SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29
9 am CBS, 'Jim Henson's Muppet Babies'.
NBC, 'Smurfs'.
PBS, 'The McLaughlin Group' -- with Jim McLaughlin, host. Public affairs program, with panelists.
9:30 am
ABC, 'Turbo Teens-ABC Schoolhouse Rock'.
CBS, 'Dungeons and Dragons'.
PBS, 'Congress: We The People: 'A Congress of Communities'' - with Edwin Newman, host.
10 am
ABC, 'Dragon's Lair-ABC Schoolhouse Rock'.
CBS, 'Pole Position'.
PBS, 'Firing Line: 'What's On Malcolm Muggeridge's Mind?' -- with William F. Buckley, host.
10:30 am ABC, 'The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries'.
NBC, 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'.
11 am
ABC, 'The Scary Scooby Funnies/ABC Schoolhouse Rock'.
NBC, 'Kidd Video'.
PBS, 'Tony Brown's Journal: 'Black Hollywood: The Way It Was: Fading Out'' -- A look at the era of all-black cast films. (R).
11:26 am CBS, 'In the News' -- news for children.
11:30 am ABC, 'The Littles'.
CBS, 'Pryor's Place' -- with Richard Pryor.
NBC, 'Mr. T'.
PBS, 'Open Mind: 'Normal Accidents: Living With High-Risk Technologies'' -- with Richard Heffner, host. Guest: Dr. Charles Perrow, author of 'Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies'.
Noon
ABC, ABC Weekend Specials: 'Horatio Alger Updated: Frank and Fearless'.
CBS, 'The Bugs Bunny-Road Runner Show'.
NBC, 'Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'.
12:30 pm
ABC, 'American Bandstand'.
NBC, 'Going Bananas'.
2 pm
NBC, 'NFL'84' -- with Bob Costas.
PBS, 'On The Money'.
2:30 pm
NBC, 'AFC Divisional Playoffs' -- details TBA.
PBS, 'This Old House'.
3 pm
PBS, 'Frontline: 'Crisis at General Hospital'' -- A look at the difference between public and for-profit hospitals.
3:30 pm
CBS, 'The NFL Today' -- with Brent Musberger, host.
4 pm
CBS, 'National Football League Playoff Game' -- details TBA.
6 pm
PBS, 'Nature: 'Secret Weapons''. (R).
6:30 pm
CBS, 'CBS Evening News with Bob Scheiffer'.
NBC, 'NBC Evening News' -- with Connie Cheung.
7 pm
PBS, 'Family Classics: 'Tom Brown's School Days'' -- with Anthony Murphy and Simon Turner.
7:30 pm
PBS, 'Wild America: 'Wild Dogs'' -- A look at the cousins of man's best friend: wolves, coyotes and foxes. (R).
8 pm
ABC, 'T.J. Hooker: 'Grand Theft Auto'' -- The theft of Romano's Porsche brings Hooker to an unusual 10 year-old gypsy girl.
CBS, 'Airworlf' -- with Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine and Alex Cord. Hawke plans to repay a debt to a buddy who saved his life in Vietnam. (R).
NBC, 'Diff'rent Strokes: 'A Haunting We Will Go'' -- with Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Dixie Carter and Danny Cooksey. Arnold and Sam try to de-ghost a local haunted house.
PBS, 'The Nature of Things: 'Bishnois and the Antelope, Cyclosporin and Freezing Water'.
8:30 pm
NBC, 'Gimme A Break: 'Joey Goes to New Orleans'' -- with Nell Carter and Joey Lawrence. Nell and Joey head for the New Orleans Worlds Fair.
8:57 pm
NBC, 'NBC News Digest'.
8:58 pm
CBS, 'Sportsbreak'.
9 pm
ABC, 'The Love Boat' -- episode TBA.
CBS, 'Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer' -- with Stacy Keach, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud, and Kent Williams. Hammer searches for a terrorist presumed dead.
PBS, 'Film on Film: 'The Legend of Rudolph Valentino''.
9:30 pm
NBC, 'Spencer: 'World's Worst Date'' -- with Chad Lowe, Ronny Cox and Mimi Kennedy. Spencer and his family make big plans for New Year's eve.
9:58 pm
CBS, 'Newsbreak' -- with Morton Dean.
10 pm
ABC, 'ABC Closeup: 'The Supreme Court of the United States'' -- A documentary look at the highest judicial tribunal in the nation.
CBS, 'Cover Up' -- with Jon-Eric Hexum and Jennifer O'Neill. Dani and Jack rush to the rescue of a missing girl on the French Riviera.
NBC, 'Partners In Crime: 'Double Jeopardy'' -- with Lynda Carter and Loni Anderson. Carole and Syd outwit two escaped convicts who hold them at gunpoint.
PBS, 'Sneak Previews'.
10:28 pm
CBS, 'Newsbreak'.
11 pm
ABC, 'ABC's World News Tonight -- The Weekend Report' -- with Tom Jarriel.
11:30 pm
NBC, 'Saturday Night Live'.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30
9 am
CBS, 'CBS News Sunday Morning' -- with Charles Kuralt.
PBS, 'Sesame Street'. (R).
10 am
PBS, 'Wild America' -- with Marty Stouffer. (R).
10:30 am
CBS, 'Face the Nation' -- with Lesley Stahl.
PBS, 'Family Classics: 'Tom Brown's School Days.'' (R).
11 am
CBS, 'For Our Times' -- with Douglas Edwards.
PBS, 'Wonderworks: 'The Box of Delights'' (conclusion) -- A holiday special about a boy who possesses a magic box.
11:30 pm
ABC, 'This Week with David Brinkley'. Noon NBC, 'Meet the Press'.
CBS, 'The NFL Today' -- with Brent Musburger, host. Pre-game broadcast.
12:30 pm
CBS, 'National Football League Playoff Game' -- NFC Divisional Playoff Game.
1:30 pm
PBS, 'Agronsky & Co.'
2:30 pm
PBS, 'Innovation'. (R).
3 pm
PBS, 'Nova: 'Palace of Delights'' -- A look at the San Francisco Explorium, a laboratory and school run by physicists and high school students.
3:30 pm
NBC, 'NFL-'84' -- with Bob Costas, host. Pre-game show.
4 pm
NBC, 'NFL Football: AFC Divisional Playoff Game' -- Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Denver Broncos.
6 pm
PBS, 'Smithsonian World'. (R).
6:30 pm
ABC, 'ABC's World News Tonight -- Sunday' -- with Sam Donaldson, anchor.
CBS, 'CBS Evening News with Morton Dean'.
7 pm
ABC, 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not!'.
CBS, '60 Minuoes.'
NBC, 'Punky Brewster -- with Soleil Moon Frye and George Gaynes.
PBS, 'Skate America' -- An overview of the recent competition and exhibition held in Rochester, New York.
8 pm
ABC, ABC Sunday Night Movie: 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977) -- with Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr and Melinda Dillon. Steven Spielberg's vision of the coming of aliens from deep in space.
CBS, 'Murder, She Wrote' -- with Angela Lansbury. A flamboyant hypnotist winds up dead behind locked doors, and in front of an audience he's placed in a deep trance.
NBC, 'Knight Rider: 'The Chamelion'' -- with David Hasselhoff. Knight is battles hand-to-hand a master of disguise who has stolen a top-secret jetpack from the government.
PBS, 'Nature: 'The Missing Monsoon'' -- A look at the deadly effects of an unexpected drought, and consequent rebirth of a jungle when the rains came.
8:57 pm
NBC, 'NBC News Digest'.
8:58 pm
CBS, 'Sportsbreak'.
9 pm
CBS, 'Crazy Like a Fox' (premiere) -- with Jack Warden, John Rubinstein, Penny Peyser and Robby Kiger. An irascible middle-aged private eye and his son tackle off-the-wall cases.
NBC, NBC Sunday Night Movie: 'On Golden Pond' -- with Henry Fonda and Catherine Hepburn. An aging couple reflects on life and good times at their secluded home on a mountain lake.
PBS, 'Masterpiece Theatre: 'The Jewel In The Crown'' -- with Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Dance, Saeed Jaffrey and Geraldine James.
9:30 pm
CBS, 'Alice' -- with Linda Lavin and Vic Tayback.
9:58 pm
CBS, 'Newsbreak'.
10 pm
CBS, 'Trapper John, M.D.' -- with Pernell Roberts and Gregory Harrison.
10:28 pm
CBS, 'Newsbreak'.
10:30 pm
PBS, 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'.
11 pm
ABC, 'ABC's World News Tonight -- The Weekend Report' -- with Tom Jarriel, anchor.
CBS, 'CBS Sunday Night News with Charles Osgood.'
11:30 pm
NBC, 'George Michael's Sports Machine' -- highlights from weekend sports events.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 31
7 pm
(Note: In some regions, news is broadcast at 6 and 6:30 p.m. Check with local affiliates for details.)
ABC, 'ABC's World News Tonight' -- with Peter Jennings, anchor.
CBS, 'CBS Evening News with Dan Rather'.
NBC, 'NBC Nightly News' -- with Tom Brokaw, anchor.
PBS, 'The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour' -- with Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer, anchors.
8 pm
ABC, 'Hardcastle and McCormick: 'Pennies From a Dead Man's Eyes'' - A country-western singer Hardcastle once sent to prison is now being hunted down by former associates.
CBS, 'Scarecrow and Mrs. King' -- with Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner. A political reception is the setting of a surprise reunion between Amanda and Lady Emily Farnsworth, a British agent.
NBC, 'The Orange Bowl Parade' -- details to be announced.
8:57 pm
NBC, 'NBC News Digest'.
8:58 pm
CBS, 'An American Portrait'.
9 pm
ABC, The ABC Monday Night Movie: 'The Big Red One' (1980) -- with Lee Marvin and Mark Hamill. The story of an American Infantry Sergeant and a jittery sharpshooter during World War II.
CBS, 'Kate and Allie' -- with Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin.
NBC, NBC Monday Night at the Movies: 'Hard Knox' -- with Robert Conrad, Frank Howard and Red West. A dedicated Marine Corps career officer takes over the running of a military school.
9:30 pm
CBS, 'Newhart' -- with Bob Newhart and Mary Frann.
9:58 pm
CBS, 'Newsbreak'.
10 pm
CBS, 'Cagney and Lacey' -- with Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless.
10:28 pm
CBS, 'Newsbreak'.
10:30 pm
PBS, 'Keith Jarret's Last Solo' -- The jazz improvizationist performs from Kani Hoken Hall, in Japan.
11:30 pm
ABC, 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '85' -- Priscila Barnes and Adrian Zmed, co-stars. A musical special featuring Jermaine Jackson, Barry Manilow, Ronnie Milsap, and others.
CBS, 'CBS' Happy New Year America' -- with Andy Williams, host. A celebration live from the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Midnight
PBS, 'The Mark Russell Comedy Special'.
