Pavan
11-07-2001, 06:04 PM
MERRY-THON EPISODES
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22
Lucas Tanner 1 hour
#2 Merry Gentlemen
An unplanned meeting between Lucas and his ex-father-in-law during the
holidays reveals the real story behind a long-standing bitterness
between
the two men.
6:00-7:00am ET/PT
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
#12 Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid
An ex-convict turned Christmas store Santa Claus discovers he still has
larceny on the mind. However, a little roughneck puts him on the
defensive
by challenging him on the virtues of the jolly old fellow from the
North
Pole.
7:00-7:30am ET/PT
Adam 12
#13 Log-122
A stolen car containing Christmas toys for a needy family is the object
of a
widespread search, and officers Malloy and Reed also resolve a family
conflict and arrest a drunk-driving suspect.
7:30-8:00am ET/PT
Operation Petticoat ½ hour
#12 I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas
Warnings that Lt. Holden is loose go up at a Navy Supply base as the
legendary scrounger sets out to fill a Christmas shopping list for
everyone
aboard the Sea Tiger.
8:00-8:30am ET/PT
McHale's Navy ½ hour
#11 Day they Captured Santa
Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale and his crew run into a Japanese ambush
Christmas
Day while playing Santa Claus to a group of native children. McHale
and his
"Brownies" purloin food for the children from the officers' Club.
Capt.
Binghamton, determined to recover the filched turkeys, is caught in the
enemy ambush.
8:30-9:00am ET/PT
New Dick Van Dyke 1/2 show
7223 The Jailbird
Dick is arrested for a traffic violation on Christmas Eve, and Bernie,
who
is en route with the bail money, is also arrested.
9:00-9:30am ET/PT
Odd Couple ½ hour show
#12 Scrooge Gets an Oscar
After turning down the role of Scrooge in a Christmas play, Oscar
dreams his
own version of A Christmas Carol.
9:30-10:00am ET/PT
Gunsmoke 1 hour
#146 P.S. Murray Christmas
Seven homeless children en route from a Kansas orphanage to California
find
a Christmas they have never known. Guest stars Willie Aames
10:00am-11:00am ET/PT
Bob Newhart Show
#13 His Busiest Season
Christmas becomes a sad memory for Bob's group therapy session and it's
evident that "tis not the season" for everyone to be jolly. Bob
decides to
organize a party and invite the "group" for Christmas Eve.
11:00am-11:30am ET/PT
Mary Tyler Moore Show
#14 Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid
Mary's elaborate holiday plans are canceled when she learns she must
work on
Christmas Day. Determined not to get depressed, she decorates the
office
with cheery holiday touches, but her heart isn't in it.
11:30am -12:00 Noon ET/PT
Dick Van Dyke ½ hour
#76 The Alan Brady Show Presents
Alan turns over "The Alan Brady Show" to his staff and their families
to do
a Christmas Spectacular on air. This Christmas special includes Sally
singing "Santa, Send a Fella", Rob and Laura as Tap Dancing Santas, and
Ritchie singing "Little Drummer Boy"
12:00 Noon-12:30pm ET/PT
Barney Miller ½ hour
#45 Christmas Story
12:30-1:00pm ET/PT
Love Boat
#11 Lonely at the Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night
In "Lonely at the Top," Dick Sargent guests as Father Mike, an
outspoken
clergyman who comes aboard with six orphaned kids for a Christmas
cruise
financed by an unknown benefactor. When Mike detects a touch of Scrooge
in
Capt. Stubing's manner, he takes some very positive action which
results in
smooth sailing in all.
1:00-2:00pm ET/PT
Audrey and Paul Baynes (Florence Henderson and Shecky Greene) are an
unhappily married couple, pretending to be compatible until they
discover
they are lucky to have each other in "Divorce Me Please."
In "Silent Night," Lila and Dan Barton (Donna Mills and John Gavin)
seek to
redirect their lives. Dan has served three years in prison for a crime
he
did not commit. Aboard the Pacific Princess, Dan faces Walter Perry
(Dean
Santoro), the man he holds responsible.
Beverly Hillbillies
#13 Home For Christmas
The Clampetts take their first airplane ride, returning to their
mountain
cabin for a surprise Christmas visit with Cousin Pearl
2:00-2:30pm ET/PT
#14 No Place Like Home
The Clampetts, home for Christmas, help Cousin Pearl woo Mr. Brewster,
the
big oil company executive
2:30-3:00pm ET/PT
All in the Family
#26 Christmas Day at the Bunkers
Christmas day turns out to be a very unhappy occasion in the Bunker
house
because Archie is depressed about not getting his usual Christmas
bonus.
3:00-3:30pm ET/PT
#76 Edith's Christmas Story
The Bunker's household Christmas mood turns grim when Edith tells
Gloria she
has a lump in her breast and is going for a surgical examination.
3:30-4:00pm ET/PT
The Jeffersons'
#49 The Christmas Wedding
Peace and goodwill are the first casualties when the Jeffersons and the
Willises fight a Christmas eve battle over Lionel and Jenny's wedding.
4:00-4:30pm ET/PT
Andy Griffith ½ hour
#11 A Christmas Story
Andy and Barney give a Christmas party in the jail for a prisoner and
his
family, and thereby convert the town scrooge.
4:30-5:00pm ET/PT
Di'fferent Strokes
#16 Xmas Party Part 1
Mr. Drummond and family gather around their Christmas tree and recall
the
many humorous incidents that the family has shared since Arnold and
Willis
moved in. This special pone-hour episode features highlights from
previous
shows.
5:00-5:30pm ET/PT
#17 Xmas Party Part 2
Mr. Drummond and family gather around their Christmas tree and recall
the
many humorous incidents that the family has shared since Arnold and
Willis
moved in. This special pone-hour episode features highlights from
previous
shows.
5:30-6:00pm ET/PT
Facts of Life
#93 the Christmas Show
Blair fails to trick Jo into accepting a monetary gift that would allow
her
to spend the holidays with her mother, but she does devise an offer in
the
true spirit of Christmas that Jo can't refuse.
6:00-6:30pm ET/PT
#120 Christmas in the Bighouse
In the spirit of Christmas, the girls and Mrs. Garret get involved in
putting on a show for an orphanage, only to have their good intentions
land
them in jail.
6:30pm-7:00pm
Dick Van Dyke ½ hour
#76 The Alan Brady Show Presents
Alan turns over "The Alan Brady Show" to his staff and their families
to do
a Christmas Spectacular on air. This Christmas special includes Sally
singing "Santa, Send a Fella", Rob and Laura as Tap Dancing Santas, and
Ritchie singing "Little Drummer Boy"
7:00-7:30pm ET/PT
Barney Miller ½ hour
#45 Christmas Story
7:30pm-8:00pm ET/PT
Love Boat
#11 Lonely at the Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night
In "Lonely at the Top," Dick Sargent guests as Father Mike, an
outspoken
clergyman who comes aboard with six orphaned kids for a Christmas
cruise
financed by an unknown benefactor. When Mike detects a touch of Scrooge
in
Capt. Stubing's manner, he takes some very positive action which
results in
smooth sailing in all.
8:00-9:00pm ET/PT
Audrey and Paul Baynes (Florence Henderson and Shecky Greene) are an
unhappily married couple, pretending to be compatible until they
discover
they are lucky to have each other in "Divorce Me Please."
In "Silent Night," Lila and Dan Barton (Donna Mills and John Gavin)
seek to
redirect their lives. Dan has served three years in prison for a crime
he
did not commit. Aboard the Pacific Princess, Dan faces Walter Perry
(Dean
Santoro), the man he holds responsible.
Beverly
#13 Home For Christmas
The Clampetts take their first airplane ride, returning to their
mountain
cabin for a surprise Christmas visit with Cousin Pearl
9:00-9:30pm ET/PT
#14 No Place Like Home
The Clampetts, home for Christmas, help Cousin Pearl woo Mr. Brewster,
the
big oil company executive
9:30-10:00pm ET/PT
All in the Family
#26 Christmas Day at the Bunkers
Christmas day turns out to be a very unhappy occasion in the Bunker
house
because Archie is depressed about not getting his usual Christmas
bonus.
10:00pm-10:30pm ET/PT
#76 Edith's Christmas Story
The Bunker's household Christmas mood turns grim when Edith tells
Gloria she
has a lump in her breast and is going for a surgical examination.
10:30pm-11:00pm ET/PT
The Jefferson's
#49 The Christmas Wedding
Peace and goodwill are the first casualties when the Jeffersons and the
Willises fight a Christmas eve battle over Lionel and Jenny's wedding.
11:00-11:30pm ET/PT
Andy Griffith ½ hour
#11 A Christmas Story
Andy and Barney give a Christmas party in the jail for a prisoner and
his
family, and thereby convert the town scrooge.
11:30pm-12:00 Midnight ET/PT
Di'ffrent Strokes 1 hour
016-Retrospective, Part 1
Mr. Drummond and family gather around their Christmas tree and recall
the
many humorous incidents that the family has shared since Arnold and
Willis
moved in. This special pone-hour episode features highlights from
previous
shows.
12:00 Midnight-12:30am ET/PT
017-Retrospective, Part II
Mr. Drummond and family gather around their Christmas tree and recall
the
many humorous incidents that the family has shared since Arnold and
Willis
moved in. This special pone-hour episode features highlights from
previous
shows.
12:30-1:00am ET/PT
Facts of Life
#93 the Christmas Show
Blair fails to trick Jo into accepting a monetary gift that would allow
her
to spend the holidays with her mother, but she does devise an offer in
the
true spirit of Christmas that Jo can't refuse.
1:00-1:30am ET/PT
#120 Christmas in the Bighouse
In the spirit of Christmas, the girls and Mrs. Garret get involved in
putting on a show for an orphanage, only to have their good intentions
land
them in jail.
1:30-2:00am ET/PT
Laverne and Shirley
#25 Oh Hear the Angels Voices
Laverne and Shirley and their friends entertain at a hospital Christmas
party. They all sing "Silent Night".
2:00am-2:30am ET/PT
Bob Newhart Show
#13 His Busiest Season
Christmas becomes a sad memory for Bob's group therapy session and it's
evident that "tis not the season" for everyone to be jolly. Bob
decides to
organize a party and invite the "group" for Christmas Eve.
2:30am-3:00am ET/PT
Beverly Hillbillies
#50 Christmas at the Clampetts
Christmas Day finds the Clampetts somewhat befuddled by their expensive
gifts, all from banker Milburn Drysdale
3:00-3:30am ET/PT
Odd Couple ½ hour show
#12 Scrooge Gets an Oscar
After turning down the role of Scrooge in a Christmas play, Oscar
dreams his
own version of A Christmas Carol.
3:30am-4:00am ET/PT
Mary Tyler Moore Show 1 Hour
#14 Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid
Mary's elaborate holiday plans are canceled when she learns she must
work on
Christmas Day. Determined not to get depressed, she decorates the
office
with cheery holiday touches, but her heart isn't in it.
4:00-4:30am ET/PT
#105 Not a Christmas Story
Snowed-in at the WJM-TV station, Sue Ann creates a Christmas dinner- in
November- to inject some cheer.
4:30am-5:00am ET/PT
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23
Gunsmoke
#146 P.S. Murray Christmas
Seven homeless children en route from a Kansas orphanage to California
find
a Christmas they have never known. Guest stars Willie Aames
5:00-6:00am ET/PT
Kojak
#42533 "How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars"
Even on Christmas Eve, Kojak finds his hands full after a husband
mistakenly
tries to shoot like a woman who looks like his wife. Also, a young
woman is
afraid her missing boyfriend is about to commit a crime in order to buy
her
an expensive Christmas present.
GS: Veronica Hamel
6:00-7:00am ET/PT
Harper Valley PTA ½ hour
#19 Harper Valley Christmas
Flora Simpson Reilly puts a damper on Harper Valley's Christmas by
canceling
all bonuses this holiday season. Flora gets knocked out cold by
Buster's
clumsy Christmas tree move, and as she nurses her wounds that evening
she
has fitful dreams where she is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past,
Present, and Future who force her to examine her own selfishness and
repent.
7:00-7:30am ET/PT
Delta
#68417 A Christmas Tale
Darden Towe's eyes are opened when his 'perfect" daughter arrives
forthe
holidays.
7:30-8:00am ET/PT
Flo
#3 The Miracle of Casa De Huevos
It's Christmas Eve and Flo is all decked out for her first Cowtown
Gala,
which she hasn't attended in the 25-years since she's been away from
home.
havoc ensues on her way as she gets caught in a nice storm.
8:00-8:30am ET/PT
Chico & The Man
#76 The Proposal
Ed, Della and Raul are having Christmas Dinner together. When Ed and
Della
get drunk, Ed proposes marriage.
8:30-9:00am ET/PT
Just the 10 of Us ½ hour
#2 A Christmas Story
Coach Lubbock has been carefully saving money to buy Elizabeth a
special
Christmas present, an organ. But the plan is ruined when the family car
develops a serious transmission problem. The only way to still be able
to
buy the organ is to sell the car. Coach Lubbock gives Gavin Doosler the
task
of selling it on a street corner. He's successful, but the buyer is
Father
Hargis. In the meantime, the girls came up with the money to fix the
transmission as their Christmas present to Coach Lubbock
9:00-9:30am ET/PT
Head of the Class ½ hour
#107 Viki's torn Genes
Viki announces that this Christmas is going to be very special for her.
She
tells her clasmates that she is adopted and is determined to find her
biological mother.
9:30-10:00am ET/PT
Hardy Boys 1 hour
48602 Will the Real Santa Claus...
A "transient" claiming to be Santa Claus is jailed as a holiday
burglar, but
Nancy believes in his innocence enough to want him free by Christmas
Eve
GS: Rick Springfield.
10:00-11:00am ET/PT
Bob Newhart Show
#87 Bob Has To Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Xmas in the Hospital
Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an
impending
operation while his friends all suffer with an attack of
Christmas-itis.
11:00-11:30am ET/PT
Mary Tyler Moore Show
#105 Not a Christmas Story
Snowed-in at the WJM-TV station, Sue Ann creates a Christmas dinner- in
November- to inject some cheer.
11:30am-12:00 Noon ET/PT
Brady Bunch ½ hour
#12 The Voice of Christmas
Carol loses her voice from too much choir practice and may not be able
to
sing at Christmas services. Alice tries an old remedy and Cindy asks
the
department store Santa to make her mom well.
12:00 Noon-12:30pm ET/PT
Laverne and Shirley
#76 All Comes All Ye Bums
Laverne and Shirley and their friends try to raise money so that
Frank's
annual pizza bowl Christmas dinner for indigent men will not be
canceled.
12:30-1:00pm ET/PT
Love Boat
#91 The Captain's Bird/That's My Dad/Captive Audience
In "THAT'S MY DAD," Bobby Braddock (Jack Jones), who is entertaining on
the
Christmas cruise, is accompanied by his gorgeous wife (Laraine
Stephens).
Also on the cruise is his father (Allan Jones) and his wife (Dorothy
Lamour). The two women have secretly made arrange-ments to patch up a
feud
the two men have had for ten years. Jack Jones, who sings "The Love
Boat"
theme each week, will perform "Winter Wonder." The father and son will
also
perform together when they sing Allan Jones' popular song from the late
i930s, "Donkey Serenade."
In "CAPTIVE AUDIENCE," a stowaway (Meeno Peluce) meets a single man
(Dirk
Benedict) on board, and the crew believes the man is the boy's father.
When
Capt. Stubing sees how the surrogate father treats his son, he is
surprised.
But when he speaks with the boy he is horrified by the secret he
carries
with him.
When Stubing buys a bird for his daughter, Vicki, and gives it to
Gopher to
hide, the feathery creature makes life rough for Gopher and Issac as
they
try to teach the parrot to talk. "THE CAPTAIN'S BIRD"
1:00-2:00pm ET/PT
Beverly Hillbillies
#211 The Week Before Christmas
The hillbillies head for a Christmas in Hooterville - and a possible
wedding
for Granny and Sam Drucker
2:00-2:30pm ET/PT
#212 Christmas in Hooterville
The hillbillies spend the Christmas holiday in Hooterville, where Eb
courts
Elly May and Granny pursues Sam Drucker
2:30-3:00pm ET/PT
All in the Family
#193 Bogus Bills
Christmas 'tis not the season to be jolly for Archie when someone
passes
counterfeit money at the bar and Edith is arrested as a suspect.
3:00-3:30pm ET/PT
#194 the Bunker Go West
The holidays take on a special meaning with the Bunkers when it looks
like
Mike, Gloria and grandson Joey will be coming home for Christmas.
3:30-4:00pm ET/PT
The Jefferson's
#99 George Finds a Father
George Finds a Father - George's Christmas is merrier after Louise's
intervention helps him find a father he never knew.
4:00-4:30pm ET/PT
#143 All I Want for Christmas
All I Want For Christmas-George gets carried away after playing Santa
for
the orphans at the Help Center and promises them they will get
"anything"
they want for Christmas. George finds fulfilling his promise a cinch
until
one child asks for more than anyone may be to deliver-parents
4:30pm-5:00pm ET/PT
Perfect Strangers 1 Hour
#8: A Christmas Story
Larry is depressed when he is unable to go to Madison for Christmas.
5:00-5:30pm ET/PT
#9: The Gift Of The Mypiot
Everybody is miserable when Balki invites Mr. Gorpley to the Christmas.
5:30-6:00pm ET/PT
Facts of Life
#146 Christmas Baby
Blair's pregnant mother is about to make an unexpected Christmas
delivery-six weeks early-but Blair gets a last minute case of cold feet
and
fears that she can't live up to her role as "coach" and surrogate
father.
GS:: George Clooney
6:00-6:30pm ET/PT
#195 It's a Wonderful Christmas
Feeling unneeded by her Peekskill "family," Beverly Ann succumbs to the
holiday blues, until Santa Claus guides her through a Christmas fantasy
that
makes her realize just how loved she really is.
6:30-7:00pm ET/PT
Brady Bunch ½ hour
#12 The Voice of Christmas
Carol loses her voice from too much choir practice and may not be able
to
sing at Christmas services. Alice tries an old remedy and Cindy asks
the
department store Santa to make her mom well.
7:00-7:30pm ET/PT
Three's Company ½ hour
#20 Three's Christmas
Jack, Janet and Chrissy plot to escape a boring Christmas party alone
with
the Ropers because the three roommates are invited to a big bash the
same
night.
7:30-8:00pm ET/PT
Love Boat
#91 The Captain's Bird/That's My Dad/Captive Audience
In "THAT'S MY DAD," Bobby Braddock (Jack Jones), who is entertaining on
the
Christmas cruise, is accompanied by his gorgeous wife (Laraine
Stephens).
Also on the cruise is his father (Allan Jones) and his wife (Dorothy
Lamour). The two women have secretly made arrange-ments to patch up a
feud
the two men have had for ten years. Jack Jones, who sings "The Love
Boat"
theme each week, will perform "Winter Wonder." The father and son will
also
perform together when they sing Allan Jones' popular song from the late
i930s, "Donkey Serenade."
8:00-9:00pm ET/PT
In "CAPTIVE AUDIENCE," a stowaway (Meeno Peluce) meets a single man
(Dirk
Benedict) on board, and the crew believes the man is the boy's father.
When
Capt. Stubing sees how the surrogate father treats his son, he is
surprised.
But when he speaks with the boy he is horrified by the secret he
carries
with him.
When Stubing buys a bird for his daughter, Vicki, and gives it to
Gopher to
hide, the feathery creature makes life rough for Gopher and Issac as
they
try to teach the parrot to talk. "THE CAPTAIN'S BIRD"
Beverly Hillbillies
#211 The Week Before Christmas
The hillbillies head for a Christmas in Hooterville - and a possible
wedding
for Granny and Sam Drucker
9:00-9:30pm ET/PT
#212 Christmas in Hooterville
The hillbillies spend the Christmas holiday in Hooterville, where Eb
courts
Elly May and Granny pursues Sam Drucker
9:30-10:00pm ET/PT
All in the Family
#193 Bogus Bills
Christmas 'tis not the season to be jolly for Archie when someone
passes
counterfeit money at the bar and Edith is arrested as a suspect.
10:00-10:30pm ET/PT
#194 the Bunker Go West
The holidays take on a special meaning with the Bunkers when it looks
like
Mike, Gloria and grandson Joey will be coming home for Christmas.
10:30-11:00pm ET/PT
The Jefferson's
#99 George Finds a Father
George Finds a Father - George's Christmas is merrier after Louise's
intervention helps him find a father he never knew.
11:00pm-11:30pm ET/PT
Three's Company ½ hour
#20 Three's Christmas
Jack, Janet and Chrissy plot to escape a boring Christmas party alone
with
the Ropers because the three roommates are invited to a big bash the
same
night.
11:30pm-12:00 Midnight ET/PT
Perfect Strangers 1 Hour
#8: A Christmas Story
Larry is depressed when he is unable to go to Madison for Christmas.
12:00 Midnight-12:30am ET/PT
#9: The Gift Of The Mypiot
Everybody is miserable when Balki invites Mr. Gorpley to the Christmas.
12:30-1:00am ET/PT
Facts of Life
#146 Christmas Baby
Blair's pregnant mother is about to make an unexpected Christmas
delivery-six weeks early-but Blair gets a last minute case of cold feet
and
fears that she can't live up to her role as "coach" and surrogate
father.
GS:: George Clooney
1:00-1:30am ET/PT
#195 It's a Wonderful Christmas
Feeling unneeded by her Peekskill "family," Beverly Ann succumbs to the
holiday blues, until Santa Claus guides her through a Christmas fantasy
that
makes her realize just how loved she really is.
1:30-2:00am ET/PT
Laverne and Shirley
#76 All Comes All Ye Bums
Laverne and Shirley and their friends try to raise money so that
Frank's
annual pizza bowl Christmas dinner for indigent men will not be
canceled.
2:00-2:30am ET/PT
Bob Newhart Show
#87 Bob Has To Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Xmas in the Hospital
Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an
impending
operation while his friends all suffer with an attack of
Christmas-itis.
2:30-3:00am ET/PT
Beverly Hillbillies
#153 The Christmas Present
The Clampetts broaden their Beverly Hills experience by working as
temporary
Christmas help in a department store
3:00-3:30am ET/PT
Honeymooners ½ hour
#13 The Night Before Christmas
Ralph sells his bowling ball to buy Alice a nice Christmas gift.
3:30-4:00am ET/PT
Welcome Back Kotter
#38 Hark the Sweathogs
The Sweathogs befriend a bum who appears every year at Christmas time
at the
Buchanan school yard.
4:00-4:30am ET/PT
#71 Sweathog Christmas Special
Merriment, mistletoe, and menorahs are the beginnings of a Merry
Christmas
celebration with the Sweathogs and Gabe and Julie Kotter.
4:30-5:00am ET/PT
Hardy Boys 1 hour
48602 Will the Real Santa Claus...
A "transient" claiming to be Santa Claus is jailed as a holiday
burglar, but
Nancy believes in his innocence enough to want him free by Christmas
Eve
GS: Rick Springfield,
5:00-6:00am ET/PT
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22
Lucas Tanner 1 hour
#2 Merry Gentlemen
An unplanned meeting between Lucas and his ex-father-in-law during the
holidays reveals the real story behind a long-standing bitterness
between
the two men.
6:00-7:00am ET/PT
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
#12 Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid
An ex-convict turned Christmas store Santa Claus discovers he still has
larceny on the mind. However, a little roughneck puts him on the
defensive
by challenging him on the virtues of the jolly old fellow from the
North
Pole.
7:00-7:30am ET/PT
Adam 12
#13 Log-122
A stolen car containing Christmas toys for a needy family is the object
of a
widespread search, and officers Malloy and Reed also resolve a family
conflict and arrest a drunk-driving suspect.
7:30-8:00am ET/PT
Operation Petticoat ½ hour
#12 I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas
Warnings that Lt. Holden is loose go up at a Navy Supply base as the
legendary scrounger sets out to fill a Christmas shopping list for
everyone
aboard the Sea Tiger.
8:00-8:30am ET/PT
McHale's Navy ½ hour
#11 Day they Captured Santa
Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale and his crew run into a Japanese ambush
Christmas
Day while playing Santa Claus to a group of native children. McHale
and his
"Brownies" purloin food for the children from the officers' Club.
Capt.
Binghamton, determined to recover the filched turkeys, is caught in the
enemy ambush.
8:30-9:00am ET/PT
New Dick Van Dyke 1/2 show
7223 The Jailbird
Dick is arrested for a traffic violation on Christmas Eve, and Bernie,
who
is en route with the bail money, is also arrested.
9:00-9:30am ET/PT
Odd Couple ½ hour show
#12 Scrooge Gets an Oscar
After turning down the role of Scrooge in a Christmas play, Oscar
dreams his
own version of A Christmas Carol.
9:30-10:00am ET/PT
Gunsmoke 1 hour
#146 P.S. Murray Christmas
Seven homeless children en route from a Kansas orphanage to California
find
a Christmas they have never known. Guest stars Willie Aames
10:00am-11:00am ET/PT
Bob Newhart Show
#13 His Busiest Season
Christmas becomes a sad memory for Bob's group therapy session and it's
evident that "tis not the season" for everyone to be jolly. Bob
decides to
organize a party and invite the "group" for Christmas Eve.
11:00am-11:30am ET/PT
Mary Tyler Moore Show
#14 Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid
Mary's elaborate holiday plans are canceled when she learns she must
work on
Christmas Day. Determined not to get depressed, she decorates the
office
with cheery holiday touches, but her heart isn't in it.
11:30am -12:00 Noon ET/PT
Dick Van Dyke ½ hour
#76 The Alan Brady Show Presents
Alan turns over "The Alan Brady Show" to his staff and their families
to do
a Christmas Spectacular on air. This Christmas special includes Sally
singing "Santa, Send a Fella", Rob and Laura as Tap Dancing Santas, and
Ritchie singing "Little Drummer Boy"
12:00 Noon-12:30pm ET/PT
Barney Miller ½ hour
#45 Christmas Story
12:30-1:00pm ET/PT
Love Boat
#11 Lonely at the Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night
In "Lonely at the Top," Dick Sargent guests as Father Mike, an
outspoken
clergyman who comes aboard with six orphaned kids for a Christmas
cruise
financed by an unknown benefactor. When Mike detects a touch of Scrooge
in
Capt. Stubing's manner, he takes some very positive action which
results in
smooth sailing in all.
1:00-2:00pm ET/PT
Audrey and Paul Baynes (Florence Henderson and Shecky Greene) are an
unhappily married couple, pretending to be compatible until they
discover
they are lucky to have each other in "Divorce Me Please."
In "Silent Night," Lila and Dan Barton (Donna Mills and John Gavin)
seek to
redirect their lives. Dan has served three years in prison for a crime
he
did not commit. Aboard the Pacific Princess, Dan faces Walter Perry
(Dean
Santoro), the man he holds responsible.
Beverly Hillbillies
#13 Home For Christmas
The Clampetts take their first airplane ride, returning to their
mountain
cabin for a surprise Christmas visit with Cousin Pearl
2:00-2:30pm ET/PT
#14 No Place Like Home
The Clampetts, home for Christmas, help Cousin Pearl woo Mr. Brewster,
the
big oil company executive
2:30-3:00pm ET/PT
All in the Family
#26 Christmas Day at the Bunkers
Christmas day turns out to be a very unhappy occasion in the Bunker
house
because Archie is depressed about not getting his usual Christmas
bonus.
3:00-3:30pm ET/PT
#76 Edith's Christmas Story
The Bunker's household Christmas mood turns grim when Edith tells
Gloria she
has a lump in her breast and is going for a surgical examination.
3:30-4:00pm ET/PT
The Jeffersons'
#49 The Christmas Wedding
Peace and goodwill are the first casualties when the Jeffersons and the
Willises fight a Christmas eve battle over Lionel and Jenny's wedding.
4:00-4:30pm ET/PT
Andy Griffith ½ hour
#11 A Christmas Story
Andy and Barney give a Christmas party in the jail for a prisoner and
his
family, and thereby convert the town scrooge.
4:30-5:00pm ET/PT
Di'fferent Strokes
#16 Xmas Party Part 1
Mr. Drummond and family gather around their Christmas tree and recall
the
many humorous incidents that the family has shared since Arnold and
Willis
moved in. This special pone-hour episode features highlights from
previous
shows.
5:00-5:30pm ET/PT
#17 Xmas Party Part 2
Mr. Drummond and family gather around their Christmas tree and recall
the
many humorous incidents that the family has shared since Arnold and
Willis
moved in. This special pone-hour episode features highlights from
previous
shows.
5:30-6:00pm ET/PT
Facts of Life
#93 the Christmas Show
Blair fails to trick Jo into accepting a monetary gift that would allow
her
to spend the holidays with her mother, but she does devise an offer in
the
true spirit of Christmas that Jo can't refuse.
6:00-6:30pm ET/PT
#120 Christmas in the Bighouse
In the spirit of Christmas, the girls and Mrs. Garret get involved in
putting on a show for an orphanage, only to have their good intentions
land
them in jail.
6:30pm-7:00pm
Dick Van Dyke ½ hour
#76 The Alan Brady Show Presents
Alan turns over "The Alan Brady Show" to his staff and their families
to do
a Christmas Spectacular on air. This Christmas special includes Sally
singing "Santa, Send a Fella", Rob and Laura as Tap Dancing Santas, and
Ritchie singing "Little Drummer Boy"
7:00-7:30pm ET/PT
Barney Miller ½ hour
#45 Christmas Story
7:30pm-8:00pm ET/PT
Love Boat
#11 Lonely at the Top/Divorce Me, Please/Silent Night
In "Lonely at the Top," Dick Sargent guests as Father Mike, an
outspoken
clergyman who comes aboard with six orphaned kids for a Christmas
cruise
financed by an unknown benefactor. When Mike detects a touch of Scrooge
in
Capt. Stubing's manner, he takes some very positive action which
results in
smooth sailing in all.
8:00-9:00pm ET/PT
Audrey and Paul Baynes (Florence Henderson and Shecky Greene) are an
unhappily married couple, pretending to be compatible until they
discover
they are lucky to have each other in "Divorce Me Please."
In "Silent Night," Lila and Dan Barton (Donna Mills and John Gavin)
seek to
redirect their lives. Dan has served three years in prison for a crime
he
did not commit. Aboard the Pacific Princess, Dan faces Walter Perry
(Dean
Santoro), the man he holds responsible.
Beverly
#13 Home For Christmas
The Clampetts take their first airplane ride, returning to their
mountain
cabin for a surprise Christmas visit with Cousin Pearl
9:00-9:30pm ET/PT
#14 No Place Like Home
The Clampetts, home for Christmas, help Cousin Pearl woo Mr. Brewster,
the
big oil company executive
9:30-10:00pm ET/PT
All in the Family
#26 Christmas Day at the Bunkers
Christmas day turns out to be a very unhappy occasion in the Bunker
house
because Archie is depressed about not getting his usual Christmas
bonus.
10:00pm-10:30pm ET/PT
#76 Edith's Christmas Story
The Bunker's household Christmas mood turns grim when Edith tells
Gloria she
has a lump in her breast and is going for a surgical examination.
10:30pm-11:00pm ET/PT
The Jefferson's
#49 The Christmas Wedding
Peace and goodwill are the first casualties when the Jeffersons and the
Willises fight a Christmas eve battle over Lionel and Jenny's wedding.
11:00-11:30pm ET/PT
Andy Griffith ½ hour
#11 A Christmas Story
Andy and Barney give a Christmas party in the jail for a prisoner and
his
family, and thereby convert the town scrooge.
11:30pm-12:00 Midnight ET/PT
Di'ffrent Strokes 1 hour
016-Retrospective, Part 1
Mr. Drummond and family gather around their Christmas tree and recall
the
many humorous incidents that the family has shared since Arnold and
Willis
moved in. This special pone-hour episode features highlights from
previous
shows.
12:00 Midnight-12:30am ET/PT
017-Retrospective, Part II
Mr. Drummond and family gather around their Christmas tree and recall
the
many humorous incidents that the family has shared since Arnold and
Willis
moved in. This special pone-hour episode features highlights from
previous
shows.
12:30-1:00am ET/PT
Facts of Life
#93 the Christmas Show
Blair fails to trick Jo into accepting a monetary gift that would allow
her
to spend the holidays with her mother, but she does devise an offer in
the
true spirit of Christmas that Jo can't refuse.
1:00-1:30am ET/PT
#120 Christmas in the Bighouse
In the spirit of Christmas, the girls and Mrs. Garret get involved in
putting on a show for an orphanage, only to have their good intentions
land
them in jail.
1:30-2:00am ET/PT
Laverne and Shirley
#25 Oh Hear the Angels Voices
Laverne and Shirley and their friends entertain at a hospital Christmas
party. They all sing "Silent Night".
2:00am-2:30am ET/PT
Bob Newhart Show
#13 His Busiest Season
Christmas becomes a sad memory for Bob's group therapy session and it's
evident that "tis not the season" for everyone to be jolly. Bob
decides to
organize a party and invite the "group" for Christmas Eve.
2:30am-3:00am ET/PT
Beverly Hillbillies
#50 Christmas at the Clampetts
Christmas Day finds the Clampetts somewhat befuddled by their expensive
gifts, all from banker Milburn Drysdale
3:00-3:30am ET/PT
Odd Couple ½ hour show
#12 Scrooge Gets an Oscar
After turning down the role of Scrooge in a Christmas play, Oscar
dreams his
own version of A Christmas Carol.
3:30am-4:00am ET/PT
Mary Tyler Moore Show 1 Hour
#14 Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid
Mary's elaborate holiday plans are canceled when she learns she must
work on
Christmas Day. Determined not to get depressed, she decorates the
office
with cheery holiday touches, but her heart isn't in it.
4:00-4:30am ET/PT
#105 Not a Christmas Story
Snowed-in at the WJM-TV station, Sue Ann creates a Christmas dinner- in
November- to inject some cheer.
4:30am-5:00am ET/PT
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23
Gunsmoke
#146 P.S. Murray Christmas
Seven homeless children en route from a Kansas orphanage to California
find
a Christmas they have never known. Guest stars Willie Aames
5:00-6:00am ET/PT
Kojak
#42533 "How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars"
Even on Christmas Eve, Kojak finds his hands full after a husband
mistakenly
tries to shoot like a woman who looks like his wife. Also, a young
woman is
afraid her missing boyfriend is about to commit a crime in order to buy
her
an expensive Christmas present.
GS: Veronica Hamel
6:00-7:00am ET/PT
Harper Valley PTA ½ hour
#19 Harper Valley Christmas
Flora Simpson Reilly puts a damper on Harper Valley's Christmas by
canceling
all bonuses this holiday season. Flora gets knocked out cold by
Buster's
clumsy Christmas tree move, and as she nurses her wounds that evening
she
has fitful dreams where she is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past,
Present, and Future who force her to examine her own selfishness and
repent.
7:00-7:30am ET/PT
Delta
#68417 A Christmas Tale
Darden Towe's eyes are opened when his 'perfect" daughter arrives
forthe
holidays.
7:30-8:00am ET/PT
Flo
#3 The Miracle of Casa De Huevos
It's Christmas Eve and Flo is all decked out for her first Cowtown
Gala,
which she hasn't attended in the 25-years since she's been away from
home.
havoc ensues on her way as she gets caught in a nice storm.
8:00-8:30am ET/PT
Chico & The Man
#76 The Proposal
Ed, Della and Raul are having Christmas Dinner together. When Ed and
Della
get drunk, Ed proposes marriage.
8:30-9:00am ET/PT
Just the 10 of Us ½ hour
#2 A Christmas Story
Coach Lubbock has been carefully saving money to buy Elizabeth a
special
Christmas present, an organ. But the plan is ruined when the family car
develops a serious transmission problem. The only way to still be able
to
buy the organ is to sell the car. Coach Lubbock gives Gavin Doosler the
task
of selling it on a street corner. He's successful, but the buyer is
Father
Hargis. In the meantime, the girls came up with the money to fix the
transmission as their Christmas present to Coach Lubbock
9:00-9:30am ET/PT
Head of the Class ½ hour
#107 Viki's torn Genes
Viki announces that this Christmas is going to be very special for her.
She
tells her clasmates that she is adopted and is determined to find her
biological mother.
9:30-10:00am ET/PT
Hardy Boys 1 hour
48602 Will the Real Santa Claus...
A "transient" claiming to be Santa Claus is jailed as a holiday
burglar, but
Nancy believes in his innocence enough to want him free by Christmas
Eve
GS: Rick Springfield.
10:00-11:00am ET/PT
Bob Newhart Show
#87 Bob Has To Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Xmas in the Hospital
Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an
impending
operation while his friends all suffer with an attack of
Christmas-itis.
11:00-11:30am ET/PT
Mary Tyler Moore Show
#105 Not a Christmas Story
Snowed-in at the WJM-TV station, Sue Ann creates a Christmas dinner- in
November- to inject some cheer.
11:30am-12:00 Noon ET/PT
Brady Bunch ½ hour
#12 The Voice of Christmas
Carol loses her voice from too much choir practice and may not be able
to
sing at Christmas services. Alice tries an old remedy and Cindy asks
the
department store Santa to make her mom well.
12:00 Noon-12:30pm ET/PT
Laverne and Shirley
#76 All Comes All Ye Bums
Laverne and Shirley and their friends try to raise money so that
Frank's
annual pizza bowl Christmas dinner for indigent men will not be
canceled.
12:30-1:00pm ET/PT
Love Boat
#91 The Captain's Bird/That's My Dad/Captive Audience
In "THAT'S MY DAD," Bobby Braddock (Jack Jones), who is entertaining on
the
Christmas cruise, is accompanied by his gorgeous wife (Laraine
Stephens).
Also on the cruise is his father (Allan Jones) and his wife (Dorothy
Lamour). The two women have secretly made arrange-ments to patch up a
feud
the two men have had for ten years. Jack Jones, who sings "The Love
Boat"
theme each week, will perform "Winter Wonder." The father and son will
also
perform together when they sing Allan Jones' popular song from the late
i930s, "Donkey Serenade."
In "CAPTIVE AUDIENCE," a stowaway (Meeno Peluce) meets a single man
(Dirk
Benedict) on board, and the crew believes the man is the boy's father.
When
Capt. Stubing sees how the surrogate father treats his son, he is
surprised.
But when he speaks with the boy he is horrified by the secret he
carries
with him.
When Stubing buys a bird for his daughter, Vicki, and gives it to
Gopher to
hide, the feathery creature makes life rough for Gopher and Issac as
they
try to teach the parrot to talk. "THE CAPTAIN'S BIRD"
1:00-2:00pm ET/PT
Beverly Hillbillies
#211 The Week Before Christmas
The hillbillies head for a Christmas in Hooterville - and a possible
wedding
for Granny and Sam Drucker
2:00-2:30pm ET/PT
#212 Christmas in Hooterville
The hillbillies spend the Christmas holiday in Hooterville, where Eb
courts
Elly May and Granny pursues Sam Drucker
2:30-3:00pm ET/PT
All in the Family
#193 Bogus Bills
Christmas 'tis not the season to be jolly for Archie when someone
passes
counterfeit money at the bar and Edith is arrested as a suspect.
3:00-3:30pm ET/PT
#194 the Bunker Go West
The holidays take on a special meaning with the Bunkers when it looks
like
Mike, Gloria and grandson Joey will be coming home for Christmas.
3:30-4:00pm ET/PT
The Jefferson's
#99 George Finds a Father
George Finds a Father - George's Christmas is merrier after Louise's
intervention helps him find a father he never knew.
4:00-4:30pm ET/PT
#143 All I Want for Christmas
All I Want For Christmas-George gets carried away after playing Santa
for
the orphans at the Help Center and promises them they will get
"anything"
they want for Christmas. George finds fulfilling his promise a cinch
until
one child asks for more than anyone may be to deliver-parents
4:30pm-5:00pm ET/PT
Perfect Strangers 1 Hour
#8: A Christmas Story
Larry is depressed when he is unable to go to Madison for Christmas.
5:00-5:30pm ET/PT
#9: The Gift Of The Mypiot
Everybody is miserable when Balki invites Mr. Gorpley to the Christmas.
5:30-6:00pm ET/PT
Facts of Life
#146 Christmas Baby
Blair's pregnant mother is about to make an unexpected Christmas
delivery-six weeks early-but Blair gets a last minute case of cold feet
and
fears that she can't live up to her role as "coach" and surrogate
father.
GS:: George Clooney
6:00-6:30pm ET/PT
#195 It's a Wonderful Christmas
Feeling unneeded by her Peekskill "family," Beverly Ann succumbs to the
holiday blues, until Santa Claus guides her through a Christmas fantasy
that
makes her realize just how loved she really is.
6:30-7:00pm ET/PT
Brady Bunch ½ hour
#12 The Voice of Christmas
Carol loses her voice from too much choir practice and may not be able
to
sing at Christmas services. Alice tries an old remedy and Cindy asks
the
department store Santa to make her mom well.
7:00-7:30pm ET/PT
Three's Company ½ hour
#20 Three's Christmas
Jack, Janet and Chrissy plot to escape a boring Christmas party alone
with
the Ropers because the three roommates are invited to a big bash the
same
night.
7:30-8:00pm ET/PT
Love Boat
#91 The Captain's Bird/That's My Dad/Captive Audience
In "THAT'S MY DAD," Bobby Braddock (Jack Jones), who is entertaining on
the
Christmas cruise, is accompanied by his gorgeous wife (Laraine
Stephens).
Also on the cruise is his father (Allan Jones) and his wife (Dorothy
Lamour). The two women have secretly made arrange-ments to patch up a
feud
the two men have had for ten years. Jack Jones, who sings "The Love
Boat"
theme each week, will perform "Winter Wonder." The father and son will
also
perform together when they sing Allan Jones' popular song from the late
i930s, "Donkey Serenade."
8:00-9:00pm ET/PT
In "CAPTIVE AUDIENCE," a stowaway (Meeno Peluce) meets a single man
(Dirk
Benedict) on board, and the crew believes the man is the boy's father.
When
Capt. Stubing sees how the surrogate father treats his son, he is
surprised.
But when he speaks with the boy he is horrified by the secret he
carries
with him.
When Stubing buys a bird for his daughter, Vicki, and gives it to
Gopher to
hide, the feathery creature makes life rough for Gopher and Issac as
they
try to teach the parrot to talk. "THE CAPTAIN'S BIRD"
Beverly Hillbillies
#211 The Week Before Christmas
The hillbillies head for a Christmas in Hooterville - and a possible
wedding
for Granny and Sam Drucker
9:00-9:30pm ET/PT
#212 Christmas in Hooterville
The hillbillies spend the Christmas holiday in Hooterville, where Eb
courts
Elly May and Granny pursues Sam Drucker
9:30-10:00pm ET/PT
All in the Family
#193 Bogus Bills
Christmas 'tis not the season to be jolly for Archie when someone
passes
counterfeit money at the bar and Edith is arrested as a suspect.
10:00-10:30pm ET/PT
#194 the Bunker Go West
The holidays take on a special meaning with the Bunkers when it looks
like
Mike, Gloria and grandson Joey will be coming home for Christmas.
10:30-11:00pm ET/PT
The Jefferson's
#99 George Finds a Father
George Finds a Father - George's Christmas is merrier after Louise's
intervention helps him find a father he never knew.
11:00pm-11:30pm ET/PT
Three's Company ½ hour
#20 Three's Christmas
Jack, Janet and Chrissy plot to escape a boring Christmas party alone
with
the Ropers because the three roommates are invited to a big bash the
same
night.
11:30pm-12:00 Midnight ET/PT
Perfect Strangers 1 Hour
#8: A Christmas Story
Larry is depressed when he is unable to go to Madison for Christmas.
12:00 Midnight-12:30am ET/PT
#9: The Gift Of The Mypiot
Everybody is miserable when Balki invites Mr. Gorpley to the Christmas.
12:30-1:00am ET/PT
Facts of Life
#146 Christmas Baby
Blair's pregnant mother is about to make an unexpected Christmas
delivery-six weeks early-but Blair gets a last minute case of cold feet
and
fears that she can't live up to her role as "coach" and surrogate
father.
GS:: George Clooney
1:00-1:30am ET/PT
#195 It's a Wonderful Christmas
Feeling unneeded by her Peekskill "family," Beverly Ann succumbs to the
holiday blues, until Santa Claus guides her through a Christmas fantasy
that
makes her realize just how loved she really is.
1:30-2:00am ET/PT
Laverne and Shirley
#76 All Comes All Ye Bums
Laverne and Shirley and their friends try to raise money so that
Frank's
annual pizza bowl Christmas dinner for indigent men will not be
canceled.
2:00-2:30am ET/PT
Bob Newhart Show
#87 Bob Has To Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Xmas in the Hospital
Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an
impending
operation while his friends all suffer with an attack of
Christmas-itis.
2:30-3:00am ET/PT
Beverly Hillbillies
#153 The Christmas Present
The Clampetts broaden their Beverly Hills experience by working as
temporary
Christmas help in a department store
3:00-3:30am ET/PT
Honeymooners ½ hour
#13 The Night Before Christmas
Ralph sells his bowling ball to buy Alice a nice Christmas gift.
3:30-4:00am ET/PT
Welcome Back Kotter
#38 Hark the Sweathogs
The Sweathogs befriend a bum who appears every year at Christmas time
at the
Buchanan school yard.
4:00-4:30am ET/PT
#71 Sweathog Christmas Special
Merriment, mistletoe, and menorahs are the beginnings of a Merry
Christmas
celebration with the Sweathogs and Gabe and Julie Kotter.
4:30-5:00am ET/PT
Hardy Boys 1 hour
48602 Will the Real Santa Claus...
A "transient" claiming to be Santa Claus is jailed as a holiday
burglar, but
Nancy believes in his innocence enough to want him free by Christmas
Eve
GS: Rick Springfield,
5:00-6:00am ET/PT