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TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the debut of David Letterman''s new talk show which premiered last night.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Star Trek Generations."

A session guitarist in the Los Angeles area, Mike Post was 20 years old when he played on Sonny & Cher's "I Got You, Babe." In 1967, Post produced and arranged a top 10 hit for Kenny Rogers & the First Edition: "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)." Post's TV career began at 24, when he was made the Music Director for the "Andy Williams Show." He has since composed theme music for shows including The Rockford Files (his theme won a Grammy), Magnum P.I., Hill Street Blues and most recently, NYPD Blue.

2: Concert Christmas record-spinning continues with BEN VAUGHN and three of his combo members.

Educator DEBBIE MEIER. She's a nationally known authority on education, and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award. She developed and directed three alternative elementary schools in East Harlem and later a Seondary School. The schools accept students on a first-come, first-serve basis. Classes are small and personalized, and the emphasis is on academic learning and inquiry. MEIER wanted to create an atmosphere where students learn democratic values, where teachers can hold kids accountable, and parents can become involved. A new book about what happened in East Harlem, thanks to MEIER and others is, "Miracle in East Harlem: The Fight for Choice in Public Education," by Seymour Fliegel with James MacGuire (Times

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Clear and Present Danger," starring Harrison Ford, based on the Tom Clancy novel.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Dave" the new film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver.

Language commentator GEOFFREY NUNBERG on why books will never be osolete.

Crime writer JAMES ELLROY. He sets his novels in 1950's LA, where he grew up. His series of novels, "LA Quartet," was a bestseller. His latest novel is called "Hollywood Nocturnes." (Otto Penzler Books). When he was ten, his mother was murdered near their LA home. He wrote an article about returning to LA to go through the police files on his mother for this month's issue of "Gentleman's Quarterly" where he is a contributing editor. He'll talk today about how his mother's murder led to his crime writing