Program Preview

For the week starting Thursday, March 7. Times are E.S.T., subject to change.

TELEVISION

Climax! (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., CBS). Nine Day Wonder with John Kerr as a small-town boy who becomes a big-time hillbilly singer.

Playhouse 90 (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., CBS). Invitation to a Gunfighter, with Hugh ("Wyatt Earp") O'Brien as a Civil War soldier who comes home to find his property confiscated.

Matinee Theater (Fri. 3 p.m., NBC). Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (color).

Perry Como Show (Sat. 8 p.m., NBC). Guest: Ethel Merman (color).

Camera Three (Sun. 11:30 a.m., CBS). Part II of Stravinsky's opera-ballet L'Histoire du Soldat.

Odyssey (Sun. 4 p.m., CBS). "The Wonderful World of Comics," discussed by Al (Li'l Abner) Capp, Walt (Pogo) Kelly, Milton (Steve Canyon) Caniff.

Air Power (Sun. 6:30 p.m., CBS). "Superfort," history of the B29.

Ed Sullivan Show (Sun. 8 p.m., CBS). Renata Tebaldi and Richard Tucker sing an excerpt from La Boheme, but only a snippet because Ed & Co. think good mu sic is scaring away audience.

General Electric Theater (Sun. 9 p.m., CBS). With Malice Towards One casts Bette Davis as a gun-slinging novelist after her editor.

Omnibus (Sun. 9 p.m. .ABC). The Trial of Captain Kidd, with Victor Jory.

Du Pont Theater (Tues. 9:30 p.m., ABC). One Day at a Time, a dramatization of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, with James Daly.

U.S. Steel Hour (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). The Bottle Imp, with Farley Granger, and Geoffrey Holder, a calypso singer and dancer, in a bizarre tale of voodoo.

RADIO

Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). The Magic Flute, with Amara Hur ley, Sullivan, Uppman, Hines.

Philadelphia Orchestra (Sat. 9 9:05 p.m., CBS). Eugene Ormandy conducting. With Pianist Robert Casadesus.

Invitation to Learning (Sun. 10:30 a.m., CBS). Ulysses S. Grant's Personal Memoirs discussed by Author Bruce (This Hallowed Ground) Catton, Columbia Professor David Donald.

New York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Mitropoulos conducts world premiere of Gunther Schuller's Dramatic Overture for Full Orchestra.

Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music (Mon. 9:30 p.m., NBC). George Marek spins some good records.

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