S P E C I A L S

Oprah Winfrey hosts About Us: The Dignity of Children (8 p.m. Saturday, ABC), which recounts kids' tales of triumph over traumatic childhoods. A Gala for the President at Ford's Theatre (10 p.m. Saturday, ABC) has Natalie Cole, Bill Maher and Gregory Hines entertaining a Washington, D.C., audience that includes the Clintons. Also on the bill: actor Kevin Spacey ("The Usual Suspects"), who is scheduled to pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln. Keyser Soze, Honest Abe; Honest Abe, Keyser Soze ... John-Boy and his posse return for the holiday-themed TV movie A Walton Easter (9 p.m. Sunday, CBS). And, in the battle of the religious epics, it's Charlton Heston in both corners, starring in William Wyler's 1959 spectacular Ben-Hur (8 p.m. Sunday, TNT) and Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 lollapalooza The Ten Commandments (8 p.m. Sunday, ABC) (hmmm, is it Passover yet?).

S P O R T S

The NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament winds down with the semifinals on Friday (7 p.m., ESPN) and the championship game on Sunday (8:30 p.m., ESPN). The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament continues with the semifinals (5:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS). For NBA action, it's the Pacers at the Hornets (8 p.m. Friday, TNT) and the Knicks at the Magic (12:30 p.m. Sunday, NBC).

S E R I E S

Frank Black surfs the Net to find a mad doctor dispensing mind-altering drugs on Millennium (9 p.m. Friday, Fox). Declassified Oval Office tapes made by FDR, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon are unspooled on Investigative Reports (9 p.m. Saturday, A&E). On Dateline NBC (7 p.m. Sunday, NBC), John Hockenberry travels to Germany with Daniel Goldhagen, author of "Hitler's Willing Executioners."

T A L K

Marlon Wayans and the Cardigans guest on David Letterman (Friday, CBS); Vincent Bugliosi talks about (what else?) O.J. Simpson on Dennis Miller Live (Friday, HBO); a Jay Leno (Friday, NBC) rerun features Chris Farley and Shannen Doherty; panelists on Politically Incorrect (Friday, ABC) include Keenen Ivory Wayans and economist Julianne Malveaux.

M O S T ..C R E A T I V E ..H O L I D A Y ..P R O G R A M M I N G

The 1972 drive-in gem Night of the Lepus (12:30 a.m. Monday, TNT), starring Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh and DeForest Kelley. Giant savage bunnies attack Arizona. Happy Easter!
March 27, 1997

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