The Elections, Hurricane Mitch and the Latino Vote

Today

“Today”: Homemade bubble gum; Holly Hunter; car-buying advice for women; women’s winter coats, 5 a.m. KNBC.

“Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields”: Rep. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), 2:30 p.m.; repeats Sunday, 8 a.m. CNN.

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: New information about Thomas Jefferson, 2:30 p.m. KCET.

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: Job skills for the new millennium, 3:30 p.m. KCET.

“Reliable Sources”: Jodi Allen, Slate Magazine; Richard Reeves, journalist-historian, 3:30 p.m. CNN.

“Capital Gang”: Paul Begala, counselor to the president, 4 p.m., 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Profile of Frank Gifford, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: Elections; the Republican Party, 6:30 p.m., KNBC.

Sunday

“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: Author Cecil Heftle; author William Cohen; newly reelected State Sen. Richard Polanco, 5:30 a.m. KCBS.

“News Conference”: L.A. County Sheriff-elect Lee Baca, 5:30 a.m. KNBC.

“Today”: Annette Bening; Big Apple Circus performs on the plaza, 6 a.m. KNBC.

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Hurricane Mitch; classical music; artist Daniel Brush; Persian Gulf, 6 a.m. KCBS.

“Pacesetters”: Musicians Ron Shy, Moses Armstrong, Preston Epps, Larry North, 6 a.m. KTLA.

“Face the Nation”: Rep. Chris Cox (R-Calif.); Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.); Rep. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Sen.-elect John Edwards (D-N.C), 7:30 a.m. KCBS.

“Meet the Press”: Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.); Rep. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Rep. Steve Largent (R-Okla.); Rep. David McIntosh (R-Ind.); Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.); Gov.-elect Jesse Ventura (R-Minn.); Sen.-elect Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.); Sen.-elect Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), 7 a.m. KNBC.

“Late Edition”: Jack Kemp, co-chair, Empower America; Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.,); Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.); Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.); Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.); Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), 9 a.m. CNN.

“Fox News Sunday”: New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; Democratic National Committee Chairman Roy Romer; Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.); Rep. Rick Lazio (R-N.Y.); Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.); Rep. Steve Largent (R-Okla.), 8 a.m. KTTV.

“Contrapunto”: The effect the Latino vote had on the Nov. 3 elections, 9:30 a.m. KVEA.

“Religion & Ethics Newsweekly”: Reports on the Christian Coalition’s failure to galvanize voters across the country; report on Billy Graham and his influence; visit to the Peace Abbey of Sherborn, Mass., a Pacifist sanctuary, 10 a.m. KCET.

“This Week With Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts”: Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio); Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.); Minnesota Gov.-elect Jesse Ventura, 10 a.m. KABC.

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Historian Stephen Ambrose; Dorothy Westerinen, Sally Hemings descendant; Robert Golden, president, Thomas Woodson Family Assn., 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“CNN Newsstand”: Photographic essay on the Dalai Lama, 7 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Smoking and impotence; artist Fernando Botero; Panama Canal, 7 p.m. KCBS.

“California CapitalWeek”: Professor Susan Rasky; consultant to the California Democratic Party Dario Frommer; advisor to the Republican Party Dan Schnur, 9 p.m. KLCS.