her daughter Holly knows about it. (60 mins.) 10:00 CDCBCB NEWS CD COSMOS 'Encyclopedia Galactica' Dr. Carl Sagan examines the probability that life will be found elsewhere, what should we look for, and how should we deal with it? (Closed-Captioned;U.S.A.) (60 mins.) 10:30 CD NUMBER 96 After Jerry Keyes dies in Sharon's bed, Chickdecidesthatthecorpse is worth a bundle and sets out to blackmail the dead man's assistant, Jeff. (60 mins.) CB EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS A new cast of muppets never before seen on television, with the internationally acclaimed Kermit lending his stature to the proceedings as host, star inahumorousstoryof awood-landChristmasthatisshorton awood-landChristmasthatisshorton cash but long on love. (60 mins.) 10:40 CBFREEBIEANDTHEBEAN Freebie and the Bean work against a deadline, in more ways than one, when the D.A.'s star witness turns up dead and they quickly have to thread the underworld fo find another witness to testify against notorious loan shark Willie Scudder. (60 mins.) 11:00 CD SOUNDSTAGE George Benson, Chet Atkins and Earl Klugh' (Closed-Captioned. (Closed-Captioned. S. A.) (60 mins.) 11:30 CD SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CB MOVIE -(SCIENCE FICTION)' FIC-TION)' Vt "FirstSpaceship on Venus" 1964 YokoTani, Oldrick Lukas. In 1980, eight scientists set out for Venus arid find remains ot a civilization civiliza-tion far in advance to Earth's. (90 mins.) 11:40 CB MOVIE -(DRAMA) Vi "East of Eden" 1955 James Dean, Jo Van Fleet. Steinbeck's Stein-beck's novel of frustrated love between a father and his two sons. (2 hrs.) 1:00 CD AMERICA'S TOP TEN CB ABC NEWS 1:40 CB NEWS ! - i! ai " C-. CO -g - g (T)' ROBERT SCHULLEH S'.OO C4) REXHUMBARD CS DAY OF DISCOVERY CD MISTER ROGERS 9:30 CD ANIMALS, ANIMALS, ANIMALS; SCHOOL. ROCK CD TABERNACLE CHOIR CD ELECTRIC COMPANY 10:00 CD MEET THE PRESS CB ORAL ROBERTS CB FACE THE NATION CD SESAME STREET CtD DEVOTIONAL ARCHIVES 10:30 CD A CONVERSATION WITH... CB IT IS WRITTEN CB THE NFL TODAY 11:00 CD STAR TREK CARTOON CBTHEOTHERSIDEOFTHE COIN CB NFL FOOTBALL Minnesota Vikings vs Houston Hous-ton Oilers CD MATINEE AT THE BIJOU 'Song of Texas' stars Roy Rogers, Trigger, Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers as the King of Cowboys returns re-turns inthistunefulsagebrush saga. The selected shorts in- elude Chapter I of the serial 'DonWinslowoftheNavy'.OO mins.) 3D MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN SPO-KEN WORD 11:30 CB ISSUES AND ANSWERS CtD CHRISTMAS SNOWS, CHRISTMAS WINDS Set in a western farming community in the '40's, this is the story of the joys of a young boys Christmas, and how they are overshadowedbyhismemory of a school concert and a young girl's tears. AFTERNOON 12:00 CD FIESTA BOWL PARADE CB CROSSFIRE CtD SESAME STREET 12:30 CD ONCE UPON A CLASSIC 1:00 CB EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS A new cast of muppets never before seen on television, with the internationally acclaimed Kermit lending his stature to the proceedings as host, star inahumorousstoryof a wood-landChristmasthatis wood-landChristmasthatis short on i cash but long on love. (60 i mins.) CD WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW CtD ONCE UPON A CLASSIC 'Swish of the Curtain' When Mrs. Potter-Smith announces that she wants to use the Blue Door Theatre to give an evening even-ing performance for the garden gar-den fete, Mrs. Bell realizes she is trying to take the theatre from the children. (Closed-Captioned;U.S.A.) 1:30 CD ADAM 12 CD WALL STREET WEEK 'Numismatic Dreams' Guest: Walter Perschke, President, Numisco Inc.. Host: Louis Rukeyser. (3D THIS IS THE LIFE 2:00 CD NFL FOOTBALL Denver Broncos vs Seattle Seahawks CB MOVIE -(COMEDY) "Promise Him Anything..." 1975 Eddie Albert, Meg Foster. Fos-ter. A young man has high hopeswhenhetakesoutagirl whose computer dating card reads suggestively 'anything goes,' but when he finds out that 'nothing goes,' he takes her to court for breach of contract. con-tract. OOmins.) CB NFL FOOTBALL Philadelphia Eagles vsDallas Cowboys CD GREAT PERFORMANCES: PERFOR-MANCES: DANCE IN AMERICA AMER-ICA 'Choreography by Balanchine' Balan-chine' Part IV. Fiveballetmas-terpieces Fiveballetmas-terpieces by Balanchine are performed by members of the New York City Ballet. Featured Fea-tured artists include Makhail Baryshnikov, Patricia McBride, Peter Martins and Suzanne Farrell. (90 mins.) C11) HUMAN DIMENSION 2:30 (3D INSIGHT 3:00 CtD DEVOTIONAL ARCHIVES 3:30 CB MUNSTERS CD DIVINE MADNESS Julie Harris narrates a look at the lives and works of two of the performing arts most dedicated dedicat-ed professionals, Portia Mansfield and Charlotte Perry. In 19 12 these women founded the Perry-Mansfield IU. . mol succesftlul dancerft. 4-.00 (.4) WONDER WOMAN 17 ) A LADY NAMED BAYBIE This documentary otters a glimpse at the imagination and creativity of Reverend Baybie Hoover and Virginia 1 Brown, two blind friends and I streetsingingpartnersforfifty . , years. They contradict and ' ' often outrage virtually every traditiional convention of social work and societal attitude atti-tude toward the blind. (60 mins.) (3D MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN SPO-KEN WORD 4:30 CtD CHRISTMAS SNOWS, CHRISTMAS WINDS Set in a western farming community in the '40's, this is the story of the joys of a young boys Christmas, and how they are overshadowedbyhismemory of a school concert and a young girl's tears. 5:00 CDMUPPETSHOW CB ABC NEWS CB WKRP IN CINCINNATI : With the spirit of Christmas in ' theairandbonustimedrawing close, it looksasif ArthurCarl-son ArthurCarl-son is going to remain his Scrooge-like self and stiff the staff. CD WAYNE HOWARD: COACH'S SHOW CtD A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES The National Theatre of the Deaf perform a series of nostalgic yet comic vignettes as a classic dramatization drama-tization of Dylan Thomas' poem 'A Child's Christmas in Wales'. (60 mins.) 5:30 CD EXTRA CB ALL IN THE FAMILY CBTHETIMCONWAYSHOW Scientific studies in the African jungle, designer jeans and an answerto import autos come to the tore. CD TO BE ANNOUNCED EVENING 6:00 CD DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD The Ghosts Of Bux-ley Bux-ley Hall' A battle of the sexes occurs when a financially troubled military academy merges with a girls school as a last ditch effort to remain solvent, prompting ghosts of theacademytoriseinprotest. Stars: Monte Markham, Victor Vic-tor French. (Pt. I of a two-part episode; 60 mins.) (Closed-Captioned; (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) CB THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS An animated musical tale which tells of the year Santa Claus woke with a cold and decided that instead of climbing into his sleigh and delivering gifts to people who didn't believe in him anyway, he would stay inbedandcatch up on his sleep. (60 mins.) CB 60 MINUTES IIDCTAIDC DOWNSTAIRS CtD AN ELIZABETHAN CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION 6:30 (3D FESTIVE BACH This program pro-gram offers a performance of Bach's Magnifica in D, his most often performed Christmas Christ-mas holiday work. 7:00 CDCHiPsJonandPonchlearn something about baby care when they rescue 20 orphaned or-phaned infants from a van involved in-volved in a traffic mishap. (60 mins.) CB CHARLIE'S ANGELS The angels take on a suave and wealthy con artist and plot to sting the swindler with hot money and three tantalizingly seductive schemes featuring the beautiful detectives. (Repeat; 60 mins.) CB MR. KRUEGER'S CHRISTMASMr.Krugeristhe custodian of an apartment building where he lives alone in the basement with his cat. Although he can be rough at times, he goes out on Christmas Christ-mas Eve and encounters marvelous mar-velous Christmas experiences exper-iences that touch his life. CD CHRISTMAS CONCERT FROM CANISIUS The Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra perform a program of appropriate appro-priate Christmas music from the historic Christ the King College. (60 mins.) ClD THE CHRISTIANS 7:30 CB ONE DAY AT A TIME Barbara suddenly realizes that she doesn't have the I stightestideawhatshewants I todowiththerestofherlife.so I she decides to drop out of college. 1 8:00 CD THE BIG EVENT Coach Ol The Year' 1980 Stars: ' Robert Conrad, David Hub-j Hub-j bard. A paraplegic former pro football player severely injured in-jured in Vietnam who, after being rebuffed in his bid for a job with the Chicago Bears. agrees to coach embittered teenagers at a correctional facility. (2 hrs.) (Closed- Captioned; U.S.A.) CD ABC THEATRE 'A Time For Miracles' 1980 Stars: Kate Mulgrew, John Forsythe. The extraordinary story of America'sfirst native-born native-born saint, a woman who brought education and inspiration inspir-ation to millions, is recounted in the dramatized story of Elizabeth Bayley Seton. (2 hrs.) CB ALICE Mel's looking forward for-ward to a visit from his recently recent-ly wed mother Carrie and her young husband, who are planning plan-ning to celebrate their month-lyanniversary month-lyanniversary with him. CD COSMOS 'Who Speaks for Earth?' Host Carl Sagan reviews the major themes covered in 'Cosmos' andends with some cautionary warnings warn-ings about the future of mankind. man-kind. (Closed-Captioned; U.-S U.-S A.) (60 mins.) CtD SING WENDEL 8:30 CB THE JEFFERSONS (3D MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS 9:00 CB TRAPPER JOHN M.D. Dr. Stanley Riverside's professional profes-sional career is in serious jeopardy after one ol his patients pa-tients experiences a potentially poten-tially lethal allergic reaction to a medication mistakenly administered apparently by Stanley. (60 mins.) CD MASTERPIECE THEATRE 'Testament of Youth' Episode IV. Vera is plunged into the hell of afiont-line afiont-line hospital and assigned to nurse woundedGermans. She is then summoned back to London, where she receives yet another shattering blow. (Closed-Captioned; U.S.A.) (60 mins.) (3D BODY IN QUESTION 'Heads and Tails' Many bodily functions can be carried out in Iheabsenceof abrain.andDr. Jonathan Miller explains how the lower nervous system has a large measure of indepen- dence. (Closed- CnntinnerllJ R A WROmins 1 !10:00 CDCBCB NEWS CD A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL j WITH LUCIANO PAVAROTTI I Metropolitan Opera star i Luciano Pavarotti sings 'Ave Maria,' 'O Holy Night' and other Christmas classics in this program filmed in Montreal's Mon-treal's Church of Notre Dome. (60 mins.) ClD THE OLD HOUSEWORKS 10:30 CD TAKE 2 CB ABC SPORTS SPECIAL A rebroadcast of the WBC Wel-terweightChampionship Wel-terweightChampionship fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Ouran. Howard Cosell will provide the commentary. com-mentary. (2 hrs.) CtD SNEAK PREVIEWS Co-hosts Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review the films 'Flash Gordon', 'Stir Crazy' and 'Popeye'. 10:40 CB CBS NEWS 10:55 CB COACH'S SHOW 11:00 MOVIE-pRAMA)" "Penny Serenade" 1941 Cary Grant, Irene Dunne. A ; couple adopts a child after theirbabydiesinonattemptto find happiness. (2 hrs., 15 mins.) CD GOOD NEIGHBORS C1D THE GROSSMAN ALBATROSS 11:25 CSj MOVIE -(ROMANCE) Vt "Talent For Loving" 1969 Richard Widmark, Cesar Romero. Story follows two generationsofafamilycursed with overactive libidos. (2 hrs.) 12:30 CB ABC NEWS 1:15 CD GET SMART |