For the week starting Friday, Jan. 7. Times are E.S.T., subject to change.
Ford Theater (Fri. 9 p.m., CBS). Ronald Colman in Talk of the Town.
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, with Bidu Sayao, Jarmila Novotna.
Orchestras of the Nation (Sat. 3 p.m., NBC). U.S. premiere of Béla Bartók’s opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, by the Dallas Symphony.
Tales of Fatima (Sat. 9:30p.m., CBS). First of a new dramatic series starring Basil Rathbone.
Invitation to Learning (Sun. 12 noon, CBS). Discussion of Rousseau’s Essay on Inequality.
University Theater (Sun. 2:30 p.m., NBC). John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath.
New York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Seymour Lipkin playing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini.
Studio One (Sun. 7:30 p.m., CBS-TV). Ruth Ford and Bramwell Fletcher in The Outward Room.
Telephone Hour (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Marian Anderson.
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