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Source: Boston Globe – Saturday, December 24, 1977
2 – WGBH Boston (PBS)
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a Mister Rogers
09:30a Electric Company
10:00a Once Upon a Classic
10:30a Rebop
11:00a Parent Effectiveness
11:30a Consumer Survival Kit
12:00p Daniel Foster, M.D.
12:30a Crokett’s Victory Garden
01:00p Washington Week
01:30p Wall Street Week
02:00p Greenpeace
02:30p Portrait of a Nurse
03:30p A Christmas Celebration – a history of the Christmas Day celebration; Richard Kiley
04:00p Christmas Around the World – celebrations from several countries, via satellite
05:00p Special Christmas with Mister Rogers
06:00p A Child’s Christmas in Wales
07:00p A New Mass in N.E.
07:30p Vienna Boys Choir
08:00p Christmas at Pops
09:00p Christmas Around the World
10:00p David Susskind
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
07:00a Villa Alegre
07:30p For Kids Only
08:00a C.B. Bears
09:00a Space Sentinals
09:30a Superwitch
10:00a The Shang Bang Lalapalooza Show
10:30a I Am The Greatest
11:00a Super Horse
11:30a News
12:00p Thunder
12:30p Pro Football – Baltimore Colts vs. Oakland Raiders
04:00p Pro Football – Denver Broncos vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
07:00p Wild Kingdom
07:30p Hollywood Squares
08:00p Bionic Woman – Jaime seeks to break up a diamond smuggling ring
09:00p NBC Movie “In Search of Noah’s Ark” 1976 documentary
11:00p News
11:30p Sounds of Christmas – Doc Severinsen host program featuring traditional Yuletide music and readings
12:00a Christmas, Rome 1977 – Pope Paul VI celebrates Christmas Midnight Mass
5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
07:00a Jabberwocky
07:30a Barbapapa
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Laff-A-Lympics
11:00a Krofft Supershow
12:00p Candlepin Bowling
01:00p Candlepin Superbowl
01:30p Tarzan
02:30p Movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” 1946
05:00p ABC Weekend Special “The Haunted Trailer” and “Blind Sunday”
06:30p News
07:00p The Baxters (it was a local show before Norman Lear took it national)
07:30p Third World
08:00p Tabatha – Tabatha falls in love with a political candidate
08:30p Operation Petticoat – The crew attempts to hide two new passengers
09:00p Starsky and Hutch – Kristy McNichol guests as a 12-year-old girl befriended by Hutch
10:00p Love Boat – “The Old Man and the Runaway”, “A Fine Romance”, “The Painters”
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “David Copperfield” 1935
6 – WTEV New Bedford/Providence (CBS)
07:00a Leave It to Beaver
07:30a Bullwinkle
08:00a The Skatebirds
09:00a Bugs Bunny
10:30a Batman/Tarzan
11:30a Space Academy
12:00p Secrets of Isis
12:30p Fat Albert
01:00p CBS Youth Invitational Skateboarding
01:30p Razz Matazz
02:00p Family Affair
02:30p Ironside
03:30p Hee Haw
04:30p CBS Sports Spectacular – European Figure Skating Championships; National Skateboard Speed Championships
06:00p Hollywood Squares
06:30p CBS News
07:00p Kidsworld
07:30p Truman Taylor (long time channel 6 anchor)
08:00p Bob Newhart Show – Bob becomes the target of a pie-throwing “hit” man
08:30p We’ve Got Each Other – Stuart decides to become a magician
09:00p The Jeffersons
09:30p The Tony Randall Show
10:00p Kojak
11:00p News
11:30p Christmas Eve Special – Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist (Soul Train is also listed at this time)
12:00a Christmas Eve Service from Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco
01:00a Soul Train
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
07:00a Nutrition Is
07:30a Animal World
08:00a The Skatebirds
09:00a Bugs Bunny
10:30a Batman/Tarzan
11:30a Space Academy
12:00p Secrets of Isis
12:30p Fat Albert
01:00p Movie “Tarzan and the Green Goddess” 1938
02:00p Movie “Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear” 1964 animated
03:30p The Fitzpatricks
04:30p Movie “A Christmas Carol” 1951
06:00p News
06:30p Black News
07:00p Lawrence Welk
08:00p Billy Graham Christmas Special
09:00p The Jeffersons – George is sending money and presents to a mystery address
09:30p The Tony Randall Show – Beverly Garland guest stars as a nutty realtor
10:00p Kojak – One of Kojak’s detectives faces the toughest case of his career
11:00p News
11:30p Christmas Eve Special – Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist
12:00a Christmas Eve Service from Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco
01:00a Movie “Bell, Book and Candle” 1958
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Laff-A-Lympics
11:00a Krofft Supershow
12:00p Weekend Special
12:30p American Bandstand
01:30p Sharing is Caring
02:00p Public Policy Forum
03:00p Holiday Storybook
05:00p ABC Weekend Special “The Haunted Trailer” and “Blind Sunday”
06:30p ABC News
07:00p Porter Wagoner
07:30p That Nashville Music
08:00p Oral Roberts Special
09:00p Starsky and Hutch
10:00p Love Boat
11:00p News
11:15p Movie “Christmas in Connecticut” 1945
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
07:00a Davey and Goliath
07:30a Marianne’s Funbunch
08:00a C.B. Bears
09:00a Space Sentinals
09:30a Superwitch
10:00a The Shang Bang Lalapalooza Show
10:30a I Am The Greatest
11:00a Super Horse
11:30a Search and Rescue
12:00p NFL Game of the Week
12:30p Pro Football – Baltimore Colts vs. Oakland Raiders
04:00p Pro Football – Denver Broncos vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
07:00p News
07:30p The Gong Show
08:00p Bionic Woman
09:00p NBC Movie
11:00p News
11:30p Sounds of Christmas
12:00a Christmas, Rome 1977
11 – WENH Durham (PBS)
06:00p Your Time
06:30p Outdoors
07:00p Black Perspective
07:30p Onedln Line
08:30p A N.E. Christmas
09:00p A Children’s Christmas
09:30p Christmas Concert
10:00p Christmas Around the World
12 – WPRI Providence (ABC)
07:30a The Partridge Family
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Laff-A-Lympics
11:00a Krofft Supershow
12:00p Allamaze
12:30p Tarzan
01:30p Wrestling
02:30p Barrington Boys Christmas Show
03:00p A Gift for Granny
04:00p Emergency 1
05:00p ABC Weekend Special “The Haunted Trailer” and “Blind Sunday”
06:30p News
07:00p Match Game PM
07:30p Name That Tune
08:00p Billy Graham Christmas Special
09:00p Starsky and Hutch
10:00p Love Boat
11:00p News
11:30p Mike All Night
25 – WXNE Boston (Ind.)
08:30a Rex Trailer’s Boomtown
09:30a Leave It to Beaver
10:00a Chan Clan
10:30a Mr. Magoo
11:00a Quick Draw McGraw
11:30a Superman
12:00p Father Knows Best
12:30p McHale’s Navy
01:00p Bronco
02:00p Sugarfoot
03:00p Lancer
04:00p Cheyenne
05:00p The High Chaparral
06:00p Movie “The Story of Ruth” 1960
08:30p A Christmas Card from TV
09:00p The Lesson
09:30p 700 Club (the Christian Broadcasting Network owned channel 25 at the time)
11:00p Journey to Adventure
11:30p Overseas Mission
27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind.)
08:00a Agriculture USA
08:30a Wally’s Workshop
09:00a Christmas Is
09:30a Vegetable Soup
10:00a Magic Movie Machine
11:00a Catholic Connection
11:30a Lone Ranger
12:00p Wrestling
01:00p Big Payoff Bowling
02:00p Cavalcade of Boxing
03:00p Movie “Charlie Chan at the Race Track” 1936
04:30p F Troop
05:00p Christmas for Children
05:30p Sturbridge Village
06:30p Christmas Art
07:30p Dick Tracy
08:00p Marty Robbins
08:30p That Nashville Music
09:00p Porter Wagoner
09:30p Pop Goes the Country
10:00p Nashville on the Road
10:30p Rock Concert
12:00a David Susskind
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind.)
10:00a Villa Alegre
10:30a Carrescolendas
11:00a Hot Fudge
11:30a Search and Rescue – from CBS
12:00p Lone Ranger
01:30p Movie “Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation” 1953
03:00p Movie “Every Day’s a Holiday” 1937 starring Mae West
04:30p Movie “1001 Arabian Nights” 1959 – Mr. Magoo cartoon
06:00p The Night the Animals Talked
06:30p Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” 1947
08:00p The Night Before Christmas
08:30p Music of Christmas – The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Brigham Young University Brass Ensemble
09:00p A Christmas Child
09:30p Movie “Court Jester” 1956 starring Danny Kaye
11:00p Avi Nelson
11:30p King of Kensignton
12:00a Viewpoint on Nutrition
12:30a Athletes
44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:00p Special Christmas with Mister Rogers
06:00p Say Brother
07:00p Club 44
09:00p Movie “Oliver Twist” 1948
56 – WLVI Boston (Ind.)
07:30a Music and Word
08:00a Jimmy Swaggart
08:30a Oral Roberts
09:00a Old Time Gospel Hour
10:00a People Power
10:30a Wrestling
11:30a Movie “Curly Top” 1935 starring Shirley Temple
01:00p Movie “Warning from Space” 1968 (Creature Double Feature movie #1)
02:30p Movie “Invasion of the Saucer Men” 1957 (Creature Double Feature movie #2)
04:00p Movie “McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force” 1966
06:00p The Rookies
07:00p Star Trek
08:00p Movie “Silent Night, Lonely Night” 1969
10:00p Billy Graham Special
11:00p Movie “It Conquered the World” 1956
Source: Boston Globe – Saturday, December 24, 1977
2 – WGBH Boston (PBS)
08:00a Sesame Street
09:00a Mister Rogers
09:30a Electric Company
10:00a Once Upon a Classic
10:30a Rebop
11:00a Parent Effectiveness
11:30a Consumer Survival Kit
12:00p Daniel Foster, M.D.
12:30a Crokett’s Victory Garden
01:00p Washington Week
01:30p Wall Street Week
02:00p Greenpeace
02:30p Portrait of a Nurse
03:30p A Christmas Celebration – a history of the Christmas Day celebration; Richard Kiley
04:00p Christmas Around the World – celebrations from several countries, via satellite
05:00p Special Christmas with Mister Rogers
06:00p A Child’s Christmas in Wales
07:00p A New Mass in N.E.
07:30p Vienna Boys Choir
08:00p Christmas at Pops
09:00p Christmas Around the World
10:00p David Susskind
4 – WBZ Boston (NBC)
07:00a Villa Alegre
07:30p For Kids Only
08:00a C.B. Bears
09:00a Space Sentinals
09:30a Superwitch
10:00a The Shang Bang Lalapalooza Show
10:30a I Am The Greatest
11:00a Super Horse
11:30a News
12:00p Thunder
12:30p Pro Football – Baltimore Colts vs. Oakland Raiders
04:00p Pro Football – Denver Broncos vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
07:00p Wild Kingdom
07:30p Hollywood Squares
08:00p Bionic Woman – Jaime seeks to break up a diamond smuggling ring
09:00p NBC Movie “In Search of Noah’s Ark” 1976 documentary
11:00p News
11:30p Sounds of Christmas – Doc Severinsen host program featuring traditional Yuletide music and readings
12:00a Christmas, Rome 1977 – Pope Paul VI celebrates Christmas Midnight Mass
5 – WCVB Boston (ABC)
07:00a Jabberwocky
07:30a Barbapapa
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Laff-A-Lympics
11:00a Krofft Supershow
12:00p Candlepin Bowling
01:00p Candlepin Superbowl
01:30p Tarzan
02:30p Movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” 1946
05:00p ABC Weekend Special “The Haunted Trailer” and “Blind Sunday”
06:30p News
07:00p The Baxters (it was a local show before Norman Lear took it national)
07:30p Third World
08:00p Tabatha – Tabatha falls in love with a political candidate
08:30p Operation Petticoat – The crew attempts to hide two new passengers
09:00p Starsky and Hutch – Kristy McNichol guests as a 12-year-old girl befriended by Hutch
10:00p Love Boat – “The Old Man and the Runaway”, “A Fine Romance”, “The Painters”
11:00p News
11:30p Movie “David Copperfield” 1935
6 – WTEV New Bedford/Providence (CBS)
07:00a Leave It to Beaver
07:30a Bullwinkle
08:00a The Skatebirds
09:00a Bugs Bunny
10:30a Batman/Tarzan
11:30a Space Academy
12:00p Secrets of Isis
12:30p Fat Albert
01:00p CBS Youth Invitational Skateboarding
01:30p Razz Matazz
02:00p Family Affair
02:30p Ironside
03:30p Hee Haw
04:30p CBS Sports Spectacular – European Figure Skating Championships; National Skateboard Speed Championships
06:00p Hollywood Squares
06:30p CBS News
07:00p Kidsworld
07:30p Truman Taylor (long time channel 6 anchor)
08:00p Bob Newhart Show – Bob becomes the target of a pie-throwing “hit” man
08:30p We’ve Got Each Other – Stuart decides to become a magician
09:00p The Jeffersons
09:30p The Tony Randall Show
10:00p Kojak
11:00p News
11:30p Christmas Eve Special – Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist (Soul Train is also listed at this time)
12:00a Christmas Eve Service from Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco
01:00a Soul Train
7 – WNAC Boston (CBS)
07:00a Nutrition Is
07:30a Animal World
08:00a The Skatebirds
09:00a Bugs Bunny
10:30a Batman/Tarzan
11:30a Space Academy
12:00p Secrets of Isis
12:30p Fat Albert
01:00p Movie “Tarzan and the Green Goddess” 1938
02:00p Movie “Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear” 1964 animated
03:30p The Fitzpatricks
04:30p Movie “A Christmas Carol” 1951
06:00p News
06:30p Black News
07:00p Lawrence Welk
08:00p Billy Graham Christmas Special
09:00p The Jeffersons – George is sending money and presents to a mystery address
09:30p The Tony Randall Show – Beverly Garland guest stars as a nutty realtor
10:00p Kojak – One of Kojak’s detectives faces the toughest case of his career
11:00p News
11:30p Christmas Eve Special – Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist
12:00a Christmas Eve Service from Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco
01:00a Movie “Bell, Book and Candle” 1958
9 – WMUR Manchester (ABC)
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Laff-A-Lympics
11:00a Krofft Supershow
12:00p Weekend Special
12:30p American Bandstand
01:30p Sharing is Caring
02:00p Public Policy Forum
03:00p Holiday Storybook
05:00p ABC Weekend Special “The Haunted Trailer” and “Blind Sunday”
06:30p ABC News
07:00p Porter Wagoner
07:30p That Nashville Music
08:00p Oral Roberts Special
09:00p Starsky and Hutch
10:00p Love Boat
11:00p News
11:15p Movie “Christmas in Connecticut” 1945
10 – WJAR Providence (NBC)
07:00a Davey and Goliath
07:30a Marianne’s Funbunch
08:00a C.B. Bears
09:00a Space Sentinals
09:30a Superwitch
10:00a The Shang Bang Lalapalooza Show
10:30a I Am The Greatest
11:00a Super Horse
11:30a Search and Rescue
12:00p NFL Game of the Week
12:30p Pro Football – Baltimore Colts vs. Oakland Raiders
04:00p Pro Football – Denver Broncos vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
07:00p News
07:30p The Gong Show
08:00p Bionic Woman
09:00p NBC Movie
11:00p News
11:30p Sounds of Christmas
12:00a Christmas, Rome 1977
11 – WENH Durham (PBS)
06:00p Your Time
06:30p Outdoors
07:00p Black Perspective
07:30p Onedln Line
08:30p A N.E. Christmas
09:00p A Children’s Christmas
09:30p Christmas Concert
10:00p Christmas Around the World
12 – WPRI Providence (ABC)
07:30a The Partridge Family
08:00a Superfriends
09:00a Laff-A-Lympics
11:00a Krofft Supershow
12:00p Allamaze
12:30p Tarzan
01:30p Wrestling
02:30p Barrington Boys Christmas Show
03:00p A Gift for Granny
04:00p Emergency 1
05:00p ABC Weekend Special “The Haunted Trailer” and “Blind Sunday”
06:30p News
07:00p Match Game PM
07:30p Name That Tune
08:00p Billy Graham Christmas Special
09:00p Starsky and Hutch
10:00p Love Boat
11:00p News
11:30p Mike All Night
25 – WXNE Boston (Ind.)
08:30a Rex Trailer’s Boomtown
09:30a Leave It to Beaver
10:00a Chan Clan
10:30a Mr. Magoo
11:00a Quick Draw McGraw
11:30a Superman
12:00p Father Knows Best
12:30p McHale’s Navy
01:00p Bronco
02:00p Sugarfoot
03:00p Lancer
04:00p Cheyenne
05:00p The High Chaparral
06:00p Movie “The Story of Ruth” 1960
08:30p A Christmas Card from TV
09:00p The Lesson
09:30p 700 Club (the Christian Broadcasting Network owned channel 25 at the time)
11:00p Journey to Adventure
11:30p Overseas Mission
27 – WSMW Worcester (Ind.)
08:00a Agriculture USA
08:30a Wally’s Workshop
09:00a Christmas Is
09:30a Vegetable Soup
10:00a Magic Movie Machine
11:00a Catholic Connection
11:30a Lone Ranger
12:00p Wrestling
01:00p Big Payoff Bowling
02:00p Cavalcade of Boxing
03:00p Movie “Charlie Chan at the Race Track” 1936
04:30p F Troop
05:00p Christmas for Children
05:30p Sturbridge Village
06:30p Christmas Art
07:30p Dick Tracy
08:00p Marty Robbins
08:30p That Nashville Music
09:00p Porter Wagoner
09:30p Pop Goes the Country
10:00p Nashville on the Road
10:30p Rock Concert
12:00a David Susskind
38 – WSBK Boston (Ind.)
10:00a Villa Alegre
10:30a Carrescolendas
11:00a Hot Fudge
11:30a Search and Rescue – from CBS
12:00p Lone Ranger
01:30p Movie “Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation” 1953
03:00p Movie “Every Day’s a Holiday” 1937 starring Mae West
04:30p Movie “1001 Arabian Nights” 1959 – Mr. Magoo cartoon
06:00p The Night the Animals Talked
06:30p Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” 1947
08:00p The Night Before Christmas
08:30p Music of Christmas – The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Brigham Young University Brass Ensemble
09:00p A Christmas Child
09:30p Movie “Court Jester” 1956 starring Danny Kaye
11:00p Avi Nelson
11:30p King of Kensignton
12:00a Viewpoint on Nutrition
12:30a Athletes
44 – WGBX Boston (PBS)
05:00p Special Christmas with Mister Rogers
06:00p Say Brother
07:00p Club 44
09:00p Movie “Oliver Twist” 1948
56 – WLVI Boston (Ind.)
07:30a Music and Word
08:00a Jimmy Swaggart
08:30a Oral Roberts
09:00a Old Time Gospel Hour
10:00a People Power
10:30a Wrestling
11:30a Movie “Curly Top” 1935 starring Shirley Temple
01:00p Movie “Warning from Space” 1968 (Creature Double Feature movie #1)
02:30p Movie “Invasion of the Saucer Men” 1957 (Creature Double Feature movie #2)
04:00p Movie “McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force” 1966
06:00p The Rookies
07:00p Star Trek
08:00p Movie “Silent Night, Lonely Night” 1969
10:00p Billy Graham Special
11:00p Movie “It Conquered the World” 1956