TELEVISIONAnchor Dropped: Kathleen Sullivan, the vanquished network...

TELEVISION

Anchor Dropped: Kathleen Sullivan, the vanquished network news personality and weight-loss pitchwoman who made a comeback at E! Entertainment Television when she anchored the network’s coverage of the O.J. Simpson murder trial and its daily news broadcast, is out of a job again. Sullivan, who anchored the news with Steve Kmetko, had been off the air for a couple of weeks when the network announced Wednesday that she would not return. Executives declined further comment. Sullivan said in a statement: “I was hired by E! Entertainment to bring credibility to their news desk. . . . I was surprised by the recent turn of events at E! and, frankly, their behavior has saddened me.” Officials for the cable channel said no replacement is being named for Sullivan.

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Attackers Face Victim: Taped interviews with two of the three teenagers who were sent to prison this week for going on a spree with a paint-pellet gun will be shown today on “Geraldo” (KCBS-TV Channel 2, 3 p.m.). Also on the show is one of a dozen victims, referred to only as Tom but identified as Thomas McDonald when the “Geraldo” segment was shown in court Monday. A “Geraldo” spokesman said that “Tom” is offered, and refuses, an apology from Anthony Skoblar, 18, the driver for the group, who says the teenagers were looking for “a quick laugh.” Malcolm Boyd, 19, who shot a dozen people with the stinging projectiles, is also on the program, along with his mother. Skoblar, Boyd and a third Van Nuys teenager were sentenced to four years in prison even though McDonald says on the tape that the penalty “seems a little steep.”

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‘Missing’ Shows Found: The Museum of Television & Radio, through its preservation alliance with cable’s Nick at Nite, has acquired four “missing” TV programs: a Dec. 4, 1960, episode of David Susskind’s “Open End,” featuring a 3 1/2-hour interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and three James Dean appearances from 1953: “Campbell TV Soundstage: Something for an Empty Briefcase”; “Danger: Death Is My Neighbor”; and “Big Story: Rex Newman.” Nick at Nite’s TV Land channel will air “Rex Newman” and other Dean programs on July 28. The new acquisitions also are available for viewing at the museum in Beverly Hills and New York.

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Let’s Schedule a ‘Deal’: “Big Deal!,” a game show inspired by “Let’s Make a Deal” and hosted by Mark DeCarlo (“Studs”), will get a six-week run on Fox Broadcasting at 7 p.m. Sundays beginning Sept. 1. Audience members will compete for prizes through games and stunts. “L.A. Firefighters”--which just completed a summer run and is scheduled to occupy that time period in the fall--won’t return until after Fox televises the World Series in October.

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Switch for Sarandon: Susan Sarandon, who won a best actress Academy Award for her role in “Dead Man Walking,” segues from death row to CD-ROM, where she will narrate an interactive adventure game. Sarandon has been signed to narrate Cosmo’s Rocket, a joint venture project of Class6 Interactive and TechToons Ltd., it was announced this week. The CD-ROM is planned for fall release.

MOVIES

‘Magnificent’ Memorabilia: The black cowboy hat, red boots, pistol and holster that Yul Brynner wore as a hired gun in “The Magnificent Seven” are going on the block in Paris. The props will be auctioned in September along with furniture, art and other movie and stage memorabilia from the actor’s Normandy estate. Brynner died in 1985 at age 70. The sale will include a dozen drawings and a ceramic plate designed by the late surrealist artist Jean Cocteau, with whom Brynner enjoyed a close friendship.

POP/ROCK

Opening on Top: New York rapper Nas’ “It Was Written,” a collection of songs about frequently dark tales of urban life, entered the national sales charts this week at No. 1 after selling 269,000 copies last week, according to SoundScan. The album ended the four-week reign at No. 1 of Metallica’s “Load,” which sold 158,000 units. Rounding out the top 5 on the new Billboard magazine charts: Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” (151,000), Fugees’ “The Score” (135,000) and Toni Braxton’s “Secrets” (132,000). Another rap entry, 2Pac’s “How Do U Want It,” sold 127,000 copies last week to make it the nation’s hottest single for the second straight week.

QUICK TAKES

“Hawaii Five-O,” one of the longest-running shows in television history (1968-1980 on CBS), becomes the latest TV classic headed for the big screen. Producer George Litto (“Dressed to Kill,” “Blowout”) said he has acquired rights to the action series and he and Avery Duff are the scripters. . . . The WB Network will premiere its new animated children’s series “Superman” with a 90-minute movie in prime time on Sept. 6. Tim Daly and Dana Delany are the voices of Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane. . . John Dancy, NBC News’ most senior correspondent, will retire Sept. 1 to become a fellow at the Shorenstein Center of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Dancy joined NBC News in 1965 as a reporter and went on to cover four wars--most recently the conflict between Russian Army troops and Chechen rebels--in addition to numerous other major stories. . . . Quincy Jones conducts a command performance featuring the Phil Collins Big Band, Tony Bennett, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Hugh Masekela tonight in London. The audience includes South African President Nelson Mandela, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.