Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday December 19, 1979:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] How The Grinch Stole Christmas! [special]
W: Dr. Seuss D: Chuck Jones With June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft, Dal McKennon. Animated musical special about how the Grinch attempts to erase Christmas from the tiny town of Whoville by stealing all the symbols of the season. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
Segments include an interview with Robert George, the nation's "official" Santa Claus, a visit to school for Santas and a factory for Santas, and a woman who gets dressed up as a Christmas tree.
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| [CBS 8:30] The Tiny Tree [special]
A unique pine tree and a group of forest animals combine efforts to make Christmas merry for a lonely little girl. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Family Man (1979)
W: William Hanley D: Glenn Jordan With Edward Asner, Meredith Baxter, Anne Jackson, Paul Clemens. A happily married family man, owner of a parking garage in Manhattan, drifts into a romance with one of his customers.
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| [ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Rosemary, For Remembrance
Season 3, episode 22 W: Lee Sheldon D: Ronald Austin With Ramon Bieri (Jake Garfield), Gilbert Green (Renaldi), Robert Karnes (Gordon Sanders), Barbara Starbuck (Frau Himbere), Michael Shannon (Tim Stone), Ron Lombard (Belding). An ex-gangster hires the Angels to protect him, and to find out who murdered his wife many years earlier. (Repeat program, originally aired 5/2/1979)
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| [NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Dog Story
Season 2, episode 12 W: Roland Wolpert D: Gerren Keith With Dana Plato (Kimberly Drummond), James Hong (Mr. Lee), Dorothy Meyer (Mrs. Keith), Gracia Lee (Woman #1), Olive Dunbar (Woman #2). Arnold faces a painful series of rabies shots when a puppy that he rescued from traffic bites him, then disappears.
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| [NBC 9:30] Hello, Larry [Reg]: Marion's Fiancee
Season 2, episode 8 W: Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn D: Doug Rogers With Ruth Brown (Leona Wilson), Don Chastain. Marion's new fiancee comes to visit and states that he and Marion will be seeking shared custody of the girls.
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| [ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Classic Connection
Season 2, episode 10 W: Dallas L. Barnes D: Don Chaffey With Wayne Newton (Justin Marsh), Eric Braeden (Arthur Rollins), Susan Howard (Laurie Turner), Tommy Farrell (Harmon Cox), Wells Tate (Frank Arno), Walter Scott (Garth), Charles Picerni (Ben), Roy Jenson (Assistant). A beautiful narcotics agent tells Dan that one of his best friends is head of a murderous dope-smuggling operation.
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| [NBC 10:00] Best Of Saturday Night Live [special]
Candace Bergen hosts.
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