Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 25, 1980:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] The Waltons [Reg]: The Premonition
Season 9, episode 5 W: E.F. Wallengren D: Bernard McEveety With Jordan Bennett (Norman), Woody Eney (Major Sawyer), Ed Call (Sgt. Norton), Anita Jodelsohn (Simone Berringer). Cindy's premonitions about Ben being in danger come true when word arrives that he has been captured by the Japanese; John-Boy falls in love with a French girl who runs a book shop in Paris, and agrees to write an article on the threat of unexploded mines.
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| [ABC 8:00] Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner. A musical look at the history of the Kris Kringle myth. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Games People Play [Reg]
Favorite segments from past programs are featured.
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| [CBS 9:00] Magnum, P.I. [Reg]: Thank Heaven For Little Girls And Big Ones Too
Season 1, episode 4 W: Babs Greyhosky D: Bruce Seth Green With Katherine Cannon (Linda Booton), Elizabeth Hoy (Lesli), Lauri Hendler (Nancy), Al Harrington (Mano), George Fisher (Boxer), Jim Demarest (Kidnapper), Pamela Piper (Melissa), Erin Ostrem (Darlene), Shannon Brady (Carolyn). Magnum is hired by five young schoolgirls from Vermont to find their missing teacher.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: An American Christmas Carol (1979)
W: Jerome Coopersmith D: Eric Till With Henry Winkler, David Wayne, Dorian Harewood. In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures.
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| [NBC 9:00] Dick Clark's Good Old Days [special]
With Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Chubby Checker, Fabian, Jerry Lee Lewis. Dick Clark salutes Philadelphia and the stars of 1955-1965, and is "roasted" by his guests. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 10:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: Small Surprises
Season 1, episode 10 W: Robert Gilmer D: Nicholas Sgarro With Jennifer McCallister (Jill), Georgiann Johnson (Dr. Bender). Karen discovers she is pregnant and can't decide if she's delighted or devastated. (Repeat program, originally aired 3/6/1980)
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