Economy, Middle East Peace on the Agenda

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

Today

“Today”: Women in the workplace; obsessive-compulsive behavior; bicycles; Bill Paxton, 5 a.m. (4).

“Evans & Novak”: Rep. Richard Armey (R-Texas), 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday, 7 a.m. CNN.

“Saturday Journal”: 7 a.m. C-SPAN.

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: The future of the Middle East peace process, 2:30 p.m. (28).

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: Black and Jewish interactions, 3:30 p.m. (28).

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Jack Kemp, Empower America, 3:30 p.m.

“Capital Gang Saturday”: Rep. David Dreier (R-San Dimas), 4 and 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr.; James Earl Ray; William Pepper, lawyer for Ray, 6 and 11 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: The economy, the Middle East, chemical weapons, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Men and stress; musical group Spice Girls; lighthouse inns, 6 a.m. (4)(36).

“Meet the Press”: Rep. John Kasich (R-Ohio), Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam, budget and spending cuts, race problems in America, 7 a.m. (4)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Jewish community in Poland; cow photographer; tractor expert; Cartier exhibit; jazz pianist Jimmy Amadie, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Reliable Sources”: Media coverage of Israel; Ellen DeGeneres on the cover of Time magazine, 7:30 a.m. CNN.

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

“Face the Nation”: Rep. Richard Armey (R-Texas), former presidential candidate Steve Forbes, 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Sen. Donald Nickles (R-Okla.), 9 a.m. CNN.

“This Week”: Franklin Raines, director of OMB, Sens. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), John Breaux (D-La.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), 10 a.m. (7); 11:30 a.m. (3)(42).

“Life & Times”: Constance Rice, NAACP legal defense fund, Manny Clausner, Prop. 209 campaign, Erwin Chemerinsky, USC Law School professor, 10:30 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Michael Carvin, Center for Individual Rights; Anita Blair, Independent Women’s Forum; Patricia Ireland, NOW, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“Crossfire Sunday”: Rep. Gary Condit (D-Ceres), Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform, 4:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Organ donation protocol; professor Peter Gomes, Harvard University; the Texaco tapes, 7 p.m. (2).