TELEVISION - June 4, 1994

Local Blackout for ‘Tenors’: “Encore! The Three Tenors,” the concert reuniting Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, will be broadcast live on PBS except in Southern California, where it will be blacked out like a local sports event so as not to impact ticket sales. The performance, set for July 16 at Dodger Stadium, the eve of the World Cup final soccer competition here (as it was when they sang in Rome in 1990), will be the tenors’ first appearance together in the United States. KCET-TV Channel 28 has not yet decided when the concert will be broadcast here.

* Murrow vs. McCarthy: CBS Reports will air a June 15 documentary on the famous CBS broadcasts in which journalist Edward R. Murrow took on Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) in the 1950s. “When America Trembled--Murrow/McCarthy” will include clips from the “See It Now” programs in which Murrow challenged McCarthy’s tactics, along with interviews with producers of the shows. Dan Rather will anchor the one-hour program.

* Thoughts of Food: Joan Rivers, Tony Danza and George Foreman will take part in an anti-hunger telethon on--you guessed it--the Television Food Network. The cable channel’s six-hour telecast on behalf of hunger-fighting projects in the United States begins Sunday at 3 p.m. Other guests on the “Let’s Make Sure Everybody Eats” telethon include New York Times food writer Molly O’Neill and celebrity chefs Larry Forgione and Jeremiah Tower.

* Quite a Discovery: “Normandy: The Great Crusade,” a Discovery Channel documentary narrated by actor Charles Durning, has posted the cable network’s highest rating for a prime-time program. The two-hour show, which premiered last Monday, was seen in approximately 2.2 million households, besting the viewership for a documentary on sharks that aired in 1993.

* On the Move: “Good Advice,” the CBS sitcom that was scheduled to run on Mondays through the early summer, is moving to Wednesdays starting June 15. “Love & War” repeats will return to the Monday slot at 9:30 p.m. on June 13.

* News Flash: “Premier Story,” a new nightly syndicated program devoted to the day’s top news event, starts its late-night run Monday at 11:30 p.m. on KCOP. The half-hour show initially will be carried in five cities, including Los Angeles and New York, before airing in other markets across the country.

* Just Ducky: When actor Jason Alexander directs Lolita Davidovich in the feature film “Stranger Things,” it will be their second project together though they never really met the first time around. Davidovich is a “guest voice” on tonight’s episode of the animated “Duckman” series, which features Alexander’s voice in the title role. They recorded their dialogue separately because Alexander temporarily lost his voice. USA Network, which airs the cable comedy at 10:30 p.m., has ordered an additional 13 episodes that will go into production this summer for telecast early next year.

STAGE

Who Is That Masked Man?: Davis Gaines, L.A.’s longest-running “Phantom of the Opera,” will don the mask yet again, this time on Broadway, where the show returns July 4 for a six-month run. Gaines played Raoul on Broadway before switching to the Phantom role in L.A. . . . Charlayne Woodard and Lou Diamond Phillips will star in La Jolla Playhouse’s “The Good Person of Setzuan,” opening July 31.

PEOPLE WATCH

Goodwill Gesture: When composer Chip Davis was commissioned to write the theme music and fanfares for this summer’s Goodwill Games, he never dreamed that he would also debut a new anthem for a young nation. But that will happen in Atlanta on Sunday when Davis and his group, Mannheim Steamroller, kick off an 11-city Music of the Goodwill Games U.S. Concert Tour. As part of Sunday’s event, the composer will premiere the new Russian national anthem, which has never been performed publicly, even in Russia. Joining Davis will be a troupe of 33 Russian dancers and balalaika musicians from St. Petersburg, Russia, the site of this year’s international Goodwill competition.

* Watch Her: Country singer Lorrie Morgan, whose hit songs include “What Part of No” and “Watch Me,” gave her bus driver husband $65,000 and a pickup as part of their divorce settlement. Morgan and Brad Thompson, both 35, were divorced a week ago. They married in 1991 while Thompson drove a bus for country singer Clint Black. It was the third marriage for both.

* It’s a Girl: Actress Connie Sellecca on Thursday gave birth to daughter Prima Sellechia Tesh. It is the second child for Sellecca and the first for her husband, “Entertainment Tonight” host John Tesh.

QUICK TAKES

Radio bad boy Howard Stern has purchased the movie rights to a book on Sam Kinison written by the late comic’s brother, Bill. . . . Actor Harrison Ford on Thursday received UCLA’s Spencer Tracy Award recognizing outstanding dramatic performance.