Television

Don Novello, a.k.a Father Guido Sarducci, the Vatican gossip columnist of "Saturday Night Live" fame.

Television Critic David Bianculli previews the new PBS comedy series titled "Trying Times."

Television Critic David Bianculli reviews "Star Trek: The Next Generation," the syndicated series that features an entirely new cast of voyagers.

Betty White, longtime television actress. She currently stars in the NBC series "The Golden Girls."

Critic-at-Large Laurie Stone will discuss the interaction between women and hairy monsters as seen in the new television shows "Werewolf," and "Beauty and the Beast."

Actor Stephen Furst, who played Flounder in the hit movie "Animal House." Television audiences will know him as Elliot Axelrod, the insecure doctor in "St. Elsewhere."

TV Critic David Bianculli will preview the new ABC series "thirtysomething."

Peter Wagg, Executive Producer and co-creator of the "Max Headroom" television series. He first developed the character of Max in 1985 as a host between rock video segments on Britain's Channel 4.

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.

Ralph Bakshi, who did the animation work for the cult hits "Fritz The Cat," and "Heavy Traffic." He's turned his attention away from animation to concentrate on oil painting.

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.

Syndicated cartoonist Matt Groening. His strip, titled "Life in Hell," appears in alternative papers around the country. His animated characters (rabbits) also appear on TV's "The Tracey Ullman Show."

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.

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.