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S3 Taxi love. (R) CD CD Newt Gallagher's Video Hits 69 ALF Continued on next page 'LA Law' gets quick fixes from old friends The Reality Blur py 'Rosie OH gets her last trial by ratings by Mike Duffy Free Press TV Writer LOS ANGELES It's the last-chance prime-time tango for "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill." A ratings disappointment since it debuted in the fall of 1990, the Sharon Gless drama series is in Hiatusville And I had to really explain to this man that I'm not a lawyer. I'm only an actor playing a lawyer. "But he was absolutely con LAW, from Page IF Littlefield was being diplomatic. The fact is, "LA Law" stumbled badly it attempted to deal with a huge number of changes this season.

Key actors left the series, including Harry Hamlin and Jimmy Smits. Sev-i eral new characters were introduced. But perhaps most unsettling were the changes behind the scenes. Execu- live producers Patricia Green and Rick Wallace replaced David Kelley, the masterful writer-producer who led "LA Law" through two brilliant sea-fsons. He left to develop "Picket Fences," a one-hour drama about a married couple in.

small-town Wiscon-1 sin, a new series for CBS. Without Kelley, "LA Law" has ten floundered. LOS ANGELES Corbin Bern-sen isn't a real lawyer. He just plays one on television. But don't try to tell that to the goofy attorney who thinks "LA Law's" Arnie Becker is the real deal.

Here's how Bernsen explained it to TV critics last week: "I'm on an airplane flying to New York, and there's this guy who's well-dressed, and I assume he's a pretty expensive lawyer who might know his stuff. And he's sitting there in first class and wants me to look over his deposition for him. "At first, I go along with him, ha-ha-ha, and he starts to get serious. Corbin Bernsen limbo. "The show's had a pretty good tour of the schedule," Jeff Sagansky, president of CBS entertain FROM vinced I could help him with this." Whoa, mama.

It's a good thing the guy wasn't a brain surgeon and Bernsen a cast member of "St. Elsewhere." By Mike Duffy Sharon Gless as Rosie O'Neill enough people who could throw a ball to people who could catch one." Last year 27 WLAF telecasts were done; this year, the number will be drastically reduced. In other USA news, Koplovitz: Announced the network will add reruns of NBC's popular "Quantum Leap" to its fall prime-time lineup. Is negotiating to buy a majority interest in the new, long-delayed LA bottom fell out of the show's ratings. "LA Law" is still winning its 10 p.m.

Thursday time period "opposite "PrimeTime Live" on ABC and "Knots Landing" on CBS. So far this season, it is a healthy 25th in the overall Nielsen survey. Last season, "LA Law" finished 22nd overall for the season. Depending on how you view the situation, calling on Kelley and Bochco could be seen as quick-fix desperation or a shrewd method of smoothing out a rough transition period. "We're there to help," said Bochco.

But with his new ABC drama "Civil Wars" struggling to find an audience and his animated series "Capitol Critters" about to debut, Bochco obviously has other pressing matters to occupy his time. And Kelley's new CBS project would seem to be his first priority. But Bochco said he thinks "LA Law" will once again discover the McKenzie, Brackman magic. Smits is filming a guest appearance as Victor Sifuentes for the February sweeps. And the high-quality old-times motif continues with tonight's episode.

Because he's more familiar with the show's older characters, Bochco chose story lines that involve such familiar names as Ann Kelsey, Douglas Brack-man, Arnie Becker and Benny. "I think it's a good, solid 'LA Bochco said. Wish we could say the same for the whole season. It's as if the ghost of Rosalind Shays put a curse on McKenzie, Brackman, and the beloved, classic TV series abruptly tumbled down an elevator shaft. Accidents will happen.

i "I don't want to talk about that," steyen Bocnco torn several critics I here last week. Bochco, the famed television producer who created both "Hill Street Blues" and "LA Law," has no desire to add to the angst. Besides, he's still a creative consultant with a financial stake in the show. "They've made some big transi-; tions this year," he admitted. "David 'Kelley is a ijloss." Green, whose major producing credit before "LA Law" was "Cagney Lacey," has apparently been under considerable pressure during the rocky i transition period.

New writers have been hired, then fired. "Some of the staff that came in 'under Pat Green didn't cut it, they didn't work," Littlefield said. "And I think Pat would be the first to say, hey, this is a very tough act to follow and we're struggling." So how do you fix a valuable franchise? You dial the Hollywood version of 911. Last Thursday, it seemed like old times. The episode, which centered on an intense, satisfyingly socko case handled by Tommy Mullaney (John Spencer), was written by none other than Kelley.

And tonight's equally anticipated episode (10 p.m., Channel 4 in Detroit) is the work of some guy named Bochco. "Pat asked for help from some of the people who were very, very important in making the show what it was," Littlefield said. "And I think what we're going to find is throughout the rest of the season we have a stronger and a better show." Corbin Bernsen, who portrays slime-puppy divorce attorney Arnie Becker, allowed as how maybe "LA Law" temporarily lost its way. But last week's episode told everybody "that we're back on track," Bernsen said. With new writers and producers, there's a period of adjustment, he said.

"It takes time for these people to find the voices of the character." Even mediocre "LA Law" is "way up there in quality" compared to most prime-time series, noted Bernsen. And to be fair, it's not like the ment, told TV critics this week. "But we're going to try once more this spring." No date, day or time has been announced. But Sagansky said he's still hopeful "Rosie O'Neill" can finally attract viewers. Six episodes will air, kicked off by a three-part story featuring Robert Wagner as love interest for Gless' gutsy but anxiety-prone attorney.

Sagansky's willingness to give the show so many chances has to do with its high-quality roots. It stars Emmy-winner Gless and it's produced by Barney Rosenzweig, Gless' husband and the man who helped her achieve Emmy glory by producing "Cagney Lacey." "I just find it hard to believe that a show that is that well written and a show which I think has gotten better over this last year can't find an audience," said Sagansky. But if "Rosie O'Neill" doesn't finally zing this spring, the plug will most definitely be pulled. HOW DID YOU RANK III THE FIRST LADY QUIZ? AIM flflflQMQQflB PATRICK BUCHANAN Here are the answers to the quiz on Page IF. 1.

Ida Saxton McKinley 2. Nancy Davis Reagan 3. Elizabeth Kortright Monroe A. Ellen Louise Axson Wilson Lou Henry Hoover Sci-Fi cable network. How come? Because MCA and Paramount, the entertainment industry heavyweights that own chunks of the USA Network, are loaded with old sci-fi movies and TV series, most notably "Star Trek." The Sci-Fi channel hopes to begin operation later this year, Koplovitz said.

Defended USA's heavy slate of original TV movie thrillers that feature women in jeopardy. "Viewers like them," she said. "Our philosophy is to entertain people. We are unapologetically entertainers." Expressed satisfaction with the popularity and continued storytelling improvements on "Swamp Thing," especially the producers' efforts to inject a bit of fear and loathing into his personality. "He's no longer the Jolly Green Giant," said Koplovitz.

"Now he's actually a threat to some people." FREAKY DEAKY: CBS will explore stories of space aliens and a potential global warming disaster in two planned miniseries. "The Intruders," coming this May, will be based on actual accounts of close encounters with space aliens. Richard Crenna and Mare Winningham will star; Dan Curtis of War," "Dark will direct. Meanwhile, "The Fire Next Time" will be set in the globally warmed America of 2022. It will tell a "Grapes of story of a family trying to travel from waterlogged New Orleans to a new home in Canada.

And, yes, those are palm trees sprouting in Illinois. Oy. Summertime Cruise: Two summers ago, CBS first introduced "Northern Exposure" as a summer experiment. Pure magic. So the network will give summer premieres to two experiments: "Grapevine," which CBS is touting as a stylistically bold, Ti 1 I f8 raincK oucnanan wire, -ar I Shelley, has no comment on 13.

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her husband's qualifications for president. Buchanan is going it alone, stumping New Hampshire, trying to make a strong showing at the polls in the New Hampshire primary Feb. 18. Ti i i I 6. trances polsom Cleveland -7.

Edith Boiling Gait Wilson 8. Dolley Payne Todd Madison I Eliza McCardle Johnson 10. Florence Kling Harding 11. Julia Gardiner Tyler 112. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roose-! velt (wife of FDR, who was a distant i cousin) Nancy Reagan said, "Mylif( really began when I married my husband." I uucnanan, oj.isapouucai 1 1 I I columnist and a host of 1 nf 1 1 CNN's "Crossfire" nropram.

The Rodney Network: in the alphabet soup world of basic cable television, the USA Network often gets lost in the shuffle of media babbling about MTV, CNN, ESPN, TNT and such. Like Rodney Dangerfield, USA just can't get no respect. So why are Kay Koplovitz, the savvy USA Network boss, and her affable, low-key staff smiling? Because, for the second straight year, USA finished first in prime-time ratings among basic cable networks, tying Ted Turner's super-station TBS with a 2.2 average rating. Those are still puny numbers by major non-cable network standards. But while CBS, ABC and NBC are losing audience and money, USA is doing just the opposite.

And it is doing it with an eclectic mix of made-for-USA movies, original series Reality," "Swamp jWife of Bush's GOP challenger lets her husband do all the talking He was a communications aide in the White House under Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, but has never run for public office. He announced Dec. 11 in Concord, N.H., he would enter the Republican primary on an "America First" platform. In his announcement speech, he scolded the president as a "globalist" who is out of touch with the country. Buchanan's national campaign strategist and pollster Tony Fabrizio quit last week, citing conflicts with Bay Buchanan, sister of the candidate, who's the campaign manager.

They believe "they can fight this revolution without experience," says Fabrizio, who also advised Kansas Sen. Bob Dole's campaign in 1988. Still, analysts believe the conservative Buchanan might draw a substantial protest vote in the New Hampshire primary. By Ellen Creager recent off-network reruns She Wrote," and sports. Buchanan, from Page IF Shelley prepared, and no Shelley prepared, and no one seemed to know her well enough to talk about her.

Should she become first lady, however, the White House will be familiar. The former Shelley lAmi Scarney was an aide to Richard Nixon's Secretary Rose Mary Woods. She and Patrick Buchanan, who also worked as an aide in the faxon administration, were married in 1971. i Should Patrick Buchanan win, his wife's penchant for privacy may put her in the ranks of first ladies who stayed quiet during their husband's presidency. Her major role seems to be to quiet her husband's bombastic personality, which may be a full-time job.

Staying out of the picture "Might be easier than one might imagine," says Niki Tsongas, wife of Democratic presidential contender Paul Tsongas. "You are very isolated in the White House. It's you, your husband and your family in that house, cut off from the world I remember reading that Margaret Truman used to walk downtown and shop. When's the last time you can remember a first lady doing that? I read the only time Nancy Reagan ever did that in eight years was when she went to a local card shop." On the other hand, Shelley Buchanan may yet find her voice. A conservative voice, no doubt.

OK, agreed Koplovitz, last half-hour show about contemporary relationships from producer David Frankel Doctor," and "2000 Malibu Road," a half-hour series about four women sharing a beach house. Since it's created by Terry Louise Fisher it probably will not be subtitled "Beach Blanket Bimbos." 1 year's decision to carry games of the newborn World League of American Football proved to be a serious ratings bust. "There was a little problem with the league," Koplovitz said. "There were not It.