Wednesday, August 28 The Democratic National Convention from Chicago. CBS and NBC continue their gavel-to-gavel coverage today and tomorrow, starting times to be announced. ABC will have a 90-minute summary of each day's events from 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.* The network will also cut into regular programming for live coverage of the balloting.
Friday, August 30
CBS FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES (CBS, 9-11:30 p.m.). The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965). A 1930-model Phantom II Rolls serves as plot, theme, star and principal setting of this elegant, old-fashioned movie about roadside sex. Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine, Omar Sharif, Ingrid Bergman, George C. Scott, Jeanne Moreau and Alain Delon test the big car's serviceability for back-seat amours. Repeat.
Saturday, August 31
U.S. MEN'S AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT (ABC, 3:30-5 p.m.). A field of 150 amateurs compete for top honors and the right to play in the World Cup Matches in Australia this November. Last three holes live from Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio.
ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). A preview of the October Olympic Games with the U.S. Olympic Women's Swimming Trials from Los Angeles. The Mojave Desert Motorcycle Race provides cross-country excitement on the rest of the bill.
Sunday, September 1
THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW (CBS, 8-9 p.m.). Ed's guests include Pop Singer Johnny Mathis, Comedian Jack E. Leonard, Actor Melvyn Douglas and New York City Ballet Dancers Edward Villella and Patricia McBride. Repeat.
N.F.L FOOTBALL (CBS, 9 p.m. to conclusion). Minnesota Vikings v. St. Louis Cardinals in a preseason game from Busch Civic Stadium, St. Louis.
THE ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC. 9-11:30 p.m.). Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965). Bette Davis plays a bittersweet Charlotte in this tale of murder, madness and revenge. Joseph Gotten and Olivia de Havilland also star. Repeat.
Monday, September 2
OF BLACK AMERICA (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). "A Portrait in Black and White" completes the series with three prominent Negro psychiatrists interpreting the opinions of 1,500 blacks and whites questioned at length about racial sentiment and resentment.
Tuesday, September 3 WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY (CBS, 10-10:30 p.m.). "On the Road with Charles Kuralt." Highlights of Kuralt's eleven-month journey along the highways and byways of America, including reports on the last run of the legendary Wabash Cannonball, sponge fishing off the coast of Florida, an 87-year-old Otterbein College professor turned janitor and a roadside poet in Illinois.
THEATER
On Broadway
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD. If the Bard and Beckett had ever collaborated on a play about what went on behind the scenes at Elsinore, this wry existential comedy might have been the result. John Wood and Brian Murray are marvelously adept as Tom Stoppard's confused duo.
PLAZA SUITE. Neil Simon comes to bat again with three short hits. George C. Scott and Maureen Stapleton are either hilarious or sentimental as they portray middle-aged couples in sometimes awkward, always amusing predicaments.