Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday December 1, 1982:
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Program details:
[CBS 8:00] Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Larry Roemer With Larry D. Mann, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles, Stan Francis. A shy reindeer with a shiny nose becomes depressed over all the jokes about his unusual feature and runs away with a misfit elf. (Repeat program)
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[ABC 8:00] Ziggy's Gift [special]
W: Tom Wilson D: Richard Williams With Frank Welker, Richard Williams, Tom McGreevey, Perry Botkin Jr., Tony Giorgio, John Gibbons. Animated holiday special featuring the comic-strip character. Ziggy gets a job to be a street Santa on Christmas Eve from a crooked boss, but the magic of the season allows the lovable loser to do more good than anyone expects.
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[NBC 8:00] Real People
Adult tricycle races; a golf game played in the snow; Jacques D'Amboise teaches modern dance to school children; a mother of two who is also a centerfold model.
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[ABC 8:30] 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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[CBS 9:00] TV Movie: Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982)
W: Nancy Sackett, Jim Lawrence D: Dick Lowry With Mare Winningham, Polly Holliday, John Anderson, Scatman Crothers, Kate Capshaw, Peter Scolari, Jane Wyatt, Richard Dysart, Noble Willingham. An impoverished young woman's three children are stolen from her by a private adoption agency posing as a child care center.
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[ABC 9:00] The Fall Guy [Reg]: A Piece Of Cake
Season 2, episode 6 W: Burton Armus D: Bruce Bilson With Terry Kiser (Nick Trainer), Dick O'Neill (Capt. Finley), Frank Aletter (O'Hara), Michael DeLano (Fletcher), Cork Hubbert (Swifty Leonard), Bert Rosario (Leo), Amy Botwinick (Rona), Vince Deadrick (Smith), John Finn (Bleeker). A New York City police officer uses Colt as a pawn in his scheme to frame a top syndicate member.
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[NBC 9:00] The Facts Of Life [Reg]: Daddy's Girl
Season 4, episode 8 W: Howard Meyers, Paul Haggis D: Asaad Kelada With Nicolas Coster (David Warner), Kenneth Tigar (Mr. Garfield). When an IRS agent pays her a visit, Blair discovers that her father has been using her for a string of potentially illegal tax dodges.
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[NBC 9:30] Family Ties [Reg]: Death Of A Grocer
Season 1, episode 9 W: Michael J. Weithorn D: Will Mackenzie With Marc Price (Skippy Handelman), Jack Somack (Sy Adler), Ann Nelson (Mrs. Crenshaw). Alex comes to regret his decision to leave his job at a small-time grocer for a better paying job at a larger store.
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[ABC 10:00] Dynasty [Reg]: Mark
Season 3, episode 6 W: Edward de Blasio, Philip Leacock D: Philip Leacock With John Larch (Gerald Wilson). Blake tries to be friends with Adam, but Adam rejects him; Alexis tells Mark that he's still married to Krystle; Mark seeks to get a job as a tennis pro at Fallon's hotel.
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[NBC 10:00] Quincy, M.E. [Reg]: Next Stop, Nowhere
Season 8, episode 8 W: Sam Egan D: Ray Danton With Melora Hardin (Abigail Garvin), Karlene Crockett (Molly Howard), Kelly Ward (Skip), Barbara Cason (Mrs. Garvin), James Callahan (Adrian Mercer), Alex Henteloff (Fingerprint Analyst), Anita Gillette (Dr. Emily Hanover), Rick Dano (Fly Fester), Nicholas Georgiade (Vince Lasker). After a boy dies during a wild concert at a nightclub, Quincy claims punk rock was a factor.
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