The Big Broadcast coming up Sunday night on WAMU has several Christmas-themed episodes:
- My Favorite Husband: Lucille Ball as Liz Cooper – Original air date December 16, 1949. CBS network. The show explores what George is planning to give Liz for Christmas, with only seven shopping days left. 7:30 p.m. Eastern
- The Challenge Of The Yukon: Original air date December 22, 1948. ABC network. “The Man With The Red Coat” episode features a little girl who mistakes Sergeant Preston’s red Mountie suit for Santa’s costume. 9:00 p.m. Eastern
- Suspense: Original air date December 21, 1958. CBS network. “Out For Christmas” stars Raymond Burr as an ex-con who gets out of jail just before Christmas and looks for trouble. 9:30 p.m. Eastern
- Big Town: Original broadcast date December 21, 1937. CBS network. The show stars Edward G. Robinson as Steve Wilson of The Illustrated Press, who investigates a suspicious Christmas charity racket. 10 p.m. Eastern
- Quiet Please: Original broadcast date December 26, 1948. ABC network. “Berlin, 1945” is a heartwarming story about a group of American G.I.’s celebrating Christmas in conquered Germany. 10:30 p.m. Eastern
Raymond Burr played a heroic lawyer for so long on the TV series Perry Mason that it was easy to overlook how effective he was in roles as a physically imposing villain. He plays one in the 1948 noir movie Pitfall as a shady detective stalking a woman.