Karen and Richard Carpenter perform in an hour of song; their first television special.             

A retrospective that traces the musical career of composer Richard Rodgers. Hosted by Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler.            

Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler host this retrospective that traces the musical career of composer Richard Rodgers.     

Dupe of # 5028.         

Drummer Buddy Rich performs at the Top Of The Plaza in Rochester, NY.          

A retrospective that traces the musical career of composer Richard Rodgers. Hosted by Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler. 

Duplicate of # 5028.                        

Mia Farrow stars as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook with SirJohn Gielgud narrating in this 1976 musical adaptation of Jim Barrie's Peter Pan. Julie Andrews sings "Once Upon a Bedtime" off-camera over the opening credits. Music by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.                       

The Tiny Tree is an animated television special about a crippled girl's friendship with a Christmas tree. Songs by Johnny Marks.
The voices of Paul Winchell, Frank Welker, Buddy Ebsen, Janet Waldo, Allan Melvin, Cherilan Parsons, Stephen Manly, Roberta Flack, Hettie Lynne Hurtes, and Lucille Bliss. 

Narrated by Buddy Ebsen.   

Dupe of #5961.                        

A sequel to the previous special that finds Aaron, The Little Drummer Boy, journeying with the three wise men to "spread the word" in this animated Christmas special. 

Narrated by Greer Garson.                      

A Christmas celebration from Austria with Perry Como and guests.          

An array of celebrity guests join Bob Hope to celebrate Christmas.                                    

An array of celebrity guests join Bob Hope to celebrate Christmas. 

Duplicate  of #7761                                              

Host Barbara Walters interviews President-Elect Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter.                                      

A Christmas special with the Davidson and Lennon families.  

Mac Davis is joined by Racquel Welch and Richard Thomas on this musical holiday special.                        

Lena Horne joins Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops on this musical special.                           

Roastee Danny Thomas is on the receiving end of quips by Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, Orson Welles, Howard Cosell, Jimmie Walker, Red Buttons, Ruth Buzzi, Charo, Jan Murray, Charlie Callas, Nipsey Russell and Harvey Korman.   


Duplicate of #2118.         

Roastee Danny Thomas is on the receiving end of quips by Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, Orson Welles, Howard Cosell, Jimmie Walker, Red Buttons, Ruth Buzzi, Charo, Jan Murray, Charlie Callas, Nipsey Russell, and Harvey Korman.

Dupe Of # 2118.                           

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This Christmas special features one of America's most well-known Pentecostal Evangelists, Oral Roberts, who debuted on American television in 1954.                       

This NBC special explores the various Christmas celebrations around the world.  

Host: William Conrad          

President-Elect Jimmy Carter holds a press conference to announce the naming of his cabinet. Tom Brokaw reports.         

A special report on the death of long-time Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.            

The year 1976 in review.

Host: Larry Hart. 
             

A nationwide poll on the thinking of the American people as 1976 comes to a close. John Chancellor reports.             

September 26, 1976 - July 26, 1981

THE BIG EVENT was the umbrella title for assorted movies and specials broadcast frequently throughout  the latter part of the 1970's. 

A 90 minute spoof of 1976's memorable and not so memorable news events.                       

A portrait of 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson, based on her poems, letters and notes. A taped broadcast of a live one woman performance by Julie Harris.              

Topic: Reflection on 1976 and speculation about 1977.                     

    Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square.





    This live annual New Year's special was Guy Lombardo's 48th consecutive New Year's Party. It was to be his last. Lombardo died on November 5, 1977. He was 75 years old.     

Duplicate of #5387.        

Barbara Walters visits President Gerald R. Ford and his wife Betty during their final days in The White House.         

On the air at 11:15 PM, an early Home Box Office cable network sports presentation. The Milwaukee Bucks defeat the Phoenix Suns  139-111. The Bucks all-time highest score. HBO signs off for this broadcast day.

Announcers are Dick Stockton, Brent Musberger, and Bob Cousy. 
Bob Cousy interviews K.C. Jones            

Edwin Newman moderates this look into violence in America.  Reporters include Linda Ellerbee and Floyd Kalber. 

NBC pre-empted its entire prime-time schedule for this three hour study of violence in America, from street crime to movie mayhem.  
Profiled are the gunshot and stabbing victims in  Detroit, where the crime rate is reported t o be five times the national average; youth-gang members in New York's South Bronx, who talk about the omnipresence of violence in their lives; and concerned citizens of Friendship, Wisconsin (population: 641) where eight homicides have occurred in the past four years.

Other segments trace the role violence has played in American history and folklore; in sports like football and hockey; in movies ranging from  "The Great Train Robbery" (1903) to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974); and on TV shows that, some say, may inure people to real-life violence.

Also investigated: child-abuse, wife-beating and rape, a sequence that includes an encounter session conducted in a prison between convicted rapists and victims of the crime. 

NOTE:  NBC REPORTS first appeared as a regularly scheduled serIes of investigative documentaries designed to probe and expose current issues. First broadcast September 12, 1972 - September 4, 1973 and then resuming on January 5, 1976, broadcasting a number of irregularly scheduled special NBC REPORTS that aired approximately once a month and continued into the 1980's.                      

A half hour special 11:30pm-Midnight panel discussion moderated by Edwin Newman about reactions to the NBC special, "Violence in America,"  telecast this evening from 8:00pm to 11:00pm.                                  

Songs, dances, and general hilarity abound in this humdinger of an entertainment special. An all-star celebrity salute, from the Super Bowl site at the Rose Bowl where the Minnesota Vikings meet the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl 1X.    

Co-Hosts: Sammy Davis, Jr, Elliott Gould, Andy Williams.                                                             

Base on the novel by Tom Wolfe. Vignettes were written and introduced by Tom Wolfe.            

Host Martin Agronsky reflects on Henry Kissinger's years as the 56th Secretary of State from September 22nd, 1973-January 20th, 1977.            

New York State Governor Hugh L. Carey gives the annual state of the state address.                                       

The 1977 Entertainer Of The Year Awards.

Host: Jackie Gleason.             

President Gerald R. Ford gives his final State Of The Union Address before leaving office five days later.                         

Jackie Gleason is host for the seventh annual Agva (American Guild of Variety Artists) Entertainment Awards ceremony honoring outstanding entertainers in 13 categories, highlighted by Bob Hope's presentation of the Entertainer of the Year Award to Johnny Carson. Comedy performances include a routine featuring Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Edgar Bergen, who receives the Golden Award for "a lifetime of entertaining the public."
Also, a monologue by David Brenner and a magic act by Carson, and a Special Attraction of the Year award to Jim Henson. Kermit the Frog sings "Lydia the Tattooed Lady," dedicated to Groucho Marx.                                               

Special introducing newly elected officials.           

Jackie Gleason is host for the seventh annual ceremony honoring outstanding entertainers in 13 categories, highlighted by Bob Hope's presentation of the Entertainer of the Year Award to Johnny Carson. Comedy performances include a routine featuring Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Edgar Bergen, who receives the Golden Award for "a lifetime of entertaining the public."
Also, a monologue by David Brenner and a magic act by Carson.   


Duplicate of #8136.                                           

An NBC special report on the execution of convicted murderer Gary Mark Gilmore on January 17th, 1977.             

The Inaugural Ball for President-Elect Jimmy Carter who will be sworn in as the nation's 39th President the next day.      

This entertainment extravaganza program is telecast live from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and it has array of hosts, including Hank Aaron, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Freddie Prinze Jean Stapleton, John Wayne Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Jack Albertson, 

NOTE: The first time such Gala Salute, the night before a president is sworn into office, has been televised in its entirety.         

The Inaugural Ball for President-Elect Jimmy Carter who will be sworn in as the nation's 39th President the next day. 

Duplicate of # 8325.                          

Live, pre-inauguration special for President-Elect Jimmy Carter, one day before his inauguration.          

Live coverage of the inauguration of Jimmy Carter, sworn in as the 39th President of the United States.           

A special report on the day's events concerning the inauguration of President-Elect Jimmy Carter.