Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday December 24, 1980:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	Fat Albert Christmas Special (R)	The Nutcracker (R)			The Magic Of David Copperfield
ABC	Eight Is Enough: Yes Nicholas, There Is A Santa Claus (R)				Vega$: Yes, My Darling Daughter (R)
NBC	Real People		Diff'rent Strokes: Friendly-Mate (R)	The Facts Of Life: Cousin Geri	Quincy, M.E.: Last Rights (R)

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Program details:

[CBS 8:00] Fat Albert Christmas Special [special]
W: Bill Danch, Jim Ryan D: Hal Sutherland
With Bill Cosby, Kim Hamilton, Julius Harris, Gerald Edwards, Eric Suter, Jan Crawford, Ty Henderson. Fat Albert and the gang make the Yuletide holiday a special one when they rescue a family in distress. (Repeat program)

[ABC 8:00] Eight Is Enough [Reg]: Yes Nicholas, There Is A Santa Claus
Season 2, episode 12
W: Hindi Brooks D: Harry Harris
With Casey King, Larry Gelman, Thad Geer, Hal Riddle, Tim Haldeman, Darrell Larson, Will Geer (Sam), Nicholas Hammond (Harold), Judy Strangis (Noreen), Frank DiElsi (Sailor). A special gift hidden by Joan before her death restores the Bradford's spirits after a burglar disappears with all of their other Christmas presents. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/14/1977)

[NBC 8:00] Real People A visit to a school where the students are taught to be Santas; a look at a woman who dresses up as a Christmas tree; Eskimos in Alaska singing Christmas carols; a look at some hand puppets that tell the story of Hanukkah.

[CBS 8:30] The Nutcracker [special] Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland and members of the American Ballet Theatre present Baryshnikov's production of the classic holiday ballet which brings to life the dreams which dance in a little girl's imagination on Christmas Eve. (Repeat program)

[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: Friendly-Mate
Season 2, episode 14
W: Dawn Aldredge D: Gerren Keith
With Vonetta McGee (Lucille), Bobbie Jordan (Joan), Lee Crawford (Robin). Mr. Drummond is in "double-trouble" when Willis and Arnold each decide to get him a companion from a computer dating service. (Repeat program, originally aired 1/16/1980)

[NBC 9:30] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Cousin Geri
Season 2, episode 5
W: Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel D: Asaad Kelada
With Geri Jewell (Geri Tyler), Hugh Gillin (Howard). Blair is embarrassed when her cousin Geri, a successful comedienne who has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair, comes to visit.

[CBS 10:00] The Magic Of David Copperfield [special]
With Loni Anderson, Robert Stack, Valerie Bertinelli, Bill Bixby. Magician Copperfield performs several illusions woven into dramatic vignettes from some of Hollywood's classic films.

[ABC 10:00] Vega$ [Reg]: Yes, My Darling Daughter
Season 1, episode 5
W: Milt Rosen D: Don Chaffey
With Lauren Tewes (Cindy Smalley), Strother Martin (Hank Jenner), Lloyd Bochner (Lyle Galen), Christine De Lisle (Linda), Whitman Mayo (Lick Smith), Barbara McNair (Beverly), Slim Pickens (Ben Handler), Randy Powell (Jim Smalley), Frank Corsentino (Tony), Paul Valentine (Minister). A young woman who believes her famous father has been dead for 10 years hires Dan Tanna to untangle the puzzling mystery of how Dad could turn up at her recent wedding. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/25/1978)

[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Last Rights
Season 6, episode 1
W: Sam Egan D: Georg Fenady
With Warren Stevens (Wayne Fields), Ben Hammer (Senator Kane), Clifton James (Cliff Webb), Philip Abbott (Bill Sullivan), William Daniels (Dr. Volmer), Bruce Gray (Dr. Robert Miles), Peggy Stuart (Ethel Sullivan), Buck Young (Sheriff Ivy), Christopher LeBlanc (Ned Duncan), Peg Shirley (Bea Thatcher), Shannon Farnon (Helen Volmer), Ivan Bonar (Simon Grossland). Quincy helps a medical examiner deal with a pair of political scandals involving the death of children of influential persons by tainted drugs, and the unsafe condition at a mill which is the main economic force in the small town. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/16/1980)