WORTH NOTING ON TV

This guide is designed to alert readers to the scope and variety of programming coming up. Listing is not meant to represent blanket endorsement since not all of the programs will be of interest to all viewers. Readers are urged to be selective. FRIDAY Choreography by Jerome Robbins (PBS, 9-10 p.m.): ``Dance in America'' showcases the New York City Ballet performing ``Fancy Free'' and ``Antique Epigraphs'' for ``Great Performances.'' SUNDAY

Love Leads the Way (ABC, 7-9 p.m.): ``The Disney Sunday Movie'' dramatizes the fact-based story of the first Seeing Eye dog in America.

Birdwatch from Florida (PBS, 8-9 p.m.): Bird-watching footage from various sites in Florida.

The Deliberate Stranger (NBC, 9-11 p.m.; also Monday 9-11 p.m.): Disturbing, slickly handled, only partially exploitative dramatization of famous Bundy serial murders. Focus is on family and friends of victims.

North and South, Book II (ABC, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, 9-11 p.m.): Twelve-hour sequel follows the adventures of the same Northern and Southern families first seen in last November's miniseries, based on John Jakes's best-selling novel ``Love and War.'' Long, lusty, wearisome, predictable.

Mapp & Lucia (PBS, 10-11 p.m.): Premi`ere of four-part series based on the E. F. Benson novel about the upper-class social wars of British provincial society in the 1920s. Determinedly quixotic and authentically costumed, everybody tries desperately to sound like Maggie Smith or Glynis Johns. MONDAY

Rocket to the Moon (PBS, 9-10:30 p.m.): ``American Playhouse'' presents Clifford Odets's 1938 drama about a dentist coming to terms with life, starring John Malkovich, Eli Wallach, and Judy Davis. TUESDAY

Memory of the Camps (PBS, 9-10 p.m.): Repeat of superb ``Frontline'' commemorating the 1945 liberation of the Nazi death camps, edited under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock.

The Courage to Care (PBS, 10-10:30 p.m.): A testimony to individual responsibility: non-Jews who risked their lives to protect Jews during the Holocaust.

Reunion (PBS, 10:30-11 p.m.): Two concentration-camp survivors are reunited 40 years later. WEDNESDAY

The Great Space Race (PBS, 8-9 p.m.): Premi`ere of four-part series that explores space exploration. Produced, directed, and written by Jo Franklin-Trout.

Drinking and Driving: The Toll, the Tears (PBS, 9-10 p.m.): Powerful documentary by TV reporter who has had experience with the situation. Examines the aftermath of tragic drunk-driving accidents. THURSDAY

20/20 (ABC, 8-9 p.m.): Tenth-anniversary tribute to the Museum of Broadcasting in New York. It's also Hugh Downs's 40th anniversary in television. Please check local listings for all PBS programs since local station's option often results in differing schedules.

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