TELEVISION Wednesday, May 3
DANNY THOMAS SPECIAL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* Bing Crosby joins Danny on "The Road to Lebanon," with Claudine Auger. Repeat.
ABC WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11 p.m.). The Hustler (1961), featuring Paul Newman. Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott and Piper Laurie in the poolroom's sweat and smoke.
Thursday, May 4 THE CRUCIBLE (CBS, 9-11:15 p.m.). George C. Scott again, in Arthur Miller's drama of witch hunting, with Colleen Dewhurst, Fritz Weaver, Tuesday Weld, Melvyn Douglas.
ABC STAGE 67 (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). The talking in Jean Cocteau's The Human Voice is done by Ingrid Bergman, on the telephone throughout the 50-minute drama.
Friday, May 5 THE LEGEND OF MARK TWAIN (ABC, 8-9 p.m.). Host David Wayne perpetuates the legend by dramatizing scenes from Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Saturday, May 6 HOUSTON CHAMPIONS INTERNATIONAL (ABC, 4-5 p.m.). Pros and amateurs from Belgium to Japan join top U.S. golfers (defending champion: Arnold Palmer) in this $100,000 tournament at Houston's Champions Golf Course. Continued Sunday afternoon at 4:30.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY (CBS, 5-6 p.m.).
The 93rd running of America's oldest continuous racing classic, live from Churchill Downs in Louisville.
THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Host Gene Barry shares billing with international Troubadour Theo dore Bikel, Australian Singer Lana Cantrell and Comedians Jack E. Leonard and Mort Sahl.
Sunday, May 7 THE CATHOLIC HOUR (NBC, 1:30-2 p.m.).
"The Struggle," Part 1 in a series that asks: "Can human life be regarded as meaningful?" Host Eugene Roche and four actors dramatize the issue through the use of graphics and readings from Buber, Camus and Teilhard de Chardin.
SOCCER GAME OF THE WEEK (CBS, 2:30-4:30 p.m.). The St. Louis Stars v. the Chicago Spurs, at St. Louis.
THE 215T CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "Standing Room Only," a look at the overpopulated world after the year 2000, and the race to find ways to feed, clothe, house and otherwise make life livable for all God's children.
ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATER (ABC, 9-11 p.m.). Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical Carousel, specially adapted for TV, features Robert Goulet as Carnival Barker Billy Bigelow and such brass ring-adingers as If I Loved You and June Is Bustin' Out All Over.
Monday, May 8 THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Newsman Sander Vanocur stalks hedonists in their natural habitats from psychedelic San Francisco to swinging London, analyzing today's new morality—or lack thereof. Among the "consultants": Ralph Ginzburg and Hugh Hefner.
Tuesday, May 9
CBS NEWS HOUR (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). "The Old College Try" raises some of the questions on the minds of the 1,500,000 high school seniors trying to get into college. What is a college interview like? How hard is it to get in?
NET JOURNAL (shown on Mondays). "Every Seventh Child" studies the parochial-school system today. Filmed in churches and schools from Baltimore to St. Louis, the program includes thoughtful interviews with educators, church leaders, parents and students.