TV & Video : A Word From the Wise:

CBS’ “Wiseguy� star Ken Wahl generally finds it wiser not to talk to the press because “the great majority of the things the press has written have been highly inaccurate about myself,� or so he declares in a rare interview tonight on “Entertainment Tonight� (7 p.m. on KNBC-TV Channel 4). “So be it,� Wahl continues. “There’s nothing you can do to prevent that, short of being in court all the time.� So why did he agree to tonight’s interview? He’s promoting Wednesday’s episode of his series (CBS at 10 p.m.) which is largely in black-and-white and in which he plays both his regular role and his father in a flashback. Wahl also comments on why “Wiseguy� doesn’t draw higher ratings: “ ‘Wiseguy’ is very demanding of an audience; you just can’t sit back on the couch with a beer and zone out and expect to understand what’s going on. You have to stay on top of it.�