For the week starting Friday, Dec. 5. Times are E.S.T., subject to change.
Jack Smith Show (Fri. 7:15 p.m., CBS). Guest: Nanette Fabray, of Broadway’s High Button Shoes.
Joe Louis v. Joe Walcott (Fri. 10 p.m., ABC).
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Don Giovanni, with Ezio Pinza.
Notre Dame v. Southern California (Sat. 4:45 p.m., CBS and Mutual).
New York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani Overture, Samuel Barber’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Guest: Cellist Raya Garbousova. Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos.
Theatre Guild Television (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC Television). J. P. Marquand’s The Late George Apley, with Leo G. Carroll, Janet Beecher and most of the original Broadway cast.
Boston Symphony (Tues. 9:30 p.m., ABC). Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun, Berlioz’ Harold in Italy. Soloist: Violist Joseph De Pasquale; Koussevitzky conducting.
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