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Sunday December 20, 1970
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Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 20, 1970:


7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
CBS Children's Hour: J.T. (R) The Ed Sullivan Show: Christmas Special The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Jackie Gleason Christmas Special (R)
ABC The Young Rebels: The Infiltrator The F.B.I.: Incident In The Desert Movie: The Trouble With Angels (1966)
NBC Wild Kingdom (R) Wonderful World Of Disney: From All Of Us To All Of You #4 The Bill Cosby Show: The Poet Bonanza: Honest John The Bold Ones: The Lawyers: The Loneliness Racket
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[CBS 7:00] Children's Hour: J.T. [special]
W: Jane Wagner   D: Robert M. Young

With Kevin Hooks, Ja'net DuBois, Theresa Merritt, Michael Gorrin, Olga Fabian.
The 1969 Peabody Award-winning drama by Jane Wagner about a black youngster caught up in ghetto life.

(Repeat program)

[ABC 7:00] The Young Rebels [Reg]: The Infiltrator
Season 1, episode 13
W: Frank Telford   D: Harry Falk

With Elizabeth Baur (Rachel), Stephen Young (Irish), Todd Susman (Jonathan), Bernard Fox (General Carleton).
The British plant a sply in the Yankee Doodle Society.

[NBC 7:00] Wild Kingdom
Study of a Rhodesian experiment to determine whether the techniques of cattle ranching can be used to tame Africa's wild herds.

(Repeat program, originally aired 3/29/1970)

[NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: From All Of Us To All Of You #4
Season 17, episode 12

Animated musical salute to Christmas features sequences from several Disney features and a preview of the studio's new "The Artistocrats".

[CBS 8:00] The Ed Sullivan Show [Reg]: Christmas Special
Season 23, episode 14

Sullivan narrates "The Great Santa Claus Switch", a Christmas musical starring Art Carney and the Muppets. Carney portrays magician Cosmo, who kidnaps Santa and impersonates him in an evil scheme to rob every home in the world on Christmas Eve. Features music by Joe Raposo.

[ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: Incident In The Desert
Season 6, episode 13
W: Mark Weingart   D: Bernard McEveety

With Charles Knox Robinson (Frank Taylor), Herb Armstrong (Mr. Miller), David Brandon (S.A.C. Lawrence Douglas), Dallas Mitchell (S.A.C. Taft), Craig Guenther (F.B.I. Agent), Steve Ihnat (John Elgin), Dabney Coleman (Ty Williams), Paul Fix (Matt), Richard Evans (Collier Sampson), Clint Howard (Josh Cobb), Paul Carr (Jerry Tolan), Shirley O'Hara (Mrs. Miller), Neil Russell (Henry Cobb), Regis Cordic (Mr. Austin), Ed Bakey (Scully), Jack Garner (Deputy), Paul Todd (Special Agent Carter), Maurice Meyer (F.B.I. Artist), Ross Hagen (Harold Boggs), Corinne Camacho (Andrea Phillips).
The transportation of stolen property across state lines sets the Bureau on the trail of a gang who robbed a wealthy Texan and his guests of a fortune in jewels.

[NBC 8:30] The Bill Cosby Show [Reg]: The Poet
Season 2, episode 13
W: Art Wallace   D: Ivan Dixon

With Joyce Bulifant (Mrs. Patterson), Mark Hamill (Henry), Jerry Fujikawa (Gentry), William Wintersole (Mr. Halprin), Rc Carrott (Johnny), Isabel Cooley (Miss Richards), George Jacobs (Wallace).
Chet learns the meaning of poetic justice when he tries to encourage a budding poet who fears ridicule from his classmates.

[CBS 9:00] The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour [Reg]
Season 3, episode 14

With George Gobel, Shecky Greene, Anne Murray.
Glen and his family sing "Christmas Is for Children"; Glen and Greene portray holiday robbers; entire cast offers a medley of Yuletide songs.

[ABC 9:00] Movie: The Trouble With Angels (1966)
W: Blanche Hanalis   D: Ida Lupino

With Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding, Bimmie Barnes, Camilla Sparv, Mary Wickes, Marge Redmond.
Two prank-prone students drive the mother superior of a convent school to distraction.

[NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: Honest John
Season 12, episode 13
W: Arthur Heinemann   D: Lewis Allen

With Jack Elam (Honest John), Bucklind Beery (Luke).
A penniless drifter's unsavory influence over Jamie almost leads the youth astray.

[CBS 10:00] Jackie Gleason Christmas Special [special]
Reprise of Gleason's 1966 Yule show featuring Art Carney, Sheila MacRae and Jane Kean. Comedy and music combine with fantasy as the Poor Soul (Gleason) dreams his way into the world of fairy tales.

(Repeat program)

[NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The Lawyers [Reg]: The Loneliness Racket
Season 2, episode 5

With Marj Dusay (Florence Mallory), Patricia Donahue (Mrs. Wilson), Phyllis Love (Hazel Thomas), Diane Shalet (Shirley Pryor), Alan Oppenheimer (George Hartnell), Amzie Strickland (Mrs. Pryor), Ann Doran (Mrs. Grimbi), Laurence Haddon (Harry Beeley), Todd Martin (D.A. Skinner), Clarke Gordon (Vernon Kerenz).
A lonely woman's search for companionship leads to a dating service -- and a murder defense for attorneys Nichols, Darrell and Darrell.


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