TELEVISION
TODAY
The Way It Was. Clips of the 1958 "sudden-death" NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants. Ch. 2, 8 p.m. 1/2 hour.
Masterpiece Theatre. Part 1 of "Murder Must Advertise," a sophisticated mystery from the people who gave you the Emmy-winning "Upstairs, Downstairs." Ch. 2, 9 p.m. 1 hour.
FRIDAY
True Grit [1969] John Wayne. Ch. 5, 8:30 p.m. Color, 2 1/2 hours.
Gunga Din [1939] Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ch. 56, 10 p.m. B/W.
SATURDAY
Mars Needs Women [1964] Huh? Ch. 38, 10 p.m. Color, 1 1/2 hours.
SUNDAY
World Series Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Oakland A's in the first all-California series. Ch. 4, 3:45 p.m. Live.
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Singin' in the Rain [1952] Solid musical comedy with Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. Ch. 5, 5 p.m. Color, 2 hours.
Kojak Ch. 7, 8:30 p.m. 1 hour.
Hud [1963] Paul Newman as a rich, arrogant Texan. With Oscar-winning performances from Melvyn Douglas and Patricia Neal. Ch. 7, 11:45 p.m. B/W, 2 hours.
MONDAY
ABC News Closeup. "Danger in Sports: Paying the Price"--an examination of high school football and the risks of gung-hoism. Ch. 5, 8 p.m. 1 hour.
Country Music Association Awards. Johnny Cash is the host. Live from Nashville. Ch. 7, 10 p.m.
TUESDAY
Paul Benzaquin. William F. Buckley Jr. discusses the U.N. and Henry A. Kissinger '50. Ch. 7, 9 a.m. 1 hour.
Tomorrow. Guests are playwright Lillian Hellman and department-store tycoon Stanley Marcus. Ch. 4, 1 a.m. 1 hour.
WEDNESDAY
Sonya Hamlin. Robert Winter-Berger discusses his muckraking book, "The Gerald Ford Letters."
Room Service (1938). The Marx Brothers--but one of their weakest films. Ch. 56, 8:30 p.m. B/W, 1 1/2 hours.
Reasoner Report. Whither Spiro Agnew? Harry shows us. Ch. 5, 10 p.m. 1 hour.
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