`DINNER' ON TBS COOKS UP PLENTY OF FUN, PUNS, FILMS.(TV & RADIO)

Byline: EILEEN GLANTON Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Dating is tough these days.

Obvious angst aside, admit it: Sometimes, you and your sweetie just can't face another Friday night at Red Lobster and the multiplex.

The TBS Superstation knows. So in a marvelously postmodern take on the Friday night date, the network offers ``Dinner and a Movie,'' (10:30 p.m.) which combines a cooking lesson, a popular film and the hip commentary of two appealing co-hosts. It's a little like ``Mystery Science Theater 3000,'' but as cozy as dinner at your best friend's house.

Here's how it works: TBS, like most networks, includes a number of slightly worn …