For the week starting Friday, Aug. 8. Times are E.D.T., subject to change.
American Novels (Fri. 9 p.m., NBC). Bret Harte’s The Luck of Roaring Camp.
Meet the Press (Fri. 10 p.m., Mutual). Four newsmen with plenty to ask Senator Owen Brewster.
This Is Jazz (Sat. 2:30 p.m., Mutual). The Kid Ory Creole Jazz Band.
The Medium (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). First complete radio performance of Gian-Carlo Menotti’s American chamber opera.
NBC Summer Symphony (Sun. 5 p.m., NBC). Mozart’s Paris Symphony, Copland’s Corral Nocturne and Hoe Down, Dohnányi’s Suite in F-sharp Minor. Conductor: Milton Katims (see Music).
CBS Is There (Mon. 9 p..m., CBS). A news-style report on the 1836 “Defense of the Alamo.”
We Went Back (Thurs. 10 p.m., CBS). A report on European and Pacific battle areas two years after. Narrator: Robert Montgomery.
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