THURSDAY: An American Family. The Loud family's marital bonds stretch near the breaking point in episode seven of the lacklustre PBS documentary. CH. 2. 9 p.m. Color. 60 min.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [1966]. Director Mike Nichols debuted with this Oscar-winning adaptation of Edward Albee's Broadway hit. Stars Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis, and George Segal. First time on TV. CH. 7. 9 p.m. Color. 2 hrs. 30 min.
FRIDAY: Wait Until Dark (1967). Fascinating suspense thriller features Audrey Hepburn, in her most recent movie role, as a blind girl terrorized by a heroin smuggler. CH. 7. 9 p.m. Color. 2 hrs. 10 min.
Joe. (1971). Social fantasy about a gun-toting hardhat who entertains pathological urges to kill hippies, liberals, social workers, et al. CH. 4. 9 p.m. Color. 2 hrs.
SATURDAY: The Rules of the Game (1939). Jean Renoir's masterpiece captures the dissolution of the way of life of Europe's privileged class on the eve of World War II in the ironical events of a weekend party. CH. 2. 8 p.m. B-W. 2 hrs.
Godzilla's Revenge (1967). Top-notch special effects from the country that brought you the transistor radio. CH. 56. 11 p.m. Color. 90 min.
SUNDAY: Masterpiece Theater. Part 2 of BBC production of Aldous Huxley's social satire "Point Counter Point" features Lucy Tantamount's seduction of Walter Bidlake. CH. 2. 9 p.m. Color. 60 min.
MONDAY: Stravinsky Remembered. A tribute to composer Igor Stravinsky features a rare performance of the opera "Le Rossignol" along with documentary footage of Stravinsky coaching Jean Cocteau and being painted by Picasso. CH. 2. 8. p.m. Color. 90 min.
TUESDAY: America. Britisher Alistair Cooke again looks at 'the colonies' in a special on the industrial revolution in America. CH. 4. 10 p.m. Color. 60 min.
Winter Light (1963). Stark Ingmar Bergman film starring Gunnar Bjornstrand, Ingrid Thulin, and Max von Sydow. CH. 38. 11 p.m. B-W. 90 min.
WEDNESDAY: Nine Hours to Rama. (1963). Horst Buchholz portrays a fanatic who wishes to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi. CH. 56. 9 p.m. Color. 2 hrs.
Foreign Correspondent. (1940) Intriguing Hitchcock suspense tale set at the start of the Second World War. Stars Joel McCrea and Laraine Day. CH. 38. 11 p.m. B-W. 90 min.
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