SATURDAY

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). The story of greed and gold, directed by John Huston (who also wrote the script). Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt play prospectors after treasure (and eventually each other). Ch. 56, 9 p.m. B/W, 2 1/2 hours.

SUNDAY

Meet the Press. The guest is Adm. Thomas Moorer, who will undoubtedly be questioned about Seymour Hersh's New York Times series that traced Pentagon spying to Moorer's office. Ch. 4, 4:30 p.m., 1/2 hour.

Wide World of Sports. While Moorer dodges bullets on Channel 4, Evel Knievel will jump over tractor-trailer trucks (11 of them) next door. At least, like Moorer, he will try. Ch. 5, 4:30 p.m. 1 1/2 hours.

Firing Line. Stanley Surrey, Law School professor and chairman of the ACSR, joins William F. Buckley for a discussion of tax reform. Ch. 2, 10 p.m. 1 hour.

MONDAY

Poet Game. A BBC drama about an Irish poet, on the verge of his 40th birthday, who begins to question his creative talents. Ch. 2, 8 p.m. 2 hours.

Adam's Rib (1949). A classic Katherine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy comedy. The film (which spawned the unclassic TV situation comedy of the same name) concerns a married couple of lawyers who take different sides in the same murder case. Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin wrote the script. Ch. 7, 11:30 p.m. B/W, 2 hours, 5 minutes.

TUESDAY

Bill Moyers's Journal. Herbert Marcuse and Bill Moyers discuss the radical movement of the 1960s. Ch. 2, 8 p.m. 1/2 hour.

The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971). An often fascinating, sometimes dumb documentary about insects--and how they might inherit the earth. Ch. 5, 8:30 p.m. Color, 1 1/2 hours.