Prime-time network TV listings for Thursday December 10, 1981:

	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBS	A Charlie Brown Christmas (R)	Dorothy In The Land Of Oz (R)	Knots Landing: The Surprise		Johnny Cash: Christmas In Scotland
ABC	Rudolph's Shiny New Year (R)		Barney Miller: Games	Taxi: Of Mice And Tony	20/20
NBC	Dean Martin's Christmas At Sea World		Diff'rent Strokes: The Ski Weekend	Gimme A Break: Your Prisoner Is Dead	Hill Street Blues: Cranky Streets

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[CBS 8:00] A Charlie Brown Christmas [special]
W: Charles M. Schulz D: Bill Melendez
With Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Sally Dryer, Kathy Steinberg, Tracy Stratford, Chris Doran, Ann Altieri, Geoffrey Ornstein, Karen Mendelson. Charlie Brown seeks the true meaning of Christmas when he becomes disillusioned with the holiday's commercialism. (Repeat program)

[ABC 8:00] Rudolph's Shiny New Year [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
With Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam. Happy, the baby New Year, turns up missing, and Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is sent by Santa to find him. (Repeat program)

[NBC 8:00] Dean Martin's Christmas At Sea World [special]
With Lynn Anderson, Buck Owens, T.G. Sheppard, Charlie Callas. Dean and others celebrate the holidays with performances at the San Diego aquarium.

[CBS 8:30] Dorothy In The Land Of Oz [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf
With Sid Caesar, Mischa Bond, Joan Gerber, Frank Nelson, Lurene Tuttle, Robert Ridgely, Charles Woolf. In this animated musical, the Kansas schoolgirl winds up back in Oz while chasing a missing pie, and she and her friends take on Tyrone the Terrible Toy Maker. (Repeat program)

[CBS 9:00] Knots Landing [Reg]: The Surprise
Season 3, episode 5
W: Ellis Marcus D: Joseph Manduke
With John Lehne (Andrew Parkhurst), Bobby Jacoby (Brian), Barry Jenner (Jeff), Carol Bruce (Annette Cunningham), Bert Rosario (Pete Dorado). Abby's children are returned to her after she tricks Jeff and gets a restraining order against him; Karen takes on another challenge.

[ABC 9:00] Barney Miller [Reg]: Games
Season 8, episode 6
W: Jordan Moffet D: Gennaro Montanino
With Philip Sterling (Frank Rilling), Carol Rossen (Sgt. Lake), Vernon Weddle (Lawrence Oaks), Trinidad Silva (Puente), Warren Munson (James Seinbeck), John O'Leary (Leo Hadden), Sarah Kennedy (Alice Grant). A manufacturer of computer game processors is accused of espionage; a WAC supplements her U.S. Army income as a prostitute.

[NBC 9:00] Diff'rent Strokes [Reg]: The Ski Weekend
Season 4, episode 7
W: Dawn Aldredge D: Gerren Keith
With Dana Kimmell (Michelle), Jon Caliri (Tony), Mark Neely (Ron). Kimberly must face the biggest decision of her life -- whether to spend a ski weekend with a popular boy or turn down the opportunity to get away on her own and remain, in her mind, daddy's "little girl."

[ABC 9:30] Taxi [Reg]: Of Mice And Tony
Season 4, episode 9
W: Glen Charles, Les Charles D: James Burrows
With Tom Castranova (Tommy), Gene LeBell (Referee), Ernie Hudson (Terry Carver), Jimmy Lennon Sr. (Ring Announcer), Howard Gewirtz (Dr. Smith), Ian Praiser (Dr. Harmon), John Christy Ewing (Dr. Frazier), Andrew Winner (Dr. Gilman), Nat Bernstein (Dr. Stewart). Tony meets a promising young heavyweight boxer and offers to become his manager; the problem is, a mysterious "syndicate" is also showing an interest in the rookie fighter.

[NBC 9:30] Gimme A Break [Reg]: Your Prisoner Is Dead
Season 1, episode 7
W: Chip Keyes, Erik Tarloff, Doug Keyes D: Will Mackenzie
With Jay Johnson (Priest), Lou Cutell (Druggist), Alan Stock (Robber), Howard Platt (Gus Lambert). The Chief is caught in a standoff at a drug store and, for the first time in his career, is forced to shoot and kill the holdup man.

[CBS 10:00] Johnny Cash: Christmas In Scotland [special]
With Andy Williams. The country and western singer celebrates the holiday season by returning with his family to their ancestral home in Scotland.

[ABC 10:00] 20/20 Barbara Walters interviews Patricia Hearst; Geraldo Rivera looks at musical superstars of the '60s who are still making it big in the '80s.

[NBC 10:00] Hill Street Blues [Reg]: Cranky Streets
Season 2, episode 6
W: Robert Crais D: Randa Haines
With Tony Perez (Perez), Vanna Salviati (Mrs. Amico), Leonard Lightfoot (Ellis), Livia Genise (Officer Sanchez), Robert Sampson (Hal Massey), Stephen McHattie (Officer Nash), Steve Peck (Guido Barbari). Hill covers for a rookie cop with personal problems who uses excessive force during an arrest; Coffey arrests a family friend during a visit to his old neighborhood; Fay introduces her fiancee; negotiations break down between the police union and the city.