John Scofield Strikes a Balance Between Jazz and Rock.

Film director Carl Reiner. He was a writer and appeared in "Sid Caesar's Show of Shows." He's best-known to baby boomer audiences as the creator and writer of "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He also staged several Broadway plays, including "Enter Laughing," which is based on his novel and which he later adapted to the screen. Since then, he has concentrated on film direction, specifically comedies.

Classical pianist Richard Goode. Goode studied with Rudolph Serkin and is founding member of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. His album of duets with clarinetist Richard Stolzman won a grammy in 1983. Five years ago, Goode was approached by the Book of the Month Club about recording all 32 Beethoven Piano sonatas. He is now nearing the end of the project. (Rebroadcast. Originally broadcast on Wednesday, February 15, 1989.)

Television Critic David Bianculli previews two new shows on ABC that debut this Tuesday night (September 12). "Chicken Soup" is a sitcom about a middle-aged Jewish man and Catholic woman who fall in love, in spite of their differences and in spite of his meddlesome mother. "Chicken Soup" stars comic Jackie Mason and actress Lynne Redgrave. "Life Goes On" is a drama about how a family deals with a child with Down Syndrome. Patti Lupone stars as the mother, Bill Smitrovich as the father.