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STAR2 (6:20) Movie: The Wedding Singer" ('98) Movie: 'Sink or Swim" ('97, Satire) Stephen Rea. (9:45) Movie: 'Next Stop Wonderland" ('98) '4 Hope Davis, Alan Gelfant Movie: "Blade" ('98, Action) (CC) TMC Movle: "Hldden Movie: "Against the Law" ('97, Action) Richard Grieco, Nick Movie: "Body Count" ('98, Suspense) David Caruso. Museum Movie: "Riot" ('97, Drama) Luke Perry, Cicely Tyson. Four tales (12:10) "1 Love Assassin" Mancuso. An officer with a death wish hunts a cop killer.

(NR) robbers head for Miami with their stolen goods. (R) taking place during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. (R) (CC) Don't Touch Me!" (R) TODAY'S SURE BETS Jay Thomas and Park Overall in 'Katie Joplin' at 9 p.m. The one to watch 9:30 p.m. (26) 5) Katie Joplin: (Premiere) OK, here's a new series.

It's not part of the WB's fall schedule, but perhaps they want us to decide for ourselves just why that might be. Park Overall, whose resume includes the very successful Empty Nest, stars as a single mother starting over as a late-night talk-radio host in Philadelphia. The presence in the cast of Jay Thomas, who was great in Murphy Brown and not bad in Love War, just adds to our curiosity about what might have gone wrong here. (CC) Specials 8 p.m. (48) Wisdom of Menopause: What to expect during menopause, with a look at treatment options, while keeping a focus on life after the child-bearing years.

(Part 1 of 2) 8 p.m. (TNNl Curb Records: Record executive Mike Curb and Curb Records are honored by LeeAnn Rimes, Tim McGraw, Donny and Marie Osmond, Casey Kasem, Wynonna, Debby Boone, Sawyer Brown, Jo Dee Messina and Eddy Arnold, (rerun) 9 p.m. (Dsg Secret Life of Sharks: The predatory great white shark is featured in a compilation of shark footage from around the world. 10:15 p.m. (Hb5 Lenny Bruce: Sweat to Tell the vTruth: Rare archival footage adds to director Bob Weide's story of the unorthodox comedian who by the early 1960s was regularly being arrested on narcotics and obscenity charges.

The film received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary, and has been praised for shedding light on what one critic termed "the way society treats non-conformists." Narrator: Robert De Niro. Sports highlights 1 p.m. (ESPK1 Tennis: ATP Championships Early Rounds. From Cincinnati. 7:35 p.m.

(TBS) Major League Baseball: Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves. From Turner Field. 8 p.m. QD QD NFL Preseason Football: Hall of Fame Game Cleveland Browns vs. Dallas Cowboys.

From Canton. 8 p.m. (ESFfi) WNBA Basketball: New York Liberty at Orlando Miracle. 8 p.m. (W5K) Major League Baseball: Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs.

From Wrigley Field. CHANNEL HOPPING Paula Zahn gets her wish and then some noon 03 Sally: See 10 a.m. 1 p.m. (S) Howie Mandel: See 9 a.m. 2 p.m.

QD Montel Williams: Women who are attracted to bad men. (rerun) (CC) 3 p.m. QD Maury: See 10 a.m. 3 p.m. 02 Rickl Lake: Guests with two fiancees who intend to marry just one of their loves, (rerun) 3 p.m.

QD Jenny Jones: See 11 a.m. 3 p.m. Charlie Rose: A round-table 1 discussion on the 25th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation. (CC) 3 p.m. (MVCJ Jenny Jones: (rerun) (CC) 4 p.m.

QD QD Oprah Winfrey: Signs of dependency and ways to cure sexual addiction, (rerun) (CC) 4 p.m. CD Rosle O'Donnell: See 10 a.m. 9 p.m. iCNNI Larry King Uve: Journalist1 Bob Woodward. (Live Phone-In) (CC) 11:35 p.m.

rjD Q2 Late Show: Talk show host Regis Philbin, comic Dave Attell. (CC) 11:35 p.m. 22 LD Tonight Show: Actor Dylan McDermott, tennis player Serena Williams, 9-year-old plant expert Shawn Lyons. (CC) 12:06 a.m. Q) Politically Incorrect: Actors Kato Kaelin and Golden Brooks, Citizens United President Floyd cyberporn entrepreneur Danni Ashe.

(CC) 12:36 a.m. QD Politically Incorrect: See 12:06 a.m. 12:37 a.m. CD 02 Late Late Show: Actor Hector Elizondo, comic Vince Morris. (CC) 12:37 a.m.

22 LD Late Night: Actors Ian McKellen and Juliette Lewis, music group Bare Jr. (rerun) (CC) 1:36 a.m. 22 LD Later: (CC) 2:05 a.m. 22 Tonight Show: (rerun) (CC) TALK SHOWS 7 a.m. () H) Good Morning America: A performance by the Moody Blues.

(CC) 7 a.m. 22 LD Today: Author Dr. Sylvia Rimm; actor Steve Martin. (CC) 8 a.m. CD Q2 This Morning: (Joined in Progress) The cast of Sex and the City; the OS Dictionaries Program.

(CC) 9 a.m. QD Jerry Springer Backwards tale of a woman who, posing as a man, -romanced three sisters, (rerun) (CC) 9 a.m. QD Uve Regis Kathle Lee: Actors Benjamin Bratt, Dennis Franz, Scott Wolf, Gil Bellows and Gloria Reuben. (CC) 9 a.m. SS Howie Mandel: Actors Eric Roberts and Peta Wilson, filmmaker Myles Berkowitz, chef Martin Yan.

(rerun) (CC) 9 a.m. LD Donny Marie: Olympic Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan, TV host John Fugelsang, music group Witched, (rerun) 10 a.m. LD Sally: Couples dealing with sexual addiction. (CC) 10 a.m. LTD Roseanne Show: Actors D.L.

Hughley and John Henton, author Gillian Rothchild, supermodel Tyson Beckford. (rerun) (CC) 10 a.m. S3 Donny Marie: See 9 a.m. 10 a.m. QD Rosle O'Donnell: Actors Natasha Richardson and Peter Bergman; music guest Collective Soul, (rerun) (CC) 10 a.m.

P2) Maury: Author-medium James Von Praagh. (CC) 11 a.m. QD C5D The View: (rerun) (CC) 11 a.m. 22 Leeza: Ed George, prison counselor to convicted murderer Charles Manson. (rerun) 11 a.m.

LID Jerry Springer See 9 a.m. 11 a.m. (rVlvO Jenny Jones: Favorite moments of the past season. (CC) ON THE WEB Now the poor souls who for some reason still want to parade their dirty laundry in front of millions of viewers argue back and forth from the comfort of their chairs, preferring that to tossing them. The debates have been vigorous (and, as always, stupid), but with less profanity than in the past.

And no more bum-rushing from the wings. The majority of male guests dress in ties and slacks, as opposed to the former garb of jeans and T-shirts. The women, for the most part, are attired more demurely in dresses and slacks. Burly Steve, the so-called "director of security," now sits in the front row, rather than breaking up fights on the stage. Fans of the show might prefer this less-violent, still-outrageous incarnation to the compromise that had been struck at the height of the controversy, when episodes were clumsily edited to remove any violence, or camera shots were limited to far-away views of onstage melees and quick cuts to surprised audience members.

When Paula Zahn joined cable's Fox News Channel in March, she was excited about returning to spot news reporting after several years of toiling a long stint at CBS that including six years on CBS This Morning. She got her wish, reporting on everything from the war in Kosovo to the death of John Kennedy Jr. What Zahn, who had been also anchoring newscasts for the network, didn't expect was to be hosting her own issues-focused hour so soon into her tenure with Fox News. "The exciting thing for me is that after all these years in the business, I've never had the opportunity to help create a show," says Zahn, 43. Zahn's chance came when former judge Catherine Crier, whose The Crier Report is on weeknights at 10 p.m., announced several weeks ago that she was leaving Fox News for Court TV.

Zahn isn't expected to take over the space until late summer. In the meantime, she's busy figuring out how the show should be crafted, although she does have some ideas. One of them is that, unlike Crier's program, Zahn's will react to whatever headline story happens to break at the time. "I think if the show is to have a In all, four shows change places: Just Shoot Me moves to the all-important lead-off spot at 8 p.m. and the surging Will Grace goes from 9:30 into the 9 p.m.

slot. 3rd Rock from The Sun moves back a half-hour to 8:30 p.m. and the new sitcom The Mike O'Malley Show originally slated for 8:30 p.m. will air at 9:30 p.m. Dateline remains at 10 p.m.

"We sort of see this as 'us versus ABC' for who's going to have the dominant comedy block on the night," said Preston Beckman, NBC's executive vice president of program planning and scheduling. "Perception-wise, this has always been considered ABC's night." STILL FREAKY: Something is missing from some current episodes of The Jerry Springer Show all of that chair-throwing, fist-flinging and unwanted disrobing. The freakshows are still on parade, usually with the same theme guests revealing they've been cheating on their mates, either with the opposite sex or their own. But they're no longer fighting with each other, a component of the show that garnered high ratings, protests and government near-intervention. Paula Zahn different direction, it is going to be hard news-driven, and we're going to build a very heavy interviewing component into the show.

But we want the show to be very reactive to the news," says Zahn. TUESDAYS ON NBC: In a rare pre-season move, NBC is changing its Tuesday fall schedule, shifting two high-profile series to take direct aim at ABC's successful sitcom lineup. COMPILED by Jennifer Peterson with wire services. Contact her by e-mail at jenniferpetersoncoxohio.com. Active Dayton has TV highlights, listings and news at www.activedayton.comentertainment..