Carolyn McGuire

NBC will try an interesting experiment, two doses of the ''Today'' show gang Monday. Hosts Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley, weatherman Willard Scott and other regulars will show up in...

More than 20 stars appear in a three-hour musical salute, ''Best of Broadway,'' a ''Great Performances'' special at 8 p.m. Friday on WTTW-Ch. 11. Many of the entertainers performed the...

Seems like every other TV show is incorporating music videos in its format. The prime mover is NBC`s ''Miami Vice.'' Next season, two new ABC series, ''The Insiders'' and ''Hollywood...

Like the Amish, the Shakers were known as the ''plain people.'' They practiced an almost monastic existence--men and women separated from each other, even in religious worship. Celibacy was a...

Stevie Wonder shows up for the premiere of ''The Motown Revue Starring Smokey Robinson'' at 8 p.m. Friday on NBC-Ch. 5. It`s the first of five musical-variety shows for Robinson,...

Government paranoia is the underlying theme of ''D-5-B: Steel Collar Man,'' an hour sitcom at 7 p.m. Wednesday on CBS-Ch. 2. It was written by Dave Thomas, a former member...

Forty years ago today, American bombers dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing and maiming thousands of people. At 7 p.m. Tuesday WTTW-Ch. 11 will present ''Hiroshima Remembered,'' a...

Mike Farrell gives a poignant performance as President John F. Kennedy in a 90-minute special, ''JFK--A One-Man Show,'' at 8 p.m. on WTTW-Ch. 11. The show is a repeat of...

Was there too much press coverage of the recent TWA hijacking? Were reporters and anchormen too involved in the day-to-day coverage? Did the networks allow the terrorists to use TV...

WTTW-Ch. 11 begins the first of a four-part series that will focus on Chicago`s Hispanics. The reports will air on ''Chicago Tonight with John Callaway'' at 10:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. The...