TV Land on Christmas Day

[Pavan]

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25
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"
9:00 am-9:30am ET/PT

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
10:00-10:30am ET/PT and 6:30-7:00pm ET/PT

#14 No Place Like Home
The Clampetts, home for Christmas, help Cousin Pearl woo Mr. Brewster,
the
big oil company executive
6:00-6:30pm 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.
7:00-7:30pm ET/PT and 10:00-10:30pm 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
11:00am-12:00 Noon 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.
8:00-9:00pm ET/PT


I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Join the Ricardos as they travel back down memory lane to reminisce
about
some of the best moments of I Love Lucy.
Monday, December 25 at 9:00pm.

Barney Miller ½ hour
#45 Christmas Story
11:30pm-12:00 Midnight 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.
12:00 Midnight-12:30am ET/PT

TAXI
Episode #10:
"A Full House For Christmas"
Louie's little brother Nicky is in from Las Vegas for the holidays. But
instead of visiting their mother like he promised, Nicky gets everyone
to
play the mother of all poker games. After the cabbies lose their
shirts,
Louie turns to poker-expert Alex, and the showdown begins.
12:30-1:00am 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.
1:30-2:00am 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.
2:00-2:30am 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.
2:30-3:00am 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

ADAM-12
#161 - "Christmas"
Officer Reed sees nothing wrong with transporting a Christmas tree to
an
old-age home, until interrupted by a liquor store robbery.
5:00-5:30am ET/PT

[PPatters]

I love ALL of these, and I can't wait to see The Dick Van Dyke Show's Christmas special again. Ritchie's singing of "Little Drummer Boy" was really, really, really awesome.