Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday December 18, 1976:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] A Charlie Brown Christmas [special]
W: Charles M. Schulz D: Bill Melendez With Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Sally Dryer, Kathy Steinberg, Tracy Stratford, Chris Doran, Ann Altieri, Geoffrey Ornstein, Karen Mendelson. 1965 cartoon with all the "Peanuts" comic strip characters. Sore at commercialism, Charlie Brown can't get into the Christmas mood, even after Lucy asks him to direct a pageant. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:00] Wonder Woman [Reg]: Wonder Woman vs. Gargantua!
Season 1, episode 6 W: David Ketchum, Tony DiMarco D: Charles R. Rondeau With Robert Loggia (Hans Eichler), Gretchen Corbett (Erica Belgard), John Hillerman (Conrad Steigler), Tom Reese (Carl), Herb Voland (Dr. Osmond), Jim Driskill (Sergeant Henderson), Curtis Credel (Corporal Rogers), Mickey Morton (Gargantua). A giant gorilla is condiitoned by a brilliant Nazi animal behavioral scientist to capture Wonder Woman.
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| [NBC 8:00] The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow [special]
Animated musical special which tells the story of Lucas, a poor shepherd boy in the south of France who has never seen snow. (Repeat program)
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| [CBS 8:30] How The Grinch Stole Christmas! [special]
W: Dr. Seuss D: Chuck Jones With June Foray, Thurl Ravenscroft, Dal McKennon. Animated musical special about how the Grinch attempts to erase Christmas from the tiny town of Whoville by stealing all the symbols of the season. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 8:30] Movie: Mame (1974)
W: Paul Zindel D: Gene Saks With Lucille Ball, Bea Arthur, Robert Preston, Joyce Van Patten, Don Porter, Jane Connell, John McGiver. A musical revolving around the antics of Mame Dennis, a fun-loving, wealthy eccentric with a flare for life and a razor sharp wit.
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| [CBS 9:00] All In The Family [Reg]: Gloria's False Alarm
Season 7, episode 14 W: Phil Doran, Douglas Arango D: Paul Bogart With Michael Mann (Dr. Dolby). Gloria's announcement that she might be pregnant again leads to drastic action by an uncertain Mike when she charges him with the responsibility of making sure it doesn't happen again.
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| [ABC 9:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Iron Mike
Season 2, episode 12 W: Ron Friedman, Arthur Norman D: Don Weis With Michael Conrad (Captain "Iron Mike" Ferguson), Ric Mancini (Johnny Lonigan), Peter MacLean (Matt Coyle), Shannon Wilcox (Laura Lonigan), Marc Alaimo ("Skinny" Momo Mantel), Buddy Lester (Lucky Lester). A noted police captain is seen accepting an envelope from a racketeer, which leads Starsky and Hutch to investigate how the captain compiled his incredible crime-breaking record.
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| [CBS 9:30] Alice [Reg]: Mother-In-Law (2)
Season 1, episode 13 W: Arnold Kane, Bruce Johnson, R.S. Allen D: William P. D'Angelo With Eileen Heckart (Rose Hyatt), Murray Hamilton (Charlie Hyatt), Noble Willingham (Floyd). Alice's mother-in-law continues to be the world's most imposing guest -- only now she wants to make it permanent.
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| [CBS 10:00] The Carol Burnett Show [Reg]
Season 10, episode 13 With Dick Van Dyke.
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| [ABC 10:00] Most Wanted [Reg]: The Torch
Season 1, episode 7 D: Virgil Vogel With Michael McGuire (Vernon Westra), Aldine King (Marie), Carl Franklin (Tannehill), Helen Funai (Miko), James Gammon (Joe Carter). A ruthless con man devises a payoff scheme in which he eliminates a businessman's competitors with a series of bombings.
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