The 1982 Conan the Barbarian (KCOP tonight...

The 1982 Conan the Barbarian (KCOP tonight at 8) revived the heroic epic in all its innocent pleasures on a spectacular scale and with a sophisticated style. Directed and co-written (with Oliver Stone) by John Milius from a character created by Robert E. Howard in the ‘30s, it’s a classic struggle between good and evil. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Considering how few films, either made-for-TV or for theatrical release, have dealt with AIDS, it’s ironic (and unfortunate) that a repeat of the outstanding, groundbreaking An Early Frost (KCAL tonight at 9), in which Aidan Quinn plays a young man who breaks the news to his family that he’s gay and that he has AIDS, airs exactly the same time as the TV premiere of the AIDS-themed Longtime Companion on KCET--the latter does however repeat on Wednesday at 10 p.m.

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (KDOC Monday at 7 p.m.), a notable 1974 TV movie, taps into what has become a growing phenomenon--adults, adopted as children, seeking out the natural parents. With Beau Bridges and Meredith Baxter.

Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (KTTV Monday at 8 p.m.), the 1984 film that kicked off the long-running series, poses the question: When a film is designed to drench the screen in blood--with maximum violence directed, as usual, mainly toward women--rather than to give a good, fun fright, what finally does it matter how well it is made? Anyway, this is the film in which Robert Englund created Freddy, the hideous ghoul who attacks girls and boys in their sleep.

Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy’s Revenge (KTTV Tuesday at 8 p.m.) inevitably lacks the shock of the original but otherwise is pretty much more of the same.

Randal Kleiser’s 1984 Grandview, U.S.A. (KCOP Tuesday at 8 p.m., again on Saturday at 6 p.m.) is a heartfelt, perceptive view of small-town American life, centering on a youth coming of age (C. Thomas Howell) and a young woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) determined to make a go of her father’s demolition derby. With Patrick Swayze.

David Zucker’s 1988 The Naked Gun (CBS Tuesday at 9 p.m.) is a vulgar collection of cheesy jokes, bald-faced stick-it-in-your-eye slapstick, appalling parodies of old TV cop shows and puns that adds up to irresistible hilarity. Leslie Nielsen stars as the dourly impassive Lt. Frank Drebin.

The Executioner’s Song (KTLA Saturday at 8 p.m.) won Tommy Lee Jones a well-deserved Emmy for his scary portrayal of convicted Utah killer Gary Gilmore, who strived to see his death sentence carried out. This riveting 1982 TV movie was directed by Lawrence Schiller from Norman Mailer’s own adaptation of his best-selling book.