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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1997 F9 LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings TBS Sports Baseball Expos at Braves. 35622518 (10:05) TLC Homeworks (TVGI TNN Wildhorse Saloon (TVG) TNT Thunder in Paradise (TVPG) USA Wings (TVPG) WGN News CHANNELS Networks Get Maximum Out of 'Last Don' liniseries delivered maxi-sized ratings last III week, as NBC's "The Odyssey" and CBS' "The 12:30 p.m. KCBS The Bold and the Beautiful 70792 fl KTLA Brady Bunch 03 KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) EB KWHY Business News; Show Biz Report (12:50) 24 KVCR Oceanus: The Marine Environment F53 KCET Mister Rogers 19860 03 KLCS Newton's Apple 03 KRCA Information Station BRVO Movie "Little Buddha" (1993)12 hr. 30 min.) 879334 COM Tracey Ullman (TVPG) DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) Coming Attractions ESPN Racehorse Digest UFE The Main Ingredient With Bobby Flay (TVG) NICK Blue's Clues TLC A Wedding Story (TVGI FSW Fox Sports News HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel HIST Movie "Dempsey" (1 983) Parti, (2 hr.) 60605 UFE What Every Baby Knows (TVG) NICK Looney Tunes SCI-H Dark Shadows (TVG) 9956686 TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) (8:05) TLC Chicken Minute TNN Dallas (TVPG) TNT Spenser: For Hire VHISoulofVHI WGN In the Heat of the Night (TVPG) KVEA (Tele 123 EDKDOC(lnd)56 SD KLCS (PBS) 17 SKRCAlnd.20 Palm Springs 36 KMIR (NBC) 04 Santa Barium (3iKEYT(ABC07 San Bernardino I24 KVCRPBS) 24 Ventura County 63KADY(UPN16 Im Angela 'Orange County QKC8SIC8SI02 PKNBCNBC)04 HKTLAWB05 HKABCABC)07 HKCAllnd.09 ancnv(Fox)n HKC0WNI13 'B3 KSCI (Ind 1 18 HDKCET(PBS28 B3KTBN(lnd40 SDKOCEPBS)50 from its premiere but still won Tuesday and Wednesday nights for CBS, driving "NYPD Blue" to its lowest rating ever for an original installment. ABC's "Coach" left the field with a.

crowd of 13 million watching its finale, while "Ellen" closed the year on a strong note, maintaining momentum from its coming-out episode. The sitcom "Cosby" didn't do especially well last week, but the Bill Cosby-hosted special "Kids Say the Darndest Things" did scoring CBS' highest rating at 8 p.m. Friday in more than two years. The Miss Universe Pageant also walked off with its biggest audience since 1993. -BRIAN LOWRY Last Don" gave their respective networks a big boost in the prime-time rating sweeps, according to results issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.

"The Odyssey," starring Armand Assante, washed ashore with nearly 29 million viewers, behind only the season finales of "ER" (the year's most-watched series) and "Seinfeld." CBS held its own against that NBC epic and Fox's "The X-Files" with the western saga "True Women," attracting more than 19 million people. The three-part "Last Don" dropped somewhat 10:30 a.m. 03 KTTV The Newlywed Game (TVGI EE KWHY Business News; Health News (10:50) KVCR Creative Living' EE KTBN Casey Treat 03 KDOC Southland Today 03 KLCS American Frontier; America Past (10:45) AMC Movie "Black Angel" (19461(1 hr. 30 min.) 451686 BRVO South Bank Show (TVG) DISN Pooh Corner (TVY) ESPN Unbelievable Sports ESPN2ESPNews HIST Spies (TVG) UFE Frugal Gourmet NICK Muppet Babies SCI-H Monsters (TVPG) TLC Lynette Jennings Home (TVG) USA Wings (TVPG) VH1 Crossroads Cable Services SCI-fl 87 SHOW 41 TBS 43 National Nielsen Viewership 39 AMC 35 BET 57 BRV0 54 CNBC 31 COM 79 CSPN29 CMAX 45 CNN 42 DSC 37 DSN 53 El 63 ESPN 34 ESPN2 84 FAM47 FSW 27 HBO 33 HIST 30 UFE46 MTV 48 NICK 38 TIC 51 TMC58 TNN49 TNT 52 USA 44 VH162 WGN55 Here are the rankings tor national prime-time network television last week (May 12-18) 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. 8:30 a.m. KCAL Bruno the Kid 30599 DD KCOP Step by Step (TVG) DO KSCI Omid.

Today's Physician ES KWHY Business News EE) KCET Arthur 71112 EE) KTBN Lifestyle Magazine 242537 S3 KOCE The Kidsongs Television Show 393518 SD KLCS Wishbone 82604 G0KRCAMBC News Desk 63 KADY Laverne and Shirley CNN CNN Co. 882179 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) Craig Kilborn. 8028044 DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) ESPN2 Fitness Beach UFE Kids These Days (TVG) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICKRugrats SCI-H Dark Shadows (TVG) 9955957 TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) (8:35) TLC Iris, the Happy Professor VH1 New Videos Ntt- Program Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus. Where there are two liumbers, repeat the procedure. A indicates advertisement.

Net View PfOfnm woffc fi 96. 7th Heaven WB 3.26 97. The Steve Harvey Snow WB 3.21 98. Goode Behavior UPN 2.98 99. Homeboys In Outer Space UPN 2.81 100.

BumlngZone UPN 2.76 101. Brotherly Love WB 2.42 102. The Parent 'Hood WB 2.35 103. Nidi Freno: licensed Teacher WB 2.30 'V Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME TV RATINGS (TVY) All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV1 4) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only MORNING Armand Assante 1:00 p.m. Fl KCBS As the World Turns 75247 KNBC 36 KMIR Days of Our Lives (TV141 60315 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) Scars of obesity.

22179 KABC! 3 KEYT 42 KESQ One Life to Live (TVPG) 17247 KCAL Maury Povich (TVPG) Family make-overs. 80082 03 KTTV Beverly Hillbillies 03 KCOP Ricki Lake Missing children. 15792 133 KWHY NewsClosing Bell Report 24 KVCR Oceanus: The Marine Environment 133 KCET Reading Rainbow 59063 E0KMEXLaSombractelCHro(TV1413334 EE KTBN John Hagee 03 KDOC Barnaby Jones 03 KLCS Reading Rainbow 14353 03 KRCA Emperor of Chien Lung .63 KADY Jerry Springer (TV1 4) 84042 The Cosby Mysteries (TVG) BET Rap City CMAX Movie "Sidekicks" (1993) (1hr. 40 min.) 60021082 (1.15) CNBC Market Wrap CNN Inside Politics 485315 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) Charo. 8040334 DSC Home Matters (TVG) 976082 DISN DuckTales (TVY) Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ESPN Games Trials ESPN2 Motorcycle Racing FAM Home and Family 305605 FSW Sports Baseball Conference USA Tournament Championship.

768995 HBO Movie "It Takes Two" (19951(1 hr 41 min.) 8207247 HIST Movie "Dempsey" (1 983) Part 1. (2 hr.) 51 957 UFE Supermarket Sweep (TVG) NICK The Busy World of Richard Scarry 850605 SCI-H Land of the Giants (TVG) SHOW Movie "Moonshine Highway" (19961(1 hr. 36 min.) 6866137 TBS FlintstoneslTVYI (1:05) TLC Gardening Naturally (TVG) TMC Movie "By the Sword" (19911(1 hr. 31 min.) TNN Dallas (TVPG) TNT Movie "Four Eyes and Six-Guns" (19921(2 hr. 824063 USA USA Live (TVPG) 2301 79 View- Pro Jrim KCBS The Young and the Restless 68808 El KNBC News KTLA News KABC 3 KEYT General Hospital (TVPG) 38266 El KCAL Crook Chase (TVGI Brian Austin Green; Edward James Olmos; Maria Conchita Alonso.

35518 FU KTTV I Love Lucy (TVGI 03 KCOP Jenny Jones Make-overs. 91421 ES KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:20) 24 KVCR Lap Quilting 50 KCET Storytime 76082 E3 KMEX Dos Muieres, un Camino (TVPG) 99063 36 KMIR Sunset Beach (TV1 4) 225995 EE KTBN James Robison 42 KESQ Jeopardy! 03 KVEA Guadalupe 47501 03 KDOC Gunsmoke (TVPG) 03 KLCS Kratts' Creatures 74686 S3 KRCA Getting to Know Your Favorite Artists BET Planet Groove CNBC Money Wheel COM Saturday Night Live (TV14) DSC Lynette Jennings Housesmart (TVG) DISN Gummi Bears (TVY) ESPN Sports Rodeo PRCA Red Bluff Roundup. 207599 ESPN2 NBA2Night HBO Movie "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)11 hr. 54 min. 823686 HIST The War Years (TVG) UFE Our Home (TVG) MTV Singled Out (TVPG) NICK Allegra's Window 3481 50 SCI-FI Night Gallery TLC Dream Living (TVG) TMC Movie "State Fair" (1 962) (Ihr.

58 mini 2427247 (11:101 TNNVideoPM(TVG) TNT How the West Was Won (TVG) USA Movie "Xanadu" (1 980) (2 hr I 273995 VH1 Greatest Hits of Music Video WGN Sports Baseball Phillies at Cubs. 56397112 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 NBC 15.74 million CBS 15.24 ABC 11.73 FOX 10.52 UPN 3.95 WB 3.48 Season to Date NBC 15.18 million CBS 13.80 ABC 13.44 11.61 UPN 4.45 WB 3.60 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.

ER NBC 34.94 2. Seinfeld NBC 29.80 3. "Odyssey" Part 1 NBC 28.77 4. Friends NBC 23.39 5. Fired Up NBC 22.61 6.

Touched by an Angel CBS 22.17 7. Home Improvement ABC 21.74 8. "Last Don" Part 3 CBS 21.32 9. 3rd Rock From Sun NBC 20.15 10. "Last Don" Part 2 CBS 20.10 11.

TlnX-flM FOX 19.93 12. FM Up (8:30 p.m.) NBC 19.55 13 "True Women" Parti CBS 19.19 14. 2020 ABC 17.70 15. The Drew Carey Show ABC 17.12 16. Carome mine City NBC 17.05 17.

Elen ABC 16.35 18. Frasier NBC 16.26 19. NYPD Blue ABC 15.56 20. "Kids Say Oamdest TNnga" CBS 15.54 21. SpklOty ABC 15.52 22.

NBC 15.44 23. eOttnutel CBS 15.42 24. Chicago Hope CBS 15.35 25. CyttK CBS 15.29 26. wafer, Texas Ranger CBS 15.10 27.

Roseam ABC 14.72 28. Honw Improvement (8 p.m.) ABC 14.66 29. The Slmpsone (8:30 p.m.) FOX 14.53 30. Mad About You NBC 14.44 31. PrlmeTlmeUve ABC 14.08 32.

Ink CBS 14.02 33. Cosby CBS 13.91 34. DateNne: NBC (Tue.) NBC 13.43 35. Law 4 Order NBC 13.42 36. Early Edition CBS 13.40.

37. "Survival on ttw Mountain" NBC 13.20 38. Slar Censored Bloopers" NBC 13.17 Miss IWverw Pageant CBS 13.17 40. Coach ABC 13.13 41. The Simpsons FOX 12.69 42.

"Video Justice" FOX 12.68 43. Sabrtna, the Teenage Witch ABC 12.64 44. "CduJrto: A Trace Murder" ABC 12.43 45. Date NBC (fit.) NBC 12.26 46. "Scariest PolceShootarts" FOX 12.24 47.

"When Stunts Go Bad" FOX 12.19 48. Step by Step ABC 12.11 49. The Nanny (8:30 p.m.) CBS 11.79 50. Beverly Ms, 90210 FOX 11.65 51. Murohy Brown CBS 11.29 52.

The Nanny CBS 11.12 53. Homicide: lire on the Street NBC 11.09 54. "20.000 LeaguesSea" Part 2 ABC 11.04 55. Pretender NBC 11.02 56. r.Quin,Medldne Woman CBS 10.94 9:00 a.m.

KCBS Guiding Light 44537 13 KNBC Leeza (TVPG) 39605 li KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVG) Bullies. 841 73 KABC 42 KESQ Regis Kathie LeelTVGI Barbara Walters. 79247 KCAL Movie "Arch of Triumph" (19851(2 hr.) 66632 OH KTTV After Breakfast (TVG) Rob Estes; Susan Taylor. 16111 DD KCOP Dr. Gum, Medicine Woman (TVG) S3 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR The Shelly T.

Turtle Show 64808 ED KCET Barney Friends 95792 36 KMIR Maury Povich (TVPG) 667967 EQ KTBN Dr. Cherry HQ KOCE Instructional TV S3 KDOC Life in the Word 03 KLCS TE AMS. GS KRCA K.T.A.N. News; Studio of Love (9:15) :63 KADY Movie "Trade Off" (1995) (2 hr.) 66247 AMC Movies "Green Hell" (1940) (1 hr 30 min 1831605 Quincy (TVG) CNBC Inside Opinion CNN Newsday COM Movie "My Demon Lover" (19871 (2 hr.) 4278353 DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Fashion File 261570 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Kiana's Flex Appeal FAM The Waltons (TVG) HBO Movie "Mission: Impossible" (1996) (1 hr. 50 min.) 576131 UFE Sisters (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 231421 SCI-FI Ripley's Believe It or Notl (TVG) TBS Matlock (9:05) TLC Carlo Cooks Italian TMC Movie "The Marrying Man" (1991)11 hr.

57 min.) 5007860 19:10) TNN Aleene's Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) TNTCHiPs (TVG) USA Murder, She Wrote WGN Geraldo Rivera (TVPG) 623421 10.78 10.43 10.22 9.83 9.83 9.63 9.58 9.49 9.41 9.07 8.91 8.88 8.74 8.67 8.52 8.49 7.73 7.70 7.55 7.46 7.19 7.16 7.06 6.97 6.91 6.67 6.10 4.78 4.73 4.46 4.25 4.16 4.14 4.01 3.78 3.65 3.57 3.47 3.32 Promised Land "dumpy OW Men" Melrose Place HWennkjm 1 Suvrved a Disaster 2" "Dtsdosure" "M-StarTV Mega Bloopers" 48 Hours New York Undercover "dear and Present Danger" America's Most Wanted Unsolved Mysteries "All-Star T.G.I.F. Mag" Men Behaving Badly Dateline: NBC (Sun.) "Butted on the Job" America's Funniest videos "3 Stooges Greatest Hits" Copt (8:30 p.m.) Wings Skiers "QjtckstVM Highway" NewsRadk) Naked Truth "WoiW'jDartng Rescues" Cops Star Trek: Voyager The Jamie Foxx Snow Smart Guy Moesha Malcolm Eddie Sister, Sister The Wayans Bros. Sentinel Unhappily Ever After Sparki mine House BufTy, the Vampire Slayer Jamie Foxx Show (Sun.) CBS FOX FOX ABC ABC NBC CBS FOX ABC FOX NBC ABC NBC NBC FOX FOX ABC FOX NBC FOX FOX NBC NBC ABC FOX UPN WB WB UPN UPN WB WB UPN WB UPN UPN WB WB St House- 7:00 a.m. flKCBSNews I El KNBC 36 KMIR Today I Jason Alexander; allergies; author 1 Arlie Hochschild; author Claire i -Sylvia. 54605 EI KTLA Morning News Block party.

87957 KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ Good Jvlorning America Adoptees search for birth parents; tamping. 98763 0 KCAL The Mask 30063 OH KTTV Good Day LA 21315 DO KCOP Mega Man 19286 H3 KWHY Business News S3 KCET Barney Friends (Repeat 50792 KMEX iOespierta America1 302179 JED KTBN Rod Parsley 1 SD KOCE Government by Consent KVEA CBS TeleNoticias 1 KDOC News (Japanese). JUi Business News 17:20) ED KLCS Learning English G9 KRCA Little Saigon Television News .63 KADY Bullwinkle AAE The Cosby Mysteries (TVG) t.BET Hit List vCSPN House of Representatives 784976 'CNBC Money Wheel Donald's Quack Attack (TVY) I tl Melrose Place ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Perfect Parts f. FSW Fox Sports News HIST The Real West (TVG) i UFE Everyday Workout (TVG) V'MTVThe Grind (TVPG) NICK Inspector Gadget 851334 JSCI-H Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TVG) TBS Three's Company (7:05) UCPappyland(TVY) TNT Gilligan's Island USA USA Action Extreme Team (TVY7) 400624 VH1VH1AM WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) ProgriM Hot DokJi l. ER KNBC 1,171,358 2.

"Odyssey" Parti KNBC 1,062.625 3. Seinfeld KNBC 1.052,749 4. The X-Files KTTV 1,018,143 5. "Last Don" Part 3 KCBS 859.985 8. Fired Up KNBC 815,503 7.

"Last Don" Part 2 KCBS 800,675 8. Friends. KNBC 795,733 3rd Rock From the Sun KNBC 795,733 9. NYPD Blue KABC 731,481 SOMInutes KCBS 731,481 1 :30 p.m. 03 KTTV Beverly Hillbillies 03 KSCI Tea Time 133 KWHY Market Wrap-Up; Chart Watch (1:45) 24 KVCR Charlie Rose 416570 S3 KCETTre Magic School Bus 18131 EE KTBN Rod Parsley 03 KOCE Bill Nye the Science Guy 152137 03 KLCS Zoo, Zoo.

Zoo; Animal Families (1:45) AMC Movie "Dr. Terror's House hr. 45 min.) 1221565 CNN EarlyPrime COM Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist (TVG) DISN Charlie Brown and Snoopy (TVY) UFE Debt (TVGI NICK Papa Beaver's Storytime 9451 12 TBS California Dreams (TVG) 3708995 (1:35) UCHometime(TVG) 11:30 a.m. 1 3 KEYT News KNBC EXTRA 231 5 KTLA Charles in Charge KABC News 03 KTTV I Love Lucy (TVG) 03 KSCI Taiwan News KWHY Business News 24 KVCR The Cartoon Factory 83 KCET Shining Time Station 7771 1 EE KTBN Benny Hinn 142 KESQ General Hospital (TVPG) 51773 03 KLCS French in Action BRVO Opening Shot (TVG) 570605 CMAX Movie hr.

48 min.) 2545745 DISN Care Bears (TVY) ESPN2 NBA Finals Films FAM FIT TV Sampler FSW Sports Bowling 902228 MTV MTV Unplugged (TVG) NICK GullahGullah Island 3561 79 SCI-H Beyond Reality (TVPG) SHOW Movie "Captain Carey, USA." 11950)11 nr. 23 min.) TLC Great Country Inns (TVG) FOX: Counting on Stability in Prime Time 9:30 a.m. S3 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Body Electric HD KCET The Puzzle Place 1 5044 SQKMFJ(LoMejordeChespiritonVG) EE KTBN Dean and Mary Brown 03 KLCS Math for Primary (9:45) CMAX Movie "The Devil's Bride" (19681(1 hr. 35 min.) CNBC Power Lunch 554605 CNN Burden of Proof 517353 DISN Mickey's Mouse Tracks (TVY) Model ESPN2 BodyShaping NICK Blue's Clues TLC Biba's Italian Kitchen TNN Aleene's Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) AFTERNOON Fast Forward: Fox. UPN Fall Lineups Here is Fox's and UPN's night-by-night programming: Fox Monday: "Melrose Place," "Ally McBeal." Tuesday: Movie.

Wednesday: "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Party of Five." Thursday: "Rewind," "Between Brothers," "413 Hope St." Friday: "The Visitor," "Millennium." Saturday: "Cops," "America's Most Wanted." Sunday: "World's Funniest "King of the Hill," "The Simpsons," "The X-Files." UPN Monday: "In the House," "Malcolm Eddie," "The Good News," "Sparks." Tuesday: "Clueless," "Moesha," "Hitz," "Head Over Heels." Wednesday: "The Sentinel," "Star Trek: Voyager." Thursday: UPN Sci-Fi Movie. 7:30 a.m. KCAL Masked Rider 19570 OD KCOP Samurai Piiza Cats EH KSCI Iran Sima S3 KWHY Business News 1 SD KCET Storytime (Repeat) 46599 '03 KTBN Marilyn Hickey I-S3 KOCE T'ai Chi in Paradise EH KVEA Hola Los Angeles 2671 1 03 KDOC Ohayo Salon SO KLCS Putting English to Work GS KRCA Infinite Power Workout 63 KADY Underdog DISN Goof Troop (TVY) I ESPN2 Crunch Fitness UFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout (TVG) i MTV Popular Videos People Prefer (TVPG) NICK Alvin and the Chipmunks SHOW Movie "Adventures of a Young Man" (19621 (2 hr.25min.) "723614 TBS Mama's Family (7:35) TLC David the Gnome (TVY) TMC Movie "Beyond Rangoon" 11995)11 hr. 37 min.) 6213228 TNT Gilligan's Island WGN Empty Nest (TVPG) 2:00 p.m. KCBS Gordon Elliott (TVPG) 26334 CI KNBC Sunset Beach (TV14) 1 1402 (4 KTLA Blossom (TVG) 11 KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ General Hospital (TV14) 62150 KCAL News 03 KTTV Spider-Man (TVY) 4353 03 KCOP Jenny Jones (TVPG) 64889 03 KSCI Panda TV Drama 53 KWHY You're on the Line 83773 53 KCET Real Science! E) KMEX Quirpa de Tres Muieres (TV14I 40537 36 KMIR Ricki Lake 583421 EE KTBN Praise the Lord 03 KOCE Newton's Apple 03 KVEA La Hora Lunatica 75599 03 KDOC Cannon (TVPG) 03 KLCS Read, Write and Research 03 KRCA Emperor of Chien Lung Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer COM Soap (TVPG) DSC Lynette Jennings Housesmart (TVG) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) The Gossip Show 215131 ESPN NBA Fantastic Series UFE Movie "Trapped in Silence" (19861(2 hr.) 763570 NICK Looney Tunes SCI-H Six Million Dollar Man (TVG) TBS Saved by the Bell (2:05) TLC Homebodies (TVG) TNN Wildhorse Saloon (TVG) VH1 New Videos WGN Tenth Inning (2:15) Continued from Fl Different Dondre Whitfield and Tommy Davidson Living and "Rewind," featuring Scott Baio and Mystro Clark as two friends grappling with adulthood, flashing back to them as teenagers in junior high school.

The drama is "413 Hope about an inner-city teen crisis center run by Richard Roundtree. Actor Damon Wayans created the show and is also developing a sitcom for Fox in which he'll star. Fox ordered additional episodes of current Thursday night series "Living Single" and "New York Undercover" (still two of TV's most-watched programs among African Americans, despite declining ratings) to have in reserve. The network also announced three comedies for midseason: "Ask Harriet," about a man-in-drag advice columnist; "V.E.N.U.S. on the Hard Drive," in which two guys find a computer intelligence that comes to life as a and the self-explanatory "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place." Fox scheduled only four comedies in September, however, citing the unprecedented 18 sitcoms on NBC's fall lineup and another dozen on ABC.

The network wants to provide a "dramatically different" alternative, Roth said. Fox also has trumpeted plans to air more original programming this summer, including episodes of the serial "Pacific Palisades." Those programs remain candidates to return next season if they perform well. Although it still ranks fourth among the networks in overall viewing, Fox has moved into a second-place tie with ABC among adults age 18-49, the most important demographic to advertisers. That marks the network's best Noon fl KCBS News 11 KNBC 36 KMIR Another World (TV141 84995 II KTLA Brady Bunch KABC1 3 KEYT 42 KESQ All My Children (TV1 4 21529 KCAL News HI KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) 03 KCOP Montel Williams (TVPG) Make-overs. 84024 03 KSCI Mandarin Drama 133 KWHY Business News; High-Tech Report (12:201 24 KVCR Graham Kerr's Swiftly Seasoned B3KCET The Puzzle Place (Repeatl 82228 SB KMEX RaraToda la Vxte(TvTC)84006 EE KTBN The 700 Club 03 KVEA Cine 03 KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG) 03 KLCS Real Science! 03 KRCA Daily Taiwan News 63 l(ADYSalfyJriSsyRaphael(TVG) 22082 AMC Movie "Yankee Pasha" (19541(1 hr.

30 min.) 936599 BRVO Jump (TVPG) CNBC Street Signs CNN TalkBack Live 507976 COM Kids in the Hall (TVPG) DSC Start to Finish (TVG) DISN My Little Pony Tales (TVY) Talk Soup 281334 ESPN America's Horse ESPN2 Billiards FAM Rescue 911 (TVPG) HIST The Real West (TVG) UFE Martha Stewart Living (TVG) 402957 MTV The MTV 500 NICK Little Bear 228957 SCI-H Incredible Hulk (TVGI TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) TNT Wild. Wild West 10:00 a.m. fl KCBS The Price Is Right KNBC In Person With Maureen OBoyleTVPG)33112 KTLA Little House on the Prairie KABC 3 KEYT Caryl Marilyn: Real Friends 84860 DDI KTTV The Dating Game (TVG) 03 KCOP Everyday Living Daytime Emmys. 88957 (33 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Sew Creative With Donna Wilder SO KCET Sesame Street (Repeat) 68711 ED KMEX Maite (TVPG) 36 KMIR Geraldo Rivera (TVPG) 205131 EE KTBN TBN Today 42 KESQ Northern Exposure 03 KVEA Lo Mejor de Sevcec 22995 S3 KDOC Froozles 458044 03 KLCS Challenge of the Unknown S3 KRCA There Is a Star in My Heart (10:05) Law Order (TVPG) CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters (TVGI 861711 DISN Adventures in Wonderland (TVY) Movie "Illicit Behavior" (1992) (2 hr. 927624 ESPN Latin Futbol Weekly ESPN2ESPNews FAM The 700 Club HIST Spies (TVGI UFE Handmade by Design (TVGI NICK Rupert 113686 SCI-FI Mysteries, Magic Miracles (TVPG) SHOW Movie "Unstrung Heroes" (1995)(1 hr.

34 min.) 9636105 competitive standing in its history. UPN sought to provide stability as well with a lineup that features only three new comedies. The network also continued the tradition of programmers picking up each other's leftovers by nabbing "Clueless," which is produced by Paramount, a half owner of UPN. The series will lead into another show popular with teens, "Moesha." UPN (which airs on KCOP-TV Channel 13 locally) canceled "The Burning Zone," "Social Studies," the Sherman Hemsley series "Goode Behavior" and the comedy with perhaps the best title of last season, "Homeboys in Outer Space." The new series are "Hitz," starring Andrew "Dice" Clay as the head of a small record company; "Head Over Heels," which features two brothers running a video-dating service (and Connie Stevens as their mother); and "The Good News," which continues this year's trend toward shows dealing with the clergy in this case, David P. Ramsey as a young African American minister.

UPN has also ordered a comedy for midseason, "Ruby," starring "Married With Children's" David Faustino, with Whoopi Goldberg providing the voice of an animatronic puppet and serving as one of the show's producers. In addition, the network will expand to a fourth night of programming early next year with the introduction of a sci-fi movie slot on Thursdays. The fledgling WB network also announced plans to add a fourth night in December, further crowding the network landscape. CBS announces its lineup Thursday, concluding the annual schedule-setting ritual. The network is expected to order a new police drama from producer Steven Bochco, "Brooklyn South," as well as programs casting "NYPD Blue's" David Caruso as a district attorney and Danny Aiello fresh off "The Last Don" as a private eye.

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Midtiilt-5 UL-loy IroMti, KTZN (710). MUSIC: POP -COUNTRY-FOLK-U2Z-R0CK-RU I OecMts Eclectic, jazz, classical, folk, KCRW-FM (89.9). 10 Yillagt, KPFK-FM (90.7). NoM-l p.a. Old SckMl Lund Hut, urban oldies, KKBT-FM (92.3).

Non-1 p.M. AR Iiqmtt iMcltlm Ian, oldies, KRLA (1110). I-10 p.n. Metropolis. KCRW-FM (89.9).

MO pA-Pandara'i Mi In, KPFK-FM (90.7). 10 p.e.-Bidil6t-lraN World, KCRW-FM (89.9). KCRW-FM (89.9). i.a.-MtsJc Tw Dm lack Tard, KR0Q FM (106.7). SP01TS Spirts Reparts 15 and 45 minutes past the hour, KFWB (980), KNX (1070).

5:30 I pjL-Pn laskitbat NBA Playoffs, Houston Rockets at Utah Jazz, KLAC (570). 7-10 p.a.-latelal: Dodgers at San Diego Padres, KABC (790), KWKW (1330). pi-taiel Seattle Mariners at Angels, KT2N (710). TALI, IHTE8VIEW Prater, KABC (790). TIP FOI TODU 7-1 pA-WUck Way, UT: "Beyond Affirmative Action," KCRW-FM (89.9).

J-7 p.e.-tarri Mufli'i Alrtilk: William Fultan. author of "The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles" (5-6 p.m.), "The Quest lor a New Theory of Cosmic 'J Origins" p.m.), KPCC-FM (89.3). DRAMA-GOMEDVFAMILY p.M.-Sttrvtlm Tleittr: "Pi-; nocchio," read by Danny Aiello. KPLS (830). liotsM pm-Tlw li Sim, music, games, stories for children, KPLS (830).

fH-i p.n.Jt Kids, KPLS (830). FreakiM, children's programming, KPLS (830). ml, ta-Tk Mvtitvii Flip Mir- bm: "Ebony Link," KNX (1070). 430-10 p.1, Li iMgtr: "Death Will Out," KNX (1070). 1 MUSIC: CLASSICAL 4 10 CMCirt: Goldmark Italy: Overture," National Symphony Orchestra ol Ireland), Gould River Legend," Morton Gould Orchestra), KKG0-FM (105.1).

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