SMALL SCREEN THE BUZZ ON TELEVISION.

Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski

IF A STRANGER KNOCKS: A few lucky Los Angeles-area residents found at home today and Tuesday will get to go on a big-ticket shopping spree - without the jaw-dropping credit card statements that usually arrive a month later. WE: Women's Entertainment is starting production on ``Spend It Fast,'' which seems to have its roots in the old ``Supermarket Sweep'' show. The contestants will be picked up in a limousine and taken to a high-end store - perhaps Bloomingdale's or Linens-n-Things - and challenged to spend thousands of dollars in a limited amount of time. There's a catch, though. If the spend-happy shopper exceeds her budget, the designer shoes, evening wear, coats or whatever go back to the store. And the shopper, we suppose, goes back to rifling the sale racks at Loehmann's and Nordstrom Rack.

DIANA'S DESTINY: E!'s weeklong ``Royalty A-Z'' series tonight looks at the car crash that claimed Princess Diana's life five years ago this month, and the legacy she left. The program includes a rarely seen interview with the Princess of Wales. Prince Charles' life is the focus of Tuesday's episode, which features his longtime love, Camilla Parker Bowles, and Charles' and Diana's spectacular wedding and troubled marriage come under scrutiny in Wednesday's installment, ``Fairy Tale Weddings and Nightmare Breakups.''

ROYALTY A-Z, DIANA: TRIUMPH & TRAGEDY, 9 tonight, E!

BRAINS BEHIND THE EARS: Forget the animators for a minute. For many Disneyland and Walt Disney World guests, the most brilliant, creative people working for Disney are the civil, mechanical and electrical engineers who, along with architects, sculptors and other craftsmen and women are collectively known as Imagineers. These are the wizards who convert two-dimensional images from Disney cartoons into rides, animatronic exhibits, stage shows, themed structures and nearly everything else that goes into making it the Magic Kingdom. Need a new rocket ride in Tomorrowland? Want a huge mountain-shaped bear for California Adventure? Call the Imagineers. The Travel Channel tonight gives a peek behind the scenes during the creation of a theme park attraction, followed by a look at Tokyo's Disneysea park.

DISNEY'S IMAGINEERS, 9 tonight; DISNEYSEA REVEALED, 10 tonight; The Travel Channel.

'BARENAKED' LOVE: Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt makes her national TV debut as a singer tonight on ``The 2002 Teen Choice Awards'' on Fox. She'll be performing ``BareNaked,'' the title track from her upcoming album.

THE 2002 TEEN CHOICE AWARDS, 8 tonight, Fox, Channel 11.

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