Television: Nov. 17, 1967

Wednesday, November 15 ANDROCLES AND THE LION (NBC, 7:30-9 p.m.). Richard Rodgers puts to music George Bernard Shaw's tale of man and beast. Norman Wisdom plays Androcles, Geoffrey Holder the lion. And Caesar? Noel Coward, naturally.

THE KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Tony Randall stars as "Stagedoor Johnny" in a musical comedy set in the New York of the 1920s. Guest stars include Walter Winchell, Cab Calloway, Gilbert Becaucl, Nathaniel Frey, Michele Lee and Marilyn Maye.

ABC WEDNESDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC. 9-11 p.m.). Laurence Harvey, Diane Cilento and Hugh O'Brian in Dial "M" for Murder, a David Susskind TV version of the Broadway play that was transferred to the screen by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954.

Thursday, November 16 CAROL CHANNING AND 101 MEN (ABC, 9-10 p.m.). Carol has the boys in for the first of two specials. Among them: Walter Matthau. Eddy Arnold and the Air Force Academy Chorale.

Friday, November 17 TARZAN (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). The guests make this one interesting: Helen Hayes and her son, James MacArthur, as a domineering mother and her son who wants to be a jungle doctor.

AMERICAN PROFILE: THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Robert Gulp narrates a visit to the National Gallery, featuring an account of Resident Restorer Francis Sullivan's use of X rays to uncover hidden secrets in several masterpieces. One example: The Lady in Domino by Tiepolo. She holds a closed fan, but X rays show that the artist first painted the fan open and later closed it.

Saturday, November 18 N.C.A.A. FOOTBALL (ABC, 4:10 p.m. to conclusion). In the battle for the national championship (at least in the rating polls), U.S.C. meets U.C.L.A. at Los Angeles.

ABC SCOPE (ABC. 10-11 p.m.). The first of a two-parter, "People of War," focuses on the villagers in a much fought over hamlet in South Viet Nam. Repeat.

Sunday, November 19 ISSUES AND ANSWERS (ABC, 1:30-2 p.m.). Dr. Kenneth Galbraith is the guest.

AND DEBBIE MAKES SIX (ABC, 8-9 p.m.). Reynolds gets together with Bob Hope, Jim Nabors, Donald O'Connor, Bobby Darin and Frank Gorshin.

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Tonight's visitors include George Segal, Nancy Wilson and Paul Revere and the Raiders.

Tuesday, November 21 WORLD PREMIERE (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). Darren McGavin, Sean Garrison, Shirley Knight. Nancy Malone, Ossie Davis and Edmond O'Brien in The Outsider, a made-for-TV detective movie.

CBS NEWS SPECIAL (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). "Gauguin in Tahiti: The Search for Paradise." Sir Michael Redgrave is the voice of Gauguin in this special, which focuses on the years spent by the artist in the South Seas.

ONE-NIGHT STANDS (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). ABC News crews hopped on planes, buses and cars to record the stop-and-go lives of Bandleader Woody Herman, Singer Johnny Rivers and the Bartok-Hunt Circus.

NET PLAYHOUSE (Shown on Fridays). An Enemy of the People is Arthur Miller's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's scathing indictment of a corrupt society. James Daly won an Emmy last year for his portrayal of the idealistic doctor. Repeat.