Grab your remote; The best battles of the fall are...

Here it is - the way television will look in the fall of 2000. Well, at least until "Schimmel" is canceled. For the next few weeks, advertisers will be buying commercial time for the 2000-01 season, essentially placing bets on how well they think "Dharma" will do against "Frasier" on Tuesdays or "Fearsum" will fare vs. "Fugitive" and "Freedom" on Fridays. Here are some of the other key matchups. "Futurama" vs. "The PJ's" (6 p.m. Sunday). Two animated series that used to be sidekicks on Fox are now pitted in a Sunday-night grudge match. Celebrity sitcoms "Geena" vs. "DAG" (8:30 Tuesday). Geena Davis is trying to be the next Dharma as a woman in a whirlwind romance. David Alan Grier is trying to be the next Leslie Nielsen as a bumbling Secret Service agent. Neither wants to become the next Mike O'Malley. "Angel" vs. "Dark Angel" (8 p.m. Tuesday). David Boreanaz may have met his match in Jessica Alba, a stunning beauty who stars in the futuristic drama from "Titanic" director James Cameron. Wednesday "Millionaire" vs. everybody (7 p.m. Wednesday). No fewer than five new shows are competing against Regis Philbin in this hour, including sitcoms with Bette Midler, John Goodman and Robert Schimmel, the Aaron Spelling soap "Titans." This could get ugly fast. "City of Angels" vs. everybody (8 p.m. Thursday). CBS thinks the time period that killed off "Chicago Hope" is perfect for its other medical drama because of "City's" appeal to black viewers. "The District" vs. nobody (9 p.m. Saturday). Bad news: The promising Craig T. Nelson drama is stuck on TV's least-watched night. Good news: Thanks to movies on other networks, it's the only 9 p.m. network show. And remember: Saturdays were once good to "Touched by an Angel." To reach Aaron Barnhart, phone (816) 234-4790 or visit the TV Barn Web site at www.tvbarn.com @ART CAPTION:The fall schedule @ART:Graphic @ART CAPTION:Top to bottom: Oliver Platt in NBC's "Deadline"; Jessica Alba in Fox's "Dark Angel"; Andre Braugher in ABC's "Gideon's Crossing"; Steven Weber (front) in NBC's "Steven Weber Show"; and Gabriel Byrne and friends in "Madigan Men." @ART:Photos (6, 1 uncaptioned) >>>