Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 24, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] Family Affair [Reg]: The Good Neighbors
Season 5, episode 1 W: John McGreevey D: Charles T. Barton With David Brandon (Mr. Alcott), Cynthia Niles (Alicia), Susan Crane (Mrs. Alcott), Gene Benton (Mr. Sanderson), Irene Hervey (Mrs. Eldridge), Lou Krugman (Mr. Tobin), Olan Soule (Mr. Maxwell). Buffy is shocked at the lack of friendliness between the tenants in their apartment building after she and Jody watch how they behave toward each other in the elevator as the fifth season begins. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/17/1970)
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| [ABC 7:30] Matt Lincoln [Reg]: Adam
Season 1, episode 13 W: Jean Holloway D: Marc Daniels With Johnny Scott Lee (Adam), Natalie Schafer. Widower Lincoln uses his skills as a psychiatrist to try to communicate with his new stepson, who can't accept his mother's death.
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| [NBC 7:30] The Flip Wilson Show [Reg]
Season 1, episode 14 With Burl Ives, Slim Gaillard, Sha-Na-Na. Flip searches for kiddies for this Christmas show business through two hard-boiled booking agents; Flip plays a service station attendant whose only Christmas Eve customer is Santa Claus.
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| [CBS 8:00] The Jim Nabors Hour [Reg]: Christmas Show
Season 2, episode 14 With Marilyn Horne.
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| [ABC 8:30] Bewitched [Reg]: Sisters At Heart
Season 7, episode 13 W: Barbara Avedon, William Asher D: William Asher With Parley Baer (Mr. Brockaway), Venetta Rogers (Lisa), Don Marshall (Keith), Janee Michelle (Dorothy). Samantha's husband is removed from an important account when a bigoted client mistakes a little black girl visiting the Stephenses for Darrin's daughter. The episode is based on a script written by black students at Jefferson High School in Los Angeles.
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| [NBC 8:30] Ironside [Reg]: Alias Mr. Braithwaite
Season 3, episode 1 W: Frank Telford D: Don Weis With Alan Reed Jr. (Edward Bixby), Pat Priest (Goldie), Joan Swift (Police Clerk), Joseph Campanella (Baker / Braithwaite), Hank Stohl (Bank Teller), Beah Richards (Aunt Ruby), Mike Mahoney (Pickpocket), Len Wayland (Lieutenant Thomas), Phillip Pine (Stark), Steve Thomas (Desk Clerk). A con man bilks a widow of her life's savings, unaware that she is a friend of Chief Ironside. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/18/1969)
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: The Password Is Courage (1962)
W: Andrew L. Stone D: Andrew L. Stone With Dirk Bogarde, Maria Perschy, Alfred Lynch, Nigel Stock, Reginald Beckwith. The true-life drama of Charles Coward, one of England's World War II heroes, who was a German prisoner from 1940 to 1945, escaped seven times and was captured six times. During his imprisonment he continued to stage a devastating one-man war against the Nazis and at camp after camp organized escapes for other prisoners.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barefoot In The Park [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Bill Idelson, Harvey Miller D: Bruce Bilson With Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Wilson), Herbert Rudley (Mr. Wilson), Patsy Kelly (Old Lady), Doris Packer (Mrs. Kendricks), Gil Lamb (Hansom Driver). An all-black version of Neil Simon's Broadway play depicts the trials and tribulations of a young lawyer and his bride living in a one-room apartment on the top floor of an old, integrated brownstone in New York. In this episode, Paul Bratter submits to the pleas of his wife and mother-in-law and substitutes as a bartender-writer at a party. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/24/1970)
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: The Blackout
Season 1, episode 13 W: Bill Idelson, Harvey Miller D: Charles R. Rondeau With Ryan MacDonald (Roy), Larry Gelman (Vinnie), Garry Walberg (Speed), Herbie Faye (Mr. Lambretti), Cynthia Lynn (Inga). Oscar tries to borrow money to get into the weekly poker game and learns his credit is even lower than his bankroll.
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| [NBC 9:30] Nancy [Reg]: Never Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth
Season 1, episode 15 W: William Canning, Alan Devon D: Herb Wallerstein With Walter Barnes (Hardeman), Larry Fleischman (Delivery Man), Arthur Gould-Porter (Milton). Nancy and Adam are shocked when a butler arrives as a wedding present from Lord and Lady Halford. While they appreciate Milton's services, they find it difficult to adjust to this invasion of their privacy.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Immortal [Reg]: White Elephants Don't Grow On Trees
Season 1, episode 2 W: Shimon Wincelberg D: Michael Caffey With Ross Martin (Eddie Yeoman), Mitch Vogel (Jud Yeoman), Read Morgan (Tucker), William Wintersole (Manager), Elizabeth Harrower (Aunt Marge), Victoria Carroll (Waitress), Ed Begley Jr. (Attendant), Karl Lucas (Superintendent), Larry Black (Auctioneer), Don Knight (Fletcher). Ben Richards hitches a ride with a man and his son. During their trip in a broken-down truck the man reveals to Ben that he expects the payment for his cargo -- highly explosive chemicals -- will make it possible for him to retain custody of his son. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/1/1970)
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| [NBC 10:00] The Dean Martin Show [Reg]: Christmas Show
Season 4, episode 14 With Dom DeLuise, Bob Newhart, Dennis Weaver, The Golddiggers. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/19/1968)
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