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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, October 25, 1996              TAG: 9610240494
SECTION: DAILY BREAK             PAGE: E1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY LARRY BONKO, TELEVISION COLUMNIST
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TONIGHT'S TV PREMIERES

``Millennium''

Network, time: Fox, 9 p.m. Friday.

Cast: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Bill Smitrovich, Brittany Tiplady.

Plotline: Former FBI special agent Frank Black retires and then becomes part of the Millennium Group, made up of ex-law enforcement experts who band together to fight evil into the next century. Black has the gift to get inside the minds of bad guys he tracks.

Mini-review: Chris Carter, who created ``The X-Files'' four years ago, has another excellent dark drama here - well acted, well-produced, well-photographed. The images are sometimes stark and scary. Parents should be aware of that. Henriksen is a rock as Frank Black. **** (Out of a possible five). ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

MICHAEL LAVINE

Lance Henriksen plays Frank Black on Fox's new series by CNB