‘Evans & Novak’ Looks Back Over 15 Years

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

Today

“Evans & Novak”: A 15th anniversary retrospective, 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday 7 a.m. CNN.

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: Chinese military expert Michael Pillsbury; Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy, 2:30 p.m. (28).

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: Name-calling, racism, 3:30 p.m. (28).

“Capital Gang”: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), 4 p.m., 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: Jiang Zernin’s visit to the U.S., 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Correcting nearsightedness with laser surgery, 6 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“Temas y Debates”: Rep. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove), analyst and consultant for the Republican Party Roberto de Posada; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson, 7 a.m. KMEX-TV (Channel 34).

“Meet the Press”: Sen. Trent Lott (R-Mass.), Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), former Sen. Bob Dole, Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.), House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), Ross Perot, 7 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Composer Hannibal Lukumbe; third-generation rural mail carrier; the Ganz Picasso collection; poet Julia Alvarez, 7:30 a.m. (2)(8).

“Face the Nation”: Abby Cohen, Goldman, Sachs, & Co.; Peter Lynch, Fidelity Management and Research Co.; Charles Clough, Merrill Lynch; New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso; Thomas Friedman, New York Times; Gloria Gorger, U.S. News & Report, 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Ross Perot; Stephen Jones, former attorney for Timothy McVeigh, 9 a.m. CNN.

“Bob Navarro’s Journal”: L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina; Los Angeles City Atty. James Hahn; L.A. City Council members Ruth Galanter, Richard Alarcon, 9:30 a.m. (2).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Jerry Falwell, Liberty University; E.J. Dionne, Brookings Institute; Republican pollster Frank Luntz, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: A Washington charter school faces closure; singer Thomas Qwasthoff; electronic monitoring devices, 7 p.m. (2)(8).