Prime-time network TV listings for Saturday December 10, 1977:
Program details:
| [CBS 8:00] 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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| [ABC 8:00] Tabitha [Reg]: Mr. Nice Guy
Season 1, episode 5 W: Martin Donovan D: Charles R. Rondeau With Billie Hayes (Sister Rosalind), Mickey Morton (Moving Man), Richard Brande (Claudius). Tabitha counters with magic of her own when she realizes Aunt Minerva has cast a spell on TV star Paul Thurston.
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| [NBC 8:00] Gentle Giants Of The Pacific [special]
Richard Widmark narrates the story of the endangered humpback whales who travel thousands of miles each year to mate in the waters off the Hawaiian Islands.
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| [CBS 8:30] Frosty The Snowman [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Billy DeWolfe, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees, June Foray. An animated Jimmy Durante narrates and sings the fable about the snow figure who came to life. (Repeat program)
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| [ABC 8:30] Operation Petticoat [Reg]: On A Clear Day You Can See A Bulkhead
Season 1, episode 11 W: Joshua Brand D: Hollingsworth Morse With Stephen Johnson (Pilot). Claustrophobia has five Army nurses aboard the Sea Tiger climbing the bulkheads, and they jump at the chance to be flown to Port Moresby.
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| [CBS 9:00] The Jeffersons [Reg]: George Needs Help
Season 4, episode 13 W: Roger Shulman, John Baskin D: Jack Shea With Teddy Wilson (Clarence Martin). When George stubbornly refuses to hire badly needed help for his store, Louise and Florence combine forces to make him change his mind.
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| [ABC 9:00] Starsky & Hutch [Reg]: Manchild In The Streets
Season 3, episode 12 W: Rick Edelstein D: David Soul With J. Jay Saunders (Jackson Walters), Sheila Frazier (Dr. Mason), Dorothy Meyer (Mrs. Walters), Fuddle Bagley (Dewey), Helen Martin (Vivian Fellers), W.K. Stratton (Officer Andrews), Maurice Sneed (Maurice), Shizuko Hoshi (Mrs. Hong), Stan Haze (Train), Chuck Hicks (Officer Clayborne), Brian Whitley (Jackson Walters Jr.). Starsky and Hutch face the difficult task of helping a youth overcome the deep bitterness caused by his father's death in a police shootout.
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| [NBC 9:00] Movie: W.C. Fields And Me (1976)
W: Bob Merrill D: Arthur Hiller With Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, John Marley. The story of the famed movie and vaudeville star, and the woman who became his devoted lover.
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| [CBS 9:30] The Tony Randall Show [Reg]: Bobby vs. Michael
Season 2, episode 10 W: Patricia Jones, Donald Reiker D: Tony Mordente With Whit Bissell (Baker), Zane Lasky (Mario Lanza), Buddy Douglas (Nizer), James Keach (Bastian). Judge Walter Franklin proves that even a judge's daughter is not exempted from punishment by law, when he sends Bobby to jail for contempt of court.
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| [CBS 10:00] Kojak [Reg]: The Summer Of '69 (2)
Season 5, episode 10 W: Gene Kearney D: Gene Kearney With Pepe Serna (Rudy Diaz), Stephen McHattie, Alex Dreier, Harrison Page, Phillip R. Allen, Woodrow Parfrey, Carole Cook, Catlin Adams, Diane Baker, Brian Farrell (Fred Toner), Kenneth O'Brien (Silas), Kirk Galloway (Harold Woods), Silvana Gallardo (Lisa Diaz), David Glennon (George Martin), Cathy Karp (Nurse Amy), Adrian Ricard (Mrs. Rains), Kirt Washington (Blackbird). Suspended from the force, Kojak retraces his steps from eight years ago to discover if he shot the wrong man. Meanwhile, a killer continues unchecked.
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| [ABC 10:00] The Love Boat [Reg]: Lonely At The Top / Divorce Me, Please / Silent Night
Season 1, episode 11 W: Ben Joelson, Art Baer, Bruce Howard, Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr D: Allen Baron With Florence Henderson (Audrey Baynes), Donna Mills (Lila Barton), John Gavin (Dan Barton), Shecky Greene (Paul Baynes), Dick Sargent (Father Mike), Beatrice Colen (Vera), Chanin Hale (Claire), Dean Santoro (Walter Perry), Philip Tanzini (Peanut), Tiger Williams (Tony). A lonely Yule turns into a lovely celebration with the help of an outspoken priest and 6 orphans; a couple seeks grounds for divorce; a couple are reunited after 3 years of being separated by prison walls.
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