Prime-time network TV listings for Friday November 28, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] How The Grinch Stole Christmas! [special]
W: Dr. Seuss D: Chuck Jones With June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft, Dal McKennon. In an effort to erase Christmas from the tiny town of Whoville, the Grinch steals all the symbols of the season. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Benson [Reg]: First Lady
Season 2, episode 5 W: Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman D: John Rich With Warren Munson (Leon Whitley), Alex Henteloff (Ralph Krupnick), Barbara Babcock (Lily Maxwell). The Governor has a female escort for a special reception and Katie is jealous -- and afraid that it means that he will be getting married.
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| [NBC 8:00] Dick Clark's Good Old Days [special]
With Connie Francis, Fabian, The Kingston Trio, Lesley Gore, Edd Byrnes, Dion, Freddy Cannon. Co-hosts Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon join Dick and his guests for look back at the fads and fashions of the late '50s and early '60s. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:30] Frosty The Snowman [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Billy DeWolfe, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees, June Foray. Jimmy Durante narrates the animated muscial special in which a magician's magic silk hat transforms a snowman into a song-and-dance man. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:30] I'm A Big Girl Now [Reg]: Singles Bar
Season 1, episode 5 W: Barbara Benedek D: John Bowab With James Cromwell (Bartender), Philip Charles MacKenzie (Jack), Alan Haufrect (Intern). Tired of spending another weekend alone, Diana apprehensively tests the waters at a singles bar.
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| [CBS 9:00] The Dukes Of Hazzard [Reg]: Uncle Boss
Season 3, episode 5 W: William Raynor, Myles Wilder D: Hollingsworth Morse With Jeff Altman (Hughie Hogg), Ellen Murray (Mary Belle). Boss Hogg unleashes his "secret weapon" against the Dukes -- his college-educated nephew who comes to Hazzard with ideas for dirty tricks and schemes to frame Bo and Luke for bank robbery.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: The Babysitter (1980)
W: Jennifer Miller D: Peter Medak With Stephanie Zimbalist, Patty Duke, William Shatner, Quinn Cummings, Kenneth Tigar, John Houseman. An apparently charming live-in babysitter exploits each member of a family by discovering their needs and vulnerabilities.
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| [CBS 10:00] Dallas [Reg]: Taste Of Success
Season 4, episode 5 W: Robert J. Shaw D: Irving J. Moore With Leigh McCloskey (Mitch Cooper), Barbara Babcock (Liz Craig), Michael Bell (Les Crowley), Jeff Cooper (Dr. Simon Elby), Laurence Haddon (Franklin Horner), Don Starr (Jordan Lee), Paul Sorenson (Andy Bradley), Robert Ackerman (Wade Luce), Jeanna Michaels (Connie), Tom Fuccello (Dave Culver), Warren Vanders (Harry Owens), David Bowman (Tom Selby), Gregory Walcott (Jim Redfield), Tom Taylor (Martin Purcell). As Ewing Oil's president, Bobby finds the power intoxicating, which promotes apprehension in both Pam and J.R.; Bobby works hard to buy a refinery, something Jock has always wanted and which J.R. could never accomplish.
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| [NBC 10:00] NBC Magazine
Chrysler's fight for survival; song-and-dance man Gene Kelly; reports on a movie about a man named Harry Truman who refused to leave Mount St. Helens before the volcano erupted; and a segment on the invasion of a Hudson Bay town by polar bears.
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