New and/or Notable On TV

Thursday, July 22

Evening at Pops with Audra McDonald, three time Tony Award-winning singer performs numbers by new Broadway composers, as well as selections from her own CD, "Way Back to Paradise." 8 p.m., KCET.

Mary Jane Colter: House Made of Dawn, a chronicle of the life and career of a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, 10 p.m., KCET
Mystery! Touching Evil, 9 p.m. KCET

"Fried Green Tomatoes." Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy in the uplifting tear-jerker, 9 p.m., USA.

"History of the World, Part I." Dom Deluise and others make 'em laugh in this Mel Brooks gem, 8 p.m., COM.

Friday, July 23

Total Request Live: From Woodstock. A backstage pass to the summer concert throughout the weekend, 3 p.m., MTV.

Baseball: Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks, 7 p.m., KTLA.

Berkeley Square continues with two more episodes, featuring thosehard-working nannies, 9 p.m., KCET.

"River of No Return," with Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe, 9 p.m., AMC.

"What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" Johnnie Depp, and a then relatively unknown Leonardo DiCaprio, 7 p.m., FAM.

Saturday, July 24

WNBA Basketball—New York Liberty at Los Angeles Sparks, 1 p.m., NBC.

A Katherine Hepburn double feature: "Stage Door," at 9 p.m., followed with "Summer Stock," at 10:30 p.m., KCET.

"Meet John Doe," the Frank Capra tear-jerker that stars Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper, 8 p.m., KLCS.

George C. Scott is "Patton," 9 p.m., TBS.

A James Coburn double feature: "Our Man Flint," at 3 p.m. and "In Like Flint," at 5 p.m., AMC.

Sunday, July 25

Earth, Wind and Fire "Live By Request," 7:30 p.m., A&E.

Masterpiece Theater presents, "Far From the Madding Crowd," 9 p.m., KCET.

Inside the Actor's Studio, featuring Shirley Maclaine, 9 p.m., Bravo.

"High Plains Drifter," starring Clint Eastwood, 9:30 p.m., TBS.

Monday, July 26

"Carnal Knowledge," the Mike Nichols masterpiece, starring Jack Nicholson in his prime, also stars Candice Bergen, Ann-Margret, and Art Garfunkle, 8 p.m., Bravo.

Frank Lloyd Wright documentary, by Ken Burns, 9 p.m., KCET.

Tuesday, July 27

"Life of Birds," Richard Attenborough's intimate look at our ancient, feathered friends, 9 p.m., KCET.

"Contempt," Jean-Luc Godard's perversely funny look at international movie making, starring Brigitte Bardot, 8:15, IFC.

Wednesday, July 28

"The Manchurian Candidate," John Frankenheimer's heavy-hitter, starring Frank Sinatra and Janet Leigh, 7:30 p.m. , AMC.

"Carrie,"starring Sissy Spacek, directed by Brian De Palma, 8 p.m., TNT.