TELEVISION
Wednesday, August 21
ABC WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11 p.m.).* Joshua Logan's screen adaptation of William Inge's Bus Stop (1956), with Marilyn Monroe and Don Murray.
Thursday, August 22
DEAN MARTIN PRESENTS THE GOLDDIGGERS (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Frank Sinatra Jr. and Joey Heatherton are among those joining in a salute to the songs of the Thirties.
Friday, August 23
UP WITH PEOPLE (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). At Felt Forum in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, in Washington Square Park and on the streets of East Harlem, 150 amateur singers raise their voices in praise of American virtues.
Saturday, August 24
ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). The 22nd annual Little League Baseball World Series, from Williamsport, Pa. Jimmy Piersall, onetime Boston Red Sox star, is the commentator.
THE PARIS COLLECTIONS: FALL FASHION PREVIEW (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Hostess Lauren Bacall chats informally with Yves St. Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Manuel Ungaro and Marc Bohan, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the flutter behind the fashions.
PRECONVENTION SPECIAL OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). This first convention warm-up session features commentaries by William F. Buckley Jr., Gore Vidal, Howard K. Smith and William H. Lawrence.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (CBS, 9:30 p.m. to conclusion). Green Bay Packers v. Dallas Cowboys in a preseason exhibition game. Jack Buck and Pat Summerall provide the commentary.
Sunday, August 25
DISCOVERY '68 (ABC, 11 a.m.-noon). Preserving America's "Vanishing Wilderness," including an interview with the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his family as they prepared for a trip down the Colorado River in July 1967. Repeat.
FACE THE NATION (CBS, 12:30-1 p.m.). Senator Eugene McCarthy will answer questions.
THE CAMPAIGN AND THE CANDIDATES (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). Chet Huntley and David Brinkley are anchormen for Floor Reporters Frank McGee, Sander Vanocur, John Chancellor and Edwin Newman in this convention preview from Chicago's International Amphitheater.
CAMPAIGN '68 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION PREVIEW (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). CBS's preview has Walter Cronkite as anchorman, Roger Mudd and Eric Sevareid as analysts and Mike Wallace leading a team of six reporters. Harry Reasoner covers the podium.
Monday, August 26 Opening sessions of the Democratic National Convention from Chicago. NBC will colorcast the convention proceedings from start to finish with Huntley, Brinkley, McGee, Vanocur, Chancellor and Newman reporting; CBS will do the same, with Cronkite leading Analysts Mudd and Sevareid, Reporters Wallace and Reasoner. Smith and Lawrence will report on ABC's nightly 9:30-11 roundup, with Buckley and Vidal commenting.
THEATER
Some Broadway hits on view this week far from the Great White Way:
KENNEBUNKPORT, ME., Playhouse. Robert Horton arouses passions of love and hate when he unexpectedly appears in a small town in William Inge's Picnic.
OGUNQUIT, ME., Playhouse. A spinsterish dental nurse turns bewitching temptress in Abe Burrows' Cactus Flower.