University Daily Kansan, December 6, 1983
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Christmas shows abound on networks, cable
TV holiday list contains specials
By United Press International
NEW YORK — OK, so a lot of you don't believe Santa Claus can get you anything your heart desires.
How about if there were a lower-level
thing, something you wanted on TV for Christmas?
"Yes."
They are bringing back some old favorites along with some new.
Right now, a whole group of them is double-checking old lists compiled by the A.C. Nielsen elves and deciding who is going to get what for the holiday.
In the animation department, NBC promises specials starring the Chipmunks and the Smurfs. CBS will show "A Snow White Christmas" tomorrow and "The Christmas" and Dr. Seuss "The Grinch Stick Christmas" on Dec. 12.
NBC IS OFFERING a Mac Davis special and another celebrity program tentatively titled "Christmas in Washington" that will be taped in the capital hall of the air at the Orange Box package at the new Year's Eve and the Rose Bowl Jan. 2.
A "Hallmark Hall of Fame" special on CBS tonight, will be John Steinbeck's "The Winter of Our Discontent," starring Donald Sutherland, Teri Garr, Tuesday Wesley and E.G. Marshall. On Dec. 11, the same network will air "All Star Party for Frank Sinatra," and on Dec. 20, "General Foods Golden Showcase" will present "The Gift of Love, a Christmas Story," starring Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury and Polly Holliday.
CBS will usher in the New Year with the fifth annual "CBS Happy New Year, America," a live music and dance celebration broadcast from various locations in New York's Time Square, at Disney World and across the country. It also has scheduled "The CBC Tournament of Roses Parade and Pageant" and "The Cotton Bowl Festival Parade."
FOR VIEWERS who think that New Year's isn't New Year's without a Lombardo at the Waldorf-Astoria, the syndicated "New Year's Eve with Bill Lombardo and His Orchestra: An American Tradition Renewed." An nephew of late latecomer Guy Lombardo in the hotel's Grand Ballroom.
Bill's Uncle Guy and his Royal Canadians played the Walford every New Year's Eve from 1929 until the fall of 1976, when Bill Lombardo took over.
The celebration was carried by CBS through 1979, when the nephew left the band and CBS switched to a New Year's special in which Dick Clark was host. That show originated from Las Vegas and the Waldorf.
"The new group isn't at all similar to the old one." Lombardo said in an interview, "except it's a big band. But we'll be doing a tribute, a Lombardo with such songs as 'Little Coquette' and 'Sweethearts on Parade.'"
THE PROGRAM also will feature Miss America 1984, Vanessa Williams, singer Bobby Vinton and the original
PBS has prepared a feast for fine arts fans.
"Man on the Street" comedian Steve Allen in Times Square.
First comes Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," an ice ballet with John Curry and Dorothy Hamill to be aired tomorrow.
There will be Mikhail Baryshnikov's "Nutracker" Dec. 10, "The Christmas Songs," with Mel Torne leading an all-star cast (Rich Little, George Shearing and others) in a holiday tribute Dec. 18, and on Dec. 19, "A Christmas Special With Luciano Pavarotti" and "An American Christmas: Words and Music," hosted by Burt Lancaster, with James Earl Jones interpreting Christmas through the eyes of a slave.
"CHRISTMAS AT Kennedy Center with Leontyne Price," is an evening of music, song and readings and will be aired by PBS Dec. 20; "Christmas at Pops," presents the Boston Pops conducted by John Williams, Dec. 25; and on Dec. 26, Patricia McBride and Peter Martins of the New York City Ballet will perform in "The Merry Widow," and the English Chamber Orchestra will play Vivaldi's "Four Seasons."
WTBS has lined up a number of holiday movies including "A Christmas without Snow" starring John Houseman on Thursday; "Christmas in Connecticut" starring Barbara Stanwyk and Dennis Morgan on Dec. 16.
And on cable:
"A Dream for Christmas" on Dec. 19; Gene Kelly in "Christmas Holiday" on Dec. 21; and "It'S A Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart Dec. 24.
HBO, so far, has planned "Not Necessarily the Year in Review," a 60-minute comedy highlight featuring our comedy features. Not Necessarily the News" will it will debut Dec. 10.
FOR THE KIDDIES, HBO will offer programs beginning Friday, "The Snowman," an animated special introduced by David Bowie.
HBO also plans to repeat some popular perennials — with no dates set at this writing. They include "Red Skelton Presents Freedy the Freeest Perennial," and "Paul Otter's Jug-band Christmas," with Jim Henson and Rich Little's "A Christmas Carol," in which the comedian plays all the leading characters.
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the cable service Nickelodeon will show the U.S. premiere of "Raisins and Almonds," a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. production about a young girl living in an impoverished hometown and unhappy because her family does not celebrate the Christian holiday.
Also on Christmas Day, Nickelodeon will premiere an animated "Nutcracker," narrated by Hans Conried. It also has scheduled a New Year's Eve special featuring three rock concerts, a premiere by Men At Work and two repeat concerts by Talk Talk and Depeche Mode.
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