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6 Wednesday Beverly Hills, 90210 (Fox, 8-9 p.m.) College dropout Brenda (Shannen Doherty) hits the bricks looking for a part-time job. Steve (Ian Ziering) contemplates dumping Celeste (Jennifer Grant, daughter of Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon). Plus: a freshman pool party!
Elvis X 4 (TNT, 8 p.m.-4:10 a.m.) Teri Garr, who got her show-biz start as a chorus girl in nine of Presley's movies, introduces a quartet of King camp classics: Kis-sin' Cousins (1964), Charro! (1969), Viva Las Vegas (1964), and Jailhouse Rock (1957).
Melrose Place (Fox, 9-10 p.m.) Jake (Grant Show) breaks up with Jo (Daphne Zuniga), then accepts an offer from Amanda (Heather Locklear) to model for an ad. In the midst of divorce proceedings, philandering hubby Michael (Thomas Calabro) accuses wife Jane (Josie Bissett) of infidelity.
7 Thursday The Simpsons (Fox, 8-8:30 p.m.) In a parody of Cape Fear, Frasier's Kelsey Grammer returns as the voice of Sideshow Bob, Krusty the Clown's psychopathic ex-sidekick, who seeks revenge on Bart for having foiled his scheme to murder Marge's sister Selma. The Simpsons subsequently enter a witness protection program and reemerge as ''the Thompsons.''
Seinfeld (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.) More nasal and mammary humor from the show that brought you such memorable nose- and breast-obsessed episodes as ''The Pick'' and ''The Implant'': Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld), Kramer (Emmy winner Mi-chael Richards), and Newman (Wayne Knight) worry about their accountant's mysterious case of the sniffles, while George (Jason Alexander) interviews for a job as a bra salesman.
Frasier (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.) This sitcom's gimmick of having celebs as guest voices on Dr. Crane's radio show-gee, wonder where Kel-sey Grammer got that idea?-continues: Joe Mantegna phones in his role as a local critic who challenges Dr. Crane to a fistfight.
L.A. Law (NBC, 10-11 p.m.) The series' eighth-season premiere welcomes three new regulars: Alan Rosenberg and Debi Mazar, relocating their characters from ABC's defunct Civil Wars, and Rising Sun's Alexandra Powers, as a born-again lawyer and lust interest for Arnie (Corbin Bernsen).
8 Friday Family Matters (ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.) The series celebrates its 100th episode- isn't this one of the seven signs of the apocalypse?-by going surrealist: Carl (Reginald VelJohnson) accidentally electrocutes himself, and Urkel (Jaleel White) brings him back to life.
9 Saturday Movie: A Life In the Theatre (TNT, 8-10 p.m.) A washed-up stage vet (Jack Lemmon) and a rookie thespian (Matthew Broderick) compare notes in this adaptation of a two-character 1977 play penned by David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross).
Tracey Ullman: Takes On New York (HBO, 10-11 p.m.) The chameleon comedian plays five different de-nizens of the Big Apple in this sketchfest featuring Blythe Danner, Jerry Stiller, Michael York, and talk-show retiree Joe Franklin.
10 Sunday Movie: The Flood - Who Will Save Our Children? (NBC, 9-11 p.m.) Hill Street Blues' Joe Spano stars in this fact-based account of a 1987 Texas flood that swept up two busloads of teenage campers.
