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Iowa Public Television 8 NIELSEN RATINGS Doug Sheehan is a casualty of 'Knots' crunch THE FINAL DAY 29. (42) "Hotel," ABC 30. (26) "Miami Vice," NBC 31. (59) "Our House," NBC 32. (44) "Hill Street Blues," NBC 33.

(55) "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" Monday Night Movie" 34. 35. 36. 37. (23) "Highway to Heaven," NBC 38.

(49) "20-20," ABC 39. (35) "The Cavanaughs," CBS 40. (X) "Women's Figure Skating World Championship," CBS 41. 42. (52) "Webster," ABC 43.

(41) "Timestalkers" "CBS Tuesday Movie" 44. (21) "My Sister 45. (X) "Remington Steele Special," NBC 46. (57) "Jack Mike," ABC 47. (62) "Young Harry Houdini" "Disney Sunday Movie," ABC 48.

49. (70) "Prison For Children" "CBS Saturday Movie" 50. (33) "Magnum, P.I.," CBS 51. (82) "Sidekicks," ABC 52. (83) "Sledge Hammer!" ABC 53.

54. (X) "The Beach Boys: 25 Years 55. (62) "Simon Simon," CBS 56. (76) "Spenser: For Hire," ABC 57. (53) "Amazing Stories," NBC 58.

(X) "Amazing Stories Special," NBC 59. 60. (74) "Wizard," CBS 61. 62. (93) "Our World," ABC 63.

(X) "NBC News Special: Nuclear Power" Here are the prime-time television ratings as compiled by the A.C. Nielsen Co. for the week of March 9-15. Listings include the week's ranking, with full season-to-date ranking in parentheses. An in parentheses denotes one-time-only presentation.

1. (1) "The Cosby Show," NBC 2. (2) "Family Ties," NBC 3. (3) "Cheers," NBC 4. (14) "Rags to Riches" "NBC Monday Night Movies" 5.

(4) "Murder, She Wrote," CBS 6. (6) "Golden Girls," NBC 7. (7) "60 Minutes," CBS 8. (8) "Growing Pains," ABC 9. (10) "Who's the ABC 10.

(17) "Matlock," NBC 11. (9) "Moonlighting," ABC 12. (16) "The Stepford Children" "NBC Sunday Night Movie" 13. (12) "Amen," NBC 14. (X) "Magic-David Copperfield," CBS 1 5.

(X) "People's Choice Awards," CBS 16. (11) "Dallas," CBS 17. (23) "LA. Law," NBC 18. (23) "Rags To Riches," NBC 19.

(28) "Houston Knights," CBS 20. (29) "Hunter," NBC 21. (39) "Cagney 22. (15) "227," NBC 23. (37) "Perfect Strangers," ABC 24.

(26) "Dynasty," ABC 25. (22) "Falcon Crest," CBS 26. (39) "Cannonball Run II" "ABC Sunday Night Movie" 27. 28. (29) "Knots Landing," CBS Call For Appointment Free Brochure 285-4759 6057 S.E.

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Gaff Road In the Menard Plaza Qffl group ir55Ti Doug Sheehan faces a tough landing. By GEORGE MAKSIAN Ht7 New Yor Dally Newt Brace yourselves, "Knots ing" fans. Bummer news: Ben is going to be bumped off, and Laura, pregnant and all, is being written out as a full-time player. That's right. Handsome Doug Shee1 han is being dropped entirely, and Constance McCashin will only be around here and there next season.

Why? Money, what else? which produces "Knots Landing," is, tightening the purse strings. "Costs are getting really high," said a source at the production company, which also puts out "Dallas" and "Falcon Crest." "Deficits in general are getting bigger because license fees (what the network pays the production company for the show) aren't keeping up with the escalating costs. We've decided here that next season is 'cost-containment' year. The producers have been told to 'cut costs but maintain with one suggestion being they cut back on regular characters, which series seem to keep accumulating each year." The series, which has been picked up for a 22-week run for next season (30 shows were ordered for this season), will film its season finale under the tightest security. Co-executive producer Michael Filerman confirmed that Sheehan's character is being dropped but wouldn't reveal how he'll make his exit.

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