Television: Aug. 19, 1966

Wednesday, August 17

THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11 p.m.)* Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes and Ingrid Bergman retell the story of imperial Russia's star-crossed Princess Anastasia, for which Bergman won a 1956 Academy Award.

Friday, August 19

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (CBS, 9:30 p.m. to conclusion). In an exhibition game, the St. Louis Cardinals defend themselves against Quarterback Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts.

Saturday, August 20

ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). The National A.A.U. Men's Outdoor Swimming and Diving championships at Lincoln, Neb., plus a repeat of the whiz-bang U.S. Air Force Fighter Interceptor Rocketry Meet at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.

Sunday, August 21

LOOK UP AND LIVE (CBS, 10:30-11 a.m.). "Games of God"—Part 6. Viola Spolin, creator of Chicago's Game Theater, conducts a new form of theater in which the audience, rather than players, participates.

DISCOVERY '66 (ABC, ll:30-noon). "Discovery Goes to West Berlin" to talk with German children from the bilingual John F. Kennedy School on their reactions to the Wall, their thoughts about Nazi Germany and their views of Germany's future. Repeat.

CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR (CBS, 2:30-4 p.m.). In a tripleheader, CBS watches 24 surfers competing in the Duke Kahanamoku Surfing championships at Makaha Beach, Hawaii, then covers the North American Gymnastic championships in Montreal, and refreshes football fans' memories with highlights of the Baltimore Colts' 1965 season.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC, 3:30-5 p.m.). A joint interview with six prominent civil rights leaders: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, Stokely Carmichael, Floyd B. McKissick and James H. Meredith.

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "Siege at Malta" recounts the heroic stand made by the citizens of the tiny Mediterranean island under incessant at tack by the German and Italian air forces during World War II.

THE SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11 p.m.). Joanne Woodward's 1957 Academy Award-winning performance in The Three Faces of Eve, supported by David Wayne and Lee J. Cobb.

Tuesday, August 23

CBS NEWS SPECIAL (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Eric Sevareid attempts to explain the Franco-American love-hate relationship from Benjamin Franklin's time to, as he calls it, "the present irritation." "Our Friends, the French" will be represented by four Frenchmen of strong opinions: Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, general director of Les Echos, a pro-De Gaulle paper; his cousin Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, general director of L'Express, an anti-De Gaulle magazine; Pierre Gallois, retired air force general and chief exponent of France's independent nuclear striking force; and Jacques Rueff, gold-standard devotee and De Gaulle's economic mentor. Repeat.

THEATER

Straw Hat

Broadway's biggest hits are almost always musicals, and the melodies linger on through the summer theater circuit:

BEVERLY, MASS. North Shore Music Theater: The Merry Widow, through Aug. 20.

HYANNIS, MASS. Cape Cod Melody Tent: Oliver!, through Aug. 20.

MOUNTAINDALE, N.Y. Mountaindale Playhouse: The Three Penny Opera, through Aug. 21.