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LOS ANGELES -- Bad news for those viewers who just can't get enough O. J.NBC Entertainment President Warren Littlefield said yesterday that the network has no immediate plans to air the two-hour Frog Men" movie that Simpson was working on this spring. The made-for-TV movie about a team of former Navy SEALS-for-hire was also being considered as a "backdoor pilot," a film that can also serve as the pilot for a weekly series."It hasn't even been edited. When it's finished we'll look at it . . . but right now we have no plans to broadcast it," Littlefield said."

Good rule of thumb: When the most exciting thing on TV is a repeat, it's a slow night. Tonight's best bet: a second showing of the premiere episode of "NYPD Blue."* "Bakersfield P.D." (8:30-9 p.m., WBFF, Channel 45) -- Fans of this series -- and they are not legion, but they ARE loyal -- will want to catch this first-run epi- sode. Fox is preparing to run "Bakersfield" off the air, at least for a while, so taping is recommended to get you through the lean months. On tonight's show, Denny (Chris Mulkey)

PASADENA, Calif. -- "Homicide: Life on the Street" still didn't get what many consider its due, but the classy cop drama from Baltimore had its best year in terms of Emmy Award nominations, announced yesterday."

PASADENA, Calif. -- NBC and its quality dramas again dominated in Emmy nominations announced here yesterday -- except for "Homicide: Life on the Street," which had to settle for a split decision. The series failed again to be included in the field of best dramas, but its star, Andre Braugher, earned a nomination for top actor in a drama series.Braugher, whose snub last year by the Emmy nominators made headlines, was honored twice yesterday. Besides his work on "Homicide," he was nominated as best supporting actor in a movie or miniseries for HBO's "Tuskegee Airmen."

Most of the good sitcoms tonight are showing repeats -- as is "NYPD Blue," which automatically makes it a can-miss Tuesday night. The night's biggest draw is Sharon Gless in a dual role on a new CBS telemovie, but as star turns go, it's more flashy than sturdy.* "The Good Life" (8-8:30 p.m., WMAR, Channel 2) -- NBC is pulling the curtain, at least for the season, on some of its new sitcoms tonight. This is the last first-run episode of "The Good Life," for example, unless it's renewed, which isn't all that likely.

PASADENA, Calif. -- HBO, which has been steadily building a reputation as the place to do quality television, made it official yesterday, becoming the first cable channel to lead the networks in Emmy nominations.Among the 90 nods HBO received were a dozen for "Miss Evers' Boys" and 16 for "The Larry Sanders Show."However, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences once again snubbed the otherwise celebrated "Homicide: Life On the Street." NBC's Baltimore-based police drama received only two nominations -- one for casting and one for Anne Meara as best guest actress in a series.

Henry Winkler returns to series TV tonight, as both executive producer and star of Fox's "Monty," a situation comedy that, at least in the pilot, offers a lot more situation than comedy. Also making a prime-time appearance tonight, on a different sitcom: Vanna White.* "Full House" (8-8:30 p.m., WJZ, Channel 13) -- And here she is, Miss "Wheel of Fortune" herself, making an appearance as herself in an episode about D. J.'s study preparations for the SAT -- or, as Vanna White herself might spell it, the S T. ABC.* "Monty" (8-8:30 p.m., WBFF, Channel 45)

Peter Gwazdauskas, subject of the earlier film Educating Peter as a third-grader with Down syndrome, remained in classes with nondisabled students through high school graduation. Filmmaker Gerardine Wurzburg returned to follow his progress from sixth grade onward in the film Graduating Peter. It airs tonight at 7:30 on HBO. At a glance In Style: Celebrity Weddings (8 p.m.-9 p.m., WBAL, Channel 11) - Celebrities sharing nuptial stories include Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, American Pie's Shannon Elizabeth, NYPD Blue's Sharon Lawrence, Kyle MacLachlan, Tom Arnold and Marc Anthony.

NBC was a big winner and an even bigger loser at last night's 50th annual Emmy Awards.Andre Braugher, of the NBC drama "Homicide: Life on the Street," and stars in three of the network's key sitcoms won the major acting awards last night.But the network was also saddled with the longest and one of the least memorable Emmy telecasts ever -- four hours of flat clip packages, tedious standing features and a couple of lame musical numbers.The win for Braugher and "Homicide," produced in Baltimore, was especially sweet after six years of the show's being shortchanged by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences because it's made outside Hollywood.

Strong performances by longtime favorites, such as "ER" and "NYPD Blue," have been the salvation of network television this fall.Now that executive producers Steven Bochco and David Milch have only "NYPD Blue" to worry about, the series seems reinvigorated. They transformed the loss of actor Jimmy Smits into a brilliant story arc on the death of his character, Bobby Simone.This week, they took a successful first step in plugging Rick Schroder into the ensemble as Det. Bobby Sorenson. Funny how all the "Silver Spoons" jokes and wisecracks about Schroder's career as a kid actor have stopped once people saw him in the role.