Prime-time network TV listings for Monday December 12, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] A Charlie Brown Christmas [special]
W: Charles M. Schulz D: Bill Melendez With Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Sally Dryer, Kathy Steinberg, Tracy Stratford, Chris Doran, Ann Altieri, Geoffrey Ornstein, Karen Mendelson. Charlie Brown and Linus search for the true meaning of Christmas. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] The San Pedro Beach Bums [Reg]: Love Boat Bums
Season 1, episode 9 W: Earl Barret D: Jack Arnold With Lyle Waggoner (Jason), Arlen Stuart (Manager), Jane Zachary (Monica). When Stuf is conned out of $2,000 by a couple promising a movie career, the Bums take action to get the money back and expose the pair.
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: Freedom Flight
Season 4, episode 13 W: Ron Chiniquy, Richalene Kelsay D: Michael Landon With Dick Alexander (Sergeant), Roy Gunzburg (Caleb), Sonny Roubideaux (Dull Lance), Dawn Biglay (Yellow Feather), Geronimo Kuth-Le (Long Elk), Brett Ericson (Rob MacGregor), Vivian Brown (Mrs. MacGregor), Guillermo San Juan (Spotted Wolf), Nick Ramus (Little Crow), Richard O'Brien (Hugh MacGregor). When the leader of a small band of nomadic Indians arrives in Walnut Grove, the townspeople become alarmed and begin to arm themselves for an attack.
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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. When an unsigned letter denouncing Santa Claus as a myth appears in a local paper, the townspeople fear he will skip their village. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] Maude [Reg]: Businessperson Of The Year
Season 6, episode 10 W: Arthur Julian D: Hal Cooper With Marlene Warfield (Victoria Butterfield). Maude and Walter compete against each other for the title of "Businessperson of the Year."
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| [ABC 9:00] ABC Monday Night Football
Dallas Cowboys vs. San Francisco 49ers.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Sunshine Christmas (1977)
W: Carol Sobieski D: Glenn Jordan With Cliff De Young, Elizabeth Cheshire, Bill Mumy, Meg Foster. A musician, brooding over the marriage of his sometime girlfriend, decides to take his adopted daughter to his home in Texas to celebrate Christmas with his family.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Betty White Show [Reg]: Joyce's Wedding
Season 1, episode 11 W: Bill Idelson D: Burt Brinckerhoff With Phil Carey (Larry), Florence Halop (Marian). John does not take too kindly to Joyce's whirlwind romance with a race car driver she met while filming a television commercial.
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| [CBS 10:00] Switch [Reg]: Go For Broke
Season 3, episode 6 W: Mel Goldberg D: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. With Robert Yuro (Markham), Allen Joseph (Lou Reardon), Lara Parker (Tonya Mason), Antony Carbone (Mike Lansky), Janet Blair (Isabel Jensen Craig Harris), Susan Anton (Marcy), Charles Knox Robinson (Tom Harris), William Bryant (Lt. Shilton). A woman hires Pete and Mac to find her missing husband, but before they do, she is murdered.
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