Television

FORTUNE HUNTER

Fox, 7-8 p.m.

*CONCEPT: A TV version of James Bond.

*THE SCOOP: English nobody Mark Frankel (ex-beau of Sela Ward's Teddy on Sisters) portrays Carlton Dial, suave, self-deprecating undercover agent for Intercept, the place the CIA turns to when it has a really sensitive case. Essentially a spoof of the spy genre, Fortune Hunter seems like a recently discovered 20-year-old show. Frankel, who was in the running to be the next movie Bond, seems all too game to become a beefcake idol, much as he may demur: "Now, see, the men of Models Inc., those are good-looking guys. Besides, I'm this classically trained actor. I would only do beefcake if it was important for the role."

*BOTTOM LINE: A spy spoof in the '90s? Well, maybe males will be so stupefied by Fox's NFL football coverage they'll stay in front of their sets to watch this when the game's over.