Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday December 20, 1978:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] The Jeffersons [Reg]: George Finds A Father
Season 5, episode 12 W: Kurt Taylor, John Donley, Paul Belous, Robert Wolterstorff D: Jack Shea With Arnold Johnson (Buddy), Raymond Allen (Zeke). George's Christmas is merrier after Louise helps him find a father he never knew.
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[ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]
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[NBC 8:00] Dick Clark's Live Wednesday
With The Beach Boys, Andy Williams, Buddy Rich, Eric Thompson, Bobby Kelton, Erik Estrada.
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[CBS 8:30] Good Times [Reg]: The Traveling Christmas
Season 6, episode 11 W: Wayne Kline, Norman Paul D: Gerren Keith With Harry Caesar (Mr. Clements). Keith's boss refuses to let him off on Christmas Eve, so the entire Evans family goes "on the road" to him.
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[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: A Christmas To Remember (1978)
W: Stewart Stern, Miles Hood Swarthout D: George Englund With Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint, Joanne Woodward, George Parry. A city-bred grandson moves to his grandparents' farm during the Great Depression and grows up enough under their tough care to help his grandfather deliver a surprise gift on Christmas Eve
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[ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Angels In The Stretch
Season 3, episode 13 W: Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell D: Lawrence Doheny With John David Carson (Kevin Ryan), Dierdre Berthrong (Valerie), James Gammon (Gates), Richard Bakalyan (Thad Roper), Sidney Clute (Les Ferrar), Joyce Jameson (Gini), Al Hopson (Fred), David Hedison (Carter Gillis). The Angels pose as racetrack regulars to investigate the death of a prominent gambler.
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[NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Ishi: The Last Of His Tribe (1978)
W: Dalton Trumbo, Christopher Trumbo D: Robert Ellis Miller With Dennis Weaver, Eloy Casados, Devon Ericson, Wayne Heffley. In 1911 in Northern California, a rancher finds a naked, unconscious Indian, near death, lying in his horse corral.
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[ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Serve, Volley And Kill
Season 1, episode 11 W: Norman Lessing D: Sutton Roley With Randolph Mantooth (Bobby Howard), Pamelyn Ferdin (Katie Howard), Dawn Wells (Millie Farmer), Red Buttons (Tommy Cirko), Don DeFore (Sid Green), Philip Abbott (Harry Snyder), Christopher George (Nicky Trent), Lynda Day George (Sandra Wells), Mamie Van Doren (Spa Manager). A top tennis player is told to intentionally lose at a major tournament or be killed.
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