Picks and Pans Review: Mac Davis Special: the Music of Christmas

UPDATED 12/12/1983 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/12/1983 at 01:00 AM EST

NBC (10-11 p.m. ET)

Mac Davis has the good sense to present Christmas music with a minimum of variety-special patter. Davis quickly brings on guests Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap and Gladys Knight and the Pips to sing songs in the spirit of Christmas present, past, and country and Western. It's a blessedly simple format for a festive program.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13