Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 9, 1976:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Best Christmas
Season 5, episode 12 W: John McGreevey D: Lawrence Dobkin With Robert Donner (Yancy Tucker), John Ritter (Rev. Matthew Fordwick), Rachel Longaker (Aimee Godsey), Lynn Hamilton (Verdie Foster), Hal Williams (Harley Foster), Paul Jenkins (Prof. Parks), Merie Earle (Maude Gormley), Sheila Allen (Fanny Tatum), Lisa Lyke (Jo Ellen), Debbie Gunn (Patsy Brimmer). Efforts to be together for a Christmas Eve dinner prove most difficult for the Waltons. A terrible snow strands a few family members throughout the county while others come to the aid of two disastrous situations the blizzard has caused.
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: Horshack vs. Carvelli
Season 2, episode 10 W: Garry Shandling D: Bob Lahendro With Charles Fleischer (Carvelli), Bob Harcum (Murray). When the opportunity to fight Carvelli in a boxing match arises, Arnold wants to be the one to do it.
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| [NBC 8:00] Van Dyke & Company [Reg]
With Lucille Ball, The Lockers.
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| [ABC 8:30] Barney Miller [Reg]: Power Failure
Season 3, episode 9 W: Tony Sheehan, Danny Arnold D: Noam Pitlik With Arny Freeman (Mr. Rosten), Paul Lichtman (Beckman), Stefan Gierasch (Charles Foster Keller), Susan Brown (Dr. Fitzgerald). Barney has problems when the lights go out in the 12th precinct and a female psychologist turns on to him.
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| [CBS 9:00] America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music [special]
With Diahann Carroll, Vic Damone, Sammy Davis Jr., Sandy Duncan, Lena Horne, Cloris Leachman, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne. Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler host a tribute to the composer whose songs and 42 years of show scores have echoed around the world for 50 years. Kelly, Winkler and Groucho Marx will introduce classic film footage spotlighting Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
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| [ABC 9:00] Tony Randall Show [Reg]: Case: Democracy vs. Tyranny
[Episode pre-empted.]
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| [NBC 9:00] Once An Eagle [special]
Following the Armistice, Sam Damon accompanies Maj. Caldwell and his daughter, Tommy, to a villa in Cannes for some rest, and while there he proposes to her and she accepts.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Nancy Walker Show [Reg]: Rival Agents
Season 1, episode 9 D: Alan Rafkin With Helen Page Camp (Agnes), Jayne Meadows (Georgia), Michele Laurita (Melissa). Nancy and her arch business rival bring their luncheon to a quick close when they overhear two producers discussing a "hot new talent" who doesn't have an agent.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Hot Dog
Season 5, episode 9 W: Guerdon Trueblood D: Virgil Vogel With Eric Server (Binkie), Darleen Carr (Jeannie Stone), Sam Edwards (Roger), Lester Fletcher (Richard Swanson), Don Johnson (Officer Larry Wilson), Gerald McRaney (Buck), Mario Roccuzzo (Marty). Mike Stone's investigation of an armored car robbery is hampered by his clash -- both personally and professionally -- with a streetwise motorcycle cop who falls in love with Mike's daughter, Jean.
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| [NBC 10:00] Gibbsville [Reg]: Trapped
Season 1, episode 3 W: Richard Fielder D: Alf Kjellin With Biff Elliot (Ed Nicklaus), Charles Cyphers (Wingfield), Ed Harris (Steve), Tovah Feldshuh (Carole), Katherine Woodville (Miriam), Ed Nelson (Farley), Bob Crane (Lawyer). A miner who warned the superintendent and mine owner about dangerous conditions is trapped following an explosion, and an unscrupulous reporter takes advantage of the grief of the victim's wife to get a story.
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