Wednesday, October 27
BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* In "Back to Back," Shelley Winters and Jack Hawkins pose as a happily married couple in order to get the jobs they want. Color.
I SPY (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Agents Culp and Cosby do their best to protect the life of an arrogant mobster so he can inform on a Hong Kong racket. Color.
Thursday, October 28
CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE (CBS, 9-11:15 p.m.). The screen version of Jean Kerr's comedy Mary, Mary. Color.
Friday, October 29
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Phyllis Newman appears as a desert tribe princess who wants to trade her prisoner for a camel in "The Arabian Affair." Color.
TEENAGE REVOLUTION (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). With Van Heflin as narrator, the program examines the increased influence that today's youth wields in society.
Saturday, October 30
ABC SCOPE (ABC, 7-7:30 p.m. in New York; nationally, 10:30-11 p.m.). "Jomo Kenyatta: Burning Spear Turns Builder." A visit with Kenya's leader.
GET SMART! (NBC, 8:30-9 p.m.). Don Adams stars as the bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart in "Kaos in Control." It appears that a Kaos agent has infiltrated Control Headquarters. Color.
JIMMY DURANTE MEETS THE LIVELY ARTS (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Durante and Guests Rudolf Nureyev, Roberta Peters, Robert Vaughn and the rock-'n'-rolling Shindogs survey culture and entertainment. Color.
Sunday, October 31
THE BIG EAR (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). Robert MacNeil reports on the wide extent of electronic eavesdropping and telephone wiretapping in the U.S. Guests include Senator Robert Kennedy.
Monday, November 1
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). The hero of this series (Ben Gazzara), who has only a short time to live and gads about a lot while waiting for the end, reluctantly agrees to defend a woman accused of murdering her husband. Color.
Tuesday, November 2
TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). Little Boy Lost (Paramount 1953), with Bing Crosby and Claude Dauphin in a story about an American newsman searching Paris for the son he lost during World War II. Color.
THEATER
The new season is under way but so far warrants little more than desultory interest. Most of the best shows are holdovers.
GENERATION. Playwright William Goodhart measures the distance between generations in a comedy imbued with fond regard for the humor implicit in human nature. In one of his ablest performances, Henry Fonda gives not only body to a role but substance to a man.
HALF A SIXPENCE and one Tommy Steele stir up a light froth of song and dance.
THE ODD COUPLE. On leave from unhappy marriages, Walter Matthau and Paul Dooley try to set up a masculine ménage à deux; their farcical failure makes for highly successful comedy.
LUV. Satirist Murray Schisgal pokes at the poses and spoofs the self-seriousness of a society and theater weaned on analysis and fed by Freud.
THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. Alan Alda is an "author" (meaning book clerk) and Diana Sands a "model" (meaning prostitute) in this ironic version of the mating game.