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Show TV Scmvnnung before seen on television, climaxed climax-ed by a variation ol Houdinl's great illusion-walking through a brick wall (60 min.) ' O WELCOME BACK, HOTTER The Kotters and ne Swealhogs celebrate Christmas together and remember some of the good times they've had in the past year. O THE WALTONS Two English children, who have been orphaned orphan-ed by the London Blitz, escape theii country and seek refuge on Walton's Mountain, where their plight puts a severe test on Olivia' s faith in God. (2 hrs.) O OVER EASY Guest: John Rear-don, Rear-don, singer. 7:30 O WHAT'S HAPPENINGII Raj, Dwayneand Rerun become frantic second-story men, when they change their minds about giving Mrs. Collins an empty gilt package tor her 25th anniversary as a teacher. Q MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 8:00 O JAMES AT 15 James' elation over the visit of an irrepressible friend from Oregon turns to disbelief when he learns that his friend suffers from an Incurable disease. (60 mln.) O BARNEY MILLER Captain Barney Miller and his men face the difficult task of defusing a student stu-dent built nucle?r bomb. O ONCE UPON A CLASSIC "The Legend of Robin Hood" Episode Eleven. Robin and Sir Guy duel In Sherwood Forest. A band of men disguised as Robin's men attack and kill the Bishop. The villagers fear Robin and betray his men. 8:30 O MOVIE "A Christmas Carol" 1951 Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison. Har-rison. Story about a man who's changed by the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future. (90 mln.) Q TO BE ANNOUNCED 8:00 DISCO PARTY O SHIRLEY BASSEY O BEST OF FAMILIES "January 17, 1977" A unique TV drama portrays por-trays the 19th century principals from the "Best of Families" opening open-ing episode in 1880 In a contemporary contem-porary New York setting. (60 mln.) her through a magical tan-tasyland tan-tasyland (90 min ) O OVER EASY Guest: Sam and Bette Jaffe, actors. 7:30 O MACNEIL LEHRER REPORT 8:00 0 THE ROCKFORO FILES Hockford, working for an Insurance In-surance company, is out to recover a stolen diamond that Inadvertently In-advertently falls into the hands of a family traveling by camper along the Pacific Coast Highway. (60 mm.) 0 NATIONAL RODEO FINALS U WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW 830 0 THE HOUSE WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE A small-town Nebraska home becomes the scene of conflict one Christmas during the 1940s, when a precocious tomboy's yearning for a Christmas tree is vetoed by her unsentimental father. Stars: Jason Robards, Mildred Natwlck. (R; 90 mln.) O WALL STREET WEEK Host: Louis Rukeyser. "Retail Stores: A Consumer Holiday?" Guest: Joseph H. Ellis, Vice-President of the Investment Research Department Depart-ment of Goldman, Sachs and Company. 8:00 O QUINCY Quincy allows his adulation of a famous recently slain cowboy movie star to blind him to the obvious suspicion that robbery may have been the motive for the crime. Guest star: Carolyn Jones (60 min.) Q NOVA "The Red Planet" traces the development of man's knowledge about neighboring planet Mars from the beginnings of astronomy to the Viking lander missions. As old suspicions are dispelled, biological and geological data give light to new theories, (60 min.) 10:00 QOQNEWS 0 SOCCER MADE IN GERMANY 10:30 O THE TONIGHT SHOW Host: Johnny Carson. Guest: Bob Hope. (90 min.) O BARETTA "Don't Kill The Sparrows" Spar-rows" When Baretta thinks an (FRI.) 11:30 Q HOLLYWOOD SQUARES 13 AS THE WORLD TURNS U IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING (UNTIL 3:30) AFTERNOON 12.00 0NEWS O 120,000 PYRAMID U INFINITY FACTORY (EX- C.THUR.) 12:30 Q DOCTORS O ONE LIFE TO LIVE lj NEWS U VILLA ALEGRE 1:00 Q ANOTHER WORLD U MATCH GAME U IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING (UNTIL 3:30) 1:15 O GENERAL HOSPITAL 1:30 U ANYONE FOR TENNYSON (WED.) 2:00 0 DAYS OF OUR LIVES tl EDGE OF NIGHT fcj MOVIE "Secret War Of Harry Frigg" (THUR.), "Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatlma" (FRI.), "Jezebel" (MON ), "Storm Warning" (TUE ), "The Rains Of Ranipur" (WED.) O CONSUMER SURVIVAL KIT (THUR.) 2:30 O FAMILY FEUD 3:00 Q PARTRIDGE FAMILY O HERE COME THE BRIDES U UPDATE IN QUALITY PARENTING PAREN-TING (MON..TUE.) Regional Programming Pro-gramming (WED.) 3:30 O LITTLE RASCALS fj ULIAS, YOGA AND YOU 4:00 0 EMERGENCY ONE O GILLIGAN'S ISLAND 0 DINAH Q SESAME STREET 4:30 O ABC NEWS 5:00 0 NBC NEWS O BRADY BUNCH O VARIOUS PROGRAMMING O MISTER ROGERS 5:30 0 MARY TYLER MOORE O MY THREE SONS 0 CBS NEWS U ELECTRIC COMPANY ((thurs EVENING 6:00 BOB NEWS OZOOM 6:30 0 FAMILY FEUD O CROSS WITS 0 CONCENTRATION 0 UTAH WEEKEND "Ski Films" 7:00 0 DOUG HENNING'S WORLD OF MAGIC Master illusionist Doug Hennlng stars in his third special featuring 10 magic acts never ((daytime)) MORNING 5:30 0 EARLY FARM WATCH 0 SUNRISE SEMESTER 6:00 0 UNDERSTANDING OUR WORLD O GOOD MORNING AMERICA 0 CBS NEWS 6:30 0 MICKEY MOUSE CLUB 7:00 0 TODAY 0 HOTEL BALDERDASH 0 CAPTAIN KANGAROO 8:00 O GOOD MORNING AMERICA 0 PRICE IS RIGHT 8:00 0 WHEEL OF FORTUNE 0 HAPPY DAYS 0 ROMPER ROOM O ELECTRIC COMPANY 8' 30 O KNOCKOUT . O PHIL DONAHUE SHOW 0 LOVE OF LIFE 0 IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING (UNTIL 3:30) 10:00 0 TO SAY THE LEAST O THE BETTER SEX 0 YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS U SESAME STREET 10:30 0 MARCUS WELBY O RYAN'S HOPE 0 GUIDING LIGHT 11:00 O ALL MY CHILDREN 0 CONSUMER SURVIVAL KIT fear HoDin and betray his men. 10:30 0 RED HAND GANG 0 NFL TODAY A program preceding each NFL broadcast with news and features on the NFL. O DANIEL FOSTER, M.D. "Hyperparathyroidism" Guest: Dr. Eric Relss, professor of Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine. 11:00 0 TWO'S COMPANY O AMERICAN BANDSTAND Host: Dick Clark. 0 NFL FOOTBALL Los Angeles Rams vs Washington Redskins O PARENT EFFECTIVENESS "Shifting Gears" The use of three parenting tools: l-Message, Active Listening Feedback and No-Lose Problem Solving are used to encourage en-courage responsibility. 11:30 0 KIDSWORLD O BIG VALLEY O CONSUMER SURVIVAL KIT "Food For Thought" looks at the value of natural food products and those claimed to be enriched by additives and vitamin supplements, sup-plements, and how to save money on your grocery bill. AFTERNOON " 12:00 0 MOVIE "Viva Las Vegas" 1964 Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret. Sports car enthusiast and his friend go to Las Vegas for the Grand Prix, where they both fall for a swimming Instructor. (90 J mln.) O ANYONE FOR TENNYSON? 12:30 O LUCY SHOW U HUMAN RELATIONS AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE 1:00 O MOVIE "Lassie's Great Adventure" Adven-ture" 1964 Lassie, John Provost. Runaway balloon carries off Lassie and his boy owner and strands them In the Canadian Wilderness. (2 hrs.) 1:30 0 WILD KINGDOM 2:00 0 NFL FOOTBALL Miami Dolphins vs Buffalo Bills 0 CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR 1) "NHRA World Finals Drag Racing." Rac-ing." 2) "World Professional Arm Wrestling Championships." 3) "WBC Welterweight Championship Champion-ship Bout." ) "World's Strongest 10:00 OOO NEWS 0 MASTERPIECE THEATRE "I, Claudius" Episode Six. "Some Justice" The suspicious death of Germanicus, a popular favorite, results in a murder and treason trial In the Senate which threatens to implicate Tiberius and Llvia. Meanwhile, Caligula shows increasing in-creasing signs of dangerous mental men-tal instability. (60 min.) 10:30 0 THE TONIGHT SHOW Host: Johnny Carson. Guests: Rodney Dangerfield, George Peppard. (90 min.) O POLICE STORY-THURSDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Police Story-"Wyatt Story-"Wyatt Earp Syndrome" As an officer of-ficer tracks down a criminal, his marriage dissolves in favor of his badge. (R) Thursday Night Special-"Gregory Peck: A Living Biography" Contributing to the portrait of Peck will be Lee Remlck, Vincent Price, Celeste Holm. (R; 2 hrs., 30 min.) 10:40 0 GUNSMOKE 11:00 O DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Thomas Hoving, outgoing Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11:30 O ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 11:40 O F.B.I. 12:00 O TOMORROW Host: Tom Snyder. Guests: Ray Bolger, Jack Haley Sr. ('The Wizard Of Oz") (60 min.) 12:40 O NEWS NETWORKS ANID STATIONS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES tv COMPULOG SERVICES, I NC. ((friday))) EVENING 6:00 BOB NEWS O ZOOM 6:30 O TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES O CROSS WITS 0 CONCENTRATION U USU SPECIAL OF THE WEEK "People Helping People" 7:00 0 HALLMARK HALL OF FAME "Have I Got A Christmas For You" Stars: Milton Berle, Adrienne Barbeau, Harold Gould. A Yuletide story of how some members of the Jewish community communi-ty of a mid-western city pitched in to fill the jobs of Christians who would otherwise have had to work on the Christmas holiday, (60 min.) O DONNY AND MARIE Guests: Mac Davis. Mackenzie Phillips. Paul Lynde (60 mm I O THE NUTCRACKER Mikhail Baryshnikov's production of "The Nutcracker," danced by Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland, with members of the American Ballet Theatre, will be presented. Balles of a young girl's dream in which her Christmas toy. a nutcracker-turned-Prince leads undercover federal narcotics agent Is taking advantage of junkies by pushing heroin on the side, he turns in his badge to "get him." (R; 60 min.) 10:40 0 GUNSMOKE 11:00 O DICK CAVETT SHOW Guest: Eleanor Clark, National Book Award winner for "Eyes, Etc.: A Memoir". 11:30 Q ABC CAPTIONED NEWS 11:40 O MOVIE "Black Cat" 1941 Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert. Strange murders occur at the reading of a will. (80 min.) 0 MOVIE "The Searches" 1956 John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter. Story about a cowboy's relentless search for his niece who was kidnapped kid-napped by the Indians. (110 min.) 12:00 0 THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Host: Lou Rawls. Guests: Rod Stewart, Dorothy Moore, The Electric Light Orchestra. (90 min.) 1:00 O LUCY SHOW 1:30 NEWS ((safcdayl MORNING 5:30 0 SUNRISE SEMESTER 6:00 0 C.B. BEARS; JR. HALL OF FAME O SUPERFRIENDS; SCHOOL. ROCK 0 SKATE BIRDS; IN THE NEWS 7:00 0 SPACE SENTINELS; JR. HALL OF FAME O SCOOBY'S LAFF-A-LYMP1CS; SCHOOL. ROCK 0 BUGS BUNNY AND ROAD RUNNER; IN THE NEWS 7:30 , O SUPERWITCH 8:00 0 BANG-SHANG LALAPALOOZA 0 SESAME STREET 8 30 O ADVENTURES OF MUHAMMAD MUHAM-MAD ALI O BATMAN-TARZAN; IN THE NEWS 8:00 0 THUNDER; JR. HALL OF FAME O KROFFT SUPERS HOW; SCHOOL. ROCK O MISTER ROGERS 8.30 0 ALPHA TEAM 0 SPACE ACADEMY; IN THE NEWS O ELECTRIC COMPANY 10:00 0 BAGGY PANTS AND NITWITS O ABC WEEKEND SPECIAL "Psstl... Hammerman's After You!" The story of an imaginative young boy who learns to cope with violence as a part of life. (60 min.) O SECRETS OF ISIS; IN THE NEWS 0 ONCE UPON A CLASSIC "The Legend of Robin Hood" Episode Eleven. Robin and Sir Guy duel in Sherwood Forest. A band of men disguised as Robin's men attack and kill the Bishop. The villagers i |