Having held back while NBC and ABC unveiled their new programs, this week it is CBS's turn. Most of its new offerings are situation comedies, with situations ranging from the all-too-probable to the all-too-inconceivable. This just about completes the new season with only one or two stragglers coming in later.
Wednesday, September 23
THE PRESIDENCY: A SPLENDID MISERY (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).*A CBS News special with the words of various Presidents read by Actors James Daly, Gary Merrill, Sidney Blackmer, Macdonald Carey, E. G. Marshall, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy, and Robert Ryan. Fredric March is host-narrator.
THE CARA WILLIAMS SHOW (CBS, 9:30-10 p.m.). A comedy about a husband and wife who work for a company that bans intra-office matrimony. Première.
Thursday, September 24 THE MUNSTERS (CBS, 7:30-8 p.m.). A new comedy series about a family of cheesy monsters. Première.
THE BAILEYS OF BALBOA (CBS, 9:30-10 p.m.). A new situation comedy about a poor family living on a houseboat in the luxury Balboa Yacht Basin—a kind of Beverly Hillbillies afloat—starring Paul Ford as Papa Bailey. Première.
DANIEL BOONE (NBC, 7:30-8 p.m.). Expectable adventures every week, starring Fess Parker as Boone. Première.
Friday, September 25
THE ENTERTAINERS (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). A new revue series starring Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart and Caterina Valente, with occasional appearances by Art Buchwald, Tessie O'Shea and others. Première.
GOMER PYLE-U.S.M.C. (CBS, 9:30-10 p.m.). A new series in which Jim Nabors plays a rookie marine. Première.
THE REPORTER (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Harry Guardino and Gary Merrill will star in this new series about a New York daily newspaper. Première.
THE JACK PAAR PROGRAM (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Guests: Mary Martin, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, with film clips of the Paar family's visit to Brazil. Color.
Saturday, September 26 ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). Women's World Softball championships and the Oklahoma Live Rattlesnake Hunt.
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND (CBS, 8:30-9 p.m.). A new series about a fishing party that gets stranded on an uninhabited island à la Swiss Family Robinson. Premiere.
MR. BROADWAY (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Craig (Peter Gunn) Stevens stars in Garson Kanin's new series about a public relations man. Première.
Sunday, September 27
QUEBEC-OUI: OTTAWA-NON (NBC, 4:30-5:30 p.m.). An NBC News special on Canadian nationalism.
MY LIVING DOLL (CBS, 9-9:30 p.m.). A new situation comedy with a new situation: Julie Newmar plays a top-secret Government robot, and Robert Cummings is the psychiatrist assigned to watch over her control box. Première.
SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11 p.m.). Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, unforgettable as members of an all-girl orchestra in Some Like It Hot.
Monday, September 28
OLYMPIC PREVIEW (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). A special about the history of the games, including some old film footage of the 1900 Paris Olympics, Japan's preparations for next month's contests in Tokyo, and film clips of the athletes who will participate in them. Color.
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