Eight years before Sean Connery became the...

Eight years before Sean Connery became the first movie James Bond in 1962’s “Dr. No,” American actor Barry Nelson played 007 in the live television drama “Casino Royale,” which aired on the “Climax” series on Oct. 21, 1954. TBS kicks off its 30th-anniversary salute to James Bond movies with the first national telecast of “Casino Royale” (Sunday at 5 p.m.) since 1954. Peter Lorre and Linda Christian also star.

Louise Lasser and Craig T. Nelson are guests on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (Sunday at 11 p.m. on Nickelodeon) in an episode in which Rhoda’s ability to restore her friends’ dying plants persuades her to go into the house-plant scene.

Betty White makes her first appearance as the “Happy Homemaker” Sue Ann Nivens on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (Monday at 9 p.m. on Nickelodeon).

Peter Strauss is a guest as Mary’s new twentysomething boyfriend on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (Tuesday at 9 p.m. on Nickelodeon).

Gene Barry appears on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. on Nickelodeon) in an episode in which a man, newly released from prison, seeks to avenge the death of his younger brother.

Christmas is put on hold in the Bradford house when the family’s presents are stolen in “Eight Is Enough: Yes, Nicholas ... There Is a Santa Clause” (Wednesday at 7:05 a.m. on TBS); Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley and Adam Rich star.