Prime-time network TV listings for Friday December 3, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Chicago Teddy Bears [Reg]: Annie Get Your Cue
Season 1, episode 12 W: William Raynor, Myles Wilder With Bernie Kopell (Rudolpho Tarantino), Francine York (Annie). Linc and Latzi's speakeasy business is in a bad situation when Big Nick threatens to foreclose the mortgage.
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| [ABC 8:00] Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner. Animated musical telling the many mysteries surrounding the legend of Santa Claus. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] The D.A. [Reg]: The People vs. Howard
Season 1, episode 11 With Nichelle Nichols, Roger Pratt, Roger Perry, Roger Stokey. Ryan appears to have his case against an armed robbery suspect disintegrate when another man confesses to the crime.
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| [CBS 8:30] O'Hara, U.S. Treasury [Reg]: Operation: Crystal Springs
Season 1, episode 11 W: Gilbert Ralston D: Alan Crosland With Bing Russell (Bob Rasmussen), Russ Conway (Mr. Hansen), Frank Ferguson (Fred Hoxie), Virginia Gregg (Elinor Hoxie), James Westerfield (Deputy Phillips), George Ives (Clifford Spry), Don 'Red' Barry (Sheriff), Ron Foster (Al Ellis), Lorraine Gary (Mrs. Madrid), David Friedkin (Burton T. Craig). While probing for evidence of Federal income tax violations by a wealthy man, agent O'Hara becomes the target of veiled threats against his life by citizens of a small town.
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| [NBC 8:30] TV Movie: The Desperate Mission (1969)
W: Jack Guss D: Earl Bellamy With Ricardo Montalban, Slim Pickens, Roosevelt Grier, Earl Holliman, Ina Balin, Jim McMullan. In California during the 1840s, a dispossessed Mexican named Joaquin Murrieta joins a group of gunmen hired by a wealthy landowner to escort his wife to San Francisco. Pilot movie for a TV series.
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| [ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: What Is A Man?
Season 3, episode 11 W: Don Balluck D: Seymour Robbie With Ric Carrott (Mark), Frederick Herrick (Howard), Geoffrey Binney, Bart Burns, Bobby Griffin. A male student who plays a female lead in a Shakepearean play is accused of being a homosexual.
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| [CBS 9:30] Miss Teenage America Pageant [special]
The 11th annual pageant from Fort Worth, Texas. John Davidson and Lucie Arnaz serve as hosts. The Lee Roy Till singers perform.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: Win One For Felix
Season 2, episode 11 W: Arthur Julian, Bill Idelson, Harvey Miller D: Jack Donohue With Janis Hansen (Gloria Unger), Willie Aames (Leonard), Randy Whipple (Chubby). Hoping to get closer to his son, Felix becomes coach of the boy's football team and it soon becomes apparent that he knows very little about the job.
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| [ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The Eskimo's Wife With Sharyn Winters, Alex Karras, Joe Flynn, Frank DeKova. A bit about Eskimo wife-sharing. 2. Love And The Accidental Passion W: Joe Terry D: Charles R. Rondeau With E.J. Peaker (Jill Hollister), Warren Berlinger (David Spencer), Steve Franken (Roger Burlingame), Jack Kruschen (Dr. Deets), Alan Hewitt (Attorney). A woman has a passion for love after having an accident. 3. Love And The Black Limousine With Garry Walberg (Sam Simpson), Pippa Scott (Kathy), Richard Schaal (Rocky), Ned Glass (Papa), Jane Dulo (Mama), John Dennis (Maurice). Tale of a worried mom and dad who think their daughter might marry a mobster. 4. Love And The Tuba With Frankie Avalon (Henry), Annette Funicello (Millie), Gary Crosby (Bellboy), Hans Conried (Manfried the Great), Ann Morgan Guilbert (Mrs. Manfried), Phil Leeds (Uncle George). A tale of newlyweds stuck in a tuba.
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