Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday December 23, 1981:
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Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] Mr. Merlin [Reg]: The Ache
Season 1, episode 10 W: Stephanie Garman, Holly White D: Larry Elikann With Sandy Rosenberg (Diane Beth Fishman), Rebecca Perle (Chris Kelly), Anna Garduno (Girl), Brad Cowgill (Boy). Merlin tries to teach Zac the meaning of inner beauty after he uses magic to impress a beautiful girl by conjuring up tickets to a sold-out rock concert.
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| [ABC 8:00] Frosty's Winter Wonderland [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Andy Griffith, Shelley Winters, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees, Dennis Day. Frosty the Snowman falls in love with a snow-woman and asks her to marry him. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:00] Real People
The nation's official Santa Claus; a school for Santas; a factory where Santas are made; a woman who dresses as a Christmas tree.
(Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:30] WKRP In Cincinnati [Reg]: Bah, Humbug
Season 3, episode 7 W: Lissa Levin D: Rod Daniel With Parley Baer (Mr. Armor), Don Diamond (Don Bassett), Merie Earle (Mrs. Butterworth). Mr. Carlson plans to give the staffers almost no Christmas bonuses. But in a dream brought on by eating one of Johnny Fever's brownies, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visit to show him the error of his ways. (Repeat program, originally aired 12/20/1980)
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| [ABC 8:30] The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Art Carney, Peggy Cass, Bob McFadden, Ken Jennings. Animated special. A boy, lost on an uncharted island, accidentally frees a banshee that sets out to steal the leprechauns' pot of gold.
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| [CBS 9:00] TV Movie: The Ordeal Of Bill Carney (1981)
W: Tom Lazarus D: Jerry London With Ray Sharkey, Richard Crenna, Martin Milner, Vincent Baggetta, Betty Buckley, David Faustino, Lynette Mettey, Tony Dow, Allan Rich, Robert Prosky, Jeremy Licht. The true story of a quadraplegic who waged a landmark five-year court battle to gain the custody of his children.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Fall Guy [Reg]: The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda
Season 1, episode 2 W: Glen A. Larson D: Sidney Hayers With Henry Gibson (Milton Bach), Pamela Susan Shoop (Rhonda Starr), Carol Wayne (Rose), Robert Wagner (Himself), Brett Halsey (Jerry Rome), Abel Fernandez (Delgado). A computer hacker rips off a bank, only to have his wife and best friend steal the money from him and flee to Mexico. (Repeat program, originally aired 11/11/1981)
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| [NBC 9:00] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Dear Me
Season 3, episode 9 W: Lloyd Turner, Howard Liebling D: Asaad Kelada With Todd Hallowell (Zack Peters), David Wallace (Paul), Philip Linton (Lenny). Tootie wants to impress the older girls, so she types a phony love letter to herself from a counselor at the summer camp she attended.
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| [NBC 9:30] Love, Sidney [Reg]: Welcome Home
Season 1, episode 1 W: Oliver Hailey D: Jay Sandrich With Graham Beckel (Jimmy), Eddie Eisele (Butcher), Merwin Goldsmith. Laurie and her 6-year-old daughter Patti move back in with "confirmed bachelor" Sidney when Laurie's marriage fails. (Repeat program, originally aired 10/28/1981)
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| [ABC 10:00] Dynasty [Reg]: The Miscarriage
Season 2, episode 7 W: Edward DeBlasio D: Irving J. Moore With Peter Mark Richman (Andrew Laird), Cathy Rich (Debbie), Wade Wallace (Andy), Ava Lazar (Linda), Scott Cooper (Jud), William Prince (Dr. Miller), James Carrington (Buddy). Krystle is devastated after losing the baby and learning that she can never have another one; things between Steven and Sammy Jo start to heat up.
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| [NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Dead Stop
Season 7, episode 8 W: Linda Cowgill D: Ray Danton With Henry Beckman (Max), Henry Slate (Harold Witten), Salome Jens (Lana Cheznell), Jack Ging (Mickey Langford), Sandy McPeak (Hank Cheznell), Gary Wood (Anthony Giavelli), Kenneth O'Brien (B.B. Hellworth), Red West (Harwood), Tony Burton (Starvin' Marvin). Quincy gets involved in the world of truckers and illegal toxic waste dumping when a driver with lung damage ends up in the morgue following an accident.
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