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Television 4 Kevin Costner and Sean Connery star in "The Ch. 11, 8 p.m. YESSS sirs! Guy DJs laud Marv comeback RADIO people yesterday hailed Marv Albert's return though more the men than the women. "I'm the last person to say someone doesn't deserve a second chance," said WFAN's Don Imus. "MSG deserves applause for having the courage to bring him back," said Ed Lover of WQHT.

"He didn't rape or kill anybody," said Scott RADIO WPLJ. Shannon his of he took it like a man." To which his sidekick Naomi DiClemente added, "He did assault Christine Nagy of WHITZ (100.3 FM) echoed that thought: "I just think it's too soon. He should have to be a good citizen for a while." Howard Stern of WXRK (92.3 FM) and Darian O'Toole of WAXQ (104.3 FM) just seemed happy to have good material back. O'Toole suggested that Albert should have followed the "very ambiguous apology" at his news conference by saying, "But damned if I don't look great in pastels," while Stern closed his show by playing "It's a a parody to the tune of "Let It Be." ALSO: Joey Reynolds interviews Neil Sedaka tonight, 1 a.m., WOR (710 AM). David Hinckley 398 Cadillac De Ville $31,995 Brenda salutes 'General' on way out By CAROLYN HINSEY A week, Marcil OUTLINED will leave Emmy-nominee in the this role column of Vanessa Bren- last da Barrett on "General Hospital" when her contract expires next month.

She has played the role since 1992. "This was the hardest decision of my life," says Marcil. "I don't know if I'll ever get to play a character as great as Brenda again. There are not a lot of amazing parts for females in Hollywood, and Brenda has done And a wedSOAP DISH. had ding.

Marcil to planned everything. From the nervous breakdown to getting to work with Maurice who plays and Ingo and Rena and Kimberly and Steve it's just been the Marcil is leaving "GH" to join "Beverly Hills, 90210" this fall. How will "GH" handle her exit? "I'm not sure," Marcil responds. "It's funny. I'm usually pretty involved, on the phone with the writers, finding out what's going on with the story line.

But I'm so distant from it right now. One reason is that I just got back from filming a movie, so my mind's in a different place. But I also think it's because, emotionally, I'm just not ready to face the fact that it's actually Marcil's attachment to her character was the reason she resigned with "GH" for another year last August, despite the fact that she then had to turn down a fair amount of outside work because it conflicted with her soap schedule. "I just love 'General Hospital'," she says. "I sit and watch the show and I cry.

I'm watching Luke and Laura's scenes, and my scenes when Sonny was on the docks watching Brenda, and Brenda went and hugged Jax, and I get SO into it. It's scary to me. I don't know if I'll ever feel a connection like that with any other job. It might be a good thing in a way, because maybe now I can have a life." marry co-star Tyler Christopher (Nikolas) during a recent vacation, but instead spent the time working in two independent films. Even after she leaves, Marcil says she'll surely remain a "GH" fan.

"I understand why people get so involved with the show," she says, smiling. "I'm on it, I know what's going to happen, I know everybody on the show and I get enthralled. I sit and watch and I think, Sonny loves Brenda so much, with a tear running down my cheek. It's true! Tyler thinks I'm the biggest dork ever." COMINGS AND GOINGS: Paige Rowland joins "All My Children" in September as Kat, rumored to be a new love interest for Edmund. Also joining "AMC" is Carolyn Neff as Raquel, a girl from Mateo's past.

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