CHANNEL SURFING

Channel Surfing: Monday, Nov. 7

Monday Night Football: Giants at Cowboys (6 p.m., Ch. 7).

Corbin Bernsen, late of "L.A. Law," shows up as a guest on The Nanny (7 p.m., Ch. 5).

Brian DePalma's 1987 drama The Untouchables (8 p.m., Ch. 44) stars Kevin Costner as legendary fed Eliot Ness and Robert eNiro as his arch-foe Al Capone.

Nick at Nite's week-long "Taxi" Marathon (8 p.m., Nickelodeon) continues as the cable's Classic TV channel welcomes the long-running sitcom to its nightly rotation. Nineteen episodes air in a row tonight and early tomorrow.

Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner, Tony Danza, Danny De Vito, Carol Kane and the immortal Andy Kaufman star.

Gates "Dr. Crusher" McFadden of "Star Trek: TNG" guests on Party of Five (9 p.m., Ch. 2).

The new TV movie A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story(9 p.m., Ch. 4) stars former "90210" bad girl Shannen Doherty as the creator of the quintessential romance-novel bad girl, Scarlett O'Hara. Doherty gives a lively and surprisingly effective performance as independent Atlanta belle Mitchell; Dale Midkiff, best remembered as Elvis in that trashy ""Elvis and Me'' miniseries, plays her first husband, Red Upshaw, the inspiration for Rhett Butler.

The new documentary series The Windsors: A Royal Family (9 p.m., Ch. 9) is a two-part survey of Britain's ruling clan from 1917 to the present. More

Anglophilic monarchist dish from PBS.

On the talk shows: Barbara Walters and Barry White guest on Late Show with David Letterman (11 p.m., Ch. 5); The Tonight Show (11:35 p.m., Ch. 4) features Tim Allen and John McLaughlin; Lily Tomlin appears on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (12:35 a.m., Ch. 4).

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