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* Sing a Song of Kleenex: No one clamored for a Brian's Song remake (Sunday, 7 p.m. ET), but ABC's cover of the 1971 tearjerker at least offers more contrast than Gus Van Sant's Psycho did to Alfred Hitchcock's. Instead of James Caan, Sean Maher (Party of Rye) portrays tragic Brian Piccolo; Mekhi Phifer (I Still Know What You Did Last Summed, not Billy Dee Williams, is Gale Sayers. The football footage is lame (AstroTurf in the NFL in 1966?), and Maher acts under the influence of too much Jim Carrey. Still, devoting bonus time to Piccolo's family and his fight with cancer gives this Song a chance for a tie ...