Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 19, 1971:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] TV Movie: The Homecoming - A Christmas Story (1971)
W: Earl Hamner Jr. D: Fielder Cook With Patricia Neal, William Windom, Richard Thomas, Edgar Bergen, Josephine Hutchinson, Dorothy Strickney. Sensitive drama of a rural mountain American family during the early 1930s with the entire story taking place during one day, the day before Christmas. Pilot movie for "The Waltons" series.
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| [NBC 7:30] Wonderful World Of Disney: Disney On Parade
Season 18, episode 10 D: Stan Harris Blends live action, film, sound, music and special effects for highlights of an Australian performance of the traveling Disney troupe. Featured are twelve production numbers, including "Alice in Wonderland", "Jungle Book" and "Cinderella". Mickey Mouse is master of ceremonies aided by Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto.
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| [ABC 8:00] The F.B.I. [Reg]: The Recruiter
Season 7, episode 14 W: Robert C. Dennis, Mark Weingart D: Virgil Vogel With Arthur Franz (Neil Parsons), Dallas Mitchell (Alden Rice), William Sargent (Paul Lyme), Jessica Walter (Gillian Norbury), Barry Russo (Joe Kreska), Jesse Vint (George Shawn), John Lance (Vince LaTorra), Michael Stokey (Bud Browning), K.L. Smith (Popkin), Richard Eastham (Clayton McGregor), William Swan (Glen Powell), Lynette Mettey (Donna), Monte Markham (James Devlin), Patricia Donahue (Vera Beckley). While the Bureau hunts bank robber James Devlin, the bandit recruits a female employee to help him plan the robbery of a New York department store.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Jimmy Stewart Show [Reg]: Luther's Last Love
Season 1, episode 13 W: Hal Kanter, Steve Barker D: Christian Nyby With Nita Talbot (Roxy), Maida Severn (Minerva Walbash), Pat Buttram (Oscar Pettywhistle). Luther fumes as Martha and Wendy try to steer him into matrimony, and sets up a counterplot which quickly squashes their plan.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Synanon (1965)
W: Ian Bernard, S. Lee Pogostin D: Richard Quine With Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens, Alex Cord, Richard Conte, Eartha Kitt, Edmond O'Brien, Barbara Luna. Study of dope addiction treatment via the Synanon House method, and a romance between two of its enrollees.
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| [NBC 9:00] Bonanza [Reg]: A Home For Jamie
Season 13, episode 13 W: Jean Holloway D: Leo Penn With Ford Rainey (Judge Taylor), Robert Karnes (Jess McLean), Will Geer (Ferris Callahan), Phyllis Love (Miss Griggs), Robert Carradine (Phinney McLean). Just as the Cartwrights set out to legally adopt Jamie, the lad's long-lost grandfather arrives to take the boy back East.
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| [CBS 9:30] Cade's County [Reg]: The Alien Land
Season 1, episode 12 W: Jackson Gillis, Charles Larson D: Irving J. Moore With Forrest Tucker (Ward Farrell), Heidi Vaughn (Heather), Al Alu (Munir), Fred Sadoff (Joe Bishara), Katherine Cannon (Christy), Sandra Ego (Joanie Little Bird), Betty Ann Carr (Irene), Mike Road (Jack Forbes). Sam Cade's efforts on behalf of the son of an Arab diplomat, jailed on a charge of murder, are complicated by the father of the boy's girlfriend.
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| [NBC 10:00] The Bold Ones: The New Doctors [Reg]: Dagger In The Mind
Season 3, episode 7 W: Howard Dimsdale D: Leonard Horn With Mary Layne (Dorie Freeman), Robert Sterling (Marshall Freeman), Collin Wilcox (Maxine Chandler), Jeff Pomerantz (Fred Wilkins). A vindictive woman stirs a controversy between an old friend and his young wife, with Dr. Ted Stuart caught in the middle.
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