TELEVISION
Wednesday, December 14 CHRYSLER PRESENTS A BOB HOPE COMEDY SPECIAL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* Visiting Acapulco during Mexico's film festival, Bob runs into a star shower that includes Michael Caine, Cantinflas, Dolores Del Rio, Glenn Ford, Gina Lollobrigida, Lynn Redgrave, James Mason and Rita Tushingham. ABC STAGE 67 (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Arthur Kennedy narrates "The Brave Rifles," a documentary celebrating the 22nd anniversary of World War II's harrowing Battle of the Bulge.
Friday, December 16
THAILAND: THE NEW FRONT (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). The first of a three-part news special on "The Battle for...