Prime-time network TV listings for Friday December 7, 1973:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (R)		The Waltons: The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (R)
ABC	The Brady Bunch: The Elopement	The Odd Couple: The Exorcists	Room 222: Here's To The Boy Most Likely	Adam's Rib: The First Hurrah	Love, American Style
NBC	Sanford And Son: A Matter Of Life And Breath (R)	The Girl With Something Extra: Mind-ing Mama	Needles And Pins: The Wife You Save May Be Your Own	The Brian Keith Show: Doctor, Take Five	The Dean Martin Show: Roast Of Carroll O'Connor

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[CBS 8:00] Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Larry Roemer
With Larry D. Mann, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Stan Francis. Burl Ives is narrator for the animated musical based on the Johnny Marks song. (Repeat program)

[ABC 8:00] The Brady Bunch [Reg]: The Elopement
Season 5, episode 12
W: Harry Winkler D: Jerry London
With Allan Melvin (Sam Franklin), Bella Bruck (Gladys), Byron Webster (Minister). Marcia and Jan mistakenly jump to the conclusion that Sam and Alice are secretly planning to elope.

[NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: A Matter Of Life And Breath
Season 1, episode 5
W: Aaron Ruben D: George Tyne
With Lillian Lehman (Receptionist), Noreen Gammill (Nurse). Fred is convinced he has tuberculosis after son Lamont persuades him to be tested. (Repeat program, originally aired 2/11/1972)

[ABC 8:30] The Odd Couple [Reg]: The Exorcists
Season 4, episode 12
W: Frank Buxton, Michael Leeson D: Jack Donohue
With Herbie Faye (Mr. Selzer), Victor Buono (Dr. Clove), Stan Haze (Butler). Felix is convinced that the air conditioner is haunted by the ghost of a former tenant.

[NBC 8:30] The Girl With Something Extra [Reg]: Mind-ing Mama
Season 1, episode 12
W: Stan Cutler D: Roger Duchowny
With Jeff Donnell (Betsy Burton), Teri Garr (Amber), Corey Fischer (Messenger), Ronnie Schell (Policeman), Lindsay Campbell (Waitress). Sally is nervous about meeting John's mother for the first time and her ESP tells her why.

[CBS 9:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
W: Earl Hamner Jr. D: Fielder Cook
With Patricia Neal (Olivia Walton), Edgar Bergen (Grandpa Zebulon Walton), Dorothy Stickney (Emily Baldwin), Josephine Hutchinson (Mamie Baldwin), William Windom (Charlie Snead), Andrew Duggan (John Walton), Woodrow Parfrey (Ike Godsey), David Huddleston (Sheriff Bridges), David Livingston (Claudie Dooley), Cleavon Little (Hawthorne Dooley). Earl Hamner's story that served as the pilot for The Waltons. On Christmas Eve, the Walton family are in the midst of their Christmas preparations and hoping to celebrate it together, but John Walton has not yet arrived at home to share this Christmas with his family. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/19/1971)

[ABC 9:00] Room 222 [Reg]: Here's To The Boy Most Likely
Season 5, episode 11
W: Jerry Rannow, Greg Strangis D: Leslie H. Martinson
With Mark Hamill (Matt), Nancy Bell (Nancy), James Carroll Jordan (Chuck). An outstanding senior, under pressure from his father to succeed, suddenly realizes that he has developed a serious drinking problem.

[NBC 9:00] Needles And Pins [Reg]: The Wife You Save May Be Your Own
Season 1, episode 8
W: Sid Dorfman D: Ernest Losso
With Joan Rivers. Harry Karp's wife decides she wants a divorce.

[ABC 9:30] Adam's Rib [Reg]: The First Hurrah
Season 1, episode 11
W: George Kirgo D: Peter H. Hunt
With Jason Johnson, Robert Sampson (Carlyle), George Kirgo, Kelly Lange, Eduard Franz (Whittaker), Hank Brandt. Amanda takes a crack at politics when she's tapped to run for councilwoman.

[NBC 9:30] The Brian Keith Show [Reg]: Doctor, Take Five
Season 2, episode 10
With Yankee Chang (Paililo), Jack Hogan (Jack Stanley), Sandra Gould (Sue), Douglas Mossman (Tour Guide), Norman Dupont (Reporter). Dr. Sean Jamison's delivery of quintuplets immediately makes him a celebrity.

[ABC 10:00] Love, American Style [Reg]
1. Love And The Spendthrift
W: Lan O'Kun D: Jerry London
With Henry Gibson (Arnold Arnold), E.J. Peaker (Christie), Garry Walberg (Mr. Borg).
A multi-millionaire finds that money cannot buy his secretary's affections.

2. Love And The Generation Gasp
W: George Tibbles D: Jerry London
With Beth Brickell (Margaret), Oliver Clark (Josef), Stewart Moss (Francis), Nehemiah Persoff (Carl Colbert), John Williams (Gorum), Chip Zien (Leo), Jim Henagan Jr. (Young Father), Susan Bjurman (Nurse).
A wealthy patriarch with heirs to spare and the possibility of begetting more.

3. Love And The Awkward Age
W: Nate Monaster D: Norman Abbott
With Joyce Bulifant (Linda), Art Metrano (Paul), Jonathan Lippe (Jim), Thelma Pelish (Elsie), Susan Stafford (Gladys).
A woman has trouble admitting to her husband her actual age.

[NBC 10:00] The Dean Martin Show [Reg]: Roast Of Carroll O'Connor
With Barry Goldwater, John Lindsay, Redd Foxx, Norm Crosby, Nipsey Russell, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin.