Television: Aug. 26, 1966

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Summertime, when the viewin is sleepy, is almost over in television land; jim two more weeks before the first of the tall season premieres. In the meantime:

Thursday, August 25

AMERICAN WHITE PAPER-ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES (NBC, 7:30-11 p.m.).* Frank McGee will conduct the underworld tour, taking a look at the Prohibition raids of the '20s and continuing on through Murder Inc. of the '40s to the present day. Spliced in among the film clips in this 3½ -hour marathon will be interviews with local, state and federal officials and legislators, most notably Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach and Senators John McClellan, Edward Long and Robert Kennedy.

THE AVENGERS (ABC. 10-11 p.m) "The Man-Eater of Surrey Green" turns out to be a not so Jolly Green Giant with a brain that responds to special signals from the evil ones. It is up to John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel to short-circuit the operation.

Friday. August 26

SUMMER FUN (ABC. 8-8:30 p.m.). Keenan Wynn captains an incredible ship of fools awash on the Caribbean during the early 1800s in "The Pirates of Flounder Bay."

NATIONAL LEAGUE FOOTBALL (CBS, 9:30 p.m. to conclusion In the third of four National Football League tune-ups, the Baltimore Colts meet the Cleveland Browns, last year's Eastern Division champs, at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium.

Sunday, August 28

CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR (CBS, 2:30-4 p.m.). Frank Gifford and Marathon Swimmer Marty Sinn are the commentators on this repeat of the Hall of Fame Swimming and Diving championships at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Also on the schedule are highlights of the Cleveland Browns' 1965 N.F.L. season.

AMER.CAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON GAME (NBC, 4:30-7:30 p.m.). The Oakland Raiders meet the Denver Broncos in an exhibition game at Bears Stadium, Denver.

Tuesday, August 30

CBS NEWS SPECIAL (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). The winner of a 1965 Peabody Award for television's most inventive art documentary. "The Mystery of Stonehenge," presents a new theory about the original function of the ancient ruins at Stone henge and the controversy this theory has caused within the scientific community. Repeat.

THEATER

On Broadway

MAME. The tone is brassy, the mood is brash, and the genre is pure Broadway. As the latest reincarnation of Patrick Dennis' exuberant Auntie, Angela Lansbury lacks none of the sparkle of a star.

PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME! The American immigrant experience is a tale oft told; but in this engaging drama, Irish Playwright Brian Friel offers a fascinating visit to the Ould Sod for a glimpse of the wrenching departure that precedes each expectant arrival.

SWEET CHARITY. As Toulouse-Lautrec memorialized the cancan girls of Pans, Director Bob Fosse celebrates the taxi dancers of New York with stylish staging and sophisticated choreography. Owen Verdon is a terpsichorean tornado as a gal who has a lot of love to give—if she could only find a taker.

CACTUS FLOWER. The French need sex farces as children need fairy tales. In this telling, a dour duckling (Lauren Bacall) becomes an appealing swan just in time to tame the big wolf (Barry Nelson).

Off Broadway