Here are a few programs to look out for in the upcoming week ...

SATURDAY 9 A.M. Stories from the Hall of Fame, The History Channel. On Sept. 17, 1920, the National Football League was born in a car showroom in Canton, Ohio. Today, millions of fans visit Canton to experience the sport's dramatic history at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. History Channel teams up with NFL Films to examine vital games and events, and to explore how pro football was played and how it has evolved. Host is Hall of Fame defensive lineman Howie Long, who examines the careers of Red Grange, Y.A. Tittle, Marv Levy, Lynn Swann and O.J. Simpson.

SUNDAY 3 P.M. Hollywood Reality, A&E. "M*A*S*H: Comedy under Fire." Despite Robert Altman's award-winning film and the highly rated 11-year TV series, few people are aware that a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital existed during the Korean War and was the basis of Richard Hooker's novel. This program contrasts the real life-and-death stories of field surgeons with their serio-comic counterparts. Highlights include classic clips and interviews with Altman, Donald Sutherland, writer Larry Gelbart, and surgeons and nurses from Korean War MASH units. Burt Reynolds narrates. Alan Alda complains that this program will never end.

SUNDAY 8 P.M. Ozzy Osbourne, Travel Channel. "Jumping Someone Else's Train" is how Psychedelic Furs might describe it. Ozzy Osbourne invited Travel Channel to meet his family at his luxury mansions in Los Angeles and Buckinghamshire. Hear the story of how he recovered from years of drug and alcohol abuse and how today he enjoys being with his family. This was filmed in the late '90s, before MTV rolled up with their show.

MONDAY 2 A.M. Space: The Final Junkyard, TLC. Spent rockets, discarded fuel tanks and millions of other fragments, all traveling at 20,000 mph, litter our solar system. Because a fleck of paint is capable of shattering a shuttle windshield, scientists fear a collision of devastating proportions.

MONDAY 8 P.M. Dirty Rotten Cheater, PAX. A new "suspenseful and hilarious" (that's what they say) question-and-answer game show combines pretense, risk and cash. Six players answer questions and win money, but one of the contestants is secretly being fed all the answers. If the honest players want to take home the money, they must uncover the "cheater." It's host Bill Dwyer (who did a fine job hosting a game show on FoxSports Net).

NEWS & NOTES: Friends will be back for a tenth season. Don Knotts will play the gang's landlord, and Fonzie will jump his motorcycle over a tank of live sharks. ... Madeleine Smithberg, co-creator and executive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is leaving the program to spend more time with her family.

-- P.F. Wilson

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