Olympics Head for Finish Line on NBC

NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics goes into the final lap today at 9 a.m. with boxing, soccer, tennis and volleyball. It finishes Sunday at 3:30 p.m. with the closing ceremonies.

Between the two there will be track and field finals and the men’s basketball gold medal game at 4 p.m. today, and women’s basketball, boxing, canoe/kayak, equestrian, rhythmic gymnastics and volleyball on Sunday, beginning at 6:30 a.m. on Channel 4.

Elsewhere, Angela Lansbury’s long-running series “‘Murder, She Wrote” has its final broadcast on CBS Sunday at 8 p.m. on Channel 2.

Showtime premieres two new movies this weekend. “Subliminal Seduction,” airing tonight at 10:15, stars Andrew Stevens and Ian Ziering in a tale of a computer games designer who discovers his employees are conducting subliminal experiments on unsuspecting clients. And on Sunday, Vincent Spano and Kate Vernon star in “Downdraft” at 8 p.m., about a renegade warrior and a Russian technical expert who team up to stop a supercomputer from starting World War III.

Other weekend programming includes:

Public Affairs: TODAY: “Today” talks with Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, profiles the U.S. women’s soccer team and visits Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan, 5 a.m. (4). . . .

Human rights, nuclear arms and software piracy are the topics on “Evans & Novak” 2:30 p.m., which repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN. . . .

Ann Lewis, deputy manager of President Clinton’s reelection campaign, and Republican pollster Linda DiVall are guests on “John McLaughlin’s One on One,” 2:30 p.m. (28). . . .

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) fields questions on “Capital Gang Saturday,” 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

Jerry Lee Lewis is the guest on “Larry King Weekend,” 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

SUNDAY: “CBS News Sunday Morning” features an interview with former President George Bush, an interview with horse trainer Bill Mott and a profile of Latin jazz innovator Eddie Palmieri, 7:30 a.m. (2). . . .

House Speaker Newt Gingrich turns up on “Fox News Sunday,” 8 a.m. (11). . . .

White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, Sens. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumffeld discuss welfare, taxes and terrorism on “Face the Nation,” 9 a.m. (2). . . .

On “Bob Navarro’s Journal,” county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky talks about welfare reform, and professor Edwin M. Smith and psychologist Rick Shuman discuss terrorism, 9:30 a.m. (2). . . .

“This Week With David Brinkley” meets with Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Joseph Biden (D-Del.) and Tanya Metaska of the National Rifle Assn., 10 a.m. (7); 11:30 a.m. (3)(42). . . .

Violence management consultants Joseph Davis and Jack Parra are the guests on “Midday Sunday,” 11 a.m. (11). . . .

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson” looks at the impact of welfare reform, 2:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

“Reliable Sources” investigates the media’s performance this week with CNN Vice President Earl Casey and Watson Bryant, attorney for Olympic bomb suspect Robert Jewell, 3:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

“60 Minutes” reports on Muhammad Ali and on two brothers from Boston whose program about cars is the most popular show on National Public Radio, 7 p.m. (2).

Specials and Movies: A special edition of “Life & Times,” tonight at 7 on Channel 28, features a round-table discussion that follows a short documentary about the women’s suffrage movement and women’s rights.

Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn find “Love in the Afternoon,” today at 2 and 8 p.m. on AMC.

Sports: Horse Racing: Cadillac Hambletonian, today, noon (2); Whitney Handicap, today, 1:30 p.m. ESPN. . . . Tennis: Infiniti Open, Sunday, 4 p.m. Prime Sports.

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