Wednesday, April 13

CHRYSLER PRESENTS THE BOB HOPE COMEDY SPECIAL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.)* Hamming it up with Bob are Guests Lee Marvin, Jonathan Winters and Phyllis Diller. Originally scheduled for March 16, but postponed for Gemini 8.

Thursday, April 14

CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE (CBS, 9-11 p.m.). Elmer Gantry. Burt Lancaster in his Academy Award-winning performance as a Baptist minister in the screen version of Sinclair Lewis' novel about tent-show Bible-belt religion.

Friday, April 15

THE SAMMY DAVIS JR. SHOW (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Sammy swings with Kaye Stevens, Art Carney, and the cast of Golden Boy.

Sunday, April 17

CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR (CBS, 2:30-4 p.m.). A review of the eight-year-old American Grand Prix from Watkins Glen, N.Y., the only U.S. auto race that counts toward the world driving championship, plus a preview of the May 7 Kentucky Derby, featuring films of the contenders.

VIET NAM WEEKLY REVIEW (NBC, 5-5:30 p.m.). The week's events in Viet Nam and the world's reactions to them. Première.

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). The cameras follow "The American Draftee" through his induction, training and service to his eventual readjustment back to civilian life. Walter Cronkite interviews General Lewis Hershey.

NBC WHITE PAPER (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). Chet Huntley examines the spread of nuclear weapons in interviews with U.S. and foreign government leaders.

Monday, April 18

38TH ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES (ABC, 10 p.m. on). Hollywood's annual rites of spring are hosted again this year by Honest Bob Hope. Oscars will be presented by almost every movie personality anyone has ever heard of.

THEATER

On Broadway

MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! Hal Holbrook takes three hours putting on his Mark Twain makeup, and he has spent more than 13 years getting into Mark Twain's psyche. The result is a one-man show that is wise and witty.

WAIT A MINIM! Light of hand, light of heart and light of foot, this musical revue from South Africa is keenly aware of and distinctly amused by more magnetic centers of civilization.

PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! The immigrant is an archetypal role in American experience; and now from Dublin, Playwright Brian Friel sends a reminder of the wrench at leaving the other side. As a double exposure of the young Irish hero, Donal Donnelly and Patrick Bedford do not miss a trick or a tear.

SWEET CHARITY. The electric presence of Musical Comedy Star Gwen Verdon and the kinetic choreography of Director Bob Fosse spark Neil Simon's blown-out fuse of a book about a dance-hall hostess' futile search for a lifetime partner.

INADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE, by John Osborne, is one man's violent outburst at how he has marred his life and how life has mauled him. Poisoned arrows of wit and vituperation fill the air, and Nicol Williamson is an actor-archer with deadly aim.