Fantasy Comes True for Three Youths Pulled into Scenes of a Favorite Show

Everybody knows that you can’t enter the television set, right? Well, it happens to friends Timmy, Jamie and Mick, who are accidentally zapped into their favorite cartoon show in Adventures in Dinosaur City, a new feature-length fantasy special produced by the makers of “Spaced Invaders.”

In the story, the trio find themselves among the good and bad characters in an ongoing cartoon war in the prehistoric Saur City. The kids know who the good guys are--they’ve watched every show--and so they team up with their heroes to preserve Saur City from total meltdown. Once that is accomplished, they have an even more difficult task: Figuring out how to get out of the TV and back into their living rooms.

“Adventures in Dinosaur City,” Saturday 7-8:30 p.m. Disney Channel. For 2- to 12-year-olds.

MORE KIDS SHOWS

Long Ago & Far Away presents an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story “The Emperor’s New Clothes” (Sunday 9-9:30 a.m. KCET). For 5- to 10-year-olds.

Molly Ringwald stars in Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story (Sunday 9-11 p.m. ABC), the true story of a young woman who contracted the AIDS virus in one heterosexual encounter as a teen-ager. For ages 15 and up.

Actress Glenda Jackson and rocker Huey Lewis provide the narration and music for the animated HBO Storybook Musical “The Rise and Fall of Humpty Dumpty” (Tuesday 7:30-8 a.m. HBO), the tale of the good egg from his birth to his demise. For 2- to 8-year-olds.

The Magic of David Copperfield XIV (Tuesday 8-9 p.m. CBS) features the magician up to his usual tricks. For ages 8 and up.

A group of teen-age friends and their intertwining stories make up the basis for the ABC Afterschool Special “Summer Stories: The Mall,” the first “Afterschool” miniseries. Part II (Thursday 3-4 p.m. ABC) deals with a young woman’s reaction to her mother’s remarriage. For 12- to 17-year-olds.

Stars as diverse as Marlee Matlin, Charlie Korsmo and Wile E. Coyote team up for the new four-part series The Creative Spirit (Thursday 8-9 p.m. KCET), a blend of animation, comedy and dramatic sketches that show how adults and kids approach challenges creatively in everyday life. For ages 10 and up.

The Easter Bunny gets some competition from a group of jealous hens in the animated Easter Egg Mornin’ (Friday 11-11:30 a.m. Disney Channel). For 2-to 8-year-olds.

“Nightmare: Immigration of Joachim and Rachel,” a Young People’s Special (Saturday 5:30-6 a.m. KNBC), tells the story of two Jewish children who escape the Holocaust and flee to America. For ages 8 and up.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Behind the Shells (Saturday 7-7:30 p.m. Showtime), a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the second Mutant Turtles film, kicks off a Showtime evening of turtlemania, including both Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (7:30-9:05 p.m.) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (9:05-10:35 p.m.). For all ages.

An animated version of Sleeping Beauty (Saturday 2-2:30 p.m. Nickelodeon) precedes Rumplestiltskin (2:30-3 p.m.), narrated by Christopher Plummer, and The Moonstone Gem (3-4 p.m.), starring a cast of puppets. For 2- to 8-year-olds.

Clay animation illustrates the story behind Passover in The Animated Haggadah (Saturday 2-2:30 p.m. Disney Channel). For 4-to 15-year-olds.

Bulletin Board: Parents interested in receiving a pamphlet to go with the May PBS special “What Kids Want to Know About Sex and Growing Up” can call 1-900-407-2000. The cost is $2.25, not including the phone call.