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TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Good Advice," the new sitcom that stars Shelley Long, formerly of "Cheers."

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Chaplin," the new film directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Robert Downey Jr.

2: New York City transit police officer BRENDAN MCGARRY. He's been at the job for 21 years. MCGARRY wrote (also in a recent New York Times article, 10 Apr 94) about the homeless and the panhandlers on the subways, "for a transit cop, they are a tough, unpleasant, sometimes dangerous part of a sometimes thankless job." MCGARRY complains the public misunderstands them and accuses them of mistreatment. But he says they've worked hard at finding shelter and services for the subway's homeless, setting up a homeless outreach unit. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).INT 3: SISTER MARY SCULLION. She's worked with the homeless and the mentally ill for 16 years, as an advocate and a co-founder of: Women of Hope, a permanent residence and support services center for homeless mentally ill women; the Outreach Coordination Center, which coordinated the services of private and public agencies working with chronically homeless persons; and Project H.O.M.E. which provides residential and rehabilitative services to the chronically homeless. SISTER MARY was honored for her efforts with the 1992 Philadelphia Award.

Novelist BENJAMIN CHEEVER. He's written a second novel, "The Partisan," (Atheneum). It follows on the heels of his first novel, "The Plagiarist." Both books are funny novels. Of his first, one reviewer wrote, "Wit and pathos, so finely meshed they become inseparable, buoy the main events in this achingly funny first novel. . . This is a touching, entertaining debut." Ben is the son of the late writer John Cheever. In writing his novels Ben said he finally found his own voice, seperate from his father's. Ben was also the editor of "The Letters of John Cheever," published in 1988.

2: Photographer J.S. CARTIER. A native to France, CARTIER and his wife, ANNA, returned to Frace and Belguim to take photographs for their "Western Front Project." Seventy-five years after the end of the First World War, the remaining vestiges and veterans are few, and vanishing quickly. For two years the CARTIERS traveled "The Western Front," talking with villagers and veterans, and documenting the remaining traces of the war. REV.1 : T.V. critic David Bianculli reviews the seven-hour miniseries, "Return to Lonesome Dove" (CBS).

Film Critic STEPHEN SCHIFF on "Guarding Tess", starring Shirley McClaine and Nicholas Cage.

2: Actor BRIAN BENBEN is co-starring in the new movie, "Radioland Murders," as a radio scriptwriter trying to save his marriage. BENBEN also stars in "Dream On," the HBO comedy series. "The New York Times" has called his "Dream On" character "an adult Charlie Brown," with "offbeat charm."

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews Tom Hanks'' new movie "Forrest Gump

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reflects on "Homicide: Life on the Streets" on NBC.

2: Writer WALTER MOSLEY. His first book, "Devil In A Blue Dress," (Norton) is a hard-boiled detective story starring a black gumshoe up against white prejudice. MOSLEY's mysteries are loosely based on stories his father told him about black culture the 1940's. His latest book is called "A Red Death" (Thorndike). (REBROADCAST FROM 6/8/90)Mystery writer SUE GRAFTON. Her heroine, Kinsey Millhone, is a new breed of hard-boiled detective: competent and self-reliant, thirty-two years old, twice married with no kids, and currently single. The Kinsey Millhone mystery series began with "A is for Alibi" , and continues through the alphabet. GRAFTON's latest mystery is "I is for Innocent" (Fawcett). (REBROADCAST FROM 5