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MOVIES

No Felony Charges: The L.A. District Attorney’s Office on Friday declined to file felony charges against actor Christian Slater stemming from his Aug. 11 arrest. The arrest came after what police described as a biting incident and subsequent altercation with officers at a fashionable Westside high-rise. “We declined to file based on the totality of the circumstances,” said spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons, adding that the case had been forwarded to the City Attorney’s Office for the possible filing of misdemeanor charges. City attorney’s spokesman Mike Qualls said he was unsure when that office would decide what charges, if any, to file, but Slater is due in court Tuesday to face whatever complaint may be lodged. According to police reports, Slater, 28, admitted he was high on cocaine and alcohol at the time of his arrest, and his blood-alcohol level tested at .24. His representative issued a statement Friday saying: “While Christian Slater is grateful that the District Attorney has decided not to file felony charges . . . he has deep remorse for his behavior that day. He is continuing to take steps to address the problems that caused that behavior.” The representative declined to comment any further and would not say what the steps were or whether Slater was in a rehabilitation facility. Eight years ago, Slater spent 10 days in jail after being convicted of two consecutive drunken driving charges.

TELEVISION

Remembering Tartikoff: TV stars Jerry Seinfeld, Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman and Gary Coleman, all of whom starred in NBC shows that benefited from the support of former NBC Entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff, were among those mourning the programming chief at private funeral services Friday at Los Angeles’ Mount Sinai Memorial Park. Other attendees at the funeral for Tartikoff, who died Wednesday of complications from Hodgkin’s disease at the age of 48, included actors Andy Garcia and Danny DeVito, and a host of top entertainment executives. NBC was scheduled to air a tribute to Tartikoff--who helped develop such NBC hits as “L.A. Law,” “The Cosby Show,” “Cheers” and “Miami Vice”--during its Friday programming. The 10:40 p.m. tribute was to have featured testimonials by many of the stars who worked with Tartikoff at NBC, including Bill Cosby, Don Johnson, Jay Leno and Seinfeld.

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Syndicated Moves: KCBS-TV Channel 2 anchor Ann Martin will pull double duty from Sept. 22 to Oct. 3 when she acts as a substitute anchor on the syndicated “Inside Edition,” filling in while Deborah Norville is on maternity leave (the baby is expected in early October). Coincidentally, “Inside Edition” will have just moved to Channel 2 (it was previously seen on KCAL-TV Channel 9), as part of a new midday lineup. The new block will kick off at 2 p.m. with “Martha Stewart,” followed by “Gayle King” at 2:30 p.m., “Geraldo” at 3 p.m. (the only returning show on Channel 2’s three-hour, weekday syndicated block), “Inside Edition” at 4 p.m. and “American Journal” at 4:30 p.m. “Edition” and “Journal” will both debut in their new time slots on Monday, while Stewart and King’s shows will premiere on Sept. 8.

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New Kids’ WB! Schedule: KTLA-TV Channel 5 on Monday rolls out three of six new Kids’ WB! animated series premiering on the channel this fall: “Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures” (2 p.m.), “The Adventures of Captain Planet” (2:30 p.m.) and “The New Superman/Batman Adventures” (4:30 p.m.). They will join KTLA’s returning weekday kids’ series “Bugs ‘N’ Daffy” (3 p.m.), “Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs” (3:30 p.m.) and “Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky & the Brain” (4 p.m.). Meanwhile, KTLA premieres the Kids’ WB Saturday lineup on Sept. 13 with one new animated series, “The Legend of Calamity Jane,” airing at 9 a.m. Two more new series will join the 7-11 a.m. Saturday kids block on Oct. 11: “Channel Umptee-3,” an adventure series from producer Norman Lear, at 7 a.m., and “Men in Black: The Series,” an animated show based on the hit summer movie, at 7:30 a.m. . . . In other KTLA news, meanwhile, the station’s syndicated hits, “Xena: Warrior Princess” and “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,” have been renewed through the year 2000.

STAGE

‘Proposals’ Change: Ron Rifkin will leave the cast of Neil Simon’s “Proposals,” which is playing at the Ahmanson Theatre through Sunday, after next week’s run of the production in Phoenix. Dick Latessa (last seen in Broadway’s “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”) will play Rifkin’s part when the pre-Broadway tour resumes in New Haven on Sept. 16. A representative for the production said Rifkin, who replaced the previously announced Barry Newman before the play even opened in L.A., was “an emergency replacement who was contracted only through Phoenix.”

QUICK TAKES

In a phone call from San Diego, James Brolin told the New York Post this week that he and Barbra Streisand may possibly hold their much-anticipated nuptials in February or March, after he wraps shooting on his new fall syndicated series, “Pensacola: Wings of Gold.” That timing would allow the couple to take a “good honeymoon,” Brolin said. . . . Internet users will be able to take part in U2’s hometown “PopMart” concert in Dublin this weekend, with a live audio Web cast of the stadium show Sunday beginning at 12:15 p.m., followed by an Internet chat with bassist Adam Clayton at 3:30 p.m. It all takes place at https://u2popmart.msn.com.