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Having had nearly two years to prove it is something more than the foam at the end of the WB network's teen-age soap-opera wave, the ineptly self-conscious "Felicity" (8 tonight, Channel 62) may be nearing the end of the line. Keri Russell has lately earned her biggest raves from hair consultants, not TV critics. And for a series that takes place in the Big Apple, how is it that the world of "Felicity" seems narrower and more white-bread than that of its new Wednesday night lead-in, "Dawson's Creek"? Series creator J.J. Abrams has tried such gimmicks this season as the I'm-making-a-documentary episode, with shaky camcorder shots a-plenty, and the tribute-to-my-favorite-show episode, modeled on "The Twilight Zone" but missing that one crucial Serlingesque element: the heroine's untimely demise. Fortunately, that task may soon be accomplished by Nielsen; ratings haven't improved for "Felicity" since its re-shift to Wednesdays. @ART CAPTION:Russell @ART:Photo (color) >>>