Prime-time network TV listings for Monday December 10, 1973:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] How The Grinch Stole Christmas! [special]
W: Dr. Seuss D: Chuck Jones With June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft, Dal McKennon. Encore of the 1966 animated story based on characters created by Theodor (Dr. Seuss) Geisel, telling of the miserable, small-minded curmudgeon who tries to erase Christmas from a small town by stealing all of the symbols of the season. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] The Rookies [Reg]: Another Beginning For Ben Fuller
Season 2, episode 13 W: Sandor Stern D: E.W. Swackhamer With Marjorie Bennett (Mrs. Gleason), Barbara Bostock (Secretary), Michael Christian (Frank Pinder), Leif Erickson (Ben Fuller), Ned Glass (Harry Chester), Charles Lane (Dealer), Les Lannom (Gifford), Lee Paul (Tim Duvall). A retired lawman, who was once Lt. Ryker's superior officer, creates problems for the police when he insists on participating in the investigation of the murder of his closest friend.
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| [NBC 8:00] Lotsa Luck [Reg]: Will You Marry Me?
Season 1, episode 13 W: Steve Gordon D: Alan Rafkin With Pat Finley (Girlfriend). Stanley finds the girl he wants to spend the rest of his life with, but his girlfriend is not at all ready to get married.
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| [CBS 8:30] Frosty The Snowman [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Billy DeWolfe, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees, June Foray. Repeat of an animated musical-comedy program of the snowman who overcomes a series of adventures to return to the North Pole. Narrated by Jimmy Durante. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:30] Diana [Reg]: Never, Never, Never Again... Maybe
Season 1, episode 12 With Jerry Orbach (Donald Kirby), Ronnie Schell (Dunlock), Robert Moore (Marshall). Bored by a previous evening out with a blind date, Diana is reluctant to go out with Howard's friend from out of town.
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| [CBS 9:00] Perry Como Winter Show [special]
With Sally Struthers, Jack Burns, Avery Schreiber, The Establishment. Como's annual winter tribute to the season features music and comedy. Highlights include Como singing "It's Time to Be Jolly" and "The Hands of Time"; Burns, Schreiber and Struthers portray three rejected Christmas toys; Avery accompanies Como on a visit to Santa Claus; The Establishment performs Christmas favorites.
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| [ABC 9:00] ABC Monday Night Football
New York Giants vs. Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Key West (1973)
W: Denne Bart Petitclerc D: Philip Leacock With Stephen Boyd, Woody Strode, Tiffany Bolling, Simon Oakland, William Prince. A retired CIA agent's dream of a peaceful life in Florida is shattered when he becomes the target of a revenge-bent tycoon who will stop at nothing to settle an old score.
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| [CBS 10:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Deadly Game
Season 5, episode 12 W: Martin Roth D: Vincent Sherman With Tyne Daly (April), Kay Medford (Meg), Bruce Kirby (Henderson), Ann Loos (Mrs. Pine). A critically ill derelict dreads a forthcoming reunion with her daughter who is unaware of the life she's led.
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