For the week starting Friday, Oct. 21 . Times are E.S.T., subject to change.
Ford Theater (Fri. 9 p.m., CBS-TV). Basil Rathbone, Dorothy Stickney and Walter Hampden in On Borrowed Time.
Meet the Press (Fri. 9:30 p.m., Mutual). Guest: John Foster Dulles.
NBC Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Milton Katims directs the world premiere of Don Gillis’ Symphony No. 8.
Lum and Abner (Sat. 7 p.m., CBS). Back for the fall season.
Chicago Theater of the Air (Sat. 10 p.m., Mutual). The Mikado.
Invitation to Learning (Sun. 12 noon, CBS). Poems of Li Po.
NBC Theater (Sun. 2 p.m., NBC). Ellen Glasgow’s The Romantic Comedians.
New York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Stokowski conducting; Mary Garden, intermission guest.
Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Pinero’s The Thunderbolt, with Van Heflin and Celeste Holm.
Boston Symphony Orchestra Dress Rehearsal (Mon. 1 p.m., NBC). Charles Munch directing; Olin Downes, commentator.
President Truman (Mon. 4 p.m., CBS). Speech on U.N. anniversary program.
Author Meets the Critics (Mon. 7 :30 p.m., ABC). The Vital Center, by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
The Telephone Hour (Mon. 9 p.m., NBC). Guest soloist: Jascha Heifetz.
Studio One (Mon. 10 p.m., CBS-TV). Paul Lukas in Battleship Bismarck.
Time for Defense (Tues. 10 p.m., ABC). New series by Department of Defense.
Insde U.S.A. (Thurs. 8:30 p.m., CBS-TV). Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy. Guest: Oscar Levant.
Crusade in Europe (Thurs. 9 p.m., ABC-TV). Guest: General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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