Prime-time network TV listings for Sunday December 10, 1978:
Program details:
| [CBS 7:00] 60 Minutes
Mexican-American gangs in Los Angeles; the Fat Rights movement; impaired physicians.
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| [ABC 7:00] Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town [special]
W: Romeo Muller D: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. With Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner. An animated musical tale delving into the mysteries and myths of Kris Kringle, alias Santa Claus. (Repeat program)
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| [NBC 7:00] Wonderful World Of Disney: Christmas At Walt Disney World
Season 25, episode 9 With Danielle Spencer, Phyllis Diller, Avery Schreiber, Andrea McArdle, Pablo Cruise. The husband and wife mime team of Robert Shields and Lorene Yarnell star in this special taped at rhe Florida theme park. As the Clinkers, the two take off on a much needed vacation and spend the week camping at Fort Wilderness, fishing and touring throughout Disney World.
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| [CBS 8:00] All In The Family [Reg]: The Bunkers Go West
Season 9, episode 11 W: Mel Tolkin, Larry Rhine D: Paul Bogart With Allan Melvin (Barney Hefner). After Mike and Gloria cancel their trip home for Christmas, the Bunkers decide to travel west for the holidays.
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| [ABC 8:00] The Honeymooners Christmas Special [special]
W: Robert Hilliard, Walter Stone D: Jackie Gleason With Eileen Heckart. Jackie Gleason stars with Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Jane Kean in a Christmas revival of their old stories.
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| [NBC 8:00] Centennial: The Shepherds [special]
W: Charles Larson D: Virgil W. Vogel With Robert Conrad, Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Burr, Sally Kellerman, Dennis Weaver, Barbara Carrera, Chad Everett, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, Alex Karras, Brian Keith, Donald Pleasence, Lynn Redgrave, Cristina Raines, Andy Griffith, Robert Vaughn, Gregory Harrison, Timothy Dalton. Farmer Hans Brumbaugh leads the fight to keep the cattle ranchers from taking over the land.
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| [CBS 8:30] Alice [Reg]: The Principal Of The Thing
Season 3, episode 12 W: Arthur Marx, Robert Fisher D: William Asher With Gary Collins (Jim Thornton), Lou Frizzell (Bubba Norris), Joseph V. Perry (Freddy), Miriam Byrd-Nethery (Henrietta). Alice feels she has to stop dating Tommy's principal when Tommy's friends begin razzing him about it.
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| [CBS 9:00] Third Annual Circus Of The Stars [special]
With Lauren Bacall, Sammy Davis Jr., Jerry Lewis, Anthony Newley, Bernadette Peters. A variety of circus acts are performed by top stars from the entertainment and sports worlds.
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| [ABC 9:00] TV Movie: The Gathering (1977)
W: James Poe D: Randal Kleiser With Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton, Rebecca Balding, Gregory Harrison, Veronica Hamel. A businessman suffering from a terminal illness calls his family together for one last Christmas to rediscover the love they have misplaced.
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| [NBC 10:00] Reading, Writing And Reefer
Edwin Newman reports on the dramatic increase in the use of marijuana by American teenagers and the effect it has on their lives.
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