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a 6 Sunday, September 1, 1996 Annie Potts is the Marine-turnedteacher in 'Dangerous New fare for fall Continued from Page 5 tiree who's driving his wife crazy. It's warm and funny, but not saccharine. DANGEROUS MINDS (ABC, Sept. 30) Unrealistic, perhaps, to think that one small woman could change the lives of two dozen innertoughs, but Annie Potts is thoroughly believable as the Marineturned-teacher whose motto is "You do what you Fine production values, realistic (if sometimes disturbing) language and a hip-hop musical score make this series soar. DARK SKIES (NBC, Sept.

21) Touting itself as "alternative history," this intriguing drama proposes that aliens invaded the United States in 1947 when a spacecraft crashed in Roswell, N.M. The first episode takes place in the '60s as congressional aide Loengard (Eric En no Shanesia Davis and Kyle Chandler star in 'Farly Editions de 1910 6 Jused lo SHOW WORLD: FALL PREVIEW Austin American-Statesman New show FALL 1996 PRIME TIME TV SCHEDULE 6 p.m. 6:30 7 p.m. 7:30 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

9 p.m. 9-10 p.m. SUN FOX WB ABC CBS NOW FOX NBC WB ABC TUE CBS NBC FOX ABC CBS dEM FOX NBC WB ABC CBS NBC FOX ABC CBS NBC FOX ABC SAT CBS NBC FOX America's Funniest Home Videos 60 Minutes Dateline NBC L.A. Firefighters Kirk Brotherly Love Men- Behaving Badly Clueless Close) and his girlfriend Kimberly (Megan Ward) discover a shady group's efforts to keep the invasion a secret from the president and the public. Despite its early time slot, this show is scary and sometimes gruesome but good.

EARLY EDITION (CBS, Sept. 28) Suppose you picked up the morning newspaper and realized you had the next day's news in your hands. You could win millions in the lottery. You also could save the lives of people headed for disaster. That's the position a former stockbroker, played by Kyle Chandler, finds himself in in this gentle, feelgood drama that families will enjoy.

Fisher Stevens, as a greedy pal, adds humor. EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (CBS, Sept. 13) Well, maybe not everybody, but a lot of people will enjoy the antics of this hopelessly conciliatory family man, played by comedian Ray Romano. no The premise is ordinary: Father and atol atiw Lois Clark Touched by an Angel 3rd Rock from the Boston Common The Simpsons Ned Stacey The Parent 'Hood Steve Harvey Dangerous Minds Cosby Ink Jeff Foxworthy Mr. Rhodes Melrose Place 7th Heaven Roseanne Life's Work Promised Land Mad About You Something So Right Fox Tuesday Movie Ellen Townies The Nanny Pearl Wings John Larroquette Beverly Hills, 90210 Sister, Sister Nick Freno High Incident Diagnosis Murder Friends The Single Guy Martin Living Single Family Matters Sabrina Dave's World Everybody Loves Raymond Unsolved Mysteries Sliders Second Noah Dr.

Quinn, Medicine Woman Dark Skies Cops mother (Patricia Heaton) juggle three kids (including 20-month-old twins) and Ray's nosy parents, played by Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle. But the writing is terrific, and the cast is excellent. Don't miss Ray's mother's bizarre objections to membership in the Fruit of the Month Club: "It's a cult!" EZ STREETS (CBS, Premiere not set) Debrah Farentino and Ken Olin in the suspenseful 'EZ Arguably the best drama pilot of the season, but also one that requires patience and a tolerance for violence. The dark story line is complicated and makes no tie qui edita beino? adi no stil guidast ABC Sunday Night Movie CBS Sunday Night Movie NBC Sunday Night Movie The X-Files Unhappily Ever After Life with Roger NFL Monday Night Football Murphy Brown Cybill NBC Monday Movie Party Girl Lush Life Savannah Home Improvement Spin City CBS Tuesday Movie Frasier Caroline in the City Grace Under Fire Drew Carey Almost Perfect Public Morals NewsRadio Men Behaving Badly Party of Five The Wayans Bros. Jamie Foxx Murder One Moloney Seinfeld Suddenly Susan New York Undercover Clueless Boy Meets World Mr.

Mrs. Smith Dateline NBC Millennium Coach Common Law Early Edition The Pretender Married Love Marriage sion to lazy viewers, so pay attention. Ken Olin stars as a police detective determined to prove his dead partner wasn't corrupt; Jason Gedrick (formerly of "Murder co-stars as a street thug trying to go straight. A haunting musical score, fine acting and suspenseful script. INK (CBS, Oct.

21) Stars Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, a real-life married couple playing divorced newspaper colleagues, were unhappy with the pilot screened for critics and rightly so it wasn't funny. Worse, the stars had no chemistry. The series is being reworked from a script that is said to be much better. Let's hope so. JAMIE FOXX (WB, debuted Aug.

28) The former "In Living Color" player stars as a young man who moves to Los Angeles to break into show biz but winds up working at his aunt's and uncle's hotel. Foxx's talent is wasted in the pilot, which also features former bms aovil anivaa Trowion Chicago Hope NYPD Blue Lush Life Dateline NBC PrimeTime Live EZ Streets Law and Order Turning Point 48 Hours E.R. Suddenly Susan Nash Bridges Homicide: Life on the Street Relativity Walker, Texas Ranger Profiler Night Live" player Garrett Morris as the uncle. Unamusing insult and sex jokes abound. LIFE WITH ROGER (WB, debuted Aug.

25) An "Odd Couple" wannabe starring Maurice Godin and Mike 0'- Malley, this is the only new WB comedy with any humor at all and that's not saying much. The two actors work well together, but they need better writing and sets that aren't made of cardboard. LIFE'S WORK (ABC, Sept. 17) Unavailable for preview, this sitcom stars talented comedian Lisa Ann Walter, who had a failed sitcom on Fox last year. Apparently Hollywood has a hard time figuring out what to do with this offbeat, Bette Midler-type.

In her ABC show, she plays a wife and mother who becomes a prosecutor and struggles to balance home and career. LOVE MARRIAGE (FOX, Sept. 28) on Paired with the inexplicably popadt ponta grid urtaib at doidw wolv GIBLE 90 RULES Ink.