Sharon Gless, formerly of “Cagney & Lacey,”...

Sharon Gless, formerly of “Cagney & Lacey,” will play a South Carolina millworker in “Outside Woman,” a TV movie for CBS in which her character gets involved with an inmate at a nearby prison. Scott Glenn portrays the con, who entices his new girlfriend to help him escape.

PBS’ “Dance in America” series is preparing a show about tap dancing for the spring. It will be hosted by Gregory Hines and will include appearances by such performers as Tommy Tune, Honi Coles, Sandman Sims, Jennifer Lane and the Manhattan Tap Quartet.

Elaine Stritch stars in Wednesday’s episode of NBC’s new series “Tattinger’s,” playing the mother of Nick Tattinger (Stephen Collins). She’s not the only Broadway luminary in that episode: Appearing as themselves will be George Abbott and Garson Kanin.

The “Television Academy Hall of Fame” broadcast, which originally was scheduled for Monday, has been postponed until Jan. 23 by Fox Broadcasting. The delay won’t affect who’s being inducted, however: The honor will still go to Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, Red Skelton, David Susskind and David L. Wolper.

Revival and Reprise: “The Brady Bunch” is back together in a new TV movie that CBS will broadcast Dec. 18, “A Very Brady Christmas,” with Robert Reed, Florence Henderson and Ann B. Davis. . . . On Dec. 23, CBS will repeat “A Claymation Christmas Celebration,” a comedy special that won an Emmy Award last season as prime-time TV’s best animated program.

More Christmas specials: Hal Holbrook and Eva Marie Saint star in “I’ll Be Home for Christ-mas,” a TV movie that NBC will televise Dec. 12. . . . CBS plans to repeat “Frosty the Snowman” Dec. 14. . . . Also due for an encore on CBS this year, after sitting out last season, is the acclaimed production of “A Christmas Carol” with George C. Scott as Scrooge. That’s due Dec. 22.