Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 20, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
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| [ABC 7:00] Rudolph And Frosty's Christmas In July [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Red Buttons, Jackie Vernon, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Alan Sues, Shelley Winters, Paul Frees, Don Messick. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer and Frosty the Snowman appear to be doomed when a fiendish wizard sets out to destroy them. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 7:00] A Family Circus Christmas [special]
W: Bil Keane, Joseph Cavella D: Al Kouzel With Anne Costello, Bob Kaliban, Mark Dermott, Missy Hope, Nathan Berg, Allen Swift. Little Jeffy asks Santa to bring his grandpa from heaven for the holidays. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 7:30] The Little Rascals Christmas Special [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf With Philip Tanzini, Jimmy Gatherum, Randi Kiger, Al Fann, Robby Kiger, Jack Somack. Animated. Two young brothers and their friends become involved in a humorous Christmas mix-up. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:00] Archie Bunker's Place [Reg]: Stephanie's Dance
Season 3, episode 10 W: Stephen Miller, Mark Fink D: Linda Day With Barbara Meek (Ellen Canby), Seven Anne MacDonald (Amy Bloom), Mark Lonow (Barry Bloom), Deanna Claire (Heather Winfield). Archie must accept the fact that Stephanie is growing up when she attends her first school dance.
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| [NBC 8:00] Bob Hope Christmas Special [special]
With Loni Anderson, Andy Williams, Brooke Shields, The AP All-America Football Team. Hope's annual musical-variety special saluting the Yuletide season.
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| [CBS 8:30] One Day At A Time [Reg]: Plain Favorite
Season 7, episode 8 W: Celia Bonaduce, Anthony Bonaduce D: Alan Rafkin With Chuck McCann (Beerbelly), Patti Mariano (Woman), Jack Knight (Ralph), Larry Gelman (Roscoe), Gretchen Corbett (Sophie), Victoria Carroll (Maxine). Ann's cousin Sophie visits Indianapolis and quickly hits it off with Schneider, leaving Schneider with a dilemma regarding who to invite to a dance.
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| [ABC 8:30] Movie: Thunderball (1965)
W: Ian Fleming, Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham D: Terence Young With Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter, Bernard Lee. Ian Fleming's thriller takes James Bond on a deadly chase for a NATO Vulcan bomber carrying an atomic load bound for Miami.
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| [CBS 9:00] Alice [Reg]: Mel's Christmas Carol
Season 6, episode 9 W: Vic Rauseo, Linda Morris D: Marc Daniels With Jack Gilford (Jake). The ghost of a partner past gives Mel the dickens on Christmas Eve after Mel fires Alice, Jolene and Vera.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: From A Far Country (1981)
W: Andrzej Kijowski, Vincenzo Labella, Jan Jozef Szczepanski, Krzysztof Zanussi D: Krzysztof Zanussi With Cezary Morawski, Sam Neill, Lisa Harrow, Christopher Cazenove, John Welsh, Maurice Denham. A film dramatizing the life of Karol Wojtyla, the first non-Italian Pope in more than 400 years, from his childhood in Poland to his present papal reign.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Jeffersons [Reg]: I've Got A Secret
Season 8, episode 10 W: Jerry Perzigian, Don Seigel, Peter Casey, David Lee D: Bob Lally George notices that Louise has been writing in her diary every night and, suspicious she might be hiding something, attempts to read it while Louise is away at work.
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| [CBS 10:00] Trapper John, M.D. [Reg]: 'Tis The Season
Season 3, episode 9 W: John Whelpley D: Michael Caffey With Janet Brandt (Mrs. Larson), Jermaine Johnson (Tommy), Lynne Moody (Karen), Ray Walston (Sidewalk Santa), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Gatwick), Sean McClory (Reverend Flanagan), Catherine Farrar (Jackie). A drunken, threadbare street corner Santa Claus is admitted to San Francisco Memorial in critical condition, but is concerned more about a sick boy than his own health.
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