Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 5, 1974:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Departure
Season 3, episode 13 W: Joanna Lee D: Ivan Dixon With Joanna Moore (Mrs. Champion), Panos Christi (Stravos), Ann Loos (Hester White), Seamon Glass (Clerk), Jack Garner (Mr. Gary), Jimmy Don Moore (Donavan). Discontented with his life, John takes a job in the city without consulting Olivia.
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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. Rerun of a charming fantasy from 1970, an animated muscial telling the story of Santa Claus' annual gift-bearing journey. (Repeat program)
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[NBC 8:00] Sierra [Reg]: The Giant
Season 1, episode 10 With Stephen Manley (Jimmy), William Stevens (Jess), Joan Freeman (Wanda). A savage bear attacks a group of campers, and a careless child starts a fire in a redwood tree.
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[CBS 9:00] The American Parade: The General [special]
The late Gen. George C. Marshall, a man who never led troops in combat, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, and who was known as "America's greatest military genius since Stonewall Jackson", is the subject of this special narrated by Ben Gazzara. This is the fourth in the American Parade series of historical specials in conjunction with the nation's 1976 bicentennial.
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[ABC 9:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: License To Kill
Season 3, episode 12 W: Robert Keith, Don Balluck D: Virgil Vogel With Murray Hamilton (Barney Lujack), Burr DeBenning (Johnny Wacos), Ivan Bonar (Paul Andrews), Amy Farrell (Sarah Lujack), Damon Douglas (Eddie Myers), Tommy Cook (Rick Bellows), Brendan Dillon (Sgt. Foster). Detective Stone's life is in jeopardy when his former police partner of nine years returns to San Francisco to take revenge on the person responsible for his son's death.
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[NBC 9:00] Ironside [Reg]: The Over-The-Hill Blues
Season 8, episode 11 W: Robert Hamner D: Don McDougall With Beverly Garland (Andrea Reynolds), Steve Sandor (Randy Pearce), Leslie Nielsen (Peter Justin), Beth Brickell (Gillian Simpson), John Milford (Tony Costa), Jack Soo (Sing-Ho). An aging gang of jewel thieves plan three big heists before they retire.
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[CBS 10:00] Caution: Water May Be Dangerous To Your Health
An examination of the health hazards in the supply of drinking water across the United States. Sylvia Chase reports.
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[ABC 10:00] Harry O [Reg]: Forty Reasons To Kill (1)
Season 1, episode 11 W: Stephen Kandel D: Daryl Duke With Joanna Pettet (Glenna Nielson), Broderick Crawford (John McKenzie), Craig Stevens (Ben Ryerson), Ned Romero (Deputy Gutierrez), Hilary Thompson (Laura Silver), Lou Frizzell (Sheriff Rankin), Eric Christmas (Congressman Galbraith), Craig Campfield (C.C. Jackman). Harry investigates the murder of a free-spirited friend who was caught in a ruthless power scheme and framed for drug dealing after trying to buy 40 acres of ranch land.
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[NBC 10:00] Movin' On [Reg]: High Rollers
Season 1, episode 11 W: Ken Kolb D: Leonard Horn With William Bailey (Foreman), John C. Barone (Gossett), Scott Brady (Murphy), Robert F. Lyons (Chuck), Cristina Raines (Rita). Will, in an attempt to win enough money for the down payment on a truck-tractor, goes on a gambling spree in Las Vegas.
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