IN THE BOX

FRIENDS "The One with Rachel's Inadvertent Kiss" NBC (7) 8 to 8:30 p.m.

A kiss is just a kiss? Not when Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) smooches her job interviewer, setting off a fit of massive neuroses. Envious of Phoebe's (Lisa Kudrow) love bug, Monica (Courtney Cox) tries to rekindle her sparks with beau Chandler (Matthew Perry).

SUNDAY, MARCH 21 THE 71ST ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS WABC (5) 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.

Whoopi Goldberg hosts as stars thank the little people, with backstabbing Joan and Melissa Rivers in full effect. Will "Saving Private Ryan" win the battle?

MONDAY, MARCH 22 ALLY MCBEAL "The Life & Trials of Ally McBeal" FOX (25) 9 to 10 p.m.

Sorta like Ally McBeal meets the Real World. The hour is packed with behind-the-scenes footage, wacky clips and cast interviews with Gil Bellows, Lisa Nicole Carson, Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann and Peter MacNicol.

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER WB (56) 8 to 9 p.m.

Get out your crosses and garlic because Spike (James Marsters) returns to Sunnydale tonight to take revenge on his enemies, including Angel (David Boreanaz). Also, Willow (Alyson Hannigan) decides willpower cannot control her lust, so she turns to magic on a date with Xander (Nicholas Brendon) and their friends.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 DAWSON'S CREEK "The Dance" WB (56) 8 to 9 p.m.

Those precocious teens in Capeside work their dance moves alongside their massive vocabularies when Joey (Katie Holmes), Dawson (James Van Der Beek), Pacey (Joshua Jackson), Jen (Michelle Williams) and Co. attend the Homecoming Dance. More trauma awaits when Dawson's sexy parents (Mary-Margaret Humes and John Wesley Shipp) announce their plans for a trial separation.