Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 30, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Burn Out
Season 4, episode 18 W: John McGreevey D: Harry Harris With Pearl Shear (Zuleika Dunbar), Mariclare Costello (Rosemary Fordwick), Paul Jenkins (Professor Parks), Nora Marlowe (Mrs. Brimmer), Victor Izay (Dr. Vance), Dee Carroll (Mady). Fire devastates the Walton home, and although the family manages to escape the flames in the physical sense, the catastrophe inflicts emotional wounds. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/22/1976)
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: A Love Story
Season 2, episode 13 W: Jewel Jaffe, Jerry Rannow D: Gary Shimokawa, James Komack With Helaine Lembeck (Judy Borden), Lisa Mordente (Carmen Epstein). Horshack is stung by Cupid's bow when Epstein's sexy sister, Carmen, arrives on the scene. But she succumbs to the more obvious charms of Barbarino, at least for a while.
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| [NBC 8:00] Van Dyke & Company [Reg]
With Tommy Smothers, Jim McKay, Sha Na Na.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Hash
Season 3, episode 11 W: Tom Reeder D: Noam Pitlik With Walter Janovitz (Janusz Makovski), Ed Peck (Officer Slater), George Perina, Michael Tucci (Fred). Wojo brings hashish-laced brownies his new girlfriend made to the 12th Precinct, getting the detective squad stoned, while an actor and a critic square off with dueling swords.
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| [NBC 9:00] Once An Eagle: Chapter Six [special]
Sam Damon successfully defends Pvt. Joe Brand in a trial rife with racial overtones.
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| [ABC 9:30] The Tony Randall Show [Reg]: Case: Money vs. Stature
Season 1, episode 12 W: Hugh Wilson D: Hugh Wilson With William Windom (Kiss), Michael Durrell (Winslow), Ken Sylk (Thorten), Bill McLean (Negley). When Judge Franklin meets with his old law partner, he is offered a position with a firm and must decide whether he should stay on the bench.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Fraternity Of Thieves
Season 5, episode 10 W: Gerald Sanford D: Mel Damski With Bradford Dillman (Roger Le Barron), Ron Masak (Albert Woods), Charlotte Stewart (Janet Woods), Heather Menzies (Melinda Marks), John Ashton (Lester Shiller), Nancy Stephens (Ruth Shiller), Dan Barton (Ray Keller). A playboy ex-athlete plots a difficult $2 million diamond heist that involves an earlier burglary to obtain plans of the security system guarding the fortune in gems.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Streets Of San Francisco [Reg]: Dead Or Alive
Season 5, episode 3 W: Burton Armus D: Michael Caffey With Tom Bosley (Inspector Eddie Clark), Howard Duff (Larry Dobbs), Lisa Eilbacher (Gail Dobbs), Paul Stevens (George Driscoll), Robert DoQui (Tom Feranga), Catlin Adams (Cathy Dineen), Max Gail (Don Wilton), Dan Caldwell (Officer Brown), Arlene Golonka (Rhoda), Dabbs Greer (Watchman), John Zaremba (Mr. Zabrockie), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Thompson), Alex Henteloff (Cab Driver), Ben Frank (Tom Springer). When a grieving father offers a $1 million reward for apprehending the suspect in the rape-murder of his daughter, the streets turn into a free-for-all as nearly everyone tries to collect. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/21/1976)
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| [NBC 10:00] Gibbsville [Reg]: Afternoon Waltz
Season 1, episode 6 W: Larry Brody D: Alexander Singer With Tom Simcox (Smith), Susanne Reed (Diane), M. Emmet Walsh (Yostie), Hope Lange (Harriet), Edward Albert (John), Sharon Farrell (Mildred), Nora Heflin (Ivy). A young heir who is going blind is befriended by a lonely, romantically-inclined socialite who teaches him dancing and other things a gentleman should know. (Last show of the series.)
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