James Brolin

Prosecutors have refused to charge a tabloid photographer arrested after Barbra Streisand and husband James Brolin complained they were being stalked. Wendal Wall, 28, a Streisand neighbor arrested Saturday and held in lieu of $1-million bail, was released from the Malibu jail Tuesday after the Los Angeles County district attorney's office ruled "prosecution declined." Deputy Dist. Atty. Martin L.

As an executive producer of "Cheatin' Hearts," I have got to defend not only this film but all other carefully made, low-budget independent films that are the hopes and dreams of their totally committed writer-directors (" 'Cheatin' Hearts': An Achy Breaky Story," July 9). Defend them from reviewers that run amok over newsprint. This particular film was labeled as "country cornball" by Peter Rainer, as if there were something more countrified about it than the location. Maybe if he had just said corny I wouldn't be so upset.

"Lies & Alibis" isn't as jaunty as its title and dilutes a serviceable premise for a mild diversion that just lapses into confusion. Directors Matt Checkowski and Kurt Mattila and writers Noah Hawley and Collin Friesen work up more complications than they and their ensemble cast, boasting a surprisingly large number of name players, can handle.

Suspect Device: Tuesday at 9:30 p.m., starring C. Thomas Howell, Stacy Travis and John Beck; directed by Rick Jacobson. The Alien Within: July 18 at 9:30 p.m., starring Roddy McDowall, Alex Hyde-White and Melanie Shatner. Screenplay by Alex Simon; directed by Scott Levy. Sawbones: July 25 at 9:35 p.m., starring Nina Siemaszko, Adam Baldwin and Barbara Carrera. Screenplay by Sam Montgomery; directed by Catherine Cyran. Virtual Seduction: Aug. 1 at 9:30 p.m.

Prime time could do a lot worse than a soap opera renaissance. But CBS newcomer "Angel Falls" won't remind anyone of seductive "Dallas" or "Dynasty." Premiering at 10 tonight on Channels 2 and 8, it isn't artful enough even to be amiable corn. Although it wastes no time plowing into misery and setting the table for sexual action, its plodding characters and the laborious pace of their story are a good bet to leaden your lids.

The premise of an innocent protagonist accidentally stumbling across some kind of devilish cult has driven all sorts of creepy films: "Rosemary's Baby," "Race With the Devil," "Harvest Home," "The Wicker Man," "All the President's Men," et al. To that frightful list do not by any stretch of imagination add "Nightmare on the 13th Floor," a pathetically unspooky TV movie airing at 9 tonight on cable's USA Network.

Underscoring his campaign image as an activist and an environmentalist, Democratic Assembly candidate Jerry Yudelson and a group of Hollywood celebrity supporters sought Sunday to turn Orange County's outrage over malathion spraying into an election victory on Tuesday. In Orange County's heaviest malathion spray area, all three candidates seeking the 72nd Assembly District seat--including Yudelson's Democratic opponent, Tom Umberg--have called for a halt to the aerial spraying.

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 24 - March 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     SERIES The Bachelor:  Sean and the final three women go on a romantic trip to Thailand, before Sean decides on the final two women in this new episode (8 p.m. ABC). Bones: An eccentric new intern (Brian Klugman) inspires Brennan (Emily Deschanel)

Some of the guests expected at the White House state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao: Madeleine Albright, former secretary of State Christiane Amanpour, ABC News interviewer Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive Bette Bao Lord, New York writer Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Valley Village) Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs CEO Justice Stephen G. Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court Greg Brown, Motorola co-CEO Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor Former President Carter and Rosalynn Carter Jackie Chan, actor John A. Chen, chairman of the Chinese American group Committee of 100 and CEO of Sybase Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey Rep. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park)