NEWS & NOTES : WITH EYE ON REAL-LIFE TRAGEDY, `NANNY' UNDERGOING CHANGES.

Byline: Daily News Wire Services

Because of the crash of TWA Flight 800, CBS has decided not to rerun the season finale of its hit sitcom ``The Nanny.''

``It was a sensitivity issue,'' said a spokesman for the show.

In last season's cliffhanger - which was to have been rebroadcast Sept. 11 - Fran Drescher's Fran Fine and her boss, Mr. Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy), are on a plane, on the same New York-Paris route as Flight 800, when it hits severe turbulence. At that frightening moment, Sheffield tells Fran he loves her.

Because of its decision, CBS also said Tuesday that the show's season opener (airing at 8 p.m. Sept. 18). in which the story line picks up, will undergo some editing changes.

The cast had taped the opener - which included scenes on the plane - in May, well before the real-life tragedy.

A CBS spokesman says that, while all scenes in the plane can't be excised, they've been trimmed dramatically.

The new opener also will include clips from the cliffhanger finale so that viewers won't be confused as a result of the changes, the spokesman said.

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