S E R I E S

On Homicide: Life on the Street (10 p.m. Fri., NBC), the shooting of Luther Mahoney weighs heavily on Kellerman and Lewis. 20/20 (10 p.m. Fri., ABC) investigates the effectiveness of sunscreen lotions. Did you hear the one about the bored housewife (Rosanna Arquette), the hot tempered spouse, the terrorist and the blocked writer (Peter Horton)? That's the lineup for a so-lame-it's-funny episode of Gun (10 p.m. Sat., ABC). On The Simpsons (8 p.m. Sun., Fox), Bart buys an abandoned factory for a dollar at an auction.

S P O R T S

NHL Playoffs: quarterfinals (7:30 p.m. Sat., ESPN; 2 p.m. Sun., Fox).

Baseball: Marlins at Astros (8 p.m. Sun., ESPN).

Kentucky Derby (4:30 p.m. Sat., ABC).

NBA Playoffs: Hawks at Pistons (8 p.m. Fri., TNT); Lakers at Blazers (10:30 p.m. Fri., TNT).

T A L K

On the Friday talk shows, Larry King (CNN) talks with Cal Ripken Jr.; Roseanne and Chuck Berry guest on David Letterman (CBS); Jay Leno (NBC) welcomes Jenny McCarthy; French Stewart and Kate Mulgrew are panelists on Politically Incorrect (ABC); Joey Lauren Adams appears on Conan O'Brien (NBC).

S P E C I A L S

The many moods of Tom Cruise: Mission Impossible (8 p.m. Sat., HBO) has its cable premiere, while the 1994 adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (9 p.m. Sat., NBC) makes its network bow.

Forrest Gump (8 p.m. Sun., ABC) also has its first network showing. Tom Hanks plays the guy with the knack for being in the right place at the right time. With Sally Field, Gary Sinise and Robin Wright. The repeat airing of the miniseries The Buccaneers (9 p.m. Sun., PBS) continues. Carla Gugino and Alison Elliott star in this adaptation of Edith Wharton's unfinished novel. Rocks from outer space set off a mysterious epidemic in the two-part miniseries Robin Cook's Invasion (9 p.m. Sun., NBC).
May 2, 1997

All times are EDT. Check local listings.

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