Independent Counsel, Impeachment, Iraq

Here’s the rundown on guests and topics for the weekend’s public-affairs programs:

Today

“Today”: Race-car driving school; low-fat holiday foods; Thanksgiving recipes; skating performance of “The Little Mermaid,” 5 a.m. KNBC.

“Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields”: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: Private records, 2:30 p.m. KCET.

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: The Black Summit of 1972, 3:30 p.m. KCET.

“Reliable Sources”: Linda Douglas, ABC; Jim Warren, Chicago Tribune; Kathy Kiely, USA Today, 3:30 p.m. CNN.

“Capital Gang”: Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.), 4 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Danny DeVito, actor; Edward Norton, actor; Bert Fields, author-attorney, 6 p.m. CNN.

Sunday

“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: Gregory Rodriguez, Pepperdine University; Joe Hicks, director of Los Angeles city Human Relations Commission, 5:30 a.m. KCBS.

“Today”: Women entering the corporate world; co-author Ronna Lichtenberg (“Work Would Be Great If It Weren’t for the People”); shopping on the Internet, 6 a.m. KNBC.

“Pacesetters”: Ulis Williams, president of Compton College; Larry Adamson, president of the Midnight Mission; Barry Liss, former client of mission, 6 a.m. KTLA.

“Meet the Press”: Walter Cronkite; Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.); Charles Bakaly, chief spokesman for independent counsel’s office; Gregory Craig, special counselor to President Clinton; Doris Kerns Goodwin, presidential historian, 7 a.m. KNBC.

“Face the Nation”: Rep. Mary Bono (R-Calif.); Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.); Rep. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.); Paul Begala, counselor to the president, 7:30 a.m. KCBS.

“Late Edition”: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.); Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Fla.); Michael Zeldin, former independent counsel; Richard Thornburgh, former attorney general, 9 a.m. CNN.

“Contrapunto”: Pedro Pulgar, business editor of La Opinion, 9:30 a.m. KVEA.

“Religion & Ethics Newsweekly”: Impeachment; Catholic Bishops Conference; preview of hymn “The Storm Came to Honduras,” 10 a.m. KCET.

“This Week With Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts”: Charles Bakaly, counselor and chief spokesman for independent counsel Kenneth Starr; Rep. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Rep. Marty Meeham (D-Mass.); Rahm Emanuel, former senior advisor to President Clinton, 10 a.m. KABC.

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Ron Walters, political analyst; Jack Burkman, GOP strategist, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Iraqi defector discusses U.N. sanctions and Saddam Hussein, 7 p.m. KCBS.