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‘CityKids’ and Campaign ’96 on the Agenda

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A special, a movie and two new cable series highlight this weekend’s television fare.

* Demi Moore hosts ABC’s “CityKids All Star Celebration,” tonight at 8 on Channel’s 7, 3 and 42, a special marking the 10th anniversary of CityKids Foundation. Paula Abdul, Brandy, Drew Barrymore, Michael Bolton and Jimmy Smits guest.

* “Encino Woman,” ABC’s sequel to “Encino Man,” stars Katherine Kousi as a beautiful primitive found in the Hollywood Hills who becomes a supermodel, tonight at 9 on Channels 7, 3 and 42.

* A&E;’s new four-hour documentary “Floating Palaces,” Sunday at 5 and 9 p.m., and Monday at 6 and 10 p.m., examines transatlantic travel on the largest passenger ships ever built and previews a new fleet of ships that will take American tourists across the Atlantic Ocean.

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* USA kicks off its new late-night series, “Reel Wild Cinema,” Sunday at midnight. The outrageous Sandra Bernhard hosts the offbeat series, which features the comedian and a celebrity guest discussing condensed versions of four low-budget films from the 1930s through the ‘70s.

The Israel-Lebanon conflict, abortion and Campaign ’96 are among the topics on the public affairs programs.

Other weekend shows include:

Public Affairs: TODAY: The Moscow summit; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cornel West (“The Future of the Race”); musicians Branford and Ellis Marsalis on “Today,” 6 a.m. (4)(36). . . .

Secretary of Commerce-designate Mickey Kantor guests on “Evans & Novak,” 2:30 p.m.; repeats Sunday 7 a.m. CNN. . . .

Pat Buchanan appears on “John McLaughlin’s One on One,” 2:30 p.m. (28). . . .

Lebanon and Israel, the debate over the minimum wage and Whitewater are the topics on “Capital Gang Saturday,” 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

The auction of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ estate is examined on “Larry King Weekend,” 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

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SUNDAY: Reform Party leader Ross Perot fields questions on “Meet the Press,” 7 a.m. (4)(36). . . .

“Sunday Morning” features digital imaging to decipher ancient texts; living on the San Andreas fault, 7:30 a.m. (2). . . .

Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole appears on “Face the Nation,” 9 a.m. (2). . . .

“Bob Navarro’s Journal” features Assembly Speaker Curt Pringle (R-Garden Grove) discussing the expected battle over the state budget, 9:30 a.m. (2). . . .

Israel, the Unabomber, Ross Perot, Ralph Nader and the presidential race are the topics on “The McLaughlin Group,” 3:30 p.m. (4). . . .

Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston talk about the politics of abortion on “This Week With David Brinkley,” 11:30 a.m. (7)(3)(42). . . .

“Midday Sunday” looks at the conditions abused children are forced to live in and how L.A. County tries to meet their needs, 1 a.m. (11). . . .

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Raising the minimum wage is the topic on “Both Sides With Jesse Jackson,” 2:30 p.m. CNN . . . .

“60 Minutes” interviews Craig Kielburger, a 13-year-old child-labor activist from Canada, 7 p.m. (2).

Specials and Movies: Bill Maher hosts “Setting the Agenda: Indecision ‘96,” today at 11 p.m.; Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Comedy Central.

HBO’s “Lifestories: Families in Crisis,” Sunday at 7 p.m., presents “Someone Had to Be Benny,” a fact-based story of a 15-year-old boy suffering from a terminal liver ailment who decides how he wants his condition treated.

Sports: Baseball: Dodgers at Florida Marlins, Sunday, 5 p.m. ESPN. . . . Basketball: Lakers at Portland Trail Blazers, Sunday, p.m. (9).

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

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