Yes, I know, this is the week with a thousand shows commemorating Earth Day. But most of them weren't finished in time for review, and the few that were ready weren't worth comment. Besides, I'm too busy mourning the passing of Max Monroe: Loose Cannon. CBS brought it back for a three-week revival that ends Thursday (April 19, 9 P.M. ET). What can I say? I have a weakness for really bad action series. Actually, I'll sit through just about anything...with one exception: Growing Pains. Lord knows, I've tried to give this simpy sitcom a chance. But it always strikes me as irretrievably dreary, plastic and stupid. As a matter of fact, the ABC tandem of Growing Pains and Head of the Class is one of the most barren hours on television.

>What do you do when you're an old TV series whose biggest stars (Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal) have gotten too big for a TV movie reunion? When you're 1977's Murder in Peyton Place (TBS, Mon., April 23, 2:05 A.M. ET), you kill off their characters and bring back everyone else (Ed Nelson, Dorothy Malone, Tim O'Connor) to look into their deaths. Peyton Place was Dallas's daddy, Dynasty's ancestor, the first and arguably the most popular nighttime soap: For most of its run, it aired twice a week and, at one point in 1965, the show actually appeared three evenings a week.