Television: Nov. 25, 1966

Wednesday, November 23 THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).*

Leonard Bernstein explains "What Is a Mode?" as he conducts the season's premiere concert. A mode is a scale, and for illustration the orchestra will play Debussy's Fetes, the Polonaise from Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, and the Danzon from Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free.

ABC STAGE 67 (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Katherine Anne Porter's novella, Noon Wine, takes on added body with performances by Jason Robards Jr., Olivia de Havilland, Per Oscarsson and Theodore Bikel.

Thursday, November 24 40TH ANNUAL MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE (NBC, 10 a.m. to noon). Lome Greene and Betty White narrate this al fresco fiesta in honor of Santa's annual stand on Broadway and 34th Street.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (CBS, noon to 3 p.m.). The San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions in Detroit. And from 6 to 9 p.m., the Cleveland Browns v. the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas.

G.E. FANTASY HOUR (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). A special animated musical, "The Ballad of Smokey the Bear," marks the coming of age of the U.S. Forest Service's favorite fire-prevention symbol. Jimmy Cagney hosts the benevolent bruin's 21st birthday party.

Friday, November 25 IT'S A DOG'S WORLD (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). From the Mayflower to moon shot, Rover has done his bit for his master, and Lome Greene is on hand to point out the many ways in which dogs help man. Why they even teach us to read — "See Spot! See Spot Run!"

SAGA OF WESTERN MAN (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). From Scotland to Mesopotamia, the Roman Empire left a legacy of art, science and law. Fredric March narrates the "Leg acy of Rome."

Saturday, November 26 THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). In tribute to the big-band sound, "the Great One" will play host to the greatest and their orchestras when he greets Duke Ellington, Count Basic, Sammy Kayeg Les and Larry Elgart, Guy Lombardo, Freddy Martin and Buddy de Franco (conducting the Glenn Miller Orchestra).

WORLD PREMIERE (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). The first in a series of movies to be shown on TV prior to release in the theaters, Fame Is the Name of the Game, a murder mys tery starring Anthony Franciosa, Jill St.

John, Jack Klugman, Nanette Fabray and George Macready.

Sunday, November 27 LAMP UNTO MY FEET (CBS, 10-10:30 a.m.). A report from Germany on the World Congress on Evangelism, including a talk with Billy Graham.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC, 1-1:30 p.m.).

Morocco's King Hassan II.

PEARL HARBOR (NBC, 3:30-4:30 p.m.).

An examination of what the U.S. has done during the past 25 years to bolster its defenses against a repetition of Dec. 7, 1941, along with a review of what has happened to Japan since that fateful day.

Tuesday, November 29 CBS NEWS SPECIAL (CBS, 10-10:30 p.m.). Eric Sevareid conducts "A Conversation with Senator-elect Edward Brooke" of Massachusetts, the first Negro ever elected to the U.S. Senate by popular ballot.

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