The Week at a Glance

Stalin
(See review.)

Movie: Pretty in Pink
From John Hughes' teen-grief assembly line: Poor Molly Ringwald, rich Andrew McCarthy, and jerky Jon Cryer attend high school together, but only two can find true love at the big dance. Paper-thin, but often funny. NBC (9-11 p.m.) B

Comic Relief '90
For quicker relief: a two-hour version of the five-hour fund-raiser for America's homeless, with Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, and Whoopi Goldberg presiding. HBO (10 p.m.-midnight)

29/TUESDAY
The Wonder Years
More romantic trouble for the boy wonder: A school dance is coming up, and Kevin is interested in one girl too many. ABC (8:30-9 p.m.)

thirtysomething
A date with despair: In a repeat of one of this season's lighter episodes, Ellyn (Polly Draper) and Melissa (Melanie Mayron) make their screen debuts as members of a video-dating service and discover that two good men are hard to find. ABC (10-11 p.m.)

30/Wednesday
Rolling Stones: The Steel Wheels Concert
(See review.)

American Playhouse: The Silence at Bethany
Returning to his roots in a Mennonite farming community in Pennsylvania, a young man begins work as a preacher and finds his values in conflict with the town's. First shown in 1989. PBS (9-10:30 p.m.)

Heroes and Strangers
(See review.)

31/THURSDAY
Seinfeld
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld's skewed vision of urban life comes to TV in a half- hour comedy series beginning a four-week trial run. NBC (9:30-10 p.m.)