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television ONTVVerne Gay WEB THERAPY (11 p.m., Show- time) The Lisa Kudrow series returns for its second season. KITCHEN (8 p.m., Gordon Ramsay challenges the cre- ativity by using a slot machine to determine ingredients for their dishes. MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT (9 p.m., HBO) This documentary looks at the perfor- mance artist as she prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art. verne.gay@newsday.com his morning, some- thing new dramati- cally new at the little station based in Melville and long known simply as A two-hour morning show at 7 and an hourlong evening news- cast at 9. Suffice it to say, this much news is a huge departure for a station purchased by CBS earlier this year for $55 million long depen- dent on reruns and game shows.

And while based in the heart of Long Island, both shows News at anchored by Chris Wragge and Dana Tyler, and From the anchored by Caroli- na Bermudez, John Elliott and Lisa Kerney will originate from Ch. 2 studios in Manhattan. Begging the question: Just how much L.I. news will these broadcasts offer? We spoke with David Friend, WCBS 2 news director (and Woodmere resident) about the newcomers. How much of the 9 p.m.

broad- cast will be devoted to Long Island news? This newscast will not just be geared toward Long Island news but will be a representa- tive newscast for everyone in the tristate area. But will there be more Absolutely. With Richard of Ch. and our two veteran correspon- dents McLogan and Carolyn have the largest TV pres- ence on Long Island. Why at 9 p.m.? our opportunity to rewrite the local news land- scape by launching a 9 p.m.

news when an available audience. Our re- search shows that if not home by 6 p.m., your next available to watch is 9. The shows will originate from Manhattan, but how will Richard Rose the Ch. 55 veteran who joined this Ch. 55 be folded in? Richard Rose will be doing live reports from the Melville studio, which will function as a significant bureau.

Richard has the ability to focus hyper- locally on Nassau and Suffolk; deliver his reports from the Melville studio that may not necessarily require a one- or two-minute report give a smorgasbord of little stories, instead. Tell me a bit about the new morning show, which calling a ing, with little Why soft? And what about L.I.? We want an ensemble morn- ing broadcast focus on news, weather, sports and and take a little time for the team to jell; we want to give them just a little breathing space. How much L.I. news on this? When warranted, defi- nitely be able to call upon our Long Island resources, but still, only when warranted. CBS PHOTO GAMEDAY MSG Talent Show (11:30 a.m., Ch.

14) spotlights talented high school acts in the tristate area. DAYTIME CBS THIS MORNING (7 a.m., Billboard editor Joe Levy TODAY (7 a.m., Sally Field, family camping LIVE! WITH KELLY (9 a.m., Sally Field, guest co-host Michael Strahan RACHAEL RAY (10 a.m., Nick Cannon WENDY WILLIAMS (10 a.m., midnight, BET) Margaret Cho, Deborah Norville THE VIEW (11 a.m., Lisa Kudrow BETHENNY (11 a.m., Howie Mandel THE TALK (2 p.m., Betty White (repeat) DR. PHIL (3 p.m., 6 p.m., Our teen is tearing the family apart ANDERSON COOPER (4 p.m., Ana Gasteyer, Jimmy Fallon ELLEN DEGENERES (4 p.m., 7 p.m., Andrew Garfield, Edie Falco (repeat) LATE NIGHT DAILY SHOW (11 p.m., Comedy Central) Steve Carell (repeat) CONAN (11 p.m., TBS) Steve Martin, Rebecca Romijn (repeat) LENO (11:35 p.m., Katy Perry (repeat) LETTERMAN (11:35 p.m., Elizabeth Banks (repeat) KIMMEL (12:05 a.m., Jada Pinkett Smith (repeat) FALLON (12:35 a.gm., Charlie Sheen (repeat) FERGUSON (12:35 a.m., Julie Andrews (repeat) offthewall newsday.com/tv Wedded to Lisa Kudrow and her TV hubby, Victor Garber TEBOWING a footballer, a religious figure, a cultural light- ning rod, and now a Jet. Wild (8 p.m., promises to look into of hot Hollywood and much- discussed (which would seem to be mutually exclusive, but, hey, More at eonline.com. DIANE WERTS Adding more LI news is the big story at Ch.

55 RICHARD ROSE New L.I. bureau chief Joined in 1996 Anchor and host of Sunday morning public affairs series Formerly anchor and reporter with stations in Jacksonville, Portland, Maine; Colorado Springs; and Scottsbluff, Neb. JENNIFER MCLOGAN Returned to in 1993 after working for WBBW and Began her career in Boston radio Covered the LIRR shooting, the crash of TWA flight 800, the Belle Harbor crash of flight 587 and the DWI limo murder trial CAROLYN GUSOFF Joined as a Long Island reporter last year Was with for 15 years and co-anchored Today in New Covered Long Island at News12, where her stories included the Tankleff murders and Amy Fisher-Joey Buttafuoco Has contributed to numerous newspapers, including Newsday Meet Ch. new LI reporters Dana Tyler WCBS news director David Friend is guiding Ch. news.

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