Television: Jan. 17, 1969

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Wednesday, January 15 THE WORLD WE LIVE IN (NET, 8-8:30 p.m.).*"Animal War, Animal Peace" studies the ways animals guard their territory, and relates their actions to human aggression.

Thursday, January 16

THE QUEEN AND I (CBS, 7:30-8 p.m.). A scheming purser (Larry Storch) meets his nemesis in Billy De Wolfe, who plays a first officer on the S.S. Amsterdam Queen, an ancient ocean liner steaming toward the scrap pile. Premiere.

NET PLAYHOUSE (NET, 8-9 p.m.). The National Theater of the Deaf features a troupe of professional actors who, although deaf themselves, perform for hearing audiences as well as the silent world.

CHRYSLER PRESENTS THE BOB HOPE CHRISTMAS SHOW (NBC, 8:30-10 p.m.). Highlights from Hope's annual trip to entertain the servicemen during the holidays. This year he is assisted by Ann-Margret, Linda Bennett, Rosy Grier and the Golddiggers.

COMEDY IS KING II (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Alan King leads a group of guests in a satirical look at contemporary life. Among the jaundiced eyes: Shirley Jones, Leslie Uggams, Tony Randall, Jack Carter, Nipsey Russell and Linda Lavin.

Saturday, January 18

KELLOGG'S PRESENTS THE BANANA SPLITS ADVENTURE HOUR (NBC, 10:30-11:30 a.m.). Burl Ives narrates a dramatization of Robert Lawson's award-winning book, Rabbit Hill, which is about a group of animals and their feelings toward man. Repeat.

THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). It's country-and-western night, with Hosts Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and their guests Burl Ives, George Gobel, Minnie Pearl, Jeannie C. Riley, Sonny James and a hillbilly singing group, Stoney Mt. Cloggers.

Sunday, January 19

DISCOVERY '69 (ABC, 11:30 a.m. to noon). In "A Corner of France," St. Pierre, a French possession off the coast of Newfoundland, is visited to see how the islanders live today.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME (NBC, 2 p.m. to conclusion). The best of the East meet the best of the West, live from the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRO BOWL (CBS, 4 p.m. to conclusion). The formula as before from the senior circuit, live from the Los Angeles Coliseum.

Monday, January 20

THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF RICHARD M. NIXON. All three networks cover inaugural activities during the day. NBC starts at 7 a.m. with a special three-hour Today Show, and is joined by the other networks at 10 a.m. for live coverage throughout the day.

INAUGURATION '69 (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Frank McGee reviews the outstanding events and ceremonies of the day.

THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION (NET, 8-10 p.m.). The program 1) profiles the people around the new President, 2) discusses the problems facing the new Administration, 3) presents a film of the transition from one Administration to another, and 4) gives a view of the 91st Congress.

Tuesday, January 21

NET FESTIVAL (NET, 8-9 p.m.). "The Film Generation: Cinema of the Absurd" features an interview with Polish Director Roman Polanski and a showing of his film Mammals, plus excerpts from his first film, Two Men and a Wardrobe.

NBC TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11:15 p.m.). Oskar Werner and Julie Christie star in Fahrenheit 451 (1967), about a futuristic society where owning and reading books is a crime.

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