THURSDAY

A Lion in the Streets (1953). WKBG-TV continues its salute to James Cagney with this film about a demagogic Southern populist (read Huey P. Long of Louisiana). Ch. 56, 8 p.m. Color, 2 hours.

FRIDAY

Jacques Cousteau: Blizzard at Hope Bay. The explorer almost gets stranded in this one, but virtue triumphs in the end. Rod Serling narrates. Ch. 4, 8:30 p.m. 1 hour.

SATURDAY

Police (1916). A Chaplin short (And why not? This week's All in the Family on Ch. 7 is a rerun.) Ch. 27, 8 p.m. B/W, 1/2 hour.

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Boris Karloff in one of the few non-schlock horror films. Ch. 5, 11:30 p.m. B/W, 1 1/2 hours.

SUNDAY

Cleopatra (1963). When a studio spends $40 million to make a movie, can it be all bad? Yes. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor fell in love on the set of this movie. That's about all they did on the set. At least this Turkey features a cast of thousands, for those who like that kind of thing. (This is part one. Part two is Monday at 9 p.m.) Ch. 5, 8:30 p.m. Color, 2 hours.

MONDAY

Sonya Hamiln Show. Author Studs Terkel ("Hard Times," "Working") is co-host this week. Today, Terkel interviews a bartender, beautician, airline stewardess and Playboy bunny. Ch. 4, 9 a.m. 1 hour.

TUESDAY

Today. Actor Hume Cronyn pays tribute to poet Robert Frost on what would have been his 100th birthday. Ch. 4, 7 a.m. 2 hours.

Bill Moyers' Journal. Historian Henry Steele Commager discusses presidential power. Ch. 2, 8 p.m. 1 hour.

Anatomy of a Murder (1959). A terrific film about an Army officer on trial for murder in a small town. Lawyer Joseph N. Welch, who humiliated Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the Army-McCarthy hearings, plays the judge. Ch. 56, 8 p.m. B/W, 3 hrs.

WEDNESDAY

Theater in America. "Feasting the Panthers," a look at the life of Oscar Wilde. Ch. 2, 8:30 p.m. 1 1/2 hour.