Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 28, 1980:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
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| [ABC 7:00] Those Amazing Animals
Featured are two photographers being attacked by sharks, a horse that solves mathematical problems and a parrot that sings opera. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney
(Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]
(Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Omnibus [special]
Hal Holbrook hosts the second in a series of cultural and entertainment specials. This edition spotlights John Ritter, Aretha Frankin, Princess Grace of Monaco and the American Dance Machine.
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| [NBC 8:00] CHiPs [Reg]: Roller Disco
Season 3, episode 1 W: Rudolph Borchert D: Don Weis With Larry Storch (Franco), Robert Starr (Brian), Leif Garrett (Jimmy Tyler), Bill Daily (Balford), Mike Minor (Doctor), Fred Williamson (Ty), Jim Brown (Romo), Larry Linville (Carlin), Ed McMahon (Himself). Season premiere. While organizing a roller disco charity ball, Ponch and Jon cross paths with roller-skating thieves, a con man constantly collecting insurance for whiplash, and a rock star hiding out from the world. (Repeat program, originally aired 9/22/1979)
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Happy New Year II
Season 5, episode 12 W: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield D: Alan Rafkin With Nedra Volz (Emily), Dick O'Neill (Orville), Helen Kleeb (Glenda), David Fresco (Homer), Nanette Fabray (Katherine Romano). Ann, her family and Schneider are once again talked into staging a New Year's Eve show for the residents of the Utopia Park Retirement Hotel. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/30/1979)
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: A Semi-Merry Christmas
Season 2, episode 9 W: Madelyn Pugh Davis, Bob Carroll Jr., Tom Whedon D: Marc Daniels With Patrick Cronin (Jason Carp), Pat Cranshaw (Andy). Mel, Flo, Vera, Alice and Tommy spend Christmas Eve in the cab of a trailer truck en route to Colorado. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/18/1977)
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| [ABC 9:00] The Shadow Box [special]
W: Michael Cristofer D: Paul Newman With Joanne Woodward, Christopher Plummer, Valerie Harper, James Broderick, Sylvia Sidney, Melinda Dillon, John Considine. Paul Newman makes his directorial debut on television in this ABC Theater production of Michael Cristofer's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, concerning three terminally-ill patients and their families who await death with anger, wit and insight.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: Once Upon A Time
Season 6, episode 24 W: Michael Moye D: Bob Lally With Walt Hanna (Sir James), Wendell Wright (Inflation). While babysitting his granddaughter, George entertains her with a story about King George. In this tale, King George is defending his kingdom from the evil called "Inflation". (Repeat program, originally aired 4/13/1980)
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]
A couple of disaster victim patients figure prominently in the developing relationship between Trapper and Gonzo. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 10:00] Sharks [special]
"Jaws" author Peter Benchley narrates this special about the natural history and colorful lore of sharks, examining some of the more than 300 species of this creature in their natural underwater habitats. (Repeat program)
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