Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday December 21, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] TV Movie: Tom Sawyer (1973), part two
W: Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman D: Don Taylor With Johnny Whittaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East, Jodie Foster. Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: Guess Who's Coming To Christmas
Season 2, episode 11 W: Bill Idelson D: Frank Buxton With Beatrice Colen (Marsha), Misty Rowe (Wendy), Randolph Roberts (Chuck), Robert Casper (Orville), Marjorie Bennett (Mrs. Harrison). Richie accidentally discovers that Fonzie, who has been boasting of sharing a big holiday with relatives, is miserably alone on Christmas Eve. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/17/1974)
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| [NBC 8:00] Black Sheep Squadron [Reg]: Flying Misfits
Season 1, episode 1 W: Stephen J. Cannell D: Russ Mayberry With John Durren (Doc Roberts), Sandra Kerns (Nurse), Jake Mitchell (Lieutenant Boyle), Janice Carroll (Nurse Delmonte), Byron Morrow (Admiral Nimitz), James Murtaugh (Medical Lieutenant), James Lough (Admiral's Aide), Peter Donat (Col. Mathis), Sharon Gless (Nurse), George Gaynes (Gen. Chennault), Lance LeGault (Huckabee), Anthony Charnota (Freddy), John Lawlor (Dr. Reese). Series debut. Robert Conrad stars as World War II ace pilot Pappy Boyington. In tonight's special two-hour premiere, Boyington decides he needs a smashing victory over Japan's airmen to forestall his court-martial. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/21/1976)
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Christmas Eve At The Booby Hatch
Season 2, episode 10 W: David W. Duclon D: Howard Storm With Howard Hesseman (Dr. Grayson), Roger Garrett (Pulper), David W. Duclon (Vincent Van Eagle). Laverne and Shirley and their friends entertain at a hospital Christmas party.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Hawk's Nightmare
Season 5, episode 13 W: Burt Prelutsky D: Burt Metcalfe With Patricia Stevens (Nurse Baker), Allan Arbus (Sidney Freedman), Sean Roche (Pvt. Burke). Sleepwalking, nightmares and an imaginary game of basketball are Hawkeye's forms of rest after total exhaustion brought on by long hours of surgery.
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| [ABC 9:00] Rich Man, Poor Man (Book II): Chapter 11 [special]
W: Ann Beckett D: Jules Irving With Peter Strauss, Gregg Henry, James Carroll Jordan, Susan Sullivan, William Smith, Kimberly Beck, Dimitra Arliss, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Barry Sullivan, Philip Abbott. Rudy's aggressive investigation uncovers a traitor within the Estep organization, while Falconetti claims a new victim.
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| [NBC 9:00] Police Woman [Reg]: Father To The Man
Season 3, episode 11 With Rob Berger (Shawn), Louise Hoven (Sally), Kim Richards (Kerry McGuire), Marjorie Battles (Helen), William Prince (Karl Novotny), Lawrence Pressman (Greg McGuire), Augusta Dabney (Betty Novotny), Mike Road (Rudy). Gangsters abduct the 12-year-old daughter of a man who owes them money, but when Sgts. Pepper Anderson and Bill Crowley find the kidnappers, they suggest an unusual solution to the crime.
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| [CBS 9:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Barbara's Emergence
Season 2, episode 5 W: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant, Kevin Hopps D: Herbert Kenwith With Michael Goodrow (Hank Basso), Christopher Knight (Pete), John Putch (Bob Morton). After a disastrous date with a high school hero, Barbara takes Julie's advice and tries to change her image. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/26/1976)
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| [CBS 10:00] Switch [Reg]: The Hundred Thousand Ruble Rumble
Season 2, episode 12 W: Mort Fine D: Leo Penn With Val Bisoglio (Shiggy), Bruce Glover (Kincaid), Sherry Jackson (Jennie Rosenthal), Frank Parker (Tom Brown), Stefan Gierasch (Hart), Candice Rialson (Becky), Richard X. Slattery (Lt. Modeer), John Fujioka (Yung Kim Soo), Kieu Chinh (Mai Tuc). Mac is framed for murder in an elaborate international swindle, and Pete lets nothing stand in the way to clear his partner.
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| [ABC 10:00] Family [Reg]: On The First Day Of Christmas
Season 2, episode 9 W: Michael Barlow D: Gerald S. O'Loughlin With Sheree North (Constance Hume), John Beal (James Lawrence), John Rubinstein (Jeff Maitland). Doug is suspicious when his father introduces his new, and much younger, girlfriend; Nancy and Jeff have a fight over who gets Timmy over Christmas.
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| [NBC 10:00] Police Story [Reg]: The Jar (2)
Season 4, episode 11 W: Sheldon Miles Willen D: Michael O'Herlihy With Christopher Connelly (Jimmy Triplett), Don Meredith (Ed Hagen), Rudy Solari (Terranova), Simon Oakland (Fanny), Ned Wilson (Kelsey), Walter Matthews (Barlow), Jenny O'Hara (Joyce Triplett), Lee Delano (Wesphal), Robert Mandan (Chief Burns), Richard Roat (Capt. Waldeck), Alex Colon (Ortega), Paul Cavonis (Bostic), Marged Wakeley (Louise Hagen). Two police officers under indictment in an accidental slaying promise their attorney that they'll try to stay out of trouble.
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