CASTING AROUND

“Platoon” leader Tom Berenger battles rugged terrain and his own prejudices when he joins up with lawman Sidney Poitier to search for his kidnaped girlfriend Kirstie Alley in “Mountain King,” now shooting in Vancouver. . . . TV’s newest odd couple: “Entertainment Tonight” host Mary Hart and comedian Richard Lewis will co-host NBC “Friday Night Videos” on May 8. . . . Now that the Los Angeles Kings hockey season is over, center Bernie Nicholls encounters real violence when he plays a 1940s lawman who tracks bank robber Angie Dickinson and her three daughters in “Big Bad Mama II,” with a Valley shoot in June. . . . TV odd couples Take 2: Pee-Wee Herman and Tim Conway will co-host the first annual “American Comedy Awards,” which is telecast on ABC live on May 19. . . . Cliff De Young is a frightened father who attempts to save his kids from a deadly monster in the feature film “Pulse,” which starts beating here this week. . . . Mr. Ed’s master, Alan Young, is working with animals again. He’s the voice of Uncle Scrooge McDuck in the forthcoming Disney syndicated daily animated series entitled “DuckTales,” which debuts in September. . . . In the comedy farce “Rented Lips,” Lassie’s one-time mom June Lockhart ends up working in her son’s porno film and impresses the participants--with her singing . . . . The first “Star Search” comedy winner, Brad Garrett, stars as a single father who runs a commercial jingle firm in Omaha in the CBS sitcom pilot “Just You and Me.”