A Host of Pundits, Plus Paul Newman
Here’s the rundown on guests and topics for the weekend’s public affairs programs:
Today
“Today”: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Stockard Channing (“Twilight”); home furnishings; director Curtis Hanson (“L.A. Confidential”), 5 a.m. (4)(39).
“Evans & Novak”: Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.
“Reliable Sources”: Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio; Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, 7:30 a.m. CNN.
“Capital Gang”: Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York, 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.
“Larry King Weekend”: Susan McDougal, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.
“McLaughlin Group”: President Clinton’s second term; national educational testing; Microsoft, 6:30 p.m. (4).
Sunday
“News Conference”: Author Lou Cannon, 5:30 a.m. (4).
“Today”: Moving to a small town; actress Gloria Stuart (“Titanic”), 6 a.m. (4)(39)(36).
“Pacesetters”: HMOs; Alan Steinberg, author and medical doctor, 6 a.m. (5).
“Meet the Press”: 7 a.m. (4) (39)(36).
“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Federal judgeship approval delays; postcard from Georgia; author Stanley Karnow, 7:30 a.m. (2).
“Fox News Sunday”: Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.); Sen. Bob Torricelli (D-N.J.); Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council; Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas); Judy Sheindlin, TV host and former family court judge; Rob Reiner, actor and president of the Reiner Foundation; Ann Pleshette Murphy, editor of Parent magazine, 8 a.m. (11).
“Late Edition”: Rep. John Kasich (R-Ohio); Lanny Davis, former White House counsel; George Twerwilliger, former deputy attorney general, 9 a.m. CNN.
“Midday Sunday”: Author and psychologist Ana Nogales, 9:30 a.m. (11).
“This Week With Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts”: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan; Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), 10 a.m. (7)(42); 11 a.m. (3) (10).
“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Julian Bond, 2:30 p.m. CNN.
“Face the Nation”: Jim Fisher, Paula Jones’ attorney; Joseph DiGenova, former independent counsel; Jane Sherburne, former special counsel for Clinton, 3 p.m. (2).
“60 Minutes”: Chemical weapons in the United States; author Toni Morrison; athletes and violent crime, 7 p.m. (2)(8).