WEEKEND TV : Perot, Powell, Simpson and the Dodgers

With Gov. Pete Wilson withdrawing from the race, Ross Perot proposing a third political party and Colin Powell still a possible candidate, many of the public service programs will be focusing on the 1996 presidential campaign.

Perot will be interviewed Sunday on “Life & Times” at 10:30 a.m. on KCET-TV Channel 28.

In baseball, KTLA-TV Channel 5 will televise the Dodgers’ remaining two regular season games against the San Diego Padres, today at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.

Other weekend shows include:

Public Affairs: TODAY: “Today” features the O.J. Simpson trial and Grace Mirabella, former editor of Vogue magazine, 6 a.m. (4)(36). . . .

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin talks about the Middle East peace agreement on “Evans & Novak” 2:30 p.m., Sunday 7 a.m. CNN. . . .

Ross Perot and the impact of a third political party, and Colin Powell and the race issue are discussed on “The McLaughlin Group,” 2:30 p.m. (28); Sunday, 9 a.m. (4). . . .

Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.) talks about Ross Perot’s third party, Gov. Wilson’s withdrawal and President Clinton’s foreign policy on “The Capital Gang,” 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

“Inside Politics Weekend” reports on Gov. Wilson’s dropping out of the presidential race and Ross Perot’s third party threat, 4:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

Actor Sylvester Stallone guests on “Larry King Weekend” 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

SUNDAY: “Sunday Today” looks at the O.J. Simpson trial and Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres, 6 a.m. (4)(36). . . .

Sens. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Reps. Dick Armey (R-Tex.) and Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) are interviewed about Congress and Medicare on “Meet the Press,” 7 a.m. (4)(36). . . .

“Sunday Morning” features spirituality in the United States, author John Sherwood and Carol Burnett, 7:30 a.m. (2). . . .

Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) and former Secretary of State James Baker appear on “Face the Nation, 9 a.m. (2). . . .

“Tony Brown’s Journal” features women discussing computer technology, 9:30 a.m. (28). . . .

Reps. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), Gail Wilensky, former health policy adviser to President Bush, and Dr. Gary Dennis, National Medical Assn., debate Medicare on “Both Sides With Jesse Jackson,” 9:30 a.m. CNN. . . .

Speaker of the House Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) appears on “This Week With David Brinkley,” 10:30 a.m. (10); 11:30 a.m. (7)(3)(42). . . .

“Late Edition” looks at America’s legal system, with attorney Alan Dershowitz and Yale law professor John Langbein, 2 p.m. CNN. . . .

“Reliable Sources” reports on the media coverage of the Simpson trial, with David Bartless, Radio and Television News Directors’ Assn., and the public’s distrust of the media, with Andrew Kohut, Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press, 3:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

“Crossfire Sunday” examines Perot’s third party with Lowell Weicker, former governor of Connecticut, Rep. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) and Ed Rollins, Republican strategist, 4:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

“60 Minutes” reports on the increase in concealed weapon licenses issued, former Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and health maintenance organizations, 7 p.m. (2)(8). . . .

Specials and Movies: Two syndicated shows, with their roots in network TV, begin today: “One West Waikiki,” with Cheryl Ladd, 2 p.m. (5), and “Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years,” with Scott Bairstow and Paul Johansson, 4 p.m. (2).

“Dreambuilders” chronicles the efforts of 2,000 volunteers who recently helped build 21 new homes in Watts, today, 5 p.m. (11).

The weekly reality series “Save Our Streets,” which looks at crime, begins Monday at 12:15 a.m. on KNBC-TV (4). Tim Reid hosts.

Sports: College Football: Arizona State at USC, today, 4 p.m. (7)(3)(42); Fresno State at UCLA, today, 7 p.m. Prime Sports . . . Pro Football: Dolphins at Bengals, Sunday, 10 a.m. (4)(36); Chargers at Steelers, Sunday, 1 p.m. (4)(36); Raiders at Jets, Sunday, 5 p.m. TNT.

For a complete list of sports events on TV, see Section C.