Lou Gehrig’s Disease; Market Analysis

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

Today

“Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields”: White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday 8 a.m. CNN.

“Contrapunto”: Financial expert Ivan Gonzalez discusses the stock market, 8 a.m. (KVEA 52).

“To the Contrary”: Job relocation; high-tech industry; unions, 1 p.m. (28).

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: 1:30 p.m. (28).

“Firing Line”: Human rights in China, 2 p.m. (28).

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: Authors Herbert Harris and George Fraser, 2:30 p.m. (28).

“Reliable Sources”: Ron Insana, CNBC; Jeff Birnbaum, Fortune; Karen Tumulty, Time; Don Lambro, Washington Times, 3:30 p.m. CNN.

“Capital Gang”: Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: Michael Zaslow of “One Life to Live,” discussing Lou Gehrig’s disease, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Sunday Journal”: 5 a.m. C-SPAN.

“Today”: Advice for mothers who give all of their time to their kids; a guide to succeeding at office politics, 6 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“Meet the Press”: Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), 7 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Profile of singer Jewel; a 77-year-old female welder; baseball’s home run race, 6 a.m. (2).

“Fox News Sunday”: 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.); Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas); financial analyst Abby J. Cohen of Goldman, Sachs & Co.; financial writer Andrew Tobias, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: John Maxwell, director of Canadian air investigations; U.S. Reps. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), Paul McHale (D-Pa.) and Robert Wexler (D-Fla.); White House Communications Director Ann Lewis, 9 a.m. CNN.

“Religion & Ethics Newsweekly”: The top 25 religious figures of the 20th century, 10 a.m. (28).

“This Week With Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts”: Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), former Rep. Peter Rodino (D-N.J.), 10 a.m. (7).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Repeat stories about comic Chris Rock, managed health care and a libel suit against the tabloid newspaper the Globe, 7 p.m. (2)(8).

“Dateline NBC”: A man arrested for drug possession claims he grew it for medicinal use; a report on the crash of Swissair Flight 111, 8 p.m. (4).

“California Capitol Week”: The U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer and Republican State Treasurer Matt Fong, 9 p.m. (KLCS 58).