Carolyn McGuire

In the beginning, circa 1959, there was one. ''Gidget,'' that is, starring Sandra Dee as the perky teenager who romped with surfers ''Moondoggie'' (played by James Darren) and ''Kahoona'' (Cliff...

One of ''St. Elsewhere`s'' best shows--certainly, one of its most unusual --from last season gets a repeat at 9 p.m. Wednesday on NBC-Ch. 5. Some of the St. Eligius staff...

Suzanne Somers, last seen this spring in ''Hollywood Wives,'' returns to TV in a sitcom pilot, ''Goodbye, Charlie'' at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on ABC-Ch. 7. The show is about Charlie...

Chicago TV personalities, reporters, writers, directors and producers will be strutting their stuff at ''The 1985 Chicago Emmy Awards'' at 8:30 p.m. Monday on WBBM-Ch. 2. McLean Stevenson (''M+A+S+H'') is...

NBC`s new darlings are turning out to be two guys named Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, the tough-talking but sensitive detectives on hot-hot ''Miami Vice'' at 9 p.m. Fridays on...

The queen of the celebrity interview, Barbara Walters, returns to prime time with three profiles. Raquel Welch, Diahann Carroll and Cher open their egos on ''The Barbara Walters Special'' at...

Another dual-role film follows on the heels of Stefanie Powers as loving twin sisters in ''Deceptions.'' But, unlike that presentation, ''Brotherly Love,'' at 8:30 p.m. on CBS-Ch. 2, concerns a...

The battle started on Feb. 19, 1945, on a tiny Pacific island called Iwo Jima. More than 70,000 U.S. marines landed to fight 21,000 Japanese for possession of the Japanese-owned...

`Blade in Hong Kong,'' at 8 p.m. Wednesday on CBS-Ch. 2, sounds a little like it was inspired by ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.'' In both movies, a...

)pera superstar Placido Domingo shows a different side to his talents in an hour-long pop music special at 9 p.m. Tuesday on ABC-Ch. 7. His leading ladies of the opera...