Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 21, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
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| [ABC 7:00] The Year Without A Santa Claus [special]
W: William Keenan D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving, Bob McFadden. Santa Claus wakes up with a cold and decides to stay in bed rather than deliver presents to people who don't believe in him anyway. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: The Ghosts Of Buxley Hall (1)
Season 27, episode 6 W: Sy Gomberg D: Bruce Bilson With Dick O'Neill (General Eulace Buxley), Victor French (Sgt. Major Cheater Sweet), Louise Latham (Bettina Buxley), Monte Markham (Col. Joe Buxley), Ruta Lee (Ernestine Di Gonzini), Vito Scotti (Count Di Gonzini), Don Porter (Judge Haynes), Steve Franken (Virgil Quimby), Renne Jarrett (Emily Wakefield), John Ericson (George Ross). The ghost of the proud founder of a school for boys learns of the trustees' intentions to merge with a nearby girls' school.
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: The Incident
Season 2, episode 9 W: Mark Fink, Stephen Miller D: Gary Shimokawa With Barbara Meek (Ellen Canby), Pat McNamara (Gordy Bruns). Archie punches a lodge member after he makes racial remarks about Mrs. Canby, his black housekeeper, during a confrontation at the grocery store. Archie must write an apology or face expulsion from the lodge.
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| [ABC 8:00] Charlie's Angels [Reg]: Consenting Adults
Season 1, episode 10 W: Les Carter D: George McCowan With Audrey Christie (Maggie Cunningham), Laurette Spang (Tracy Martel), Alan Manson (Bialy), Dick Dinman (Clifton Cunningham), George Sperdakos (Duran), Ward Wood (Cooley), G.W. Bailey (Mumford). A call-girl operation, with a burglary ring going on the side, makes the mistake of robbing a syndicate man. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/8/1976)
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Wheels Of Justice
Season 4, episode 8 W: John Huff, L. Ford Neale D: Gordon Hessler With Christine DeLisle (Janice), Devon Ericson (Judy), John Kelly (Chris), Miki McKenzie (Pam), Rita Crafts (Judge), Joshua Bryant (Arthur), David Bowman (Administrator), Christine Belford (Denise), David Spielberg (Ted Stern), Jack Philpot (Court Clerk), Mary Linda Phillips (Hostess), Charity James (Chris), Basil Hoffman (Stan West). Ponch and Jon try to keep both a dangerous drunk driver and a habitual reckless driver off the streets; a gas main breaks at the hospital, so Central takes in an entire maternity ward until the babies can be transported.
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: The Drop Out
Season 6, episode 7 W: Bud Wiser D: Alan Rafkin With Dave Shelley (Manager), Anthony Holland (Mr. Parmington), Steve Doubet (Mel). Barbara's search for an interesting major leads her to the conclusion that she's not ready to continue her education.
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Carrie Sings The Blues
Season 5, episode 8 W: Mark Egan, Mark Solomon D: Linda Lavin, Christine Ballard With Dave Madden (Earl Hicks), Michael Alldredge (Ralph), Howard Witt (Robby), Martha Raye (Carrie Sharples). Mel's mother is singing the blues after her husband of six months has left her.
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| [ABC 9:00] A Time For Miracles [special]
W: Henry Denker D: Michael O'Herlihy With Jean-Pierre Aumont, Rossano Brazzi, John Forsythe, Lorne Greene, George Murdock, William Prince, Jean LeClerc, Leonard Mann, Robin Clarke. Kate Mulgrew protrays America's first native-born saint, Elizabeth Bailey Seton, in a dramatization of her life story.
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| [NBC 9:00] TV Movie: Coach Of The Year (1980)
W: Frank Abatemarco D: Don Medford With Robert Conrad, Erin Gray, Red West, Daphne Maxwell, David Hubbard. A partially paralyzed ex-pro football player volunteers to coach a team of resentful young men at a juvenile correctional facility.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: All I Want For Christmas
Season 7, episode 7 W: Ron Leavitt, David W. Duclon D: Bob Lally With Mitzi Hoag (Mrs. Thompson), Meeno Peluce (Billy), Sean Garrett McFrazier (Mark), Kaleena Kiff (Liza). While playing Santa Claus at the Help Center, George gets carried away and promises to get ten-year-old orphan Billy his desired Christmas present -- a pair of parents.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: Call Me Irresponsible
Season 2, episode 4 W: Charles Larson D: Robert Douglas With Candy Azzara (Sherry), Barney Phillips (Dr. Baker), Joseph Rassulo (Luigi), Victor Rendina (Chef), Leon Belasco (Head Waiter), Richard O'Brien (Construction Worker), Fredd Wayne (Pathologist), Alvin Hammer (Bedemeyer). Stanley is accused of malpractice and finds his career in jeopardy after a woman patient has a potentially lethal allergic reaction, apparently to medication mistakenly administered by him.
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