Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday December 23, 1978:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	The Waltons: The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (R)				But What About The Children?
ABC	Welcome Back, Kotter (R)	Carter Country: The Firing Of A Harley	The Love Boat: Lonely At The Top / Divorce Me, Please / Silent Night (R)		Fantasy Island: Call Me Lucky / Torch Singer (R)
NBC	The Stingiest Man In Town		Lifeline		Weekend

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Program details:

[CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
W: Earl Hamner Jr. D: Fielder Cook
With Patricia Neal (Olivia Walton), Edgar Bergen (Grandpa Zebulon Walton), Dorothy Stickney (Emily Baldwin), Josephine Hutchinson (Mamie Baldwin), William Windom (Charlie Snead), Andrew Duggan (John Walton), Woodrow Parfrey (Ike Godsey), David Huddleston (Sheriff Bridges), David Livingston (Claudie Dooley), Cleavon Little (Hawthorne Dooley). Earl Hamner's story that served as the pilot for The Waltons. On Christmas Eve, the Walton family are in the midst of their Christmas preparations and hoping to celebrate it together, but John Walton has not yet arrived at home to share this Christmas with his family. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/19/1971)

[ABC 8:00] Welcome Back, Kotter [Reg] The sweathogs enjoy a festive Christmas Eve with the Kotters. (Repeat program)

[NBC 8:00] The Stingiest Man In Town [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
With Tom Bosley, Theodore Bikel, Dennis Day, Paul Frees, Robert Morse. Walter Matthau provides the voice of Scrooge in this animated tale based loosely on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".

[ABC 8:30] Carter Country [Reg]: The Firing Of A Harley
Season 2, episode 9
W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub D: Peter Baldwin
With Amzie Strickland (Julia Mobey), Mary Angela Shea (Jeanine). After Chief Roy has fired Harley Puckett, the chief's mother shows up with a plan to get Harley rehired.

[ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Lonely At The Top / Divorce Me, Please / Silent Night
Season 1, episode 11
W: Ben Joelson, Art Baer, Bruce Howard, Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Allen Baron
With Florence Henderson (Audrey Baynes), Donna Mills (Lila Barton), John Gavin (Dan Barton), Shecky Greene (Paul Baynes), Dick Sargent (Father Mike), Beatrice Colen (Vera), Chanin Hale (Claire), Dean Santoro (Walter Perry), Philip Tanzini (Peanut), Tiger Williams (Tony). A lonely Yule turns into a lovely celebration with the help of an outspoken priest and 6 orphans; a couple seeks grounds for divorce; a couple are reunited after 3 years of being separated by prison walls. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/10/1977)

[NBC 9:00] Lifeline Dr. Henry Cleveland, trauma surgeon at St. Anthony's Hospital in Denver, Colo., is seen helping two motorcycle accident victims, an injured mountain climber and a patient who suffered a heart stoppage.

[CBS 10:00] But What About The Children? Presents an intimate, day-to-day portrait of the effects of divorce on an Arizona family.

[ABC 10:00] Fantasy Island [Reg]: Call Me Lucky / Torch Singer
Season 1, episode 14
W: Paul W. Cooper, John Meredyth Lucas D: Cliff Bole
With Richard Dawson (Harry Beamus), Kathryn Holcomb (Edith Garvey), Dick Butkus (Moose), Edd Byrnes (Neil), Anthony Caruso (Big Al), Joey Forman (Bugsy), Brad Savage (Joey), Milton Selzer (Willie), Frank Farmer (Bookie), John Furlong (Ames), Delana Michaels (Redhead), Louis Quinn (Joe). A professional gambler looks for the big score; a young woman wants to be a sexy torch singer. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/20/1978)

[NBC 10:00] Weekend A report on the Carson and Barnes wild animal circus; problems of the British peerage; an exclusive Los Angeles toy store featuring toys for $7,000 and up.