God bless Richard Huff, the Daily News TV scribe who keeps us from actually having to watch the local news shows. (We don't mean you, NY1!) When it's November sweeps time, you expect the sort of gimmicks like an animted My Name Is Earl. Also not surprising? The local news outfits damn near begging you to tune in. Scribbed on Huff's pad are these notables:

• WCBS/Ch. 2's Scott Weinberger reports breathlessly on a company that uses attractive women to tempt suspectedly unfaithful spouses to cheat. It's a perennial sweeps piece that's been done about as many times as O.J. Simpson has denied killing his wife.

• Ch. 2 airs a promo that goes: "They're beauty products that make you look great, but are they slowly killing you? From shampoos and lotions, to your favorite makeup, find out what's in them that has some doctors concerned." The piece was titled "Drop Dead Gorgeous."

Is there any wonder TiVo barely has room for Grey's Anatomy after recording all these exemplary doozies of what local news has to offer? Give these folks a wider broadcast spectrum!