‘Cleopatra,’ ‘Mrs. Pollifax’ and ‘Dr. Quinn’ Top May Movie List

The final weekend of May sweeps features movies starring such favorites as Angela Lansbury, Jane Seymour and Cicely Tyson, ABC’s big “Cleopatra” four-hour drama and the network premiere of the blockbuster “Independence Day.”

Barbra Streisand and Cis Corman are the executive producers of the 1998 documentary “City at Peace,” tonight at 7:30 on HBO. The 90-minute film profiles several of the 60 Washington, D.C., area teenagers from all walks of life who created a musical based on their personal experiences and problems.

Lansbury stars as a New Jersey widow who, because of mistaken identity, becomes a CIA spy in the lighthearted mystery “The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax,” tonight at 9 on CBS.

Seymour and Joe Lando star in the CBS movie “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: The Movie,” Saturday at 8 p.m. This time, Dr. Mike and Sully search for their kidnapped daughter.

Don Cheadle, Mekhi Phifer, Cicely Tyson and Irma P. Hall star in HBO’s “A Lesson Before Dying,” Saturday at 9:30 p.m. Based on Ernest J. Gaines’ novel, the drama deals with a Louisiana teacher who helps an innocent young man die with dignity.

Leonor Varela, Timothy Dalton and Billy Zane star in ABC’s lavish four-hour historical spectacle about the Queen of the Nile, “Cleopatra,” Sunday at 9 p.m. The conclusion airs Monday at 9 p.m.

Series

Monica and Chandler may tie the knot in Las Vegas in the one-hour “Friends” season cliffhanger, tonight at 8 on NBC.

Daphne loses something valuable from her boyfriend and Frasier calls Faye by the wrong name on the sixth-season conclusion of NBC’s “Frasier,” tonight at 9.

The fifth-season finale of NBC’s “ER,” tonight at 10, finds Benton learning that just-married Carla may take their son to Germany.

NBC’s surprise midseason hit “Providence,” Friday at 8 p.m., concludes its first season as Syd reunites with her ex-beau Kyle.

The bewitching Sabrina discovers the family secret in the third-season finale of ABC’s “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” Friday at 9 p.m.

The third-season finale of Fox’s “Millennium,” Friday at 9 p.m., finds Frank’s standing at the FBI is undermined by the Millennium Group.

NBC’s “Homicide: Life on the Street,” Friday at 10 p.m., signs off for the season with an installment in which the Internet murder suspect may be released.

“The Pretender” offers a new episode, before its season finale, Saturday beginning at 8 p.m. on NBC. George Lanzenby guests as Jarod’s father.

Specials

Pamela Anderson Lee and Damon Wayans host ABC’s “The 1999 World Music Awards,” tonight at 8. The two-hour special from Monte Carlo recognizes top-selling recording artists.

Stacy Keach narrates ABC’s “Run for Cover,” a documentary on photographers who risk their lives to get the perfect shot, tonight at 10.