Television: Dec. 6, 1968

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Wednesday, December 4 CBS PLAYHOUSE (CBS, 9:30-11 p.m.*). "Saturday Adoption." A new drama, by Ron Cowen (Summertree), about a white college student who becomes a volunteer tutor to a grade school Negro. Directed by Delbert Mann.

Thursday, December 5

THE SECRET OF MICHELANGELO: EVERY MAN'S DREAM (ABC, 9:50-10:30 p.m.). Christopher Plummer and Zoe Caldwell narrate a documentary on Michelangelo's Sistine Chanel frescoes. Produced and directed by Milton Fruchtman.

Friday, December 6

G.E. FANTASY HOUR (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Animated musical special about the most famous reindeer of all. Burl Ives sings and narrates.

Saturday, December 7 N.C.A.A. FOOTBALL (ABC, 11:45 a.m.3 p.m.). Syracuse v. Penn State at University Park, Pa.

Sunday, December 8

A.F.L. DOUBLEHEADER (NBC, 1:30 p.m. to conclusion). Cincinnati Bengals v. New York Jets at New York. Second game: Kansas City Chiefs v. San Diego Chargers at San Diego.

N.F.L. FOOTBALL (CBS, 3:30 p.m. to conclusion). Chicago Bears v. Los Angeles Rams at Los Angeles.

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME (NBC, 7-8:30 p.m.). "Pinocchio." TV adaptation of the children's story, starring Peter Noone as Pinocchio and Burl Ives as Gepetto.

Monday, December 9

T.C.B. (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). The initials stand for "Taking Care of Business." For Diana Ross and The Supremes, that means singing such hits as Stop in the Name of Love and You Keep Me Hanging On.

SAGA OF WESTERN MAN (ABC, 9-10 p.m.). "The Road to Gettysburg." Kevin McCarthy and David Carradine narrate this Civil War account of two soldiers, a Yank and a Rebel—from their induction to the Battle of Gettysburg.

Tuesday, December 10

A GUIDE TO THE SWINGING BACHELOR (ABC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). A satiric look at the dreamworld of the single male. Joey Bishop is host with Guests Shelley Berman, Noel Harrison, Larry Storch, Dean Jones and 12 Playboy magazine Playmates.

Check local listings for dates and times of these NET programs:

NET FESTIVAL. "The Film Generation." First of eight programs examining the personal vision of independent film makers. Includes excerpts from Don Pennebaker's film about Folksinger Bob Dylan, Don't Look Back, and George Lukas' THX-1138-4EB, a frightening indictment of the computer age.

NET JOURNAL. "The Drinking American."

A wide-ranging, often surprisingly comic report on social drinking in America, its causes and effects.

THEATER

On Broadway

ZORBA. Producer-Director Hal Prince has turned out a non-Jewish version of Fiddler on the Roof. But this time Herschel Bernardi merely inhabits the hero's role rather than being possessed by it, and Maria Karnilova never quite provides the mixture of girlish coquetry and faded carnality that the role of Bouboulina requires. The music sounds as if it is being piped in by Muzak, the lyrics are insipid, the dances are any old folk.

THE APA REPERTORY COMPANY races through Moliere's The Misanthrope with a light touch and airy style but gets bogged down by the heavily symbolic psychological poetry of T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party.