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Retro: Hartford-New Haven, Christmas 1990

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Will be in about three parts...
Source: TV Guide

Channels
2 WCBS New York City CBS
3 WFSB Hartford CBS
4 WNBC New York City NBC
5 WNYW New York City Fox
7 WABC New York City ABC
8 WTNH New Haven ABC
9 WWOR Secaucus NJ IND
11 WPIX New York City IND
13 WNET New York City PBS
18 WHCT Hartford IND
20 WTXX Waterbury IND
22 WWLP Springfield MA NBC
24 WEDH Hartford PBS
26 WTWS New London IND
30 WVIT New Britain NBC
38 WSBK Boston MA IND
40 WGGB Springfield MA ABC
57 WGBY Springfield MA PBS
61 WTIC Hartford Fox
65 WEDY New Haven PBS

Christmas Day 1990 - Tuesday

5AM
4 First Business
5 I Love Lucy BW
7 To Be Announced
26 Your Show of Shows BW
30 Success-N-Life

5:25
7 Morning Stretch

5:30
3 This Morning's Business
4 NBC News-Faith Daniels
5 Faith 20
11 Fantasy Island
13 Miracle on Fort Street
26 The Big Valley
38 Morning Stretch

5:55
7 News

6AM
2 This Morning's Business
3 CBS News
4 News
5 I Love Lucy BW
7 ABC News
8 40 ABC/Local News
9 Commercial Program
11 Siskel & Ebert
Scheduled: 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' (Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis); 'The Russia House.'
13 Learn to Read
18 Shepherd's Chapel
20 Super Mario Bros.
22 NBC News
30 First Business
38 The Mask
61 Morning Stretch

6:30
2 CBS News
3 Connecticut Christmas Carol
Featured: local choirs, dance ensembles and instrumentalists.
5 Personalities
7 22 News
9 Video Power [Commercial programming may air]
11 New Adventures of He-Man
13 March of Time BW
20 Video Power
26 Tennessee Tuxedo
30 NBC/Local News
38 Thundercats
61 Bullwinkle

6:45
24 57 65 AM Weather

7AM
2 3 This Morning
Scheduled: Flutist Tom Stacy performs.
4 22 30 Today
Scheduled: The Roches perform.
5 Good Day New York
7 8 40 Good Morning America
Scheduled: Danny DeVito.
9 61 The Jetsons [Commercial programming may air on ch 9]
11 G.I. Joe
13 Sesame Street
18 Commercial Program (2hrs)
20 Merrie Melodies
24 65 Silent Mouse
A tale about a mouse who helps create and popularize the Christmas carol 'Silent Night.' Gregor Fisher, Richard Blane.
26 Inch High, Private Eye
38 Alvin & The Chipmunks
57 Today's Special

7:30
9 Merrie Melodies [Children's Room may air]
11 Police Academy
20 38 Muppet Babies
24 65 Christmas at Boys Town
The Boys Town Choir is seen in a presentation of a program of Christmas music. Conducted by Monsignor Schmitt.
26 Heathcliff
57 Reading Rainbow
61 Alvin & The Chipmunks

8AM
9 Christmas Mass
11 Muppet Babies
13 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
20 Dennis the Menace
24 65 U.S. Coast Guard Band Christmas Concert
26 Young Samson
38 Inspector Gadget
57 Wind in the Willows
61 Flintstones

8:30
11 Movie BW
'March of the Wooden Soldiers.' (1934) Victor Herbert's operetta 'Babes in Toyland,' tailored for Laurel & Hardy. Charlotte Henry. (Missing from the whole day on WPIX...the Yule Log. Why?)
13 Sesame Street
20 Real Ghostbusters
26 Space Kidettes
38 Heathcliff
57 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
61 Woody Woodpecker

9AM
2 Trump Card
3 Movie
'Scrooge.' (1970) Albert Finney stars as the inveterate miser in this version of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol.' Alec Guinness.
4 Christmas at Washington Cathedral
A traditional service from the Episcopal Cathedral Church of SS. Peter and Paul. Ronald H. Haines, Bishop of Washington, delivers the holiday address, and Canon Kwasi Thornell celebrates the Holy Eucharist. (Live)
5 Christmas Mass
Cardinal John O'Connor celebrates the Mass; actress Jane Wyatt is the lector.
7 40 Regis & Kathie Lee
Scheduled: singers Rosemary Clooney and Debby Boone; Santa Claus; holiday cooking.
8 Phil Donahue
Scheduled topic: reunions between former best friends.
9 Christmas from St. Patrick's Cathedral
Carols and Christmas music are performed by two Irish choirs and the West Point Cadet Glee Club. Songs include 'Adeste Fideles,' 'Sussex Carol,' 'Hallelujah Chorus.'
18 30 Christmas Church Service-Catholic
20 Mighty Mouse and Friends
22 Singing Christmas Tree
The 16th annual concert features the Bethany Assembly of God choir and orchestra.
24 65 Vermont Christmas
Sacred and secular songs by the Middlebury College Choir and the Meliora String Quartet, and readings of Robert Frost poems.
26 Other Wise Man
An animated story about a fourth Wise Man's difficult journey to Bethlehem.
38 One Day at a Time
57 Sesame Street
61 Movie
'Hugo the Hippo.' (1976) Animated feature about a baby hippopotamus in Africa. Filmed in Hungary.

9:30
2 Quiz Kids Challenge
13 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
20 Brady Bunch
26 Mr. Krueger's Christmas
James Stewart plays a widowed janitor whose lonely Christmas is brightened by his lively imagination and a gift from a young caroler.
38 Andy Griffith

10AM
2 Family Feud
4 30 Christmas 1990: In the True Spirit
Coverage of Yuletide activities from around the world includes visits with soldiers in the Persian Gulf and their families back home. Also: Christmas in the Soviet Union.
5 Movie
'Tubby the Tuba.' (1977) Animated tale about a musical instrument searching for his perfect tune. Features the voices of Dick Van Dyke, Pearl Bailey.
7 8 Walt Disney World's Christmas Parade
Cinderella in her glass coach leads off the 19th annual festivities from Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida. Joan Lunden and Alan Thicke host the parade, which features more than 20 floats.
9 Galway Christmas
Traditional Christmas carols and Irish folk songs are performed by three Irish choirs at St. Nicholas Collegiate Church in Galway, Ireland.
11 A Child Called Jesus
An award-winning Italian dramatization about the childhood of Jesus (Matteo Bellina) and the struggle of Mary and Joseph (Carmen San Martin, Bekim Fehmiu) to accept the youngster's destiny.
13 Sesame Street
18 Success-N-Life
20 Christmas Carol
An animated version of the classic tale about a miserly codger who is visited by three ghosts.
22 Chalice of Salvation
Bishop Joseph Maguire officiates the mass at St. Michael's Cathedral in Springfield.
24 65 St. Olaf Christmas
From 1989: The 78th annual concert features the combined choirs and orchestra of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.
26 Nora's Christmas Gift
An independent, giving woman (Celeste Holm) must learn to accept the help of a friend when blindness and old age place limits upon her.
38 Andy Griffith
40 Sally Jessy Raphael
Scheduled topic: men who become fathers in their senior years.
57 Romeo & Juliet On Ice

10:30
2 Wheel of Fortune
38 Beverly Hillbillies

11AM
2 The Price is Right
3 Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
An animated holiday tale, which begins with Tanta Kringle finding an abandoned baby.
4 Marsha Warfield
9 Christmas from Wells Cathedral
A celebration of Christmas music from a 900-year-old cathedral in Wells, England. The cathedral choir and soloists perform favorites such as 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing.'
13 Learn to Read
18 Commercial Programs
20 Hollywood Christmas Parade
Bob Eubanks and Leeza Gibbons host the 59th annual march down Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards, featuring floats, marching bands, equestrian units and antique cars. Celebrities include grand marshal Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ed Asner.
24 65 Shining Time Station
The week before Christmas, the adults bicker over who will play Santa's helper. Lloyd Bridges.
26 Peace on Earth
Host Lawrence Olivier recalls the stories, music and art inspired by the Nativity. Works by Mozart, Handel and Beethoven are performed. Filmed in Bethlehem and London.
30 To Tell the Truth
38 Dick Van Dyke
40 Singing Christmas Tree
57 King's Singers at Wells
61 Spirit of Christmas
The Serendipity Singers perform favorite Christmas carols. Guests include actors Tom Wopat and Patrick Macnee.

11:30
4 Generations
5 Movie
'The Last Unicorn.' (1982) Animated musical about a unicorn searching for others of her species. Voices: Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges.
13 French in Action
22 Marsha Warfield
30 Quiz Kids Challenge
38 Odd Couple
57 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Big Bird, aided by his Muppet and human friends, tries to solve the mystery of how rotund Santa Claus fits in skinny chimneys.

Noon
2 22 News
3 4 Little Drummer Boy
Greer Garson narrates this animated tale about a boy who accompanies the Three Kings to Bethlehem to offer his musical gift to the newborn Jesus.
7 8 40 Blue-Gray Game
Top college football seniors from the North and South compete in the 53rd all-star classic, telecast live from Montgomery, Ala.
9 9 Broadcast Plaza
13 Adirondack
18 Home Shopping Club
24 65 Long Ago & Far Away
'The Wind in the Willows,' a British puppet version of Kenneth Grahame's 1908 story about a wealthy toad's misadventures.
26 Music & The Spoken Word
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs Christmas music.
30 Marsha Warfield
38 Christmas at Washington Cathedral
See 9am, WNBC. Taped.
61 Family Ties

12:30
2 3 Movie
'The Homecoming: A Christmas Story,' a 1971 TV-movie that inspired 'The Waltons,' with Patricia Neal as a Depression-era mother.
4 Christmas in New York
Included: behind the scenes at Radio City Musical Hall's Christmas program; interviews with Santas around the city.
13 GED: Math
22 30 Generations
26 Time to Love
A Christmas story about two homeless friends who receive help from the Salvation Army.
57 Bernstein in East Berlin
From 1989: Leonard Bernstein celebrates the changes in Germany by conducting Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
61 Love Connection
 
Part 2
1PM
4 22 30 Days of Our Lives
5 Wonderful World of Disney
'A Disney Christmas Gift' features scenes with holiday themes from cartoons and animated films, including 'Bambi.'
9 Movie
'A Hole in the Head.' (1959) Frank Capra directed Frank Sinatra in one of his most ingratiating performances, as an irresponsible widower who owns a rundown Miami hotel.
13 Carols for Christmas
England's Royal College of Music Chamber Choir performs 'Silent Night,' 'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,' 'Deck the Halls.'
18 Movie
'Life with Father.' (1947) Excellent adaptation of the Howard Lindsay-Russel Crouse Broadway hit about a New York family in the 1880s. Irene Dunne, William Powell.
20 Highway to Heaven
26 Little House on the Prairie
Snowbound on Christmas Eve, the Ingalls family recall Christmases past.
38 The Jeffersons
61 Trump Card

1:30
24 65 Bernstein in East Berlin
See 12:30, WGBY.
38 One Day at a Time
61 The Challengers

2PM
4 22 30 Another World
5 Pretty Piggies
11 Flintstones
13 Great Performances
Beatrix Potter's 'The Tailor of Gloucester,' about a seamster (Ian Holm) pressed to make a coat for the mayor's wedding.
20 The Jeffersons
26 Little House on the Prairie
Christmas joy is threatened when Laura's daughter Rose is kidnapped by a distraught woman (Patricia Pearcy) who has just lost her own child.
38 Tennessee Tuxedo
57 To Be Announced
61 Commercial Program

2:30
2 The Price is Right (half-hour...a special holiday show or a rerun from one of the Bake-Off days?)
3 Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
An animated story about an 8-year-old girl who writes a letter to the New York Sun asking if there really is a Santa Claus. Based on a true story.
5 Real Ghostbusters
11 Heathcliff
20 He-Man
38 Underdog
57 Joy of Painting
61 Peter Pan & The Pirates

3Pm
2 Olympic Winterfest
Among the featured winter sports are pro figure skating; U.S.-USSR ice hockey; and World Cup freestyle skiing, cross country and biathlon. Also: a report on the Savoie region of France, host to the '92 Winter Games.
3 1990 Carol Sing and Festival of Lights
4 22 30 NBA Basketball
Detroit at Chicago.
5 Dennis the Menace
11 38 61 Gummi Bears
13 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
18 Movie BW
'Father's Little Dividend.' (1951) The domestic capers of 'Father of the Bride' amusingly continued, as Dad (Spencer Tracy) learns his daughter (Elizabeth Taylor) is expecting.
20 G.I. Joe
24 65 Christmas at Pops
John Williams leads the orchestra in a holiday celebration with Ed Asner, soprano Barbara Hendricks, the American Boychoir.
57 Reading Rainbow

3:30
3 Movie
'White Christmas.' (1954) Irving Berlin's music, and the singing-dancing talents of Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen.
5 Alvin & The Chipmunks
7 8 40 Aloha Bowl
The Syracuse Orangemen (6-4-2) take on the Arizona Wildcats (7-4) in Honolulu. The combination of QB Marvin Graves to receiver Rob Carpenter has been a real plus for the Orange this season. They will be up against a pass defense that collected 19 interceptions and features All-America defensive back Daryl Lewis.
9 Movie
'Pocketful of Miracles.' (1961) The Damon Runyon yarn about a Broadway street peddler (Bette Davis) who poses as a wealthy dowager. Glenn Ford.
11 38 61 DuckTales
13 Sesame Street
20 Police Academy
57 Square One Television

4PM
5 20 Tiny Toon Adventures
11 38 61 Rescue Rangers
24 65 Great Performances
See 2pm, WNET.
26 Streets of San Francisco
Stuart Whitman as a hit man whose former boss wants him dead.
57 3-2-1 Contact
In this program, a biologist explains to the gang why bats hibernate.

4:30
5 Peter Pan & The Pirates
11 38 61 Tale Spin
13 Reading Rainbow
Imagination is the t heme of Edward Marshall's 'Three By the Sea.'
20 Merrie Melodies
57 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

5PM
2 News
5 Diff'rent Strokes
Conclusion. Life in the Drummond household is recalled in clips from early episodes.
11 61 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
13 Square One Television
Network executives use a bar graph to illustrate their programs' popularity.
18 Movie BW
'It's a Wonderful Life.' (1946) Frank Capra fashioned this poignant slice of Americana about a small-town citizen (excellently portrayed by James Stewart). Donna Reed.
20 ALF
In the series pilot, Willie Tanner (Max Wright) and his family get an unexpected visit from an alien life form (ALF for short) and find out it's not easy keeping the furry guest out of sight.
24 65 Shining Time Station
See 11am.
26 T.J. Hooker
News footage and eyewitness accounts point to the same conclusion: Hooker shot an unarmed youth on a crowded street.
37 Punky Brewster
57 Sesame Street

5:30
5 Mr. Belvedere
Cast as Scrooge in a poor-quality local presentation of 'A Christmas Carol,' Belvedere quits in disgust, but then lives out his own version of the play while alone in the house.
11 61 Charles in Charge
WPIX - As a teacher's aide, Charles (Scott Baio) must work with a bitter teacher (Jerry Van Dyke) and a resentful Jamie (Nicol Eggert).
WTIC - When Charles refuses to give an oral report in class, Buddy (Willie Aames) decides to help Charles overcome his fear of public speaking.
13 3-2-1 Contact
See 4pm.
20 ALF
After he complains too much about the family camping trip, ALF is asked to leave, and soon he finds himself in an 'alien' environment.
38 Small Wonder

6PM
2 3 4 22 30 News
5 The Golden Girls
The girls serve Christmas dinners at Rose's church to the homeless and poor, including the suddenly homeless and poor Stan.
9 20 Cosby Show
WWOR - Cliff and Martin get along like old Navy buddies during a night of male bonding.
WTXX - Clair (Phylicia Rashad) enlists the aid of a tough aerobics instructor (Debbie Allen, Rashad's sister) to get her into a new dress by Saturday.
11 21 Jump Street
A tough new principal (Tim Thomerson) wields a big stick in trying to clean a drug and crime-infested school, but he may be wiping out students' civil rights.
13 Miracle on Fort Street
An unnarrated study of the Fort Street Chorale in downtown Detroit and the joy and companionship it offers its members. Included: the scenes of musical director Edward Kingins rehearsing the group, conducting the 'Hallelujah' chorus.
24 65 Victory Garden
A California garden featuring model trains.
26 Knight Rider
After an explosion separates Michael and Kitt and erases the car's memory, Kitt befriends a boy (Jason Bateman) being chased by thieves who thinks he can identify hem.
38 Family Ties
57 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
61 Preview
Scheduled: The made-for-cable movie 'Mark Twain and Me' (Jason Robards).

6:30
2 3 CBS News-Dan Rather
5 Night Court
Harry's stepfather (John Astin) comes bearing gifts on a night when Roz goes to jail for refusing to return toys marked as evidence.
9 Who's the Boss?
To earn her angel's wings, Mona's dead sister-in-law (Christina Pickles) arranges for Mona and her brother to spend Christmas together.
13 24 65 Nightly Business Report
20 Hogan Family
Dave finds that producing Mrs. Poole's cooking show isn't exactly a piece of cake: Michael installs a faulty home-security system.
22 30 NBC News
38 ALF
61 Love Connection

7PM
2 Hard Copy
A segment on Oprah Winfrey.
3 Inside Edition
Scheduled: an interview with actor Macaulay Culkin ('Home Alone').
4 NBC News
5 7 News
8 22 Wheel of Fortune
9 Perfect Strangers
Larry (Mark Linn-Baker) imprudently advises Balki, the official negotiator for a company's purchase of a large chunk of Myposian land. [Alternate programming may air]
11 Growing Pains
Jason and Maggie are at a loss over how to motivate Mike (Kirk Cameron) after he purposely botches an IQ test and scores a 27.
13 24 65 MacNeil, Lehrer NewsHour
20 Cosby Show
See 6pm, WTXX.
26 The A-Team
A former political adviser's deal to trade a diary for a Team-arranged reunion with his daughter takes on new meaning when Murdock learns the man may be Face's father.
30 40 A Current Affair
38 Cheers
57 Nightly Business Report
61 Family Ties
Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' inspires this episode featuring Alex as the Keaton Scrooge.

7:30
2 3 Entertainment Tonight
Scheduled: A segment on young actors, including Anthony LaPaglia ('Betsy's Wedding').
4 Memories...Then and Now
A segment on singer David Cassidy.
5 A Current Affair
7 Wheel of Fortune
8 22 Jeopardy!
9 Who's the Boss?
Angela gets Samantha into an exclusive boarding school, which Tony doesn't want her to attend.
11 Hogan Family
Basketball hero David dreads his knee surgery; Mark wishes the girl who has a crush on him would cut it out.
20 38 M*A*S*H
WTXX - The spirit of Christmas manifests itself at the 4077th, beginning with a potluck party for the Korean orphans.
30 Hard Copy
See 7pm, WCBS.
40 Cosby Show
See 6pm, WWOR.
57 America Goes to War
A study of black Americans during the war years. Included: segregation in the armed forces; the emergence of sports figures.
61 Movie
'Pollyanna.' (1960) At 14, Hayley Mills received a special Oscar for this Disney adaptation of the Eleanor H. Porter stories about a cheerful orphan who goes to live with her wealthy aunt in 1912.
 
8PM
2 3 Movie
'The Wizard.' (1989) Derivative road story with Fred Savage as a Utah 13-year-old who kidnaps his institutionalized brother (Luke Edwards) for a trek to L.A. Jenny Lewis, Christian Slater.
4 22 30 Matlock
From 1988: Matlock (Andy Griffith) discovers that his client (Shaun Cassidy), who's accused of killing a mob-hunting Congressman, is the son of a major organized-crime figure (John Randolph).
5 A Laugh, A Tear
7 8 40 Who's the Boss?
When Mona (Katherine Helmond) drags workaholic Angela (Judith Light) out to a blues club, they bond between the beats, and soon Angela's singing a different tune.
9 They Came from Outer Space
The staff at a girls' academy is furious when boys are allowed to enroll, and they take out their anger on the first male students-Bo and Abe (Dean Cameron, Stuart Fratkin).
11 Movie
'White Nights.' (1985) Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines team for fancy footwork and a daring escape from Russia in director Taylor Hackford's political thriller.
13 57 Wonderworks
Movie: The three adventurers meet the Black Knight as 'The Silver Chair' concludes. David Thwaites.
18 Movie
'The Little Princess.' (1939) Shirley Temple had one of her best vehicles in this story about a waif who haunts army hospitals looking for her father. Richard Greene.
20 Movie
'Christmas in Connecticut.' (1945) [Colorized] The problems of an undomesticated writer (Barbara Stanwyck) who has to seem the home-loving type and house a sailor (Dennis Morgan) for Christmas.
24 65 Figure Skating
Highlights of the 1987 St. Ivel's Christmas Gala, taped at Richmond Rink outside London. Competitors include Gilligan Wachsman and Todd Waggoner.
26 Movie
'The Last Unicorn.' (1982) See 11:30am, WNYW.
38 Movie BW
'Holiday Inn.' (1942) A Connecticut road-house is the setting for this Bing Crosby-Fred Astaire musical, which introduced the Oscar-winning 'White Christmas.' A wealth of Irving Berlin songs.

8:30
7 8 40 Head of the Class
The IHP students meet new history teacher Billy MacGregor (Billy Connolly), who receives a warm welcome from everyone-except Dennis (Dan Schneider). [The series is going on hiatus.]

9PM
7 8 40 Roseanne
Lending money to pal Arnie (Tom Arnold) comes easily for Dan (John Goodman), but he believes that borrowing from family can only add up to disaster.
9 She-Wolf of London
It's a draining experience for Ian (Neil Dickson) when he and Randi set out to trap a female demon known as a succubus.
13 24 57 65 International Tchaikovsky Competition
Musicians from around the world assemble at the Moscow Conservatory for the ninth quadrennial competition. Director Bill Fertik captures musical highlights from all three rounds of the violin and piano competitions in the conservatory's Great Hall, and spotlights noteworthy competitors. Among them are contenders from the U.S. and USSR, and Japan's Akaki Suwanai, a teenager who won the violin competition. In addition, the camera surveys backstage activities, goes into the jury room (rumors circulated that some jurists had been bribed), and goes onto the politically charged streets of the Soviet capital. Fifty-two countries were represented in the competition, which ran from June 14 to July 5.

9:30
7 8 40 Coach
From 1989: Hayden (Craig T. Nelson) gets ticked off at Christine's suggestion that he see a therapist for a nervous twitch before his interview with Keith Jackson and Bob Griese.

10PM
2 3 Rescue 911
From last season: A woman in Northern California who rescued a man from a burning car after a head-on collision; efforts to help a woman whose respirator was disconnected during Hurricane Hugo.
4 22 30 Law & Order
In a repeat of the series opener, an ER fatality leads to charges against a chief resident (Paul Sparer), who may be an alcoholic. George Dzundza.
5 9 26 61 News
7 8 40 thirtysomething
From 1989: As Gary (Peter Horton) tries to figure out the politics of his relationship with Susannah (Patricia Kalember), Michael (Ken Olin) agrees to handle an ad campaign for a noxious candidate.
18 Commercial Programs (2hrs)
20 M*A*S*H
Frank charges Hawkeye with mutiny.
38 Hogan's Heroes

10:30
11 News
13 Movie BW
'Top Hat.' (1935) Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers dancing, top Irving Berlin tunes, top entertainment. Fred's a stage star who pursues Ginger from London to Venice.
20 Kate & Allie
The series' 100th episode is celebrated with clips from past shows. The cast comments on the children growing up.
24 57 65 Paul Badura-Skoda Plays Chopin
The Viennese pianist performs Chopin's 1844 Sonata No. 3 in B Minor at Wesleyan (Neb.) University's O'Donnell Auditorium on a 97-key Boesendorfer Imperial grand piano.
26 Carol Burnett & Friends
Guest: Jim Nabors.
38 Hogan's Heroes
61 Preview
See 6pm.

11PM
2 3 4 7 8 22 30 40 57 News
5 M*A*S*H
Borrowing a British yuletide tradition, the officers trade places with enlisted personnel.
9 Amen
The Deacon (Sherman Hemsley) feuds with church members over which song the choir will sing in the city's Christmas songfest. [50 Years Ago Today may air]
11 Cheers
To end a lovers' spat, the gang persuades Sam to commission a portrait of Diane by an eccentric artist (Christopher Lloyd). First of two parts.
20 The Jeffersons
Christmas festivities at home don't keep George (Sherman Hemsley) from making a mysterious trip to Harlem.
24 65 Feast of the Gods
A technical investigation into the structure of the Renaissance painting by Bellini and Titian, using X-rays, cross sections and infrared photograph. Also: a history of the painting and efforts to conserve it.
26 Newhart
Dick fulfills a childhood dream of playing a real cowboy-and gets a new view of the Old West.
38 M*A*S*H
61 Arsenio Hall
Patrick Swayze and singer Harry Connick Jr. are the guests.

11:30
3 Night Court
A man in a red suit is charged with trespassing and tries to convince the court that he's Santa Claus. Michael J. Fox.
4 22 30 Tonight Show
Scheduled: Michael Palin; Restless Heart; a nonagenarian artist. Johnny Carson.
5 Personalities
7 8 Nightline
9 Arsenio Hall
See 11pm. [Comedy Tonight may air, followed by Bachelor Father.]
11 26 The Honeymooners BW
WPIX - The Christmas spirit takes a beating when the Nortons join the Kramdens for the holidays.
WTWS - Conclusion. Ralph hides the company money in the refrigerator-just before Alice decides to defrost it.
20 The Jeffersons
George plays Santa at an orphanage where one of the kids places a tall order-parents.
38 Newhart
40 M*A*S*H
Letters from home spark a number of mini-dramas, especially for Frank.
57 International Tchaikovsky Competition
See 9pm.

11:35
2 America Tonight

12am
3 America Tonight
5 Love Connection
7 Into the Night-Rick Dees
Scheduled: Rock band UB40.
8 Barnaby Jones
11 The Odd Couple
18 Home Shopping Club
20 Trapper John M.D.
26 The Fugitive
38 St. Elsewhere
40 Nightline
61 Commercial Program

12:05
2 Mission: Impossible
Terrorists threaten a space venture.

12:10
13 Movie
'Best Foot Forward.' (1943) Zestful military-school shenanigans when a plebe (Tommy Dix) asks a Hollywood glamour queen (Lucille Ball) to the prom.

12:30
3 Mission: Impossible
See 12:05am.
4 22 30 David Letterman
5 Kojak
9 Twilight Zone [Commercial programming may air]
11 The Jeffersons
40 Personalities

1AM
7 Movie
'Hans Brinker.' (1969) A Dutch teenager (Robin Askwith) tries to win a pair of silver skates in this TV-movie.
8 Into the Night-Rick Dees
See midnight, WABC.
9 Joe Franklin
11 News
20 Commercial Program
26 Movie BW
'A Game of Death.' (1945) Shipwreck victims are preyed on by a madman. John Loder. [After the movie: 'Masked Marvel' and 'Night Club & San Francisco Fire'.]
38 Movie BW
'Oliver Twist.' (1933) Interesting but somewhat ponderous version of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an orphan (Dickie Moore) in 19th-century London.

1:15
2 Wolf
A gallery owner is threatened by an artist (John Wesley Shipp).

1:30
4 30 Later-Bob Costas
Dana Delany.
5 Commercial Programs
11 Twilight Zone BW

1:40
3 Instant Recall

1:45
13 Film

2AM
4 News
8 9 Commercial Program (60min on WWOR)
11 My Talk Show
While waiting for a comet to pass over Derby, an astronomer makes a pass at Jennifer and Angela.
13 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
30 Family Feud

2:10
3 News

2:25
2 CBS News Nightwatch

2:30
4 Family Feud
8 Home Shopping Spree
11 Movie
'A Warm December.' (1973) Sidney Poitier directed and stars as an American doctor in London who falls for an African ambassador's niece (Esther Anderson). George Baker.
30 Black Perspective

2:40
3 CBS News Nightwatch

3AM
4 Tic Tac Dough
5 Movie
'Adam's Rib.' (1949) Husband-wife lawyers (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn) take opposite sides in the case of a woman (Judy Holliday) who tried to kill her philandering husband. Tom Ewell. [Colorized]
7 News
9 Home Shopping Spree
13 Movie BW
'Beau Geste.' (1939) Director William Wellman's fine version of the Foreign Legion classic. Gary Cooper.
26 Movie BW
'Flaming Fury.' (1949) The L.A. arson squad goes after firebug criminals. Roy Roberts, George Cooper. [After the movie: 'Masked Marvel'.]
38 Movie
'Love Among the Ruins.' (1975) Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier won Emmys for this Edwardian comedy of manners about a feisty widow and the barrister who defends her in a breach-of-promise suit. Filmed in London by Oscar winner Geroge Cukor, who also won an Emmy for this TV directorial debut.

3:30
4 Joker's Wild
7 Movie
'A Christmas to Remember.' (1978) TV-movie with Jason Robards and George Parry portraying the relationship between an embittered farmer and his city-bred grandson in Depression-era Minnesota. Eva Marie Saint.

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