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28 WEDNESDAY MOVIE: MOMENT OF TRUTH: WHY MY DAUGHTER? (NBC, 9-11 p.m.) Soap stars from two generations-Dallas' Linda Gray and General Hospital's Antonio Sabato Jr.-come together for the fact-based story of a mother's crusade to bring her daughter's killer to justice. AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: FIRES IN THE MIRROR (PBS, 9-10:30 p.m.) See review on page 44.
29 THURSDAY SEINFELD (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.) A repeat of ''The Contest'' (a.k.a. the Masturbation Episode). If you missed it the first time, you now have no excuse. If you saw it, tape it-this is the '90s' ''Chuckles Bites the Dust,'' the new standard by which all other sitcom episodes will be judged.
PICKET FENCES (CBS, 10-11 p.m.) Teenager Kimberly (Holly Marie Combs) experiments with her sexuality by kissing a female friend; Max (Lauren Holly) and Kenny (Costas Mandylor) compete for the job of undersheriff.
30 FRIDAY MOVIE: PERRY MASON: THE CASE OF THE POISON PEN (NBC, 9-11 p.m.) The week's first dose of Raymond Burr comes via a rerun of this 1990 whodunit set at a mystery writers' convention. Guest stars include Cindy Williams (fan crisis: her sitcom Getting By airs opposite Perry on ABC) and two Hill Street Blues vets, Barbara Babcock and the late Kiel Martin.
1 SATURDAY BROOKLYN BRIDGE (CBS, 9:30-10 p.m.) Alan (Danny Gerard) screws up the courage to ask a girl to accompany him to his first high school dance in this episode directed by Saturday Night Live alum Brad Hall (better known to Seinfeld fanatics as Mr. Julia Louis-Dreyfus).
2 SUNDAY ROC (Fox, 8:30-9 p.m.) The first part of the live sitcom's two-part season finale features guests En Vogue, Tone L-oc, and Heavy D. In next week's conclusion, Roc (Charles S. Dutton) falls under suspicion in the murder of a drug dealer and Cheers' Kelsey Grammer will appear as a detective.
MOVIES: FRIED GREEN TOMATOES/TOTAL RECALL (NBC/ABC, 9-11 p.m.) Expect a battle of the sexes-for the remote-when the Kathy Bates-Jessica Tandy feminist weeper airs opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger's high-testosterone sci-fi gorefest.
MOVIE: BLIND SPOT (CBS, 9-11 p.m.) See review on page 44.
3 MONDAY MAX OUT (ESPN, 6-6:30 p.m.) ''Extreme sports'' (sky surfing, dirt skiing) are set to a rock-and-rap soundtrack in this new weekday series. Kind of like MTV Sports, but without Dan Cortese's in-your-face shtick.
MOVIE: MURDER IN THE HEARTLAND (ABC, 9-11 p.m.; concludes May 4, same time) See review on page 42.
DANCING (PBS, 9-11 p.m.) The first two hours of an eight-hour documentary series exploring the dance world visit ballet star Jacques d'Amboise, Russian dancer Irek Mukhamedov, and Dutch choreographer Wim Vandekeybus.
MOVIE: BLACK WIDOW MURDERS: THE BLANCHE TAYLOR MOORE STORY (NBC, 9-11 p.m.) Bewitched's Elizabeth Montgomery stars in this drama as a real-life witch who kills two men with arsenic.
NORTHERN CIRCLE: THE DIRT BAND PLAYS ALASKA (TNN, 10-11 p.m.) The Grammy- winning country band tours the 49th state and plays ''Mr. Bojangles'' and ''Will the Circle Be Unbroken.'' Who scheduled this against Northern Exposure?
