Television: Jan. 5, 1968

Wednesday, January 3

THE KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* Victor Borge, Nancy Wilson and Simon and Garfunkel appear in separate performances in "Trio for Tonight."

THE JONATHAN WINTERS SHOW (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The Smothers Brothers, Barbara McNair and the Strawberry Alarm Clock sound off as Winters' guests.

Thursday, January 4

BATMAN (ABC, 7:30-8 p.m.). Former White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger as Shyster Lawyer "Lucky Pierre" defends the Catwoman (Eartha Kitt) and the Joker (Cesar Romero).

CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIES (CBS, 9-11 p.m.). The Music Man (1962), starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones and Buddy Hackett, rebroadcast in split-feature form: Part 1 tonight, Part 2 same time on the CBS Friday Night Movie.

Friday, January 5

OPERATION: ENTERTAINMENT (ABC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). A chance for stay-at-homes to see the shows performed for G.I.s around the world. In the premiere of a weekly series: Impressionist Rich Little, Singers Vikki Carr and the Lennon Sisters take the stage for Marines at Camp Pendleton in California.

TOMORROW'S WORLD: BEYOND THE SKY (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Where man may eventually go in space, with predictions and comments by George Robino of the U.S. Geological Survey, Rand Corp.'s Steven Dole and Lockheed's Maxwell Hunter.

Saturday, January 6

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11:30 p.m.). Alfred Hitchcock's thriller-chiller, The Birds (1962), starring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy and Suzanne Pleshette.

Sunday, January 7

CAMERA THREE (CBS, 11-11:30 a.m.). "Lucien Clergue, the Photographer as Poet" presents Clergue himself, friend of Picasso and Cocteau, and a collection of photos of his native Camargue in the south of France.

ISSUES AND ANSWERS (ABC, 1:30-2 p.m.). Senator Eugene McCarthy discusses his opposition to President Johnson on the first of a 1968 series of programs collectively entitled "Race to the White House."

THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAY-OFF BOWL (CBS, 1:30 p.m. to conclusion). Division champions fight it out in Miami.

ANIMAL SECRETS (NBC, 5-5:30 p.m.). Dr. Loren Eiseley of the University of Pennsylvania is host on today's look at how life on earth began, "The Beginnings."

MUTUAL OF OMAHA'S WILD KINGDOM (NBC, 7-7:30 p.m.). Host Marlin Perkins travels to Rhodesia's Wankie Game Preserve to demonstrate how "To Catch a Giraffe."

THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW (CBS, 8-9 p.m.). Guests include Nancy Sinatra, Dionne Warwick and Alan King.

THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (ABC, 9-11:30 p.m.). Jack Palance in the title roles of the Robert Louis Stevenson psycho-classic, especially adapted for television.

Monday, January 8

THE UNDERSEAS WORLD OF JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU (ABC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). First of a series of scientific-adventure specials filmed by Captain Cousteau under the world's major oceans during a five-year oceanographic expedition. For this week's feature, "Sharks," Cousteau's crew probes the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, studying the fish and ways to protect downed flyers and shipwreck victims from them.