‘Billionaire Boys Club’ Set to Start Sunday, Despite a Wealth of Protest

“The Billionaire Boys Club,” the real-life “Less Than Zero” story of convicted murderer Joe Hunt and his band of rich schoolmates, begins Sunday at 9 p.m. (Channels 4, 36 and 39) amid protests that airing this docudrama may prejudice the pending murder trials of several club members whose alleged crimes are dramatized in the two-part television movie.

Judd Nelson stars as Hunt, ringleader of the Billionaire Boys Club, who seduces the sons of affluent Los Angeles families by offering them a sure-fire way of attaining financial status and success.

Meanwhile, Marvin Kalb continues his “Candidates ‘88” series with an interview with Republican Presidential candidate Pierre du Pont, former governor of Delaware. The program will air Sunday at noon on Channel 28.

At 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Kitty Dukakis, wife of Democratic Presidential candidate Gov. Michael Dukakis, will be the guest on “News Conference,” Channel 4.