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72 THE BOSTON GLOBE THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1995 'ER' gets TV and Radio a twist of Tarantino uled: Actor Hugh Grant; singer Dionne Farcis; actorcomedian John Henton. In Stereo. (Closed-captioned) "The Tonight Show" at 11:35 p.m. on Channels 7 and 10. Scheduled: Actor Samuel L.

Jackson; model Vendela; singer Garth Brooks. In Stereo. (CC) The Late Late Show With Tom Snyder" at 12:35 a.m. on Channel 4. Scheduled: Peter Ustinov; former Secretary of De fense Robert S.

McNamara. (CC) 7 I -wi JL. NEWS TALK SHOWS "Sally Jessy Raphaer at 6 a.m. on Ch. 6, 10 a.m.

on Ch. 9 and 11 a.m. on Ch. 5. Scheduled: Suburban gangs.

"Jenny Jones" at 9 sun. on Ch. 4, 10 a.m. on Ch. 6 and 1 p.m.

on Ch. 60. Scheduled: Interracial relationships. "Donahue" at 9 a.m. on Chs.

6 and 6. Scheduled: Interfering parents. (CC) "Regis Katbie lee" at 9 a.m. on Channels 7 and 10. Scheduled: Cathy Mor-iarty, "mom's dream come true" week.

"Jeny Springer" at 9 a.m. on Ch. 9 and 10 a.m. on Chs. 5, 64.

Scheduled: Twins. "Maury Povfch" at 10 a.m. on Ch. 4. Scheduled: Cheating boyfriends.

(CC) "Leeza" at 10 a.m. on Chs.7, 10. Scheduled: Childhood obesity. "The Other Side" at 11 a.m. on Channel 7.

Scheduled: Children of witches. "Maury ttnikW at 11 am. on Channel 9 and at p.m. on Channel 10 and at 5 p.m. on Channel 4 Scheduled: High-school reunions.

(Closed-taptioned) "GeraMo" at 11 a.m. on Channel 64 and at 3 p.m. on Channel 7. Scheduled: Me-nages a trois. "Gordon EDiott" at noon and 5 p.m.

on Channel 60 and at 2 p.m. and midnight on Channel 25 and at 1:35 a.m. on Channel 12. Scheduled: Virgins. "Ricki lake" at 4 p.m.

on Channels 4 and 12. Scheduled: Single motherhood. "Oprah Winfrey" at 4 p.m. on Channels 5 and 10. Scheduled: Emergency responses.

(CC) "Chronicle" at 7:30 p.m. on Channel 5. Scheduled: Patients' guide to self-protection. (CC) "Adler On-line" at 8 p.m. on Channel 68.

Scheduled: Presidential frontrunnere. "ECU With GaH Harris" at 9:30 p.m. on Channel 68, Scheduled: Boston Magazine columnist Margo Howard. "48 Hours" at 10 p.m. on Channels 4 and 6.

Scheduled: Controversy attends the tide of new immigrants and its cost to the United States. (CC) "Day One" at 10 p.m. on Channels 5, 9 and 12. Scheduled: Cashing-in by faking death. (CC) "Late Show With David Letterman" at 11:35 p.m.

on Channels 4 and 6. Sched It is a measure of the power of NBC's Thursday prime-time ratings bulldozer that CBS and ABC have more or less decided to roll over and play dead tonight: CBS with a 6-year-old episode of "Murder, She Wrote" (8 p.m., Ch. 4); and ABC with a big-yuks clip-show double feature, "Before They Were Stars" (8 p.m.) and "TV Trivia Challenge" at 9 on Ch. 5. "Martin" marries his sweetheart, Gina, at 8 on Ch.

25. Meanwhile, NBC airs a hilarious "Mad About You" guest starring Eric Stoltz and a surprise cartoon sequence, at 8 on Ch. 7. We'll forgive the network for "Hope Gloria" at 8:30, and click onto "Seinfeld" at 9 on Ch. 7.

"Truly Madly Deeply" is truly one of those films that defies criticism. Sometimes described as "Ghost" for people with a brain, this weepie starring Juliet Stevenson still is an overly manipulative wish-fulfillment fantasy about a woman who has lost her lover then again, I know people who have compared the movie to therapy. "Friends" goes to the delivery room at 9:30 on Ch. 7, But the last word tonight in baby delivery scenes is Quentin Tarantino's, on an episode of "ER" that happily justifies the reputation of Hollywood's bad boy. FRED BIDDLE Eriq LaSalle reacts to brldgework extracted from a patient's windpipe in one of Tarantino's mile-a-minute scenes tonight on Weather Showers likely, a chilly breeze; high 55 0.

J. TV loses viewers The 0. J. Simpson trial is in a severe ratings slump. Will ratings improve if the drama picks up again, and the minute examination of procedures and testing ends? Impossible to say, but ever since the Oklahoma City blast (which may have put things in perspective for viewers), ratings have plummeted on the cable networks that offered gavel-to-gavel coverage, especially CNN and A month ago, CNN coverage of the trial accounted for all 15 of basic cable's highest-rated programs; in the week of April 24-30, the trial didn't place among the Top 15 at all, and was beaten by World Wrestling Federation and "The Flintstone Kids," according to ratings released yesterday.

Of course, there was less coverage of the trial as well but the trend is clear. FREDERIC M. BIDDLE Spinning the dial The voice and piano duo of Benjamin Sears and Bradford Conner will talk to Ron Delia Chiesa about Irving Berlin, whose birthday is today, this afternoon at 2:05 p.m. on Music-America on WGBH-FM (89.7). The two will play excerpts of their new CD of early Berlin songs called "Come On and Hear." DJ Scott Mackay talks by phone to Henry Winkler Monday morning on WEGQ-FM (93.7).

An audio production of the book "Make Way for Ducklings" will premiere Saturday morning on WCRB-FM (102.5) during "Kids' Classical Hour" at 9 a.m. The radio version of the book was produced by the WCRB staff, and narrated by Kit Champlin of Exeter, R.I WGBH DJs will travel around town Saturday as part of the station's annual Party." Robert J. 7, liMemohis B' 1 Wi Ctyjw By Frederic M. Biddle GLOBE STAFF I aving Quentin Tarantino direct tonight's "ER" was the hippest ratings stunt in this sweeps riiohth, but it also risked becoming the worst stylistic self-parody since Roman Polanski directed "Macbeth." Imagine: The producers sicced a mad-dog director Fiction," "Reservoir who never saw a body part he didn't like onto the Mother's Day episode of America's favorite medical drama. Can another network top this? Not unless someone gets Russ Meyer to direct Dolly Parton's next variety 'special.

Happily, NBC's gift of mischief p.m., Channel 7) dazzles, jammed with enough graphic operating-room glimpses to merit a PG-13 rating, Tarantino's episode nevertheless makes us squirm in the legitimate interest of advancing a plot dense enough to make even an "ER" fan's head spin. "Motherhood" begins with Susan Lewis' sister Chloe (Kathleen Wil-Jwite) getting a life literally, as she gives birth in a hilarious pre-credits sequence that bears Tarantino's stamp of sadism as well as his love of trashy pop music. Valerie Perrine jtlu-ns up as Chloe's mother in her most annoyingly game performance since "Can't Stop the Music." One amazing unbroken take sweeps between operating rooms with a menacing fluidity that would make Hitchcock proud. For all his well-timed nods to the art of gross-out, Tarantino's most accomplished tonight is to further resolve two key characters, Susan Lewis (Sherry Stringfield) and Dr. Peter Benton Eriq LaSalle), who have progressed this season from unidimensional to enigmatic to completely human.

That said, tonight's "ER" may turn some stomachs with its mix of violence and gross-out. Shocking moments include a man impaled on an iron bar, a Boy Scout troupe suffering from diarrhea, a critically injured patient getting punched out on the operating-room table and at least two stomach-to-air projectiles. It's also a tour de force. And amazingly enough, it still isn't the best episode of the season. That distinction belongs to the harrowing March 9 episode directed by Mimi Leder, in which a pregnant woman arrives in the ER with a routine ailment, only to succumb to unlikely and fatal complications.

Only on a series this good could an episode as good as Tarantino's not be the benchmark. And the season finale isn't even until next Thursday. taw nifiiii mui wnaa onou ill i6.ou a.m. on Channels 7 and 10. Scheduled: MTV-host Kennedy; band Faith No More.

In Stereo. (Closed-captioned) "Later With Greg Kinnear" at 1:35 a.m. on Channels 7 and 10. Scheduled: Band Duran Duran. MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS Zorba the Greek 10:45 a.m.

and 6:30 p.m. (ENCORE), Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates. A lusty Greek peasant shows a British writer how to live and run a lignite mine. Best supporting Oscar for LOa Kedrova. (1964) The Remains of the Day 12:45 p.m.

(HBO). Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson. An English butler's devotion to service keeps him from the housekeeper he loves in 1930s England. Directed by James Ivory. From the Kazuo Ishiguro novel.

(1993) The Enforcer 8 p.m. (56). Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly. "Dirty Harry" Callahan and his woman partner hunt rocket-armed radicals holding the mayor on Alcatraz. (1976) Paris, Texas 9 p.m.

(MC). Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski. A lost man surfaces, reunites with his brother and son, and finds his wife working in a peep show. (1984) Tyson 11 p.m. (HBO).

Michael Jai White, George C. Scott Boxer Mike Tvson's life story. (1995) Flesh and Bone Midnight (MAX). Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan. An evil man who killed a family 25 years earlier meets a survivor, his son's girlfriend.

The Killers 5 a.m. Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner. An insurance investigator finds a woman behind an ex-boxer's murder. (1946) Alternating shaded and clear bands show areas of common temperature Forecast for 2 pm EDT. Map 1995 Weather Services Corp.

HEME Thursday. May 11. 1995 (EDT) Sunrise 5 28 Moonnse 4:20 M. Sunset 7:54 Moonset 3:18 A M. Length of day 14 26 Day of year 131 A-MJ.

P.M. HIGH TIDE 8:46 9:11 Hgt of tide 9.7' 10.5' LOW TIDE 2:37 2:58 Hgl. of low tide 0 6' 0.4' MOON'S PHASES Hrtt Fan Last New OCDO June May May May 6 14 21 29 EVENING SKY SIGHTS The star to the lower left of the waxing Tomorrow Frcit. Nigk gibbous moon this evening Spica. A bit farther to the moon's lower nght Is a fainter, sail-shaped constellation of four stars: Cnmrt the Crow.

SOURCE: Alan MacRobert shwrs pcldy 64 84 58 76 78 76 89 76 cldy pcldy pcldy pcldy pcldy pcldy CLIMATE DATA pcldy 77 8 EDT Wednesday. May 10, 1995 BOSTON TEMPERATURES High yesterday 65 Low 46 Mean 56 Departure from normal Departure this month -22 Departure this year 90 Record high for today 91 1933 Record low for today 33 in 1900 BOSTON COOUNC BCCREE-MYS Degree-day units 0 Total this month 0 Total for season 0 Total corres. date last year 0 30-yy. normal, cones date 0 BOSTON NEATWC BCCREE-MYS DegreeJay umts 9 Total this month 126 Total lor season 5084 Total cones, date last year 5699 30-yy. normal, cones date .5492 BOSTON rWCrtTATION Inck Total 24 hours, ending 8pm 0 OO" Total tins month to date 0 24' Departure from normal -0 86 Total Bus year 10 74- Departure from normal -4 84" "UurOMTTII AT SLA UVEL At 8 pm 30 04 at 1017 1 mbs At 8 relative nunwMy 74 YCSTBBaVTS IUNSNINI WOE1 0 0 of possnie shwrs pcldy 67 57 62 shwrs pcldy 84 pcldy 73 pcldy 82 62 71 72 67 83 85 71 74 72 92 69 53 65 78 85 88 73 81 88 73 86 75 79 74 76 91 72 76 76 81 72 79 78 77 91 76 94 67 57 81 65 80 74 62 73 66 57 57 75 88 72 93 77 78 shwrs pcldy sunny pcldy pcldy tstms pddv pcldy pcldy pddy Pddy shwrs ddy pcldy pcldy pcldy pcldy tstms pcldy pcldy sunny cldy sunny sunny pddy pcldy sunny cldy pddy tstms pddy sunny tstms pcldy pddv pddy sunny ddy Shwrs sunny NIGH TIDE A.IL 8 31 8 45 9 02 8 43 8 45 8 46 856 B4 8 43 853 848 538 830 P.M.

856 910 927 908 9 10 9 11 921 a-ii- 908 9 18 9 16 60S 8 55 Ok) Orcftairj ME Hampton Bead) I Plum Island Gloucester Martvenead lynn BOSTON AREA Scituae PvnouTh Cape Cod East Cape Cod West akwouth Hvanww Port Chanam sftwrs pcldy ddy sunny pcldy sftwrs 102 9 SO 9 02 43 1B 5 33 5 26 pddy 9 927 10 07 93 6or Pvevwicetonw Hjotunei Haibor Oak Bluffs New Bed pddy sunny tstms i In 90slK0s VP aui vi 90s JMmi Pmsora Center Wm front CoM Front -fl Q- "7 NATIONAL FORECAST Lurtsema will broadcast "Morning pro musica" from areas in Jamaica Plain and the South End; at 11 a.m. the van moves on to South Station, Kendall Square and Central Square subway stops, before heading for the Publick Theatre at Christian Herter Park at 6 p.m., where listeners can enjoy a picnic and hear a broadcast of "A Prairie Home Companion." SUSAN BICKELHAUPT 'Around the Globe' Here's what's happening on "Around the Globe" today on New England Cable News: 9 a.m.: Today's Paper Richard Knox on the staff changes at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the aftermath of chemotherapy overdoses. Noon: At Home. 4 p.m.: Animal Beat columnist Vicki Croke and her Irish wolfhound Lacey welcome calls about your pets and other creatures. Call 244-3344.

5 p.m.: Top stories. 6:30 p.m.: Tomorrow's Paper -updates and tomorrow's top stories. Schedule is subject to change. 10 a.m. WBUR (90.9 FM) Christopher Lydon talks with educator Debbie Meier, Harvard's Paul Horowitz discusses the search for life on other planets.

Noon WMSX (1410 AM) That's Life with Mark Snyder. Guests are Barbara Eden and Marilu Henner. 9 p.m. WBZ (1030 AM) David Brudnoy discusses restaurants with Roger Berkowitz and Adrienne Elligan. 7 a.m.

WGBH (89.7 FM) Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in Ravel's "Bolero," Kaba-levsky's "Colas Breugnon" overture. 4 p.m. WCRB (102.5 FM) Dvorak's "Carnival" overture, Vivaldi's Guitar Concerto in Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 15. 9 p.m.

WCRB (102.5 FM) Film Notes. Music from films about life on a river. (ID 4 La stl lllwiiwU pi rn Li i LLJd! --'1 i '17 i low-pressure system will weaken across southern Ontario today. associated warm front is located south of New England. An occluded frontal boundary is located across western New York.

Rain will fall from the eastern Great Lakes to coastal sections New England and New Jersey. Scattered thunderstorm activity continue across the Gulf states. Heavy rainfall is possible the Gulf states and this could produce areas of flooding. totals this week around New Orleans and Biloxi, have 15 inches. A cold front will move into the Pacific Northwest.

of rain and scattered showers will fall from coastal sections British Columbia to northern California. Scattered showers expected from the central Rocky Mountains to the panhandle Sunny and hot conditions can be expected from the the Southwest to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. FOREIGN CITIES rail 1 II i REGIONAL FORECASTS Boston area: Morning drizzle and fog. Showers are likely this afternoon. A chilly ocean breeze.

Highs 52 to 55. Tonight areas of drizzle possible. Lows 45 to 50. Tomorrow: mostly cloudy. A few sunny breaks may develop.

Highs 55 to 65, warmest inland. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut: Cloudy. Morning drizzle and fog. Showers are likely this afternoon. Highs in the 50s, except 60 to 65 in Connecticut.

Tonight: showers are likely. Coastal drizzle and fog. Lows 45 to 55. Tomorrow: mostly cloudy. Sunny breaks are likely to develop, especially away from the coast.

Highs 55 to 65 coast to near 70 inland. Cape Cod and Islands: Morning drizzle and fog. Showers are likely this afternoon. Highs 50 to 55. Tonight: showers are likely.

Areas of drizzle and fog late. Lows 47 to 52. Tomorrow: mostly cloudy. Highs 55 to 60. Massachusetts coastal marine forecast: Small-craft advisory may be needed.

East wind 15 to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 8 feet. Visibility below 1 mile in drizzle and fog. Tonight: east wind 15 to 25 knots, diminishing late. Seas 3 to 6 feet Visibility below 1 mile in drizzle and fog.

Maine: Cloudy north. Periods of rain or drizzle elsewhere. Foggy. Highs near 50 southwest to the low 60s northeast. Tonight: chance of rain north.

Periods of rain elsewhere. Lows in the 40s. Tomorrow: cloudy. Showers are likely. Highs in the 50s.

New Hampshire: Periods of rain. Highs in the 50s. Tonight periods of rain. Lows in the 40s. Tomorrow: mostly cloudy.

Scattered showers Highs in the 50s. Vermont: Periods of rain. Highs in the 50s. Tonight: periods of rain or drizzle. Lows 45 to 52.

Tomorrow: mostly cloudy. Showers likely north. Showers possible south. Highs mainly 55 to 60. EXTENDED FORECASTS Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut: Saturday: mostly sunny and pleasant Highs 65 to 75.

Lows in the 40s. Sunday: sunny. Highs in the 70s to near 80, except cooler at the coast. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont: Saturday: partly to mostly sunny. Highs in the 60s to low 70s.

Lows 35 to 45. Sunday: partly to mostly sunny and pleasant Highs from the middle 60s to the middle 70s. except cooler readings are likely along coastal locations of Maine. POLLEN COUNT Yesterday's mold spore count and pollen count 10 (on a scale where 0-3 is mild, 4 6 is moderate and 7-10 is severe), according to the New England Allergy and Immunology Corp. MOUNT WASHINGTON 8 p.m.

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