ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS.

TELEVISION

Another Celebrity Rehab Patient: An L.A. Municipal Court judge overruled prosecution objections Thursday and placed former “NewsRadio” star Andy Dick in a two-year drug treatment program for first-time offenders that gives him a chance to emerge with a clean record. In exchange, Dick, 33, pleaded guilty to three drug counts, including felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor marijuana possession. He also pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and hit-and-run driving, for which he was sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to repay the city for toppling a light pole in a May 15 car crash. Prosecutors had urged taking a tougher stance, and the judge warned Dick--who was arrested after running from the scene when his car hit the pole near the Hollywood Bowl--that he could be sent to state prison for three years if he is caught again with drugs. Outside court, Dick said he already has started drug rehabilitation, adding: “I’m 98 days sober and I plan to stay that way for the rest of my life.” A court progress hearing is scheduled for Dec. 10.

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Keri! Britney! Christina! Justin!: The Disney Channel will air a Labor Day “Mickey Mouse Club” marathon featuring some familiar faces in their younger days: Chart-topping pop singers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, “Felicity” TV star Keri Russell and ‘N Sync band members Justin Timberlake and J.C. Chasez. All were members of the resurrected Disney variety show in the early ‘90s. The marathon, called “Where’d You MMC Them First?,” runs from noon to 8 p.m., and features both musical performances and comedy skits by the then-Mouseketeers.

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Ebert & Ebert: Having kept Gene Siskel’s name on the syndicated program since his death in February, “Siskel & Ebert & the Movies” will be renamed “Roger Ebert & the Movies” with the start of the show’s new season on Sept. 5. Ebert will continue to feature guest critics on a rotating basis but will occasionally break from the two-critic format to host themed shows.

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TNT Series: TNT is getting into the original series business. The cable channel on Thursday announced a slate of 12 series in development, including “The Warden,” a drama from “Prime Suspect” writer Lynda La Plante about the first female warden in a men’s maximum-security prison; “The Best Defense,” based on “the experiences” of attorney Alan Dershowitz and executive-produced by his son, Elon Dershowitz; and “Breaking News,” about the behind-the-scenes lives of the staff at a high-pressure, 24-hour TV news station. Other projects include “South Camelot,” a contemporary tale based on King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table being executive produced by the team behind “Zena: Warrior Princess”; and “Power,” a tale of the Las Vegas business world being co-written by “GoodFellas” scribe Nicholas Pileggi. TNT said it is also in “final discussions” with executive producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Laith Zawawi on “Decoy,” about an African American undercover cop in Harlem, and with producer-writer Jon Robin Baitz and director Joe Mantello on “New Year,” a family drama seen through the eyes of a gay middle son.

RADIO

Reporter Blacklisting?: An American radio reporter who won a Polk Award for her documentary about the history of Indonesia’s sometimes bloody rule over the East Timor territory has been deported from Bali to stop her from covering next week’s independence ballot in the region, her radio network said. Amy Goodman, the host of Pacifica Radio’s “Democracy Now!” program, said Indonesian customs officers barred her from entering the country Tuesday with the simple explanation that she had been “blacklisted.” Goodman was one of two U.S. reporters present when the army opened fire on protesters in a cemetery in Dili, the East Timor capital, in November 1991, killing up to 200 people, according to witnesses. The army said the death toll was 50. She was barred from reentering the country until 1994, when she was allowed to cover a visit by President Clinton, but during that trip she was seized by Indonesian soldiers and briefly held after attempting to return to East Timor. On Monday, more than 430,000 East Timorese will choose between independence and special autonomy within Indonesia through a U.N.-run ballot.

ART

Huntington Acquisition: “David Wilson Jordan,” a major portrait by America’s preeminent realist painter Thomas Eakins, has found a new home at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. Now on view at the Huntington’s Virginia Steele Scott Gallery, the three-quarter-length likeness of Eakins’ friend and former student was purchased from a private collection for an undisclosed sum by the Scott Foundation. Painted in 1899, the psychologically charged portrait portrays Jordan with his back to the viewer and his head turned in profile on a dark background, and is done in a style reminiscent of 17th century Spanish painters whose work Eakins admired.

QUICK TAKES

In an art-imitates-life plot, the Showtime series “Beggars and Choosers,” set at a fictional TV network, features a story line Saturday about bringing in a minority executive because of criticism regarding lack of diversity in the networks’ executive ranks. Sherry Saum (of NBC’s “Sunset Beach”) plays the role. . . . Veteran newsman Guillermo Descalzi was to begin Thursday as the new co-anchor of “Noticiero Telemundo,” the Spanish-language network’s evening newscast, seen in L.A. at 6:30 p.m. He replaces Raul Peimbert, who moves to other duties at cable network CBS-Telenoticias. . . . Comedian Andrew “Dice” Clay performs tonight and Saturday at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood; both 10 p.m. shows will be recorded for his upcoming comedy album. . . . Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers will meet fans during an in-store appearance at 6 tonight at the House of Blues’ store. The band’s three-night stand at the West Hollywood club is sold out.