Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 18, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] Fat Albert Christmas Special [special]
W: Bill Danch, Jim Ryan D: Hal Sutherland With Bill Cosby, Kim Hamilton, Julius Harris, Gerald Edwards, Eric Suter, Jan Crawford, Ty Henderson. The Cosby kids rescue a troubled family from disaster.
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| [ABC 7:00] Hardy Boys-Nancy Drew Mysteries [Reg]: Will The Real Santa Claus. . . ?
Season 2, episode 12 W: Michael Sloan D: Michael Pataki With William Schallert (Carson Drew), Susan Buckner (George Fayne), Rick Springfield (Ned Nickerson), Dan O'Herlihy (Griffin), John Ericson (Capt. Rogers), William Campbell (Markham), Sparky Marcus (Charles), Missy Gold (Grace), Antony Carbone (Harry Champion). Nancy Drew is determined to prove the innocence of an elderly derelict who believes he is Santa but has been jailed for a series of burglaries.
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| [NBC 7:00] The Nutcracker [special]
Mrs. Betty Ford serves as host-narrator as the Soviet Union's Bolshoi Ballet performs.
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| [CBS 7:30] The Tiny Tree [special]
A crippled girl faces a bleak Christmas until her friends, including a tiny tree, turn it into a joyous occasion. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:00] 60 Minutes
In one segment, on juvenile crime, Mike Wallace examines reasons that alleged teeneage offenders are so often back on the streets after having been brought into court.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Six Million Dollar Man [Reg]: The Cheshire Project
Season 5, episode 11 W: John Meredyth Lucas D: Richard Moder With Suzanne Somers (Jenny Fraser), John Larch (Vail), Robert Hogan (Hal), Stanley Waxman (Wilfred Damien), Barry Cahill (General Meyers), Jim Begg (Arthur), Fred Lerner (Blake), Terry Leonard (Stoner). Steve Austin investigates when a top secret aircraft, piloted by his girlfriend, mysteriously disappears.
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| [NBC 8:30] Father Knows Best: Home For Christmas [special]
D: Norman Abbott With Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Lauren Chapin, Billy Gray. Jim and Margaret Anderson are surprised when their whole brood shows up for a holiday reunion.
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| [CBS 9:00] All In The Family [Reg]: Edith's Crisis Of Faith (1)
Season 8, episode 11 W: Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller D: Paul Bogart With Allan Melvin (Barney Hefner), Lori Shannon (Beverly LaSalle), Ron Vernan (Doctor). Edith's religious faith is shaken after her friend, female impersonator Beverly LaSalle, is brutally murdered by street thugs at Christmas.
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| [ABC 9:00] Movie: Deliverance (1972)
W: James Dickey D: John Boorman With Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox. Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
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| [CBS 9:30] Alice [Reg]: A Semi-Merry Christmas
Season 2, episode 9 W: Madelyn Pugh Davis, Bob Carroll Jr., Tom Whedon D: Marc Daniels With Patrick Cronin (Jason Carp), Pat Cranshaw (Andy). Mel, Flo, Vera, Alice and Tommy spend Christmas Eve in the cab of a trailer truck en route to Colorado.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 11, episode 13 With Helen Reddy, Ken Berry.
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| [NBC 10:00] Dean Martin's Christmas In California [special]
With Jonathan Winters, Gabriel Melgar, Crystal Gayle, The Golddiggers. Dean Martin clowns with his guests at Hidden Valley, California in ushering in the Yuletide.
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