BEST BETS.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Deal with the devil

TV

F. Murray Abraham, a great actor who rarely gets a great part, tears into the scenery in ``The Darkling'' (9 p.m., USA), as a shadowy figure who lures a family man (Aiden Gillen) into a bargain with the title creature. All the young man's dreams can come true, he learns, if he's willing to pay the price. And it's not $99 after parts and labor, either.

Young at heart

MUSIC

From country to grunge, Neil Young has built a career on stylistic turns that are sudden enough to make Bob Dylan look like a careerist. Touring in support of his lambent new CD ``Silver and Gold,'' Young appears with the Pretenders at 8 …