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Television 3 'Dateline' reports on the drug asset-forfeiture law in Louisiana; NBC, 9 p.m. INNER TUBE STRENGTH VS. STRENGTH: XENA AND HERC TAKE ON MUST-SEE TV How do you stop NBC's Thursday-night juggernaut? No one has in years, but local station WPIXCh. 11 is about to try to outmuscle "Seinfeld," "Friends" Co. This fall, Ch.

11 will air syndicated cult faves "Hercules" and "Xena: Warrior Princess" from 8 to 10 against TVs top-rated lineup. "The shows represent a clear alternative and have a hard-core audience built in," said Michael Eigner, president and general manag- news entertainment hour in "The View" (ABC, 11 o'clock). Tonight, Quinn will tell his tale to Conan O'Brien on "Late Night" (NBC, 12:35 a.m.). Besides the divorce, you can also expect Quinn to discuss his expected upcoming marriage. ABC will air Tom, Clancy's "Net Force," a thriller about terrorism, as a four-hour miniseries next year.

The Berkley Pub er of Ch. 11, a WB affiliate. "Step by Step," as well as "Family Matters," can shift from ABC to CBS, which swiped them last spring to bolster its Friday lineup. CBS is planning to premiere its new Friday family slate on Sept 19. a few days before the official Sept 22 starting date for the '97-98 season.

And that means that "Step" could step on "Step" because ABC can still show a rerun of the series that night since it still falls within the '96-97 season. At least that's how ABC interprets the fine print Right now, ABC isn't planning to do so, but CBS insiders believe it might do so to try to exact revenge for CBS' poaching of the shows. "They may be saber-rattling a bit," one CBS executive said. "But we figure the more noise they make about it, the more they look like crybabies." Variety New conductor Actor Mystro Clark has caught boogie fever. He's picking up the baton as the new host of "Soul Train," the syndicated weekly dance show that's hustling, bumping and grinding into its 26th season this fall.

"Soul Train" has used celebrity guest hosts ever since executive producer Don Cornelius bowed out in 1993 after 22 years as the frontman. Clark will also be seen this fall alongside Scott Baio in 1 i I I I I I 'I I I i i 5 I i i i i 1 POWER TRIP: Xena Hercules to battle NBC the market at 11 p.m. and we want to keep that going," Eigner said. "Adding 'Frasier' to that hour makes it the funniest hour on television every night." "Frasier" will be followed at midnight by "Cheers," then "Murphy Brown" at 12:30 a.m. and "Coach" at 1.

Yes, the eternally running repeats of "The Honeymoon-ers" are being rested. A Ch. 11 spokesman swears they'll be back. Scott Williams Stepping on 'Step'? Maybe they should change the name to "Step by Step by Step by Step." The long-running sitcom "Step by Step," which stars Suzanne Somers and Patrick Duffy, could wind up airing twice on the same night on different networks. And how's that? Well, a battle is brewing over how soon "They are probably the two most popular hours in first-run syndication, and we were amazed at how well they performed on Thursday nights in Houston and Miami, which are two very different markets." The Saturday prime-time slots that had been occupied by the man-god and amazon will be taken this fall by the sci-fi action adventures "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict" and "Nightman." Besides the move, Ch.

11 is also hoping to grab a crowd in late-night with the syndication premiere of "Frasier." Repeats of the NBC series about the exasperated Seattle radio shrink (and former "Cheers" denizen) will air at 11:30 nightly, following repeats of "Seinfeld." "Its the only non-talk, non- lishing Group will publish a series of companion paperback novels to tie in with the miniseries. The books and the teledrama are set in a world where the Internet and virtual reality are so prevalent that people spend most of their lives online Former WNBCCh. 4 anchor and current MSNBC anchor Perri Pelz will host A E's "Open Book," a Sunday-morning series about books that debuts Oct 5. Each week, Pelz will interview best-selling authors of fiction and nonfic-tion. S.W.

the Fox sitcom "Rewind." His previous TV credits include the Fox sketch comedy series "The Show" and the syndicated show "The Newz." He's set to make his feature film debut later this year in "Chairman of the Board," with Raquel Welch and Carrot Top. And yes, he grew up watching "Soul Train." Variety Dot's all First the divorce, now the talk shows. Anthony Quinn, fresh from his much-publicized divorce trial, will be a guest this morning on Barbara Walters' new daily chatter, RADIO HIGHLIGHTS eadfti' toadfe inmates oddc By CAROLYN HINSEY 8:00 WHCR The Love Zone. Maurice Watts hosts WOR Health Talk With Dr. Ronald Hoffman 8:35 WABC Baseball.

Yankees-Mariners 10:00 WWRL Night Talk with Bob Law Midnight WFAN Joe Benigno Midnight WOR Joey Reynolds Show. Author Daniel Klein EMs? Documented Sightings Prove That He 1 MORNING 5:00 WBBR, WCBS-AM, WINS News and information (Continuous) WABC Mayor Rudy Giuliani 10:00 WOO Joan Hamburg Show. Author Lan Cao 11:00 WEVD House Calls. Dr. Richard Firshein hosts AFTERNOON Noon WBAI Natural Living with Gary Null Noon WNYC-AM Now York Company.

Actors Lisa Harrow and Jonathon Nossiter Broadway actor David Garrison WOR Food Talk. "Restaurant restaurant critic Arthur Schwartz, host 1:00 WOR The Dolans. Topic: "10 Sources for Travel Bargains" 2:00 WNYC-AIH Talk of the Nation With Ray Suarez 3:00 WABC Lionel 3:00 WOR Bob Grant Show EVENING 6:35 WXRK NFL Preseason. Jets-Tampa Bay 7:00 WABC Curtis Sliwa Show WNEW-FM NFL Preseason. Giants-Packers 7:00 WQEW Del De Montreux Show.

American popular standards 7:05 WFAN Baseball. That will include delving into Gregory's complicated relationship with his wife, Olivia, played by Lesley-Anne Down. "Even with dysfunctional couples, there is a deep love under all that" Behrens notes. "What got them to where they are now is Gregory's fear of fill in the blank. How deep do you want to go? But the more you see, the more interesting their battles are.

It comes out of love and fear. It's kind of sick and sad, but it's true. People aren't mean to be mean. They do things to suit themselves and it just turns out to be mean for the people around them." Gregory is in for a pretty mean fall then, what with his wife and daughter both uj WHEN ''Sunset Beach" kicked off in January, Gregory was a one-note villain whose story line consisted of basically telling people off. "He was pretty nasty," agrees Gregory's portrayer, Sam Beh-rens.

"It is partly my doing that they are softening him up. I don't think anyone is one level, or two-leveled for that matter. I don't think that is very interesting not even in daytime." Behrens started infusing his scenes with compassion, and lo and behold "What ended up happening is they saw some scenes with Caitlin that had heart, and they kind of ran with it" It does seem that Gregory is unnaturally attached to his daughter, Caitlin. "My own thoughts about Gregory's past are that he never got the love he wanted," theorizes Behrens. "He couldn't get it with Olivia, but he found it in the innocence of his daughter a kind of connection that he couldn't get out of adult women.

Now, she's becom MR. SOFTEE: Gregory (Sam Behrens) 3 I I I 5 i to pregnant (Caitlin by Cole, Olivia possibly also by Cole.) "Olivia's having a baby?" says Behrens, rolling his eyes. "I must tj IKK" lsjii Hi Ili--iTL 'ft XI irkjs iWl lijfjfe) ism i i iTli in say, Gregory has got to be the stupidest man in the ing an adult She's leaving him. No AM FM AM FM WABC 770 WUR 1300 92.7 WALK 1370 97.5 WLTW 106.7 WAXQ 104.3 WLUX 540 WBAB 102.3 WLVG 96.1 WBAI 99.5 WMCA 570 WBAZ 101.7 WMJC 94.3 WBBR 1130 WMJU 106.3 WBGO 88.3 WNEW 102.7 WBU 106.1 WNJR 1430 WBLS 107.5 WNWK 105.9 WBZO 103.1 WNYC 820 93.9 WCBS 880 1011 WNYE 915 WDBZ 105.1 WNYU 89.1 WDHA 105.5 WOR 710 WEVD 1050 WPAT 930 93.1 WFAN 660 WPU 95.5 WFAS 1230 103.9 WQCO 1019 WFDU 89.1 WQEW 1560 WFUV 90.7 WQHT 97.1 WGBB 1240 WQXR 96.3 WGSM 740 WRHU 88.7 WHCR 90.3 WRKS 98.7 WHU 1100 WRTN 93.5 WHTZ 100.3 WSKQ 97.9 WHUD 100.7 WVNJ 1160 WINS 1010 WVOX 1460 WKCR 89.9 WWDJ 970 WKDM 1380 WWRL 1600 WWY 98.3 WWXY 107.1 WKTU 103.5 WXIX 620 WUB 1190 WXRK 92.3 WUM 1580 WZRC 1480 (H.B. Lewis).

Returning for H.B.'s memorial service are Terrell Anthony (Rusty), Kimberley Simms (Mindy), Rebecca Hollen (Trish) and Morgan Englund (Dylan) Finola Hughes, who just wrapped up her gig as Kate on "Pacific Palisades," is joining Jack Wagner for a short September stint on "Sunset Beach." Hughes is best-known to soap fans as the dearly departed Anna Devane on "General Hospital." DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL: "GH's" Brenda and Jax have a heart-to-heart on Tuesday (ABC, 3 p.m.). Hint: Jax' will be broken when it's over. (Hinsey is executive editor of i Sr it I. I 5 l. 5J; body's good enough for my daughter.

Especially not a jewel thief Cole a guy so close to who I am. Is Gregory getting a little too soft? "I think they went too far," Behrens responds candidly, "which is the tendency in this medium. It's like, 'Okay, let's make him They are going to start dealing with Gregory's many levels now, I hope." world. She walks around all the time dizzy and falling down and fainting. I walk in on conversations every day: 'I can't have this baby'I'I say, 'Baby? What are you talking Olivia says, 'Oh, I was talking about a television COMINGS AND GOINGS: "Guiding Light" will finally in September address the real-life death of beloved Larry Gates -J i i 1 1 Soap Opera Digest.) i.