Prime-time network TV listings for Tuesday December 22, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Simon & Simon [Reg]: A Recipe For Disaster
Season 1, episode 4 W: Richard Chapman D: Mike Vejar With Ralph Manza (Hotel Manager), Red West (Frank Dawson), Anthony Pena (Ponce), Wayne Grace (Jack), Robin Ignico (Irene Gaines), Taylor Lacher (Steve Gaines), Bonnie Parker (Margie Gaines), Michael Ansara (Bill Waller), Kristina Hayden (Cheryl). While trying to locate a spirited young girl caught up in a divorce dispute, Rick and A.J. travel to the oil fields of Mexico where they find the girl's father in deadly conflict with men who will stop at nothing to strike it rich.
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| [ABC 8:00] John Denver And The Muppets: A Christmas Together [special]
Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and a trunkful of Muppets join in Yuletide comedy and music.
(Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Father Murphy [Reg]: The Ghost Of Gold Hill
Season 1, episode 9 W: John T. Dugan D: William F. Claxton With Charles Tyner (Mr. Rodman), Ivy Bethune (Miss Tuttle), Steve Levitt (Philbert Potts). When the owner of Gold Hill shows up talking constantly to his invisible mother it brings more than a few laughs -- and worries from the Gold Hill folks that he might actually find gold and they will have to leave.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Bill (1981)
W: Corey Blechman D: Anthony Page With Mickey Rooney, Dennis Quaid, Largo Woodruff. The true-life story of a mentally retarded adult who must integrate himself into society after 44 years in a mental institution.
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| [ABC 9:00] Three's Company [Reg]: Downhill Chaser
Season 5, episode 4 W: Martin Rips, Joseph Staretski D: Dave Powers With Laurette Spang (Inga), Kate Murtaugh (Gertrude), John Gibson (Ski Patrolman). Jack snows a professional skier named Inga into believing that he is a downhill champion. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/25/1980)
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| [NBC 9:00] Bret Maverick [Reg]: The Yellow Rose
Season 1, episode 4 W: Lee David Zlotoff D: William Wiard With Keye Luke (Lu Sung), Lydia Lei (Kwai Bo Yung), Anthony Eisley (Alfred Baniger), Marj Dusay (Kate Hanrahan), Marcia Rodd (Captain Slater), Priscilla Morrill (Estelle Springer), Tom Rosqui (Philadelphia Hunter). Women's suffrage catches fire in Sweetwater and no one feels the heat more than Maverick, who's just won a Chinese girl in a poker game.
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| [ABC 9:30] Too Close For Comfort [Reg]: Pilot
Season 1, episode 1 W: Arne Sultan, Earl Barret, Brian Cooke D: Will Mackenzie With Fern Fitzgerald (Masseuse), Jeff Maxwell (Artist). Debut of a series starring Ted Knight as Henry Rush, a middle-aged cartoonist and overprotective father. In the series opener, Henry rents the downstairs apartment to his two daughters. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/11/1980)
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| [ABC 10:00] Hart To Hart [Reg]: 'Tis The Season To Be Murdered
Season 2, episode 5 W: Lawrence Hertzog D: Earl Bellamy With Lee Wilkof (Stanley Friesen), Roger C. Carmel (Walter Brent), Cynthia Sikes (Roseanne), Kenneth Kimmins (Sam Girard), Douglas Dirkson (Eric Palmer), Elaine Joyce (Roberta Haywood), Jack Riley (Norman Culp). Jennifer and Jonathan go undercover and deal with industrial espionage as they try to identify a toy plan thief who has become a murderer. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/16/1980)
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| [NBC 10:00] Flamingo Road [Reg]: Little Foxes
Season 2, episode 7 W: Kathleen A. Shelley D: Alan Cooke With Joel Bailey (Tony), Fernando Allende (Julio Sanchez), Gina Gallego (Alicia Sanchez), Glenn Robards (Jasper). On Christmas Eve in Truro, Tyrone wants Titus to evict the Cubans from his newly acquired barrio property; Constance seeks the attention of Julio.
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