TV O.D.

The NBC-TV movie “Her Last Chance,� airing April 8, takes the standard use of current pop and rock music a step further than usual.

Not only does the drama of teen drug addiction use such recognizable numbers as R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts� and Catherine Wheel’s “Way Down� to add authenticity to the story’s youth-culture setting, but it also makes considerable use of footage from music videos in telling the tale. The Catherine Wheel clip’s vivid slow-motion footage of a flaming airline crash, for instance, is used to illustrate a drug-induced stupor.

“We’re looking for the music to be a character in the movie, an integral part of it,� says Lindy DeKoven, NBC senior vice president of movies and miniseries. “We’re trying to do more inventive, entertaining movies. . . . We want to bring them into the ‘90s, and music is an important part of that.�