Prime-time network TV listings for Friday December 17, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Frosty The Snowman [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Billy DeWolfe, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees, June Foray. Animated cartoon based on Jack Rollins' song about the happy-go-lucky snowman with the corncob pipe, the button nose, and the magic hat. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Donny And Marie [Reg]
Season 2, episode 10 With Andy Williams, Paul Lynde, The Osmond Brothers.
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| [NBC 8:00] Sanford And Son [Reg]: Sanford And Gong
Season 6, episode 14 W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein D: Bill Foster With Lynn Hamilton (Donna Harris), Allan Drake (Rodney Victor), Jack Deleon (Sven), Roy Stuart (Barton), Margie McGlory (Vocalist), Don S. Davis (Marvin), Paul Zegler (Charlie), Tracee Lyles (Panelist #1), Al Hansen (Panelist #2), Bob Goldstein (Panelist #3), Jackie Toles (Receptionist), Carl McCarthy (Stage Manager), Albert Popwell (Doctor), Sivi Aberg (Gong Show Hostess), Chuck Barris (Himself). The Sanfords and Bubba perform a song-and-dance act on "The Gong Show", and spring into action as the panelists are about to give them the gong.
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| [CBS 8:30] 'Twas The Night Before Christmas [special]
W: Jerome Coopersmith D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Tammy Grimes, John McGiver, George Gobel. Joel Grey narrates a story about a town which is afraid Santa Claus will pass it by because his feelings have been hurt by a letter documenting him as a myth. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:30] Chico And The Man [Reg]: Old Is Gold
Season 3, episode 10 W: Jack Mendelsohn D: Jack Donohue With Jim Jordan. Jim Jordan, radio's Fibber McGee, makes his TV acting debut as a 73-year-old mechanic who is hired by Ed Brown in an attempt to give a fellow senior citizen a job, but isn't given anything meaningful to do.
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| [CBS 9:00] Movie: Pocket Money (1972)
W: Terrence Malick D: Stuart Rosenberg With Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford. Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976)
W: Blanche Hanalis D: Michael O'Herlihy With Linda Purl, Robert Hays, Roger Kern, Robert Donner, Kay Kimler, Britt Leach, Brendan Dillon. A poignant story about a courageous young couple in the Dakota wilderness of the 1870s who put aside personal grief to extend the gift of friendship during the Christmas season.
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| [NBC 9:00] The Rockford Files [Reg]: Piece Work
Season 3, episode 10 W: Juanita Bartlett D: Lawrence Doheny With Michael Lerner (Murray Rosner), Ned Wilson (Robert Spiker), Simon Scott (Gregory McGill), Ben Frank (Fred Molin), Frank Maxwell (Ciro Lucas), Jack Bannon (Herbert Deane), Michael Mancini (Angie Pictaggi), Deborah Landes (Lily Rosner), Harvey Vernon (Jerry Leedy), Ricky Powell (Junior Rosner), Luis Delgado (Officer Billings). Jim Rockford is hired by an insurance company to check out an accident claim, and finds himself in the middle of a syndicate's gun-running operation.
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| [NBC 10:00] Serpico [Reg]: Dawn Of The Furies
Season 1, episode 9 W: Robert Malcolm Young D: Paul Stanley With Michael Margotta (Jerry), Elliott Street (Kirko), Veronica Cartwright (Lucy), Craig Wasson (Blake), Joy Rinaldi (Rita Willis), David Moody (Arnold Stinger), Evan Kim (Lee), Jerry Holland (RMP Cop), Ruth Warshawsky (Mrs. Hurst). Serpico infiltrates a band of young revolutionary terrorists who are plotting to use a stolen military missile to blow up the President's plane.
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