Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday December 13, 1980:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales [special]
W: Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, John Dunn, Tony Benedict D: Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones With Mel Blanc, June Foray. An animated, all-animal production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". (Repeat program)
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[ABC 8:00] Breaking Away [Reg]: Knowing Her
Season 1, episode 3 W: Jerry McNeely D: Kim Friedman With Larry Larson (Grant), Woody Eney (Dougherty), Lenora May (Jeanne Lindsay), Steve Doubet (Steve), Shelby Brammer (Nancy). Moocher lands a job as a movie-theater usher; Mrs. Stohler enrolls in a real-estate course taught by an attractive widower; romance enters Cyril's life in the form of a co-ed.
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[NBC 8:00] Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters [Reg]
With Ray Stevens.
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[CBS 8:30] 'Twas The Night Before Christmas [special]
W: Jerome Coopersmith D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Tammy Grimes, John McGiver, George Gobel. Joel Grey narrates the animated musical special adapted from the Clement Moore poem, as the town of Junctionville fears that Santa Claus will pass over their village because of a letter in the local paper denouncing him as a myth. (Repeat program)
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[CBS 9:00] Freebie And The Bean [Reg]: Health Nuts
Season 1, episode 2 W: Dick Nelson D: Bruce Kessler With Joseph Wiseman (Dr. Dorf), Shannon Farnon (Dr. Brimmer), Kimberly Beck. Freebie and the Bean go undercover at a health institute suspected of passing information about its patients to a holdup team.
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[ABC 9:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Captain's Triangle / Boomerang / Out Of This World
Season 4, episode 8 W: Christopher Vane, Jill Baer, Ken Hecht, Lou Patrick D: Richard Kinon With Sue Ane Langdon (Monica Wells), Guich Koock (Lance Michaels), Monte Markham (Brad Wells), Tom Smothers (Martin Fallow), Barry Van Dyke (Scott Hanson), Pamela Sue Martin (Donna Dayton), Helen Reddy (Eleanor Green). Gopher puts his job in jeopardy when he tries to prove that a woman passenger is from outer space; Capt. Stubing becomes a candidate for seduction by a former girlfriend; a beautiful model learns a lesson from two bachelors.
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[NBC 9:00] Movie: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
W: Frank Pierson D: Sidney Lumet With Al Pacino, Charles Durning, John Cazale, Chris Sarandon, Dick Anthony Williams, Carol Kane. A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.
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[CBS 10:00] Secrets Of Midland Heights [Reg]: Decisions
Season 1, episode 2 W: Caroline Elias, Frederic Hunter D: Gabrielle Beaumont With K Callan (Hilda Carroll). Dorothy wants to end her affair with Nathan after her daughter learns of it.
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[ABC 10:00] Perry Como's Christmas In The Holy Land [special]
With Richard Chamberlain. Perry Como takes viewers on a musical tour of Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
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