Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday December 11, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Mary Tyler Moore Show [Reg]: Ted's Temptation
Season 7, episode 12 W: Bob Ellison D: Harry Mastrogeorge With Trisha Noble (Whitney Lewis), Hal Riddle (Man in Restaurant), David Brandon (Jim Sutton). Stretching the truth is commonplace for Ted, which explains the staff's nonchalant attitude toward the anchorman's cry for help when an attractive reporter makes a play for him.
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| [ABC 8:00] Holmes And Yoyo [Reg]: Connection, Connection II
Season 1, episode 11 W: Leonard Stern D: John Astin With John Abbott (Montecito), Denise Duclous (Security Woman), Paul Lichtman (Doctor), Richard Paul (Claude). Holmes risks his job when he claims that an influential man is a smuggler.
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| [NBC 8:00] Nature's Half Acre [special]
The Academy Award winning nature short that explores the cycle of life through the seasons on a small plot of earth.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Bob Newhart Show [Reg]: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Season 5, episode 12 W: Sy Rosen D: Peter Bonerz With Martha Scott (Martha Hartley), John Holland (Brian McDermott), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Bakerman). Bob undergoes a traumatic shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage.
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| [NBC 8:30] Movie: Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
W: Walt Disney, Don DaGradi, Bill Walsh D: Byron Paul With Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan. An American pilot maroroned on an uncharted South Pacific island happily fraternizes with the native women until the chief's daughter selects him as her husband.
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| [CBS 9:00] All In The Family [Reg]: The Baby Contest
Season 7, episode 13 W: Larry Rhine, Mel Tolkin D: Paul Bogart With Allan Melvin (Barney Hefner), Danny Dayton (Hank Pivnik), Jason Wingreen (Harry Snowden). Over Mike and Gloria's objections, Archie enters Joey in a newspaper's beautiful baby contest and then takes steps to make sure he will win.
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| [ABC 9:00] NFL Football
Los Angeles Rams vs. Detroit Lions.
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| [CBS 9:30] Alice [Reg]: Mother-In-Law (1)
Season 1, episode 12 W: Martin Donovan D: William P. D'Angelo With Eileen Heckart (Rose Hyatt), Clyde Kusatsu (Herb Tanaguchi). Alice's mother-in-law makes a surprise trip from New Jersey to visit Alice and Tommy, much to Alice's chagrin.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 10, episode 12 With Betty White. "The Family" - Ellen and Eunice fight over items they find as the family cleans out Mama's attic.
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