Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 15, 1977:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Children's Carol (1)
Season 6, episode 12 W: John McGreevey D: Lawrence Dobkin With Dorothy Shay (Thelma), Lynn Hamilton (Verdie Foster), Peter Fox (Rev. Hank Buchanan), Jeff Cotler (Pip Wrayborn), Kate Edwards (Allison), Ivy Bethune (Landlady), Sally Boyden (Tess Wrayburn), Dinah Ann Rogers (Mrs. Wrayburn), David Cramer (Allen Timmons), Ed Owens (Sgt. Grimes), Judith Sharon Morton (Mrs. Rumsen), Steve Eastin (Airman). Two English children, who have been orphaned by the London blitz, seek refuge in Walton's Mountain, where their plight severely tests Olivia's faith in God.
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| [ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg]: The Sweathog Christmas Special
Season 3, episode 15 W: Eric Cohen, Mel Stuart D: Mel Stuart As the Sweathogs help the Kotters trim their Christmas tree, flashbacks recall past episodes.
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| [NBC 8:00] Doug Henning's World Of Magic [special]
With Sandy Duncan. Glen Campbell hosts as the illusionist performs ten feats.
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: The Testimonial
Season 2, episode 12 W: Nicholas DeMarco D: Mark Warren With Fritzi Burr (Mrs. Collins), Richard Couture (Student), Warren Munson (Mr. Collins). Raj, Dwayne and Rerun become frantic second story men when they change their minds about giving Mrs. Collins an empty package for her 25th anniversary as a teacher.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Atomic Bomb
Season 4, episode 11 W: Tom Reeder, Reinhold Weege D: Noam Pitlik With Phil Leeds (Harry Kruger), Al Ruscio (Mr. Selditz), Karl Bruck (Dr. Bauer), Stephen Pearlman (Sgt. Kavanaugh), Will Seltzer (James Thayer), John Getz (William McKuen), Helen Verbit (Evelyn Kruger), Ron Colbin (Mr. Swanson). The squad faces the task of defusing a student-built nuclear device -- and tangles with the bomb squad, the FBI and the local cryogenic society.
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| [NBC 9:00] James At 15 [Reg]: The Apple Tree, The Singing And The Gold
Season 1, episode 5 W: Ronald Rubin D: Peter Levin With Lisa Pelikan, Perry Lang, Sue Ann Gilfillan. A numbed James is powerless to help a visiting Oregon friend who gamely struggles with cancer.
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| [ABC 9:30] Carter Country [Reg]: A-Hunting We Will Go
Season 1, episode 12 W: Guy Thomas D: Peter Baldwin Roy and the gang go looking for "Big Buck," a legendary local deer.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: Prisoner Of Deceit
Season 6, episode 12 W: Marc Brandel D: Leo Penn With Laurie Prange (Tracy Wilder), John Reilly (Steve Crandall), Robert Mandan (Godfrey Wilder), Neva Patterson (Lillian Enright), Jack Stauffer (Jack Crandall), John Beal (Stanley Long), Royce Wallace (Selma Lawrence), Janice Carroll (Mrs. Ross). The drowning of a newsman about to break an important story leads Barnaby to the dead man's married girlfriend.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Redd Foxx Show
With Donny Most, Steve Lawrence.
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| [NBC 10:00] Class Of '65 [Reg]: The Class Hustler
Season 1, episode 2 W: Peter S. Fischer D: Richard Irving With Kristoffer Tabori, Jane Curtin (Ivy), A Martinez (Carlos), Harold Sylvester (Dolan). A Vietnam amputee is saved from a life of self-pity by a sympathetic nurse who urges hm to enter a 26-mile channel swimming race.
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