WEEKEND TV : Networks Stuff Schedules With Specials for Holidays

For those who want to embrace the season, there are a bevy of holiday TV shows this weekend.

Natalie Cole, Andy Williams, Kathie Lee Gifford, Trisha Yearwood, Peabo Bryson, Lorrie Morgan and Steven Curtis Chapman perform tonight at 9 on ABC’s “A Musical Christmas at Walt Disney World,” on Channels 7, 3, 10 and 42.

Activities under the mistletoe are underscored tonight on NBC’s “Cafe Americain” (8:30 p.m., Channels 4, 36 and 39) and “Dream On” (10 p.m., HBO) and on Sunday with the Fox comedies “Townsend Television” (7 p.m.), “Martin” (8 p.m.), “Living Single” (8:30 p.m.) and “Married . . . With Children” (9 p.m.), on Channels 11 and 6.

Fred and Wilma teach a wayward boy about values on ABC’s “A Flintstone Family Christmas,” tonight at 8, followed by a toy-shop worker who unites an orphan, a childless couple and a wayward toy in “The Wish That Changed Christmas,” at 8:30 p.m.

Other weekend shows include:

Public Affairs: TODAY: “Today” features last-minute Christmas shopping by catalogue and Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor and Rip Torn (“The Larry Sanders Show”), 5 a.m. (4) 6 a.m. (36)(39). . . .

What’s ahead for Russia is the topic on “Evans and Novak,” 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

Les Aspin’s resignation as defense secretary and U.S. foreign policy are discussed on “Newsmaker Saturday,” with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser, 10:30 a.m. CNN. . . .

White House Chief of Staff Thomas McLarty discusses the Bobby Ray Inman nomination and a look ahead at 1994 on “John McLaughlin’s One on One,” 2 p.m. (28); 5:30 p.m. (15). . . .

Les Aspin’s resignation and the appointment of Bobby Ray Inman, the President’s popularity rise and the reaction to the Russian elections are the topics on “The Capital Gang,” 4 and 8:30 p.m. CNN. . . .

What Bobby Ray Inman’s appointment will mean is the topic on “The McLaughlin Group,” 4:30 p.m. (4); 5 p.m. (15). . . .

“Front Page” reports on the Menendez brothers’ trial, 9 p.m. (11)(6).

SUNDAY: Michael Jackson and the media is the topic on “Reliable Sources,” 7:30 a.m. CNN. . . .

“Meet the Press” interviews Secretary of Treasury Lloyd Bentsen, 7 a.m. (4)(39); 8 a.m. (36). . . .

“Sunday Today” features Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Naomi Judd, 6 a.m. (4)(39); 7 a.m. (36). . . .

“Sunday Morning” offers a review of Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List,” the 150th anniversary of “A Christmas Carol” and a Santa Fe program that helps Native American youths succeed, 7:30 a.m. (2); 8 a.m. (8). . . .

The district attorney’s victim-witness assistance program, which provides food and financial aid to crime victims during the holidays, is featured on “Midday Sunday,”11 a.m. (11). . . .

The Aspin resignation is discussed with guest Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on “This Week With David Brinkley,” 11:30 a.m. (7)(3), 10:30 a.m. (10)(42). . . .

Defense and national security issues will be discussed with Sen. Sam Nunn (D.-Ga.), David Martin, national security correspondent, CBS News, and Thomas Friedman, chief White House correspondent for the New York Times on “Face the Nation,” 2 p.m. (2); midnight (8). . . .

“Late Edition” looks at Bobby Ray Inman and President Clinton’s foreign policy, with Reps. Patricia Schroder (D-Colo.) and John Kasich (R-Ohio) and Robert Gates, former CIA director, 2 p.m. CNN. . . .

“60 Minutes” reports on a halfway house for convicts, a profile of Souha Arafat and a housing project that helps African American families move into predominantly white neighborhoods, 7 p.m. (2)(8).

Specials and Movies: A look at 1993 on “Life Remembers,” Sunday at 5:30 p.m. TNT.

John Ritter and Henry Winkler star in the suspense telefilm “The Only Way Out,” Sunday at 9 p.m. (7)(3)(10)(42).

While it’s set in 1951, “Scattered Dreams: The Kathy Messenger Story” is a timely tale about a wronged mother in a custody battle, starring Tyne Daly and Gerald McRaney, Sunday at 9 p.m. (2)(8).

Sports: Pro Football--Rams at Bengals, Sunday, 10 a.m. (2); Chargers at Chiefs, Sunday, 1 p.m. (4)(36)(39). . . . Pro Basketball: Lakers at Cavaliers, Sunday, 4 p.m. (9). . . . Mighty Ducks at Blackhawks, Sunday, 5:30 p.m. Prime Ticket.

For a complete list of sports events on TV, see the Section C.