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

TELEVISION

‘Roseanne’ Yanked: “The Roseanne Show” has been dropped from the lineup of NBC’s owned-and-operated stations, including KNBC-TV, beginning with the new season in September. In a brief statement Friday, syndicator King World acknowledged its disappointment but said it “will continue to produce a top-quality program and work toward its growth in the second season.” There was no comment from NBC headquarters in New York or from KNBC here as to a replacement program. Daily Variety reported Friday that NBC, which bought the talk show for two years, will continue to pay for it even while not playing it. The paper quoted Pat Wallace, president of the NBC Television Stations, as saying she was disappointed in the program’s ratings and felt it was hurting the shows that followed it.

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KCET Blanked: KCET-TV was off the air from 6:15 p.m. Thursday until 2:30 a.m. Friday due to a fire on Mt. Wilson, where the station has its transmitter. The station is rescheduling these programs: “Evening at Pops: Nathan Lane’s Tribute to Danny Kaye” will air at 7 tonight. The fourth episode of “Mystery! Touching Evil” runs Thursday at 9 p.m., followed by the fifth episode at 10. And for students participating in the college credit course “Psychology: The Study of Human Behavior,” the series will continue in sequence on Monday at 12:30 a.m.

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KTLA Rift: The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has filed an age discrimination complaint against KTLA-TV on behalf of several of the station’s top news anchors and reporters, including the “KTLA Morning News” anchor team of Carlos Amezcua and Barbara Beck, and evening co-anchor Terry Anzur. The union declined to release details about the complaint, saying only that the case was in the early stages of litigation. Reporters named in the complaint include Willa Sandmeyer, Warren Wilson and Ed Arnold. KTLA executives could not be reached for comment, but Amezcua said he was not in agreement with the filing. “I have not experienced age discrimination at KTLA, and the complaint has nothing to do with me,” he said.

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Happy Birthday, Uncle Miltie: Milton Berle, who celebrated his 91st birthday earlier this month, is being honored at the Friars Club in Beverly Hills tonight. The tribute will be hosted by Larry King, while comedic luminaries Steve Allen, Jan Murray and Hal Kanter, among others, participate. Berle hasn’t performed since suffering a stroke late last year.

LEGAL FILE

Pleading Innocent: Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone has pleaded innocent to drug charges stemming from a traffic stop in Beverly Hills on June 9. Stone was stopped by a police officer who said the director was driving erratically. Police said they found hashish in his 1987 black Ford Mustang. Prosecutors said Stone’s blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit of 0.08% when he was arrested. But Stone denied possessing controlled substances and driving under the influence.

MOVIES

Votes of Confidence: For the second year in a row, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected to its board 13 governors who have all served previously. They include nine incumbents, who have been reelected by their branches, three coming back after a year’s absence and Samuel Goldwyn Jr., returned by the producers branch after six years. Among others returning are Gregory Peck, actors branch; John Frankenheimer, directors; Lew Wasserman, executives; and Fay Kanin, writers.

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‘Star Wars’ Goes to Britain: Brandishing light sabers and wearing Jedi garb, thousands of British moviegoers lined up Thursday to see “Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace.” The “Star Wars” prequel opened at theaters throughout Britain the day after a royal premiere, attended by Prince Charles and members of the cast, including Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman. “The ‘Star Wars’ films are special because you always remember seeing the original,” said film buff Kevin Dabrowiecki, 36, who was at the front of the line for Thursday’s first screening in London’s Leicester Square. And Carol Bianchi, 23, dressed in a brown Jedi cloak and carrying a green light saber, noted, “I’m very, very excited; I just love it. And with the costume, I feel like part of the story.”

QUICK TAKES

“Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly” will give a special performance to benefit the Actors Fund of America on Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Coronet Theatre in Hollywood. The event also kicks off Sunday evening performances; tickets are now on sale through Sept. 5. . . . Disneyland celebrates the 44th anniversary of its opening today, and has a special tribute to longtime Disney illustrator Charles Boyer, giving him a window on Main Street . . . Talk show host Montel Williams will make his feature film directorial debut with “Little Pieces,” about three friends trying to find the little pieces they have lost along the way. Principal photography began last week on the movie, which stars Grace Morley, Amy Acton and Eva LaRue . . . KCRW-FM (89.9) marks the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and Neil Armstrong’s walk on moon by posing the question “Should NASA give way to commercial space exploration?” on Warren Olney’s “Which Way, L.A.?” (Monday at 1 p.m., repeated at 7 p.m.) . . . Roger Nadel, vice president and general manager of all-news station KFWB-AM (980), has been elected chairman of the Southern California Broadcasters Assn.