TV Specials

Television stars are the contestants as the three major networks ABC, NBC and CBS battle each other in a variety of games including the tug-o-war and the obstacle course.

Steve Martin's first network special for NBC. The show is half concert footage (shot at the Universal Amphitheatre in LA) and half sketches. Sketches include: Martin as "Turtle Boy," rodeo-riding a giant turtle; Martin hosting a variety show, on which Johnny Cash discusses his research in astronomy; and Martin five years later as a drunken bum.

World championship heavyweight boxing live from Madison Square Garden in New York City as the defending champion, Joe Frazier, takes on the undefeated challenger, Muhammad Ali.

The 25th Anniversary of Motown Records is celebrated by its past and present stars playing their greatest hits, plus some new ones.

The long-awaited reunion concert of the renowned pop music duo, more than a decade after their separation as musical performers.

The culmination of the 1999 NFL season between the St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans.

A young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.

A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.

A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.

A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.

Depressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.

An orphan drummer boy who hates humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men en route to Bethlehem.

When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.

The Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween while Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin.

Peppermint Patty invites herself and her friends over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner.

The Peanuts gang prepare for Easter in their own clumsy ways.

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Boston Red Sox.

The Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues meet for the 2019 Stanley Cup Final.

Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada and others are taping their own segments.

A young mongoose protects his human family from two murderous cobras.