Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday December 16, 1980:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The White Shadow [Reg]: If Your Number's Up, Get It Down
Season 3, episode 4 W: Joshua Brand D: Mark Tinker With Jimmie Walker (Himself), Elgin Baylor (Himself), Sparky Anderson (Himself), Willie Tyler (Himself), Roosevelt Grier (Himself), Red Auerbach (Himself), Chet Walker (Himself), Sandra Will (Marlene Sandler), Edmund Stoiber (Mr. Wexler), Carl Byrd (Dr. Sanders), Robin Braxton (Miss March). To get sports celebrities' help in raising funds for a community mobile health care unit, the Carver High team organizes a "memorial" dinner for Coach Reeves by spreading the word that he has died.
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| [ABC 8:00] Happy Days [Reg]: White Christmas
Season 8, episode 6 W: Holly White, Stephanie Garman D: Jerry Paris On Christmas Eve, a terrible blizzard traps Howard and Joanie at the hardware store and Fonzie, Potsie, Chachi, Jenny, and Roger at Arnold's.
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| [NBC 8:00] Bob Hope Christmas Specal [special]
With Loni Anderson, Larry Gatlin, Loretta Swit, The Associated Press All-America Football Team. Bob hosts his 24th annual Christmas special comprising an hour of Yuletide fun and song.
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| [ABC 8:30] Laverne & Shirley [Reg]: Candy Is Dandy
Season 6, episode 5 W: Joanne Pagliaro D: John Tracy With Norman Bartold (Mr. Hildebrand), Rene Lamart (Sean), John W. Shepard (Robbie), Ed Marinaro (Sonny St. Jacques). The girls finally get a job in California in the gift wrapping department at Bardwell's Department Store. On their first day on the job, Laverne gets tipsy after eating candy laced with alcohol.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Blinded By The Light (1980)
W: Robin Vote, Stephen Black, Henry Stern D: John Alonzo With Kristy McNichol, Jimmy McNichol, Anne Jackson, Michael McGuire, Phillip R. Allen, Jenny O'Hara, Sandy McPeak, Keith Andes, Gail Edwards. A middle-class family is torn apart when their teenage son joins a religious cult that has brainwashed and then blackmailed him, and his sister goes searching for the truth.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Chrissy's Cousin
Season 5, episode 7 W: George Burditt, Budd Grossman D: Dave Powers With Barbara Stuart (Mrs. Medford), Shauna Sullivan (Maxine), Jordan Clarke (Bill), Karen Austin (Jennifer). Chrissy moves out and Jack and Janet are left to find a new roommate; Cindy Snow suddenly shows up and moves into the apartment with Jack and Janet.
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| [NBC 9:00] Dean Martin Christmas Special [special]
With Beverly Sills, Erik Estrada, Andy Gibb, Mel Tillis. A Christmas special featuring a variety of holiday music.
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolfe?
Season 1, episode 7 W: Richard Reinhart D: Howard Storm With Jim Weston (Barry Wolfe), Jack Riley (Hold-Up Man). Jackie is fearful for Sara's reputation when her boss, a notorious womanizer, promotes Sara to a managerial position at the bank after only a week on the job.
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: 'Tis The Season To Be Murdered
Season 2, episode 5 W: Lawrence Hertzog D: Earl Bellamy With Lee Wilkof (Stanley Friesen), Roger C. Carmel (Walter Brent), Cynthia Sikes (Roseanne), Kenneth Kimmins (Sam Girard), Douglas Dirkson (Eric Palmer), Elaine Joyce (Roberta Haywood), Jack Riley (Norman Culp). Jennifer and Jonathan go undercover and deal with industrial espionage as they try to identify a toy plan thief who has become a murderer.
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| [NBC 10:00] Steve Allen Comedy Hour [special]
With Tom Poston, Larry Wilcox, Steve Lawrence, Anthony Newley, Bob and Ray, Elaine Joyce. Allen welcomes his guests for an hour of comedy.
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