MOVIES - July 6, 2001

Jay Mohr stars in “Black River” (8 p.m. Fox), a Dean Koontz thriller about a burned-out screenwriter seeking inspiration in an idyllic town where everything is too good to be true.

SPECIALS

A repeat of “David Copperfield: The Great Escapes” (9 p.m., CBS) finds the famed illusionist walking away from perilous situations involving Alcatraz, Niagara Falls, an exploding building and a variation of Harry Houdini’s famed Water Torture Cell.

SPORTS

Another round of interleague baseball begins as the Seattle Mariners visit the Dodgers (7 p.m., Fox Sports Net 2) and the Angels play the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field (6 p.m., KCAL).