A Christmas wish list for TV networks from a critic
A Chicago style TV critic imagines a Christmas day schedule free of news and ads. It begins with Bach and carols, then a gourmet brunch, then remote gift unwrappings across social strata, and ends with classic films, sports, and a Carson-centered finale while probing industry executives about their TV viewing habits.
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Jane Pauley
Sandy Hill
Yehudi Menuhin
Willie Nelson
Emmylou Harris
Nashville
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Hallelujah Chorus
Colorado
Grand Canyon
Craig Claiborne
Julia
Claiborne
Mary Tyler Moore
The
Dream TV
Tonight highlights and late shows feature stars and Crime drama
Tonight on Channel 5 at 5:00 PM MERY GRIFFIN hosts guests Zsa Zsa Gabor Arnold Schwarzenegger Stacey Bentley and Peter Allen in a 90 minute program. At 9:00 PM Channel 8 Hawatt Five-Oh shows a kidnapping case with McGarrett and company. Also at 9:00 PM Channel 25 The Christmas Song hosted by Mel Torme and Les Brown. A 3:00 AM Channel 23 presents Scrooge with Seymour Hicks Maurice Evans and Robert Cochran from 1938.
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Mery Griffin
Inslude
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Arnald Schwarzenegger
Stacey Benley
Peter Allen
Lord Showden
Scrooge
Seymour Hicks
Maurice Evans
Robert Cochran
Mel Torme
Les Brown
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WKYC
WEWS
WJKW
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WUAB
WTOL
Cleveland
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Lorain
Toledo
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NBC News
ABC News
CBS News
Friends
Lehrer
P.M
TVA
Little House
Cinemanati
Praia Resort
Joan Banz
Ee Family
Lou Grant
Amani
Low
Mac Davis
Dick Cavert
Barney
Miller Desert
Star Blazer
Phil Donahue
Washington
Cathedral
Ceebcaton
Laverne & Price Us
Shirley Rightwood
Fortune
Ryan's Hope
Days of Our Lives
Chiedelatis Children Company
Doctors
One Life
Pittsburgh
Arena
Antena Exchange
Woodpecker
News News
MacNeil
P.M Magazine
Danaceau Hogan
Hoker
Sheriff Lobo
Angie Ange
Mr. Rogers
Hawaii
Company Five
Hart
Norris
Dick Cavett
Tomaht
Young Maude
Benny Hillovie
Ironside
Gong
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William Paley
Mike Wallace
Jimmy Buffet
Key West
Tom Snyder
Howard Cassell
Johnny Carson
Carson
Burbank
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Henry Winkler
Ron Howard
Sister Sledge
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Ken Minyard
Ingalls
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Gsrl
New York
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Tinmerthy Bottoms
June Lockhart
WKRP
Cincinnati
Sparky Anderson
Murry
Father Mulcahy
Kate
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Willie
Pat Mulley
Stephen Pearlman
Devan Ericson
Joan Baez
San Francisco
City Hall
Charley
Kensington General Hospital
Love
Dolly Parton
Kenny Rogers
Robert Urich
Saint Mary's Church
FA Mily
Doug
Pat O'Malley
Devon Ericson
Lou Grant Rossi
Elizabeth Bliss
Peggy Ann Garner
Amahl and
Night Visitors
Gian Carlo Menotti
GE Theater
Teresa Stratas
Robert Sapolsky
the Waverly Consort
Dec Severson
Henry Mancini
Victor Buono
Choir of St. Charles Borromeone
Los Angeles
Barney Miller
Tuscan Boys
San Xavier Deal Bac
John Paul II
St. Peter
Vatican
Don Johnson
Joe Bennneth
George Murdoch
Caine
Metropolitan Opera
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Hilda Harris
Riverside Church
Ebenezer Scrooge
Alastair Sim
Kathleen Harrison
Jack Warner
Mervyn Johns
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Peter Lorre
Pot O'Gold
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Paulette Goddard
James Stewart
Tim Holt
Richard Martin
Joan Dixon
Washington Cathedral
Charles A. Perry
Wasington Cathedral
Washington D.C
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Ed Asner
Carol Burnett
Joe Hamilton
Carne Hamilton
Bob Meehan
Brian Blessing
Joseph Takamine
Paul Tracey
NBA
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Henry Travers
Peter Ustinos
Geuien
Montgomery
Arizona
Panthers
University of Pitttsburgh
Wildcats
University of Arizona
Tempe
Merv Griffin
George Burns
Art Carney
Valerie Harper
Robin Carson
Ford's Theatre
Washington, D.C
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Ralph Wane
Stanley Kramer
Andrae Crouch
the Diciples
Beverly Sanders
Cit Ware
Diane Desmond
Phyllis Hartman
Lobo Lobo
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Roopm
Richie
Carver
Angie Angie
Brad
Didi
Cindy Williams
Paul Shenar
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Lay
Betty Hutton
Fred Astaire
Robert Young
Taxi Tony
Jennifer
Craig Wasson
Ted Grover
Peter Brandon
Paris
Soundstage
Emmy Lou Harris
Emmy Low Harris
Bishop Moore
John Davidson
Lennon Sisters
Betty White
Linda Pearl
Roger Kern
Jane Powell
Gordon MacRae
Gene Nelson
Jack E. Leonard
Gilbreth
TV Tonight
Battle of the Planets
Flintstones
Kangaroo Kangaroo
Bugs Bunny
Dave Patterson
Tom & Jerry Barnaby
Brady Bunch
Ramper Ream
AllStar
Hollywood
Ed Allan
Laverne & Laverne & Kittey Price
Real McCoys Fortuna
Ryan
Mister Rogers
Pany
Ives
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Sim Kroftt
Jim Rockford Exchange
Gat Smart
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