Television: Big Night

Whatever else it may be, next Sunday night (Oct. 13) will be the most lavish in TV history. A 3½-hour cascade of money and talent will flow into the cameras. For a change, TV fans will not have to flick dials from one show to another—the big parade of singers, dancers and actors has been programed without any overlapping: ¶ NBC and Rexall Drug Co. will try spreading some elfin cheer (6:30 to 7:30 p.m., E.D.T.) with a $325,000 "free treatment" of Pinocchio, with Walter Slezak, Fran Allison, Jerry Colonna, Stubby Kaye, Savoyard Martyn Green, and as...