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LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1997 F11 TNN Wildhorse Saloon (TVG) TNT Thunder in Paradise (TVPG) USA Wings (TVPG) WGN News TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings 'Gump' Help ABC Come Out on Top 01 KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) B3 KWHY Business News; Show Biz Report (12:50) '24 KVCR Oceanus: Marine Environment BD KCET Mister Rogers 53026 BD KTBN Dino BD KLCS Newton's Apple 03 KRCA Information Station BRVO Movie "The Missionary" (19821(1 hr. 30 mini 610552 COM TraceyUllman (TVPG) DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) El Coming Attractions ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2 Fitness America Pageant UFE The Main Ingredient (TVG) NICK Blue's Clues TBS Flintstones (TVY) (12:35) TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) NICK Looney Tunes SCI-H Dark Shadows (TVG) 9381378 TBS Andy Griffith ITVG) (8:05) TLC Elementary Spanish (TVY) TMC Movie "Aide" (1966) (1 hr. 54 min.) 10844620 (8:05) TNN Dallas (TVPG) TNT Spenser: For Hire VH1 Soul of VH1 WGN In the Heat of the Night (TVPG) 10:30 a.m. DO KTTV The Newlywed Game (TVG) ffl KWHY Business News; Health News (10:50) 24 KVCR Creative Living BDKTBN Casey Treat BDKDOC Southland Today BD KLCS American Frontier; America Past (10:45) DISN Pooh Corner (TVY) ESPN Spoils Auto Racing NASCAR California AAA 200. 93521 6 ESPN2ESPNews HBO Movie "Odd Jobs" (1 985) (1 hr.

29 min.) 937674 HIST Spies (TVG) UFE Frugal Gourmet NICK Muppet Babies SCI-H Monsters (TVPG) SHOW Movie "Barabbas" TLC Lynette Jennings Home (TVG) USA Wings (TVPG) VH1 Crossroads series ever, well behind such projects as "The Langoliers" and "The Stand." Despite "Gump's" strong results, both NBC and CBS did reasonably well with their Sunday night movies the opening installment of Robin Cook's "Invasion," with Luke Perry, and "Walker, Texas Ranger" spinoff "Sons of Thunder," respectively. That stiff competition held Fox's "The X-Files" to its second-lowest rating this season for an original episode. ABC's "World News Tonight" also snapped "NBC Nightly News' four-month winning streak, ending the NBC newscast's longest first-place run in more than a decade. -BRIAN LOWRY The unlikely combination of "Ellen" and "Forrest Gump" lifted ABC to its first weekly ratings win since January, according to figures issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. With its media-hyped coming-out episode, "Ellen," starring Ellen DeGeneres, emerged as last week's top-rated program, while the Oscar-winning "Forrest Gump" was decorated again this time with nearly 23 million viewers and with honors as ABC's second-highest-rated theatrical movie this season, behind "The Lion King." Those performances helped offset ABC's disappointing numbers for "The Shining," which concluded its three-night engagement Thursday and winds up as the lowest-rated Stephen King mini- CHANNELS lotAngetea EB KVEA (Tele.) 23 OrangoCorty OKC8SIC8SI02 BD KLCS (PBS) 1 7 OKNBCINBCI04 BICTU(WB06 BKABC1ABCI07 JTmrSSi n.

micnvifoxm kboiw.s EKC0P(UPN13 Santo Baton i0KSCIlnd.H8 1 2iKEYT(ABC 07 EHKTBNilnd.40 tortura County B3KOCE(PBS(50 BJKADYIUPN) 16 Cable Services AM 39 DISN 53 SCI-fl 87 AMC35 El 63 SHOW 41 BET 57 ESPN 34 TBS 43 BRVO 54 ESPN2 84 TLC 51 CNBC 31 FAM47 TMC 58 COM 79 FSW27 TNN 49 CSPN 29 HBO 33 TNT 52 CMAX45 HIST 30 USA 44 CNN 42 UFE46 VH162 OSC37 MTV 48 WGN 55 NICK 38 Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus. Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure. A indicates advertisement. Movie Ratings VwV A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME National Nielsen Viewership 8:30 a.m. QKCAL Bruno the Kid 93718 09 KCOP Step by Step (TVG) flO KSCI Omid, Today's Physician ESKWHY Business News BD KCET Arthur 22668 BD KTBN Lifestyle Magazine 571026 BD KOCE The Kidsongs Show 864674 BD KLCS Wishbone 39910 GS KRCA MBC News Desk 63 KADY Laverne and Shirley CMAX Movie "French Kiss" (19951(1 hr.

51 min.9740303 CNN CNN Co. 117842 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) Craig Kilbom. 8453736 DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY ESPN2 Fitness Beach HBO Lyte. Lyte Crocodile: The Musical (TVY) LIFE Kids These Days (TVG) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICKRugrats SCI-H Dark Shadows I TVG) 9380649 TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) (8:35) TLCGeonauts(TVY) VH1 New Videos Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (April 28-May 4) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish.

Nielsen estimates that there are 251 million potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here in millions. Program 3Fjv PfOfFMII WOftt ATS 98. unhappty Ever Alter WB 100 99.

The Burning Zone UPN 2.96 100. The Parent 'Hood WB 2.67 101. Unriapprlyrter (9:30 p.m.) WB 2.65 102. Burly, the Vampire Slayer WB 2.47 103. BrotDeny Love (Sun.) WB 2.32 104.

Homeboys Outer Space UPN 2.24 105. Nk Frew Licensed Teacher W8 2.20 106. NHLPIayorrsPostgame FOX 1.60 1 :00 p.m. KCBS As the World Turns 69723 El KNBC 36 KMIR Days of Our Lives (TV14) 97281 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) Dictatorial men. 22945 KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ One Life to Live (TV14 44113 OKCAL Maury Povich (TVPG) Twins separated at birth.

56571 ID KTTV Beverly Hillbillies EE) KCOP Ricki Lake (TVG) Hypnosis. 94755 KWHY NewsClosing Sell Report 24 KVCR Oceanus: Marine Environment BD KCET Reading Rainbow 66129 SHIMFJ(bSornbradelOtro(TV14)92397 BDKTBN John Hagee BD KDOC Barnaby Jones BD KLCS Reading Rainbow 25281 OS KRCA Emperor of Chien Lung 63 KADY Jerry Springer (TV1 4) 87465 The Cosby Mysteries (TVG) BET Rap City CNBC Market Wrap CNN Inside Politics 362465 COM The Daily Show TVPG 8475026 DSC Home Matters (TVG) 387129 DISN DuckTales (TVY) Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ESPN Games Trials ESPN2 The Guides With Billy Bobby Murray FAM Home and Family 279281 FSW Sports Boxing Vernon Forrest vs. Pedro Saiz, Junior-welterweights. 33303 HIST Movie "LBJ: The Early Years" (19871 Part 2. (2 hr.) 88823 UFE Supermarket Sweep (TVGI NICK Richard Scarry 724281 SCI-H Land of the Giants (TVG) SHOW Movie "Metropolitan" (1990)(1 hr.

38 min.8165769 TBS Flintstones (TVY) (1:05) TLC Gardening Naturally (TVG) TNN Dallas (TVPG) TNT Movie "El Paso" (1949) (2 hr. 299991 USA USA Live (TVPG) 794945 TV RATINGS ITVY) All Children (TVY7 Directed to Older Children (TVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV14) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only 11:00 a.m. PI KCBS Young and the Restless 27007 KNBC News KTLA News MKABC 3i KEYT General Hospital (TVPG) 49194 OKCAL Chase 74133 ED KTTV I Love Lucy (TVG) DO KCOP Jenny Jones 19649 03 KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:20) 24 KVCR Lap Quilting BD KCET Storytime 70620 2 KMEX Dos Muieres, un Camino (TVPG) 89561 KMIR Sunset Beach (TV1 4 273587 BDKTBN James Robison KESQ Jeopardy! EB KVEA Guadalupe 26587 BD KDOC Gunsmoke (TVPG) BD KLCS Kratts' Creatures 18842 OS KRCA Know Your Favorite Artists BET Planet Groove CNBC Money Wheel COM Saturday Night Live (TV14) DSC Lynette Jennings Housesmart (TVG) DISN Gummi Bears (TVY) ESPN2 NBA Fantastic Series FSW Golf America HIST The War Years (TVG) UFE Our Home (TVG) MTV Singled Out (TVPG) NICK Allegra's Window 775002 SCI-H Night Gallery TLC Dream Living (TVG) TNNVideoPM(TVG) TNT How the West Was Won (TVGI 937649 USA Movie "White Palace" (1990) (2 hr.) 648823 VH1 Greatest Hits of Music Video WGN The Installation of Archbishop Francis E. George Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. 199842 MORNING Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season.

Last Week ABC 16.03 million NBC 14.16 CBS 13.34 FOX 10.39 UPN 4.23 WB 3.00 Season to Date NBC 15. 19 million CBS 13.75 ABC 13.53 FOX 11.68 UPN 4.47 WB 3.61 Southland Viewing Here are Nielsen's Top 10 prime-time programs In the Los Angeles area during the same week. The rankings are based on the number of households watching. 1. Ellen ABC 36.15 2.

EF) NBC 31.54 3. Seinfeld NBC 29.30 4. Friends NBC 24.17 5. PrimeTimeUve ABC 23.82 6. "Forrest Gump" ABC 22.75 7.

Suddenly Susan NBC 21.87 8. Fired Up NBC 21.84 9. Touched by an Angel CBS 20.11 10. Home Improvement ABC 19.41 11. "Watier, Sons o( Thuncf" CBS 18.34 12.

"Tlx Sitting" Part 2 ABC 18.32 13. ABC 18.23 14. Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 17.52 15. The X-Files FOX 17.10 "Invasion" Part I NBC 17.10 17. NYPOOut ABC 16.99 18.

Gran Under Fire ABC 16.93 19. 60 Minutes CBS 16.28 20. 2020 ABC 16.19 21. Raster NBC 15.77 22. Chicago Hope CBS 14.81 23.

SomCity ABC 14.78 24. "Trie Mask" FOX 14.75 25. The Ore Carey Show ABC 14.44 28. OateneNBC(rue.) NBC 14.26 27. Soul Man ABC 14.00 Cosby CBS 14.00 29.

Cybi CBS 13.91 30. Dateline NBC (Frl.) NBC 13.81 31. Mad About You NBC 13.41 32. Early Edition CBS 13.38 33. Law Order NBC 13.37 34.

"The Sleepwalker Killing" NBC 13.29 35. Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC 13.19 36. mk CBS 13.15 37. 3rd Rock From Sw (8:30 p.m.) NBC 12.95 38. Step by Step ABC 12.89 39.

"Too Close to Home" CBS 12.85 40. Murphy Brown CSS 12.77 41. King ot the Hi FOX 12.64 42. Diagnosis Murder CBS 12.20 43. Horo Improvement (8 p.m.) ABC 12.17 44.

Boy Meets World ABC 12.08 45. TheSmcsons FOX 11.80 46. Melrose Bace FOX 11.77 47. "Candid CameraAmerka" CBS 11.75 48. 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 11.57 49.

Promised Land CBS 11.44 50. Dr. Qulm, Medicine Woman CBS 11.42 51. Touched by an Angel (Wed.) CBS 11.40 52. "Am Ventura: Pet OetecbVe" NBC 11.31 53.

48 Hours CBS 11.28 54. The Nanny CBS 11.23 55. Nash Bridget CBS 10.97 56. Beverly HUH, 902 10 FOX 10.84 57. Family Matters ABC 10.68 9:00 a.m.

HKCBS Guiding Light 55465 1 3 KEYT Regis Kattiie Lee (TVG) 42991 KNBC Leeza (TVPG) Quintuplets. 40533 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) Newlyweds' woes. 95007 QKABC 42 KESQ Regis Uathie Lee (TVG) John O'Hurley Troy Aikman. 86303 OKCAL Movie "Girls! Girls! Girls!" (1962) (2 hr.) 87939 DDI KTTV After Breakfast (TVGI Erik Estrada; singer Duncan Sheik; Lea Thompson. 35649 DO KCOP Dr.

Quinn, Medicine Woman (TVPG) 53 KWHY Business News 24: KVCR Die Shelly Turtle Show 64674 BD KCET Barney Friends 84020 36 KMIR Maury Povich (TVPG) 635303 BD KTBN Or. Cherry BD KOCE Instructional TV BDKDOC Life in the Word BD KLCS AM S. tE KRCA A N. News; Studio of Love (9:15) 63) KADY Movie "Mother of the Bride" (1992) (2 hr.) 73303 Quincy (TVG) CNBC Inside Opinion CNN Newsday COM Movie "California Split" (1974) (2 hr.) 4776945 DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Fashion File 676026 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2Kiana's Flex Appeal FAM The Waltons (TVGI HBO Movie "Coneheads" (1993) (1 hr. 28 mm.) 359026 LIFE Sisters (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 560910 SCI-H Ripley's Believe It or Not! (TVG) SHOW Movie "City Limits" (1985) (1 hr.

25 min.) 2325804 (9:05) TBS Matlock (9:05) TLC Carlo Cooks Italian TNN Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) TNT CHiPs (TVGI USA Murder, She Wrote WGN Geraldo Rivera (TVPG) 495769 Ellen DeGeneres Net- VKw- Prafram work an 58. "The Absolute Truth" CBS 10.66 59. Unsolved Mysteries NBC 10.60 60. TrwJftfFoiwcrthyShow NBC 10.51 61. HomWdeiL on the Street NBC 10.47 62.

Something So Right NBC 10.31 63. Miennkim FOX 10.30 64. MarriedChildren (9:30 p.m.) FOX 10.17 66. Amerlca'sVIOeos (7:30 p.m.) ABC 10.15 66. BostonCommon NBC 10.12 67.

"I Am Your Child" ABC 9.85 68. "rjrrjinaryrjrtraordkiary" CBS 9.73 Married. Children FOX 9.73 70. Dave's World CBS 9.71 71. "Interview With the Vampire" NBC 72.

Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 8.68 73. Sliders FOX 8.62 74. Martin FOX 8.56 75. High Incident ABC 8.08 76. Pretender NBC 8.01 77.

America's Most Wanted FOX 7.89 78. America's Fun. Home Videos ABC 7.82 79. New York LMercover FOX 7.80 80. "Andre" ABC 7.55 81.

Cops FOX 7.37 82. Star Trek Voyager UPN 649 83. "Greatest AnrmatOuttakes" FOX 5.93 84. Gun ABC 5.77 85. PaoMcPaisades FOX 5.45 86.

Malcolm 4 Eddie UPN 5.14 87. In the House UPN 4.41 88. The Sentinel UPN 4.38 89. Sparks UPN 4.02 90. The Jamie Fon Show WB 3.86 91.

WayansBrot. WB 3.85 Moesha UPN 3.85 93. Smart Guy WB 3.72 94. Goods Behavior UPN 3.46 95. The Steve Harvey Show WB 3.39 96.

Sister, Sister WB 3.26 97. 7th Heaven WB 3.05 1:30 p.m. ED KTTV Beverly Hillbillies KSCI Tea Time KWHY Market Wrap-Up; Chart Watch (1:45) 2 KVCR Small Business Management BD KCET The Magic School Bus 52397 BD KTBN Rod Parsley BD KOCE Bill Nye 594303 BD KLCS Zoo. Zoo, Zoo; Animal Families (1:45) CMAX Movie "Absence of Malice" (1981 1(1 hr. 57 min.) 712007 CNN EarlyPrime COM Dr.

Kate Professional Therapist (TVG) DISN Charlie Brown and Snoopy (TVY) ESPN2 A Race for Heroes HBO Movie "Kissing Miranda" (19951(1 hr. 36 min.) 1825769 UFE Debt (TVG) NICK Papa Beaver's Storytime 389587 TBS California Dreams (TVG) TLCHometime(TVG) Ita- 7:00 a.m. flKCBSNews KNBC 36 KMIR Today Elizabeth Hurley: Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 13804 El KTLA Morning News Edinburgh, Scotland; St. Andrew's Golf Club.

75668 KABCI 3 1 KEYm KESQGood Morning America Scandinavia preview; misdiagnosed diseases; Mother's Day gifts. 60736 HKCALThe Mask 17668 03 KTTV Good Day A. 91620 DO KCOP Mega Man 14194 ESKWHY Business News ED KMEX jDespierta America! 866945 BDKTBN Rod Parsley S3 KOCE Government by Consent EH KVEA CBS TeleNoticias H3 KDOC News (Japanese). JUi Business News (7:20) BD KLCS Learning English QB KRCA LWe Saigon Television News 63 KA0Y Bullwmkle The Cosby Mysteries (TVG) BET Hit List CSPN Public Policy CNBC Money Wheel DISN Donald's Quack Attack (TVY) Melrose Place ESPNSportsCenter ESPN2 Perfect Parts FSW Fox Sports News HBO Movie "Meatballs Part II" (19841(1 hr. 28 min.) 835397 HIST The Real West (TVG) LIFE Everyday Workout (TVG) MTV The Grind (TVPG) NICK Inspector Gadget 725910 SCI-FI Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TVG) SHOW Movie "Chocolat" (1988)(1 hr.

45 min.) TBS Three's Company (7:05) TLC Pappyland ITVY) TNT Gi'ligan's Island USA USA Action Extreme Team (TVY7 450674 VH1 VH1 AM WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) 11:30 a.m. KNBC EXTRA (TVPG) 9823 KTLA Charles in Charge HKABC News Ql KTTV I Love Lucy (TVG) DO KSCI Taiwan News B3 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR The Cartoon Factory BD KCET Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales 88649 BDKTBN Benny Hinn L42 KESQ General Hospital (TVPG) 95939 BD KLCS French in Action BRVO Dance of the Century (TVG) DISN Care Bears (TVY) ESPN2 NBA Finals Films FAM FIT TV Sampler FSW Sports Bowling LPBT Texas Border Shoot-Out. 393194 UFE Our Home (TVGI MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK GullahGullah Island 325561 SCI-FI Beyond Reality (TVPG) TLC Great Country Inns (TVG) PnpwMt tiofl feoMt 1. FJen KABC 1,448,135 2.

ER KNBC I.20I.OI3 3. Seinfeld KNBC 1,003,315 4. FrtmeTlmeUve KABC 948.948 5. The X-Files KTTV 899,524 6. Friends KNBC 830.330 7.

Suddenly Susan KNBC 751,251 8. Fired Up KNBC 731,481 9. "Forest Gump" KABC 726,539 10. "The Shining" Part 2 KABC 706,769 "Invasion" Part I KNBC 706,769 A Well-Documented Look Back at 'Paar' AFTERNOON 2:00 p.m. KCBS Gordon Elliott (TVPG) Senior citizens.

89303 KNBC Sunset Beach (TV14) 56741 il KTLA Blossom (TVG) il KABC! 3 KEYT 42! KESQ General Hospital (TVPG) 41 113 OKCAL News ID KTTV Spider-Man (TVY) 5823 0 KCOP Jenny Jones TV1 4 Make-overs. 71945 EE) KSCI Panda TV Drama fB KWHY You're on the Line 27939 24 KVCR Something Ventured: Small Business Management BD KCET The Pacific Century EQ KMEX Quirpa de Tres Muieres (TV141 51465 36 KMIR Ricki Lake 466755 9:30 a.m. 59 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Body Electric BD KCET The Puzzle Place 42910 KMEX Lo Mojor de Chespirito BD KTBN Dean and Mary Brown BD KLCS Math for Primary (9:45) BRVO Movie "Desert Bloom" (19861(1 hr. 50 mini 11222587 (9:40) CNBC Power Lunch 945571 CNN Burden of Proof 924674 DISN Mickey's Mouse Tracks (TVY) Model ESPN2 BodyShaping NICK Blue's Clues TLC Biba's Italian Kitchen TNN Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) Noon fl KCBS News KNBC 36 KMIR Another World (TV141 88533 KTLA Brady Bunch OKABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ All My Children (TVPG) 35465 OKCAL News iO KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) E3 KCOP Montel Williams (TVPG) Guest updates. 85007 DO KSCI Mandarin Drama ES KWHY Business News; High-Tech 24 KVCR Graham Kerr BD KCET The Puzzle Place (Repeat) 26484 B3 KMEX Para Toda la Vida (TVPG) 83649 BDKTBN Jack Van Impe KVEA Movie "El Payo: Un Hombre Contra el Mundo" 14200 7:30 a.m.

OKCAL Masked Rider 92303 09 KCOP Samurai Pizza Cats QDKSCIIran-Sima BSKWHY Business News BD KCET Storytime (Repeat) 73465 EE KTBN Marilyn Hickey S3 KOCE T'ai Chi in Paradise EB KVEA Hola Los Angeles 44939 B3 KOOCOhayo Salon BD KLCS Putting English to Work 63 KADY Underdog DISN Goof Troop (TVY) ESPN2 Crunch Fitness LIFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout (TVG) MTV Videos People Prefer (TVPG) NICK Alvin and the Chipmunks TBS Mama's Family (7:35) TLC David the Gnome (TVY) TNT Gilligan's Island WGN Empty Nest (TVPG) Paul Keyes. Appropriately, the most insightful overview is offered in running commentary from Paar himself. As was always the case, he continues to be his own most fascinating topic, although there are moments when it becomes a bit too self-serving. (For example, his minimizing of the earlier role Steve Allen played in developing the late-night talk-show format is, to put it kindly, ingenuous.) But there's no arguing with the fact that Paar's self-centeredness amply apparent in much of the vintage footage endeared him to his audiences in the '50s and '60s, perhaps because it positioned him as a kind of bad-boy surrogate for his audiences, asking their questions and having their reactions. (Stretch the Paar self-focus to the limit and something not unlike Howard Stern emerges.) The show was produced, with meticulous concern for detail, by Michael Macari Jr.

and Bruce Colgate. "Jack As I Was Saying. airs at 9 tonight on KCET-TV Channel 28. used the term "water closet." A few weeks later, he returned, starting his monologue with the phrase, "As I was saying. The documentary includes fascinating footage of the kaleidoscopic array of personalities from Richard Nixon to Jonathan Winters who appeared on Paar's late-night show and the prime-time series he hosted on NBC from 1962 to 1965, "The Jack Paar Program." Among the many highlights, some unseen for 30 years, are a wacky duet between Judy Garland and Robert Goulet, comedy segments from Winters, Godfrey Cambridge and Bill Cosby, and Robert Kennedy in his first appearance after the assassination of his brother, President John F.

Kennedy. Paar's lesser-known earlier career is also touched on in some detail, including some footage from his brief movie career, notably a few scenes from "Love Nest," a 1951 comedy in which he co-starred with Marilyn Monroe. Insights and recollections are provided by members of Paar's original production team, including announcer Hugh Downs and writer 10:00 a.m. KCBS The Price Is Right KNBC Maureen 0'Boyle Family crises mediated. 32939 KTLA Little House on the Prairie HKABC 3 KEYT Caryl Marilyn: Real Friends Celebrity authors; Erik Estrada; Christopher Darden.

72571 ID KTTV The Dating Game (TVG) KCOP Everyday Living 221 13 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Sew Creative BD KCET Sesame Street (Repeat) 79649 EQ KMEX Maite (TVPG) 36 KMIR Geraldo Rivera (TVPG) 180823 BDKTBN Praise the Lord BD KOCE Dudley the Dragon 975129 EE KVEA La Hora Lunfltica 38365 BDKDOC Cannon (TVPG) BD KLCS Read, Write and Research 09 KRCA Emperor of Chien Lung Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer BRVO Movie "Lifeboat" (1944) (2 hr.) 683281 COM Soap (TVPG) DSC Lynette Jennings Housesmart (TVG) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El The Gossip Show 793587 ESPN NBA Finals Films ESPN2 Indy Live Daily Report UFE Movie "Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story" (1994 971179 MTVM2 on MTV (TVPG) NICK Looney Tunes SCI-H Six Million Dollar Man (TVG) TBS Saved by the Bell (2:05) TLC Homebodies (TVGI TMC Movie "Down by Law" (19861(1 hr. 47 min.) 91212129 (2:05) TNN Wildhorse Saloon (TVGI VH1 New Videos WGN Family Matters (TVG) By DON HECKMAN SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Jack Paar was, by almost any evaluation, one of the architects of contemporary television. His stint on late-night television from 1957 to 1962 laid the framework, the attitude and the shtick for virtually every night-owl talk show on the air today. "Jack Paar: As I Was Saying is a two-hour "American Masters" documentary chronicling, in exhaustive detail, his career as he rose from small-town radio announcer to controversial Army disc jockey to less-than-successful movie actor to the top of the television heap as the host of "The Tonight Show" (later renamed "The Jack Paar The title comes from a dramatic incident a major media event at the time that took place in 1960, when Paar walked off the set in the middle of the show to protest NBC's editing of a joke in which he BD KOOC Perry Mason (TVPG) BD KLCS Real Science! 133 KRCA Oaily Taiwan News BD KTBN TBN Today 42 KESQ Northern Exposure SB KVEA Lo Mejor de Sevcec 33823 BDKDOCFroozles 856200 BD KLCS Challenge of the Unknown 03 KRCA There Is a Star in My Heart i KADY Sally Jessy Raphael (TvTOI 74945 AMC Movie The Story of Or. Wassell'' 119441 (2 hr.

30 min.) 674465 CMAX Movie "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982) 718755 CNBC Street Signs CNN TalkBack Live 841397 COM Kids in the Hall (TVPG) DSC Start to Finish (TVG) DISN My Little Pony Tales (TVY) Talk Soup 656262 ESPN Legends of the Brickyard 1 1 U3 AMC Movie "The Westerner" (1 940) (2 hr.) 74821 6 Law Order (TVPG) CMAX Movie "The Legend of Billie Jean" (19851 34011281 (10:20) CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters (TVGI 81 5587 DISN Adventures in Wonderland (TVY) Movie "American Roulette" (1988) (2 hr.) 392552 ESPN2 Fitness America Pageant FAM Rescue 911 (TVPG) HBO Movie "Letting Go: A Hospice HIST The Real West (TVG) UFE Martha Stewart Living (TVG) 733804 NICK Little Bear 653674 SCI-H Incredible Hulk (TVGI OPENINGS 8:00 a.m. DKCBSThis Morning Birmingham. Class of 2000; Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame induction; personal finance; children and smoking. 23587 OKCAL Beast Wars 43277 B3KWHY Business News E)KCCTLarnbChop'snay-Along 23397 HD KTBN Kenneth Copeland BD KOCE Best of Joy of Painting 0DKOOC Robert Tilton HD KLCS Pappyland 47939 63 KADY Tennessee Tuxedo AMC Movie "Bali of Fire" (19411(2 hr.) 464397 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer BET Video Vibrations BRVO Movie "Lifeboat" (1944) (Ihr. 40 min.) 6397674 COM Soap (TVPG) DISN Chip 'N Dale's Rescue Rangers (TVY) Celebrity Cooking ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat FAM Father Dowling Mysteries FSW Fox Sports News HIST Movie "LBJ.

The Early Years" (1987) Part 2, (2 hr. 97571 LIFE What Every Baby Knows (TVG) Orange County openings can be found in What Goes On, F2 2:30 p.m. KTLA Dinosaurs (TVG) ED KTTV Batman Robin (TVY7) 2804 24 KVCR Sesame Street 754281 BD KOCE The Kidsongs Show 524939 BD KLCS Musical Encounter AMC Movie "Unconquered" (19471(2 hr. 30 min.) 768858 CNN Showbiz Today 940007 COM Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TVG) DISN Donald's Quack Attack (TVY) Behind the Scenes ESPN NBA Finals Films NICKBeetlejuice SHOW Movie "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (19961 35887587 (2:45) TBS Saved by the Bell (2:35) TLC Home Pro (TVG) WGN California Dreams (TVG) 248587 Please see TV LOG, F12 ESPN Legends of the Brickyard ESPN2ESPNews FAM The 700 Club FSW This Is the PGA Tour HIST Spies (TVG) LIFE Handmade by Design (TVG) NICK Rupert 377084 SCI-H Mysteries, Magic Miracles (TVPG) TBS Jonny Quest (TVY7) 1 668649 (12:05) TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TMC Movie "Lisa" (19621(1 hr. 52 min.l TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) TNT Wild.

Wild West TBS Movie "Matlock: The Informer" (1990)(2 hr.l 5073656 10:05) 12:30 p.m. KCBS The Bold and the Beautiful TLC Homeworks (TVG) TMC Movie "Funny Bones" mm KTLA Brady Bunch encore presentation of Tennessee Williams' classic about a Depression-era family's fading dreams. A Noise Within: 8 p.m. Also Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m. Norris: May 1 6-1 7 only, 8 p.m.

"KALO PROJECT '97" (Highways, 1651 18th Santa Monica, 213 660-8587). Performance created by and about L.A.'s Hawaiian community, exploring Hawaiian identity and stereotypes through storytelling, dance and humor. 8:30 p.m. "DEMONOLOGY" AND "THE JOY OF GOING SOMEWHERE DEFINITE" (Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand 213 628-2772).

Two West Coast premieres, by Kelly Stuart and Quincy Long, respec tively. Directed by David Schweizer. Presented by the Taper's "New Theatre for Now" festival of short new plays. 8 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, Ends May 18.

JAZZ TOMAS JANZON GROUP (La Ve" Lee. 12514 Ventura Studio City, 818 980-8158). A decidedly contemporary date from the guitarist, bassist Melvin Davis and saxophonist Brandon Fields. 8 p.m. MUSIC UCLA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND MINNEAPOLIS GUITAR QUARTET (Schoen-berg Hall, UCLA, 310 825-2101).

Jon Robertson conducts. 8 p.m. RADIO POPROCK THE OFFSPRING (Hollywood Palladium, 6215 Sunset 213 962-7600). "Ixnayon the Hombre" is the follow-up to "Smash," the album that rewrote the rules for the sales potential of indie-label punk rock. Also: L7, AFI, 7 p.m.

Also Thursday. ELLIOTT SMITH (Spaceland, 1717 Silver-lake 213 413-4442). The downbeat alterna-troubadour from Portland has released his third album, "eitheror." STAGE "THE GLASS MENAGERIE" (A Noise Within, 234 S. Brand Glendale, 818 546-1924; Norris Theatre, 27570 Crossfield Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, 310 544-0403). A Noise Withins Comedy Workshop Planned at Big Bear Judy Carter's fourth annual International Business of Comedy Workshop will be held at Big Bear Lake May 30 through June 1.

The program covers many aspects of developing a comedic career, from writing to performing. Registration is limited to 100. Information: (800 4-COMICS. TIPS FOI TODAY Ml if Um Cltr. "Occupational Hazards" a.m.), "Pros and Cons of Reducing Federal Estate Tax" a.m.), KPCC-FM (89.3).

11:50 ML-I pA-MvntirK Gh4 MmIc: "Brahms Centennial," KKGO-FM (105.1). 1-2, 7-1 ML-Md Way, Li? "Ruben Zacarias and (he Los Angeles Unified School District," KCRW-FM (89.9). DRAMA COMEDYFAMfLV ul. pji-SttrrliM Tauter: "A Planet Willi One Mind," read by Mike Pinder, KPIS (830). MM IJL, im-TU UvMtirit il Pollto Mar-Im: "life With Luigi," KNX (1070).

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1-10 I.e.-Emlii Cwwt: BartSk Peasant Suite," Tapiola Sintonietta), Berwald (Piano Quintet in minor, Stefan Lindgren), TALK, INTERVIEW NtN-1 pJl-LMii ItM, KPFK-FM (90.7). Him pa-Ot. Luri ScUosttagar, KFI (640). Nom-2 p.a.(eorp Pitiao's TiUuiick, KIEV (870). Nom-3 Prater.

KABC (790). Non-3 p.o.-lirrT aoi Erie, KLSX-FM (97.1). Non-3 pa-It. Teal (rait (repeated, 9 p.m. -midnight), KTZN (710).

1-2, 7-1 pjL-Frtsk Air, KPCC-FM (89.3). p.i.-le Crwmey, KTZN (710). 3-6 p.M. Larry Elder, KABC (790). 3-1 pa-MIcimI leijH, KLTX (1390).

3-7 pjl JoiMi aod Keo, KFI (640). 3- 7 Corny Ir. Do Stickler, KLSX-FM (97.1). Irion, KIEV (870). 4 5 p.a-lerry Iron, KPFK-FM (90.7).

4- 1 Free IX, KKLA-FM (99.5). 5- 7 PJL-Larry Matle'i "The Signorile Re port on Gay Men" (5 6 p.m.), "Teaching Kids Manners and More" (6 7 p.m.), KPCC-FM (89.3). 7-1 p.i.-VHtira Talk, KCLU-FM (88.3). 7-10 pm-Rikl RacttuM, KLSX-FM (97.1). Borodin (1st Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic), KKGO-FM (105.1).

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a.i.-Msk Frm Vow Owl lack Tird, KROQ-FM (106.7). SPORTS Sports Reports 15 and 45 minutes past the hour, KFWB (980), KNX (1070). la-Bairt Angels at Baltimore Orioles, KTZN (710). 7-10 Cincinnati Reds at Dodgers, KABC (790), KWKW (1330). rawcasn Automatic, Pwr Windows Locks, Tilt, Automatic, AC, Cassette, Tinted Windows, Cruise, Cass.

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