TELEVISION
Wednesday, June 17
SIKKIM AND ITS YANKEE QUEEN (NBC, 9-10 p.m.)* The former Hope Cooke (Sarah Lawrence, '63). now wife of Maharajah Palden Thondup Namgyal of Sikkim, the tiny Himalayan kingdom, will narrate this on-location documentary about her new country and her new life. Color.
Thursday, June 18
ELECTION YEAR IN AVERAGETOWN (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Salem. N.J., like it or not, has been chosen to play the title role in David Brinkley's report on smalltown political attitudes.
Saturday, June 20
ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). Jockey Eddie Arcaro reports the Gold...