Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday December 26, 1979:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	Young Maverick: Dead Man's Hand: Part 1		TV Movie: A Shining Season (1979)
ABC	Eight Is Enough: You Won't Have Nicholas To Kick Around Anymore (2) (R)		Charlie's Angels: Pom Pom Angels (R)		Vega$: Mixed Blessing (R)
NBC	Real People (R)		Diff'rent Strokes: Mrs. Garrett's Romance (R)	The American Presidency

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Program details:

[CBS 8:00] Young Maverick [Reg]: Dead Man's Hand: Part 1
Season 1, episode 4
W: Robert Van Scoyk D: Hy Averback
With Alan Fudge (Amos Layton), James Woods (Lem Fraker), Harry Dean Stanton (Pokey Tindal), Donna Mills (Lila Gates), John McIntire (Vernon Maywood), Howard Duff (Herman Rusk), Betsy Slade, George Dzundza. Ben becomes heir to a still-to-be-played poker hand willed to him by a friend who dropped dead during a high stakes game.

[ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: You Won't Have Nicholas To Kick Around Anymore (2)
Season 3, episode 13
W: Hindi Brooks D: Harry Harris
With Jack Elam (Joe Simons), Larry Gelman (Officer Bernstein), Grace Gaynor, D.J. Blair, Kay Elliot. After running away from home, Nicholas finds a foster family headed by a crusty old con man. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/29/1978)

[NBC 8:00] Real People Featured: a visit to a restaurant at a nudist colony; a reunion of black World War II fighter pilots; a meeting with a 10-year-old disc jockey; a trip down the fabled Colorado River; a visit with a professional noisemaker, and an interview with Mr. Backward. (Repeat program)

[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: A Shining Season (1979)
W: William Harrison D: Stuart Margolin
With Timothy Bottoms, Allyn Ann McLerie, Ed Begley Jr., Rip Torn, Mason Adams. A runner and track coach is dying of cancer but refuses to give in until the end.

[ABC 9:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Pom Pom Angels
Season 3, episode 8
W: Richard Carr D: Cliff Bole
With Rick Casorla (Tim Asher), Cis Rundle (Ellen), Sandy Ward (Dan Abner), Lonny Chapman (Eddie Cobb), B.J. Bartlett (Sam Braham), Ben Davidson (Tasker), Fran Ryan (Belle Asher), Anne Francis (Margo), Stephanie Blackmore (Beverly Casey). The Angels become pompom girls for a professional football team when three cheerleaders mysteriously disappear. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/1/1978)

[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Mrs. Garrett's Romance
Season 2, episode 3
W: Jerry Winnick D: Gerren Keith
With Philip Charles MacKenzie (Leon). Arnold, Willis and the Drummonds are shocked to discover that Mrs. Garrett has a new and very young boyfriend. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/12/1979)

[NBC 9:30] The American Presidency A news essay outlining the evolution of the office of the chief executive, anchored by David Brinkley.

[ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Mixed Blessing
Season 2, episode 3
W: David P. Harmon D: Cliff Bole
With Cassie Yates (Sister Callahan), James Luisi (Rico), David Huddleston (Diamond Jim), Tracey Walter (Jimmy Potter), Eugene Peterson (Doctor), Tony Ballen (Pawnbroker), Joe Tomaszewski (Pit Boss). Dan rushes to find a stolen cross being demanded by a killer who is holding a nun in exchange for the priceless artifact. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/3/1979)