Jane Pauley will anchor the NBC News...

Jane Pauley will anchor the NBC News special “The Secret Race: The East German Sports Machine” on June 13, her second prime-time special since leaving “Today.” Pauley peers behind the toppled Berlin Wall to examine East Germany’s athletic prowess, the secrets of its training system and the scientific methods employed to create some of the world’s best athletes.

Arsenio Hall Communications and Paramount Domestic Television, the producers of the “The Arsenio Hall Show,” are developing “The Party Machine With Nia Peeples,” a syndicated late-night music and dance party scheduled for January. Peeples, an actress and singer, will showcase live musical performances, comedy acts, music videos and in-studio dancing.

Teen pop star Debbie Gibson has agreed to co-host the syndicated “Earth ‘90: Children and the Environment” from its U.S. site at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The international telecast on June 2 also will be hosted by John Denver in Tokyo and Olivia Newton-John in Paris. Guests include Soviet composer Alexander Gradsky, Austrian pop star Falco, Canada’s Jeff Healey Band and Japanese composer Kitaro.

On Janet Jackson Saturday, June 9, MTV will devote four hours to a special featuring a Jackson interview, music videos and exclusive coverage of her first concert tour, “Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990.” And the next day? What else, but Michael Jackson Sunday, with more interviews, videos and concert footage of her big brother.

Nickelodeon is beginning production on a second season of the acclaimed young children’s series “Eureeka’s Castle.” The 35 one-hour segments will introduce new inhabitants of the castle and feature 21 original songs written and arranged by composer Peter Lurye. On Disney Channel, the long-running “Kids Inc.,” a half-hour musical situation comedy for children, has been renewed for 15 new episodes.

“Paul Simon: Solo,” a Disney Channel special premiering June 10, paints an intimate portrait of the singer-songwriter through his words and music. The hourlong show examines Simon’s career, his early days with Simon and Garfunkel and his contemporary work on albums such as Graceland.