Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 20, 1979:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	The Waltons: The Spirit		Barnaby Jones: School Of Terror		Dallas: Return Engagements
ABC	Laverne & Shirley: Oh, Come All Ye Bums (R)	Benson: The President's Double (R)	Barney Miller: Kidnapping (R)		20/20
NBC	Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: Awakening (R)				Quincy, M.E.: The Death Challenge (R)

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Program details:

[CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Spirit
Season 8, episode 11
W: Kathleen Hite D: Herbert Hirschman
With Ned Bellamy (Paul). Christmas on Walton's Mountain attracts a young stranger who disappears as fast as he appears and chooses to be seen only by young Jeffrey.

[ABC 8:00] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Oh, Come All Ye Bums
Season 4, episode 14
W: Paul B. Price, Stephen Nathan D: Joel Zwick
With Hamilton Camp (Burns). The girls come up with a unique way to raise money for Mr. DeFazio's annual free Christmas dinner for bums. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/19/1978)

[NBC 8:00] Buck Rogers In The 25th Century [Reg]: Awakening
Season 1, episode 1
W: Glen A. Larson, Leslie Stevens D: Daniel Haller
With Pamela Hensley (Princess Ardala), Henry Silva (Kane), Joseph Wiseman (Draco), Duke Butler (Tigerman), Colleen Kelly (Wrather). Series premiere. After being suspended in space for 500 years, astronaut Buck Rogers returns to Earth and becomes involved in a battle between the planet's defense forces and the evil Draconian dynasty. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/20/1979)

[ABC 8:30] Benson [Reg]: The President's Double
Season 1, episode 3
W: Tom Reeder D: Jay Sandrich
With Mel Stewart (Lerome), Wendell Wright (Caldwell). While posing as a third world dignitary for a state dinner, Benson learns he is the target of a hit man. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/27/1979)

[CBS 9:00] Barnaby Jones [Reg]: School Of Terror
Season 8, episode 10
W: William Keys D: Kenneth C. Gilbert
With Ed Harris (Glenn Morgan), Alex Courtney (Milt Edwards), Madeleine Stowe (Diane), Michael Mullins (Peter Chestane), Bill Beyers (Clifford Connors), John Witherspoon (Frank Wales), Katie Powell (Barbara Whitaker), Sean Penn (Sam), Dick Miller (Deputy Crawford), Buddy Ochoa (David Collie), Margaret Shinn (Nurse Adams). J.R. goes undercover as a counselor in a drug-addiction center to solve a murder and avenge the death of a friend.

[ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Kidnapping
Season 5, episode 1
W: Reinhold Weege, Danny Arnold, Tony Sheehan D: Noam Pitlik
With Fred Sadoff (Mr. Wilmore), Barrie Youngfellow (Marsha Dixon), Beverly Sanders (Lorraine Siegel), Todd Susman (Andrew Siegel), Ralph Manza (Eddie Blake), John O'Connell (FBI Agent Martin), Stefan Gierasch (Andrew Glansman). Season premiere. The men of New York City's 12th Precinct try to solve the kidnapping of a department store heiress. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/14/1978)

[CBS 10:00] Dallas [Reg]: Return Engagements
Season 3, episode 14
W: David Jacobs D: Gunnar Hellstrom
With E.J. Andre (Eugene Bullock), Joan Van Ark (Valene Ewing), Ted Shackelford (Gary Ewing), Terry Lester (Rudy Millington), Andra Akers (Sally Bullock). Ellie's missing son Gary turns up in Dallas and announces that he is planning on re-marrying his ex-wife and Lucy's mother, Valene.

[ABC 10:00] 20/20

[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: The Death Challenge
Season 4, episode 2
W: Richard Bluel, Pat Fielder D: Ron Satlof
With Don Ameche (Harry Whitehead), Ann Blyth (Velma Whitehead), Ron Masak (Ed Shannon), Martin Kove (Joe Kirby), Jo Ann Pflug (Maggie), Bobbie Jordan (Georgette Saltini), Carl Byrd (Dr. Covington), James A. Watson Jr. (Dep. D.A. Jim Barnes). An aging magician's comeback is marred when his protege dies while attempting the master's water trick illusion. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/28/1978)