Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 21, 1978:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Best Christmas
Season 5, episode 12 W: John McGreevey D: Lawrence Dobkin With Robert Donner (Yancy Tucker), John Ritter (Rev. Matthew Fordwick), Rachel Longaker (Aimee Godsey), Lynn Hamilton (Verdie Foster), Hal Williams (Harley Foster), Paul Jenkins (Prof. Parks), Merie Earle (Maude Gormley), Sheila Allen (Fanny Tatum), Lisa Lyke (Jo Ellen), Debbie Gunn (Patsy Brimmer). Efforts to be together for a Christmas Eve dinner prove most difficult for the Waltons. A terrible snow strands a few family members throughout the county while others come to the aid of two disastrous situations the blizzard has caused. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/9/1976)
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| [ABC 8:00] Mork & Mindy [Reg]: Mork Runs Away
Season 1, episode 3 W: April Kelly D: Joel Zwick With Jeffrey Jacquet (Eugene), J.D. Hinton (Brad). Mork leaves Mindy's house because he thinks he's getting in the way of her love life, and ends up staying with a spacy UFO enthusiast. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1978)
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| [NBC 8:00] The Little Drummer Boy, Book II [special]
W: Jules Bass D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Greer Garson narrates this animated sequel to the children's Christmas tale. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:30] What's Happening [Reg]: Positive Identification
Season 3, episode 10 W: Dick Westerschulte, Bill Box D: Bill Foster With Stu Gilliam (Willie Spencer), Wendell Wright (Sergeant), Dathan Tyrone Jones (Reverend Morgan). Raj and Rerun unwittingly help a burglar steal all their valuables, including their Christmas gifts.
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| [NBC 8:30] The Gift Of The Magi [special]
W: O. Henry D: Marc Daniels With Debby Boone, John Rubinstein, Peter Graves, Jim Backus, Jo Anne Worley. A struggling young couple tries to celebrate a merry Christmas in this musical adaptation of O. Henry's tale.
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| [CBS 9:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The Miracle Man
Season 11, episode 11 W: Robert Janes D: Lawrence Dobkin With Harry Chang (Tom Kewala), Peggy Anne Siegmund (Lee Wilkens), Keith Baxter (Reverend Andy Norwood), Jean Marsh (Sister Harmony), James B. Sikking (Oscar Ross), Pepper Martin (Jim Nelson), Jacquelyn Campbell (Sister Sarah). McGarrett suspects that the assassination attempt made on an evangelist's life was done for publicity purposes.
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| [ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Escape Artist
Season 1, episode 11 W: Howard Leeds, Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward D: Noam Pitlik With Roscoe Lee Browne (Charlie Jeffers), Reid Cruikshanks (Bellevue Attendant), Danny Dayton (Harry), Judson Pratt (Lt. Faraday), Leonard Frey (Roland Gusik). A prison escape artist is captured and Barney has to hold hm at the station until he's returned to prison. (Repeat program, originally aired 4/10/1975)
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| [ABC 9:30] Soap [Reg]: Episode 38
Season 2, episode 13 W: Susan Harris, Stu Silver D: Jay Sandrich With John Byner (Detective Donahue), Frank Coppola (Mel), Greg Antonacci (Dave). Danny and Burt bungle an attempt to pay Elaine's ransom; Benson and Jessica pose as husband and wife to visit Eunice and Dutch.
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| [CBS 10:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: The Picture Pirates
Season 7, episode 11 W: Robert Sherman D: Kenneth C. Gilbert With Ina Balin (Francesca Scarlotti), Ben Masters (Jimmy Collier), Conrad Janis (Marty), Judith Chapman (Rita Lockwood), Bert Freed (Ed Emery), Michael Alldredge (Joe Tucker), Noah Keen (Kenneth Wade), Larry Watson (Albert). While investigating a seemingly routine insurance claim, Barnaby uncovers a gang of motion picture bootleggers.
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| [ABC 10:00] Family [Reg]: Gifts
Season 4, episode 8 W: Paul Wolff D: Philip Leacock With Michael Keaton (Salesman), Jan Arvan (Vito), Marge Redmond (Sgt. Strachey). Annie decides to spend Christmas aboard a bus bound for Seattle after openng a gift selected by her real parents before their death.
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| [NBC 10:00] David Cassidy - Man Undercover [Reg]: RX For Dying
Season 1, episode 6 W: Sean Baine D: Don Medford With Barry Nelson (Dr. Dewhurst), Ed Nelson (Densmore), Frank Aletter (Cross), Randy Powell (Matthews), Deborah Ryan (Melinda), Carl Weintraub (Zeke), Jack Wells (Dr. Taylor). Dan Shay attempts to prove that a doctor is pushing legally diverted drugs to his young, affluent patients.
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