TELEVISION
Wednesday, September 11
ABC WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11 p.m.).* A Macy's salesgirl (Natalie Wood) and a fun-loving jazz musician (Steve McQueen) find that one indiscretion can lead to lifelong complications in Love with the Proper Stranger (1964).
FROM CHEKHOV WITH LOVE (CBS, 9:30-11 p.m.). Sir John Gielgud, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dorothy Tutin, Nigel Davenport and Wendy Hiller star in this biographical drama based on the life of the 19th century Russian playwright.
Thursday, September 12
CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIES (CBS, 9-11 p.m.). Act One (1963), the movie adaptation of the late Moss Hart's autobiography, traces the playwright's fruitful collaboration with George S. Kaufman, another giant of the Broadway stage. George Hamilton, Jason Robards and Eli Wallach star.
PRUDENTIAL'S ON STAGE (NBC, 9:30-11 p.m.). The first of five original dramas, Certain Honorable Men, by Rod Serling, focuses on U.S. Congressmen caught in the vortex of national politics. The cast includes Pat Hingle, Van Heflin, Peter Fonda.
Friday, September 13
WHITE PAPER: THE ORDEAL OF THE AMERICAN CITY (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). "Cities Have No Limits" is the first of three programs that will examine the nature of the urban crisis. Urbanologist Daniel P. Moynihan, Political Scientist Charles Hamilton and John Gardner, head of the Urban Coalition, discuss the problems with NBC's Frank McGee.
Saturday, September 14
ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 2:15-3:45 p.m.). Floyd Patterson challenges Jimmy Ellis for the World Boxing Association's version of the heavyweight championship. Live from Stockholm via satellite. Taped events from the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials round out the program.
N.C.A.A. FOOTBALL (ABC, 3:45-7 p.m.). Tennessee v. Georgia in the season's opener from Knoxville.
Sunday, September 15
THE 215T CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "The Weird World of Robots" examines the mechanical slaves that will perform 21st century tasks that man cannot or should not attempt—such as working in contaminated areas of an atomic plant.
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (NBC, 7-7:30 p.m.). Michael Shea as Huck Finn, Kevin Schultz as Tom Sawyer and Lu Ann Haslam as Becky Thatcher find themselves in a forest inhabited by leprechauns in "The Magic Shillelagh." Premiere.
LOMBARDI (CBS, 8-9 p.m.). A study of Pro-Football Coach Vince Lombardi, who took over a lackluster Green Bay Packers team in 1959 and fashioned a dynasty of champions.
BARBRA STREISAND: A HAPPENING IN CENTRAL PARK (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). A video tape of last summer's concert at the Sheep Meadow in Manhattan's Central Park, when Barbra charmed 135,000 people with ballads, show tunes and even a Christmas carol.
THE BEAUTIFUL PHYLLIS DILLER SHOW (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Phyllis Diller and her cohorts Norm Crosby, Rip Taylor and The Curtain Calls welcome Johnny Carson, Rowan and Martin, Sonny and Cher and the Pearce Sisters to their first show of the season. Premiere.
Monday, September 16
ROWAN AND MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). The rapid-fire artists are back with the program regulars Judy Carne, Arte Johnson, Henry Gibson, Goldie Hawn, Jo Anne Worley, Gary Owens and Ruth Buzzi.