Prime-time network TV listings for Monday December 17, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Jennifer's Home For Christmas
Season 2, episode 11 W: Dan Guntzelman, Steve Marshall D: Rod Daniel With George Gaynes (Henri), Don Diamond (Delivery Man # 1), Steve Marshall (Delivery Man # 2). The WKRP staff, suspecting that Jennifer is going to be alone for Christmas, come up with some unique presents to ease her loneliness.
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| [ABC 8:00] Rudolph's Shiny New Year [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam. Rudolph takes off on a journey through exotic lands in search of Happy, the missing Baby New Year. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Little House On The Prairie [Reg]: The Angry Heart
Season 6, episode 14 W: Del Reisman D: William F. Claxton With Timothy Wead (Tod Dortmunder), Susan French (Virginia Davenport), Malcolm Atterbury (Brewster Davenport), Richard Donat (Joe Dortmunder), Mary Hamill (Edna Dortmunder), Ricky Segal (Young Tod), Gene Dynarski (Jedediah), John Furlong (Cop), Clyde A. Harper (Gambler), Richard Kennedy (Sheriff), Rod McGaughy (Driver). The Ingalls' elderly neighbors are thrilled to learn their teenage grandson is moving in until they discover he is a hate-filled bully who responds to hospitality with threats and theft.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Last Resort [Reg]: Girlfriends
Season 1, episode 4 W: Patricia Jones, Donald Reiker D: Asaad Kelada A singles weekend brgins an influx of males and females to the hotel, as well as an emotional problem for Gail when her best girl friend, Sandy, arrives.
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| [CBS 9:00] M*A*S*H [Reg]: Stars And Stripes
Season 8, episode 14 W: Dennis Koenig D: Harry Morgan With Joshua Bryant (Pvt. Jack Scully). B.J. and Winchester come to blows when they are asked to jointly write a report on a daring operation they performed.
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| [ABC 9:00] Monday Night Football
Denver Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: The Gathering, Part II (1979)
W: James Poe, Renee Longstreet, Harry Longstreet D: Charles S. Dubin With Maurren Stapleton, Rebecca Balding, Veronica Hamel, Jameson Parker, Bruce Davison, Lawrence Pressman, Gail Strickland, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Two years after the death of her husband, Kate Thornton receives a handsome offer for her husband's business -- and romantic attention from the would-be buyer.
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| [CBS 9:30] House Calls [Reg]: Paging Doctor Michaels
Season 1, episode 1 W: Julius Epstein, Max Shulman D: Alex March With Candy Azzara, Vivi Janiss, Margaret Nesbitt. Series debut. A philandering doctor meets his match when he falls for a British divorcee who demands fidelity.
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| [CBS 10:00] Lou Grant [Reg]: Hollywood
Season 3, episode 12 W: Michele Gallery D: Burt Brinckerhoff With George Chandler (Caretaker), Laraine Day (Lauren Sinclair), Howard Duff (Wild Man Moran), Nina Foch (Mrs. Polk), Margaret Hamilton (Thea Taft). Lou's fascination with a female recluse leads him to put his staff on the trail of a long-unsolved murder from Hollywood's golden era.
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