Television

Ron Koslow, creator of "Beauty and the Beast," the new CBS television series that modernizes the fable and sets it in the tunnels of the New York City subway system.

TV Critic David Bianculli will continue his preview of the fall television season.

Actor Danny Glover. He stared with Mel Gibson in "Lethal Weapon," and appeared in "Places in the Heart" and "The Color Purple." He stared over the summer in the Broadway presentation of Athol Fugard's "Master Harold and the Boys." He can been seen on television this Sunday night in "Mandela," an HBO presentation.

On the anniversary of soprano Maria Callas' death, classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz will review two new video cassettes of televised performances Callas gave in Hamburg, Germany in 1959 and 1962.

TV Critic David Bianculli will review the shows that are sneaking in to the schedule before the official start of the fall television season.

TV Critic David Bianculli will review the new NBC show "Private Eye," produced by the original creators of "Crime Story."

Critic-at-Large Laurie Stone discusses soap operas, why she loves them, why she hates them.

Alex Trebek, host of the game show "Jeopardy."

Guest commentator David Marc will tackle the argument that television is to blame for the decline in reading.

TV critic David Bianculli isn't sure how best to describe PBS's show Alive from Off Center, which features music, dance, and performance art--but little dialog. He recommends an upcoming episode about composer Meredith Monk called Ellis Island.