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2: Comedian BRETT BUTLER had an abusive marriage before getting on stage with her comedy act. She is now the star of the sitcom "Grace Under Fire," one of the top rated shows of the season. Her character is a single mother with three kids, and, like BUTLER, is divorced from an abusive husband.

ANG LEE is the co-writer and director of the new movie, "Eat Drink Man Woman." The movie looks at sex and food as the two main things that create and maintain families. The film centers on Taiwan's leading chef and his disappointments-- both in his career as a chef, and in his attempts to raise his three daughters. The movie also examines his daughters' relationships to food and sex. LEE is the director of "The Wedding Banquet," a movie about a love triangle between an American man, a Chinese woman and, a Chinese-American man. "The Wedding Banquet" won the Golden Bear award. REV. : Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews two new Spike Jones reissues-- "The Spike Jones Anthology" (Rhino), and "Spiked!" (Catalyst).

2: PAUL RUDNICK is a essayist, novelist, and playwright. His latest play off-Broadway is a comedy about AIDS, "Jeffrey," about a man who swears off love and sex. RUDNICK also wrote the Broadway play, "I Hate Hamlet," about John Barrymore's ghost. And he writes a column in Premiere, "If You Ask Me," in which he writes in the voice of a quintessential Jewish mother who critiques movie stars' personal lives more than their acting (Rebroadcast from 4/8/93). RUDNICK also wrote the screenplay for the movie "Addams Family Values," starring Angelica Houston and Raul Julia.

2: Interview with DR. CHRIS GIANNOU, continued. GIANNOU is a Canadian citizen. He's spent over 12 years working in some of the most difficult, dangerous conditions. Besides working in Beirut and Somolia, GIANNOU has also worked in Cambodia.

REVEREND JOHNNY RAY YOUNGBLOOD. He's the leader of St. Paul Community Baptist Church in one of Brooklyn's poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods. YOUNGBLOOD came to the church and turned it around from a dying institution, to a thriving center for religious and community activity. The church has created a school, and through innovative programs, brought young black men back into the church. St. Paul's has also (as part of a coalition with other churches) built housing in the area and replaced brothels and numbers joints. "Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church" by Samuel G. Freedman (published by HarperCollins) is about REV. YOUNGBLOOD and St. Paul's. (REBROADCAST/ Originally aired 2

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD fills in for film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF and reviews the new movie, "I''ll Do Anything," starring Nick Nolte.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the "last" big summer film, the one with Arnold Schwarzenegger: "The Last Action Hero".

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews two tribute concert specials airing this weekend on PBS. One to honor Bob Dylan, the other for Stephen Sondheim.

JAMES CARVILLE was President Clinton's chief strategist in the 1992 election. MARY MATALIN was a top political aide to George Bush. They dated during the campaign and are now married. They've just written a book together, "All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President," (Random House/Simon & Schuster) that tells the story of their romance and the campaigns.

critic DAVID BIANCULLI previews producer KEN BURNS new nine-part documentary series, "BASEBALL.": Critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews the new Robert Redford film "QUIZ SHOW."