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Actor JASON ALEXANDER. He's best known as George Constanza on the NBC series "Seinfeld", where he plays Jerry Seinfeld's best friend. Alexander won a Tony Award in 1989 for his performance in "Jerome Robbin's Broadway." (REBROADCAST FROM 6/

HASKELL WEXLER won Academy Awards for his cinematography on "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," and "Bound for Glory." He's been nominated for work on several other movies, including "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and "Matewan." He's also the director of "Medium Cool." Wexler is known for moving easily between marginal, political films and more mainstream fare. He was the subject of a retrospective at the American Museum of the Moving Image in New York in April. And his work and comments can be seen in the new documentary about cinematography, "Visions of Light." REBROADCAST. Originally aired 3/16/93.

Ken Tucker reviews, "Waundering Spirit," the new solo album by Mick Jagger.

2: Founder of the anti-abortion group, "Operation Rescue," RANDALL TERRY. Recently, his group tried to stop abortions by blocking access to clinics in seven cities across the United States, including Philadelphia. TERRY also has a new book, "Why does a nice guy like me keep getting thrown in jail?" (Huntington House Pub., Lafayette, LA; Resistance Press, Windsor, N.Y.) (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 7/

Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews "The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony," by Roberto Colasso (Knopf).

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the Evidence label''s reissues of three early SUN RA albums: "Bad and Beautiful," "Super-Sonic Jazz," and "Jazz In Silhouette." The LPs were originally recorded for Sun Ra''s own Saturn records.

2: Pop artist DAVID HOCKNEY. He's worked in many mediums-- from painting and drawing to working with fax and copy machines. HOCKNEY made waves in the art world with his take on photography--compiling hundreds of polaroid snap-shots in a photocollage. In 1979 HOCKNEY started to lose his hearing. Now, near deaf, his art reflects his insights on his loss of hearing. HOCKNEY's new book, "That's The Way I See It" (Chronicle Books), is his second volume of reflections.

One of the pioneers of the American underground cinema, film maker GEORGE KUCHAR (COO-char). He worked in ultra-low budget 8mm, and 16mm filming in and around the Bronx, where he lived, creating works that showed the disparity between the fantasy of Hollywood dreams and everyday reality. KUCHAR's films include, "I was a Teenage Rumpot," "Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof," and "Lovers of Eternity." Now KUCHAR is now working in a new form, the video diary. The American Museum of the Moving Image is holding a retrospective of his work (Aug. 6 - Sept. 5, 1993), "Gossamer Garbage: A George Kuchar Film and Video Retrospective.

2: From sight to blindness to sight again. ROBERT HINE is Professor of History at the University of California. He lost his sight 15 years ago, and just recently regained the use of one eye. He's written a new book about what it's like to lose one's sight and then to see again: "Second Sight." (University of California Press).

2: Singer/Songwriter ELVIS COSTELLO. In the late 1970s he burst out of Britian's pop-music scene with a sound and attitude never seen before. He was the angry young-man with a fresh sound. He's known for making connections between different musical communities. He's collaborated with Paul McCartney, Ruben Blades, Aimee Mann of "'til Tuesday," David Was of "Was (Not Was)," and T. Bone Burnett. On his new release, "The Juliet Letters," (Warner Bros.) he's working with the Brodsky Quartet (known for its interpretations of music by Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven and Bartok). The compositions on the new album are based on a correspondence addressed to Juliet Capulet of "Romeo and Juliet."