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TV/VIDEO

To Video Stores and Beyond!: In what it hopes is an early indication of phenomenal sales to come, Walt Disney Home Video announced Wednesday that U.S. retailers have ordered more than 21 million video copies of “Toy Story.” That surpasses the initial orders received last year for Disney’s “The Lion King,” which went on to become the best-selling video of all time, with more than 30 million copies sold. “Toy Story,” which grossed almost $200 million at movie theaters, is scheduled to arrive in stores Tuesday with an accompanying marketing campaign valued at $150 million--the biggest ever for a single video title, Disney says.

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Brinkley to Close With Clinton: David Brinkley will spend his final “This Week With David Brinkley” interviewing President Clinton. Brinkley concludes his hosting duties on Nov. 10--the Sunday after the election--and the ABC broadcast is scheduled to be Clinton’s first interview after the polls close.

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Honoring Sexuality Themes: An episode of ABC’s “Home Improvement” about vasectomies and an edition of NBC’s “Homicide: Life on the Street” on hate crimes were named best comedy and drama series, respectively, at the 12th annual Nancy Susan Reynolds Awards honoring outstanding portrayals of sexuality in the media. Other winners at Wednesday night’s awards at the Pacific Design Center included the ABC “Afterschool Special” “Positive: A Journey Into AIDS” (best children’s program), ABC’s “General Hospital” (daytime drama) and the syndicated “Jenny Jones Show” (talk show). Among other honors: The Fox series “Party of Five” won a special writers award, and Univision’s “The Christina Show” won the first Hispanic Media Award.

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‘Noah’ Grounded: ABC has halted production on “Second Noah,” the family drama that had been airing at 8 p.m. Saturdays before being pulled from the schedule last week. The show hasn’t been officially canceled but the move doesn’t bode well for its future. . . . Separately, the UPN Network has ordered more episodes of its new comedies “Malcolm & Eddie,” “Goode Behavior,” “Sparks” and “Homeboys in Outer Space,” as well as the returning action hour “The Sentinel,” extending each show through the season. UPN has yet to decide the fate of its lone new drama, “The Burning Zone.” The WB Network has also picked up more episodes of most of its new series but prospects don’t look good for Kirk Cameron’s “Kirk.”

POP/ROCK

Crows Count Their Way to No. 1: “Recovering the Satellites,” the Counting Crows’ follow-up to the band’s blockbuster 1993 debut, “August and Everything After,” was the nation’s best-selling album during its first week in stores. The collection sold about 160,000 copies last week, according to SoundScan, while Celine Dion’s “Falling Into You” sold about 145,000 copies to finish in the runner-up spot after spending three of the previous four weeks at No. 1. Korn’s “Life Is Peachy,” the Orange County rock band’s second album, also debuted impressively--entering the chart at No. 3. . . . Meanwhile, tickets for the Counting Crows’ Dec. 17 concert at the Wiltern Theatre go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.

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Springsteen Release: A five-song EP of recordings made during Bruce Springsteen’s 1995 reunion with the E Street Band will be included with the first edition of the Nov. 19 home video release of “Bruce Springsteen: Blood Brothers,” a documentary (previously seen on the Disney Channel) of the recording sessions. Included: an alternate version of “Blood Brothers”; the new song “Without You”; “Secret Garden,” a song with string arrangements previously released only in Europe; a live version of “Murder Incorporated”; and a cover of Tim Scott’s “High Hopes.”

ART

White House Acquisition: The president and first lady on Tuesday will unveil the White House’s first painting by a black artist: Henry Ossawa Tanner’s 1885 oil “Sand Dunes at Sunset, Atlantic City,” which will be hung in the Green Room. The White House Endowment Fund purchased the $100,000 painting from the Pittsburgh-born artist’s grand-niece after a two-year search--aided by the Museum of African American Art--to find a work of African American art that would be “compatible with the White House collection and complement one of the public rooms.” Tanner’s works, Hillary Rodham Clinton said, “remind us that talent has the power to transcend prejudice.”

QUICK TAKES

Kelsey Grammer was expected to return to the set of NBC’s “Frasier” today after checking out Wednesday from the Betty Ford Center, where he had been undergoing treatment for substance abuse since shortly after a car accident last month. . . . Motown founder Berry Gordy will get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during 11:30 a.m. ceremonies today at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and the Temptations are scheduled to attend. . . . HBO took the early lead in the cable industry’s top honors, winning 10 of 26 CableACE Awards in categories such as cinematography, art direction and editing. Honors included two wins for HBO’s “The Larry Sanders Show” (best writing and directing for a comedy). The remaining winners will be announced Nov. 16, during ceremonies televised on TNT. . . . Donald Trump confirmed that he has purchased the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen beauty pageants. . . . Long Beach Symphony Music Director JoAnn Falletta will not conduct the orchestra as scheduled Saturday night, due to a death in her family. Assistant conductor Eugene Castillo will replace her in the Terrace Theater show.