Television: Jan. 26, 1968

Wednesday, January 24 KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.)* In "Physical Phitness," Art Carney plays host to such sports—and spectators—as Carl Yastrzemski, Joe Garagiola, Roosevelt Grier, Pat O'Brien, George Plimpton and Don Rickles.

LAURA (ABC, 9-11 p.m.). Lee Bouvier (Radziwill), Robert Stack, George Sanders, Farley Granger and Arlene Francis star in this Truman Capote TV adaptation, the time for which was pre-empted last week by President Johnson's State of the Union address.

Friday, January 26

FLESH & BLOOD (NBC, 8:30-10:30 p.m.). Arthur Penn produces and directs William Hanley's play, originally scheduled for Broadway last year but bought by NBC for a TV première. It's all about a close-knit contemporary American family whose members discover they don't really know each other. Starring Edmond O'Brien, E. G. Marshall, Kim Stanley and Suzanne Pleshette.

Saturday, January 27

1968 HOLLYWOOD STARS OF TOMORROW (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Gene Kelly presides over this 15th annual contest, in which ten starlets compete for the title of "Hollywood Star of Tomorrow." Past winners: Raquel Welch, Sally Field, Carol Lynley, Kim Novak.

Sunday, January 28

ISSUES & ANSWERS (ABC, 1:30-2 p.m.). Illinois' Senator Everett Dirksen is the guest.

THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN (ABC, 4-5 p.m.). For the season's opener, Van Heflin fishes for marlin off Chub Cay in the Bahamas, and Bing Crosby and Phil Harris hunt sand grouse in Tanzania.

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS WITH LEONARD BERNSTEIN (CBS, 4:30-5:30 p.m.). "Forever Beethoven!" The first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, second and third movements of Concerto No. 4 in G Major and the Leonore Overture No. 3, featuring Pianist Joseph Kalichstein.

ANIMAL SECRETS (NBC, 5-5:30 p.m.). In "The Hostile Environment," Dr. Loren Eiseley shows how the study of animals reacting to various situations can help man adjust to the conditions of outer space.

THE 215T CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). Walter Cronkite hosts "New Weapons Against Crime" and discusses gadgets being dreamed up to assist the police, such as voice "prints," electronic sensors, computers and mini-listening devices.

THE ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11:45 p.m.). Ship of Fools (1965) with Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Oskar Werner and George Segal.

Monday, January 29

LUTHER (ABC, 8:30-10 p.m.). John Osborne's 1961 drama of the 16th century monk who started the Reformation comes to TV, starring Robert Shaw as Martin Luther, Robert Morley as the Pope whom he opposed.

Tuesday, January 30

CBS NEWS SPECIAL (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). "Inaugural Evening at Ford's Theater." The gala reopening of Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., which has not seen a performance since April 14, 1865, when President Abraham Lincoln was shot there during a presentation of Our American Cousin. The invited audience will see Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Fredric March, Robert Ryan, Julie Harris, Odetta, Andy Williams, Harry Belafonte and others in performances keyed to Lincoln's love of the theater and the music of his day.