Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 26, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
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| [ABC 7:00] The American Condition
An examination of the state of the American economy, the status of black citizens, and the effect of government bureaucracy at a time when one presidential administration is ending and another is about to begin. Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters are the reporters.
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney
(Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:00] The Sonny & Cher Show
Season 2, episode 12 D: Tim Kiley With Joey Heatherton, Don Knotts.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Six Million Dollar Man [Reg]: Nightmare In the Sky
Season 4, episode 3 W: Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell D: Alan Crosland With Farrah Fawcett (Maj. Kelly Wood), Donald Moffat (Dr. Martin Davis), Dana Elcar (Larry Stover), Hank Stohl (Mike). A glamorous test pilot flying a $15 million jet is found uninjured after radioing that she's been shot by a World War II Japanese Zero. Steve Austin sets out to solve the mystery and discovers a strange enemy plot. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/26/1976)
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| [NBC 8:00] McCloud [Reg]: 'Twas The Fight Before Christmas...
Season 7, episode 2 W: Michael Sloan D: Dennis Weaver With Diana Muldaur (Chris Coughlin), William Sylvester (Jason Howard), Dean Stockwell (Pete Lancaster), Henry Olek (Jim), Linda Gray (Kate O'Hannah), Robert Weaver (Scott), Robert Ellenstein (Capt. Hellman), Ann Dusenberry (Peggy), Ken Lynch (Sgt. Grover), Sandy Champion (Officer Washington). Marshal McCloud's plans for a quiet Christmas Eve with his girlfriend are interrupted by a woman's suicide attempt and a trio of narcotics addicts who -- foiled in their holdup attempt -- escape with hostages.
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| [CBS 9:00] Kojak [Reg]: How Cruel The Frost, How Bright The Stars
Season 3, episode 14 W: Gene Kearney D: David Friedkin With Nick Dennis (Constantine), John Larroquette (Sailor), Jesse Welles (Loretta Kane), Betsy Slade (Alison DeWitt), Darrell Fetty (Douglas North), Deborah White (Jacky Pierce), Veronica Hamel (Elenora), Phil Leeds (Druggist), Edward James Olmos (Paco). On Christmas Eve, Kojak and his staff find their hands full after a distraught husband mistakenly tries to shoot a woman who looks like his wife, and a spoiled young woman fears her missing boyfriend is about to commit a crime to buy her an expensive Christmas present. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/21/1975)
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
W: Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz D: Guy Hamilton With Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Jimmy Dean, Lana Wood, Norman Burton. A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an extortion plot headed by his nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
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| [NBC 9:30] That Was The Year That Was [special]
W: Michael Barrie, Art Buchwald et al D: Don Mischer With Chevy Chase, Art Buchwald, Candice Bergen, Jules Feiffer, Buck Henry, Mort Sahl, Gloria Steinem. A none-too-serious backward look at the event-filled Bicentennial/election year, 1976, that attempts to capture the satiric spirit of the popular mid-60s series "This Was the Week That Was".
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| [CBS 10:00] Delvecchio [Reg]: A.P.B.: Santa Claus
Season 1, episode 12 W: Steve Pritzker D: Arnold Laven With David Wayne (Jack Henderson), James Karen (Porter), Debra Mooney (Dr. Petrie), Wynn Irwin (Pawn Broker), Arny Freeman (Store Detective), Ned Wilson (Jerry Langtry), Kate Murtaugh (Biddy), Andy Romano (Lenny Marshall), George Pentecost (Jim Rimson). Delvecchio trails a bail-jumping Santa Claus, arrested for stealing presents to give to his fellow residents in a rest home.
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