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Movie: CBS gets the jump on NBC with "Honor Thy Mother" (1992), a ★★ TV-dramatization of a North Carolina murder case from the recent past that's also the subject of NBC's "Cruel Doubt," a two-parter airing next month.

Just in time for Mother's Day, CBS unreels Mom Knows Best, a tribute to sitcom motherhood that uses clips and interviews as it takes a lighthearted look at the lives of TV moms. Phylicia Rashad of The Cosby Show hosts the hour.

SUNDAY, MAY 17 9-11PM/NBC (8-10PM Central/Mountain) "CRUEL DOUBT" (PART 1) (1992). Blythe Danner and Ed Asner star in a fact-based, four-hour mini-series based on the best-seller by Joe McGuinniss. A Family is ripped apart in the aftermath of a father's murder and the near-fatal attack on his wife. As she struggles to recover physically, the mother is psychologically torn by mounting evidence that the killer is someone very close to her. Part 2 is scheduled to air: Tuesday, May 19.

Movie: CBS gets the jump on NBC with "Honor Thy Mother" (1992), a ★★ TV-dramatization of a North Carolina murder case from the recent past that's also the subject of NBC's "Cruel Doubt," a two-parter airing next month.

Just in time for Mother's Day, CBS unreels Mom Knows Best, a tribute to sitcom motherhood that uses clips and interviews as it takes a lighthearted look at the lives of TV moms. Phylicia Rashad of The Cosby Show hosts the hour.

SUNDAY, MAY 17 9-11PM/NBC (8-10PM Central/Mountain) "CRUEL DOUBT" (PART 1) (1992). Blythe Danner and Ed Asner star in a fact-based, four-hour mini-series based on the best-seller by Joe McGuinness. A Family is ripped apart in the aftermath of a father's murder and the near-fatal attack on his wife. As she struggles to recover physically, the mother is psychologically torn by mounting evidence that the killer is someone very close to her. Part 2 is scheduled to air: Tuesday, May 19.