Prime-time network TV listings for Wednesday December 16, 1970:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:30] TV Movie: Caught In The Middle (1970)
W: Gordon Watkins D: Herb Gardner With Lawrence Cook, Morgan Freeman, Dorothi Fox, Camille Yarbrough. Drama, taped on location in Harlem, about the frustrations of a welfare worker torn between urgent needs of the community and limitations imposed on him by rules and regulations.
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| [ABC 7:30] The Courtship Of Eddie's Father [Reg]: Fear Is For Understanding
Season 2, episode 12 W: Shirley Gordon D: Randall Hood Mrs. Livingston says she saw ghosts in Eddie's room and Tom can't convince Eddie that such things don't exist.
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| [NBC 7:30] The Little Drummer Boy [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Greer Garson, Jose Ferrer, Paul Frees, June Foray, Teddy Eccles, The Vienna Boys Choir. Musical special about a boy's arrival at the Manger of the Christ Child in Bethlehem just as the Three Kings are about to offer their gifts. The boy has no gift - except a song. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Make Room For Granddaddy [Reg]: Women Of the World, Unite!
Season 1, episode 12 With Roosevelt Grier (Rosey Robbins), Jackie Joseph (Dolly). A women's freedom advocate demands that Danny drop all jokes that cast aspersions on females. Kelly and Linda are sympathetic to her cause. That night, with members of the league in the Copa audience, Danny puts on a special program to get even with the women.
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| [NBC 8:00] Bing Crosby's Christmas Special [special]
A salute to various Yuletide traditions with Bing Crosby, his wife Kathryn and their children Mary Frances, Harry and Nathaniel. Guests include Jack Wild, Melba Moore and the Doodletown Pipers.
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| [ABC 8:30] Room 222 [Reg]: Mel Wertz And The Nickel-Plated Toothpick
Season 2, episode 12 W: Bob Rodgers D: Richard Kinon With Jack Bender (Mel Wertz), Gino Conforti (Sam Cousins), Jerry Hausner (Mr. Wertz), Connie Sawyer (Mrs. Wertz), Craig Huxley (George). Pete Dixon is concerned when the further education of a student, who wants to become a teacher, is threatened by the success of his country rock group.
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| [CBS 9:00] Medical Center [Reg]: Man At Bay
Season 2, episode 14 W: Don Brinkley D: Earl Bellamy With Andrew Duggan (Dr. Garson), Gary Lockwood (Dr. Carl Webson), Stefanie Powers (Lisa Montague), Dana Elcar (General Montague), Jack Garner (Dr. Bolton). A hippie-style doctor fights a stiff-necked colleague for promising too much success with a new treatment to a girl suffering from gangrene.
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| [ABC 9:00] The Johnny Cash Show [Reg]
Season 2, episode 12 With Al Hirt, Jackie DeShannon, Homer and Jethro, Hank Snow. Jackie DeShannon sings "A Thing Called Love". Hank Snow sings "Remember Me". Johnny Cash with the Carter Family, Statler Brothers and Carl Perkins perform "Old Time Religion". Johnny and Al Hirt duet on "I Walk The Line". Johnny sings "Johnny Reb" and "Ballad Of The Harp Weaver".
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| [NBC 9:00] Kraft Music Hall [Reg]: Love And Marriage (2)
With James Coco, Michele Lee, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Nancy Walker. Alan King hosts.
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| [CBS 10:00] Hawaii Five-O [Reg]: The Double Wall
Season 3, episode 14 W: Jerry Ludwig, Eric Bercovici D: Michael O'Herlihy With Al Harrington (Prison Guard Bates), Bill Bigelow (Rycourt), Monte Markham (Harry Kellem), William Schallert (Craig Wilkie), Joan Van Ark (Freda Cowan), Sorrell Booke (Dr. Sam Berman), Richard Roat (Ted Cowan), Peter Whitney (Bedford), Mills Watson (Barney Banyan), R.G. Armstrong (Warden), Morgan Sha'an (Frank Ritchie), Terry Plunkett (Officer Spivack), Bob Jones (Beldock). McGarrett and his state police will try to prove innocent a convicted murderer in order to save the life of a prison doctor he's holding hostage.
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| [ABC 10:00] Dan August [Reg]: Quadrangle For Death
Season 1, episode 13 W: Stephen Kandel, Norman Katkov D: Nick Webster With Jenny Sullivan, John Ritter, Richard Basehart, Robert Lipton. In the midst of campus turmoil brought on by the firing of a controversial professor, August investigates the death of the college's chancellor, a deliberate killing by a car driven at high speed.
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| [NBC 10:00] Night Gallery [Reg]
1. The Dead Man W: Douglas Heyes D: Douglas Heyes With Glenn Dixon (Minister), Louise Sorel (Velia Redford), Jeff Corey (Dr. Miles Talmadge), Carl Betz (Dr. Max Redford), Michael Blodgett (John Fearing). A doctor instructs a patient in demonstrating the symptoms of various illnesses through the power of suggestion. 2. The Housekeeper W: Douglas Heyes D: John Meredyth Lucas With Larry Hagman (Cedric Acton), Suzy Parker (Carlotta Acton), Jeanette Nolan (Miss Wattle), Howard Morton (Headwaiter), Cathleen Cordell (Miss Beamish). A dabbler in black magic schemes to switch his rich wife's cold persona for a warm, loving soul.
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