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2 Wednesday SHAME ON YOU! (CBS, 8-9 p.m.) Ex-Home show hostess and former fattie Cristina Ferrare and New York City TV newshound Arnold Diaz (imagine a cross between Ralph Nader and John Waters) cohost a pro-consumer expose of various devious con artists. ZOO (PBS, check local listings) Frederick Wiseman (Titicut Follies), the wild- maned, clear-eyed grand old man of cinema verite, unleashes his unblinking cameras on another American institution: the Miami Metrozoo.
MOVIE: VOYAGE (USA, 9-11 p.m.) Three big-screen stars whose careers have gone adrift-Rutger Hauer, Eric Roberts, and Karen Allen-set sail for an idyllic Medi-terranean vacation that turns into sheer terror in this blatant rip-off of 1989's Dead Calm.
THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW (HBO, 10-10:45 p.m.) See review on page 40.
DREAM ON (HB0, 10:45-11:45 p.m.) James Woods, Jason Alexander, Phyllis Diller, Jack Carter, Tom Poston, Elisabeth Shue, Tommy Smothers, Iman, Isabel ''Weezy'' Sanford, Maury Povich, and Alan Dershowitz are the guest stars lined up for ''Oral Sex, Lies, and Videotape,'' the fourth-season premiere of John Landis' cheeky sitcom.
3 THURSDAY MTV UNPLUGGED: MIDNIGHT OIL (MTV, 10-10:30 p.m.) The Aussie politico-rockers, fronted by spasmodic cue-ball Peter Gar-rett, unveil percolating acoustic versions of their pro-aborigine, anti-imperialist anthems ''Beds Are Burning'' and ''Truganini.''
PICKET FENCES (CBS, 10-11 p.m.) Sheriff Jimmy (Tom Skerritt) reopens a decade- old suicide case in a rerun from October directed by Donald Petrie (Mystic Pizza).
4 FRIDAY ROSIE PEREZ PRESENTS SOCIETY'S RIDE (HBO, 12:45-1:15 a.m.) Actress Perez hosts this hip-hop showcase; guests on the premiere include Run-D.M.C. and Brand Nubian. See story on page 41.
5 SATURDAY AFRICAN SKIES (The Family Channel, 6:30-7 p.m.) Wholesome drama series or high camp hoot? You make the call: A baboon expert known as the Mountain Man accuses Margo (Catherine ''Daisy Duke'' Bach) of poaching. Her boss (Robert Mitch-um) fumes, ''I don't care if he's got those chimps writing musicals. The guy's a publicity-hungry jungle punk!''
6 SUNDAY VH-1 TO ONE: K.D. LANG (VH-1, 1:30-2 p.m.) The androgynous Albertan belts out Roy Orbison's chiller ''Crying'' as well as ''Constant Craving'' and ''Miss Chatelaine'' from her Grammy-friendly album Ingenue.
THE 47TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS (CBS, 9-11 p.m.) Tony Kushner's Angels in America and the lavish musicals Kiss of the Spider Woman and Tommy are the favorites in this year's best-on-Broadway ceremony. Warning: Liza Minnelli will host, sing, dance, and no doubt shed a tear or 12.
7 MONDAY RUMOR HAS IT (VH-1, Mondays through Thursdays beginning June 7, 7-7:30 p.m.) clive james' fame in the 20th century (PBS, June 7-10, 9-11 p.m.) See review on page 42.
TNN MUSIC CITY NEWS COUNTRY AWARDS (TNN, 8-10:30 p.m.) George Jones, the undisputed champ of country heartbreak, joins whippersnappers Ricky Van Shelton and Suzy Bogguss to host yet another night honoring Nashville's finest.
