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From Page 60 IE KCOP Jenny Jones Inruly teens. MHVeianBSiNewt, Interior decoratina. 359 KCAL Movie "Wet Gold" NBC Rides 'Asteroid' to Commanding Sweeps Lead X-Files" fell to its lowest rating this season. The week's lowlights nearly outnumbered the highlights, including record low ratings for original episodes of the long-running sitcoms "Grace Under Fire," "Wings" and "NewsRa-dio." NBC and ABC's Tuesday comedy were also hurt by Fox's telecast of the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "True Lies," which captured that network's biggest audience for a feature film ever. NBC's success extended beyond prime time, as "NBC Nightly News" ran its streak of first-place finishes to eight weeks, including one tie with former leader ABC.

-BRIAN LOWRY rlBC's "Asteroid" flattened the prime-time I competition Sunday, landing with the highest rating for any miniseries since "Queen" four years ago. Based on figures released Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research, those stratospheric numbers helped lift NBC to an easy win last week and a commanding February sweeps lead. Starring Michael Biehn and Annabella Sciorra, "Asteroid" joins "Gulliver's Travels" and "The Beast" in a line of much-hyped NBC miniseries to score big ratings, and its impact appeared to increase TV viewing in general. The competing Meryl Streep movie, first do no harm," still did respectably, though "The KVCR For Your Home B0 KCET Storytime 57681 EQ KMEX Dos Mujeres, un Camino 606049 3S KMIR Sunset Beach (TV14) 217730 EH KTBN James Robison 42. KESQ Jeopardy! S3 KVEA Guadalupe 251469 S3 KDOC Gunsmoke S3 KLCS Kratts' Creatures The Caribbean; shark myths.

62575 OS KRCA Getting to Know Your Favorite Artists BET Planet Groove CSPN Press Conference 81310 CNBC Money Wheel COM Saturday Night Live DSC Lynette Jennings Housesmart DISN DuckTales ESPN Billiards ESPN2 NBA 2Night HIST Air Combat UFE The Main Ingredient MTV MTV Jams NICK Allegra's Window Grandma will be late for Allegra's birthday party. 165643 SCI-FI Amazing Stories TLC Dream Living TNN VideoPM TNT How the West Was Won WGN Streets of San Francisco National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Feb. 10-16) 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 25 1 million potential U.S.

viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here in millions. 7th Heaven WB 3M 102. Unhappily Ever Alter (Sun.) WB 2.60 103. Homeboys in Outer Space UPN 3.31 104.

The Burning Zone UPN 2.92 105. Nick FrenoTeacher (Sun.) WB 2.89 106. Brotherly Love WB 276 107. Savannah WB 2.65 US KRCA Daily Taiwan News Special Report CSPN Public Policy CNBC Street Signs CNN TalkBack Live 958440 COM Kids in the Hall OSC Start to Finish DISN Dumbo's Circus Talk Soup 703933 ESPN World's Strongest Man Competition ESPN2 Sports Auto Racing Thunder Midgets. From Ventura.

4301759 FAM Rescue 911 FSW Sports Tennis Sybase Open Final: Pete Sampras vs. Greg Rusedski. From San Jose. 13407 HIST The Real West UFE Martha Stewart Living Pickling; trellis, grilled pizza, 880575 MTV Music Videos NICK Little Bear Cures for hiccups; patience; camping. 604117 SCI-FI Incredible Hulk TBS The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest TLC A Wedding Story TNN America's Country Hits TNT Wild, Wild West USA Major Dad WGN Beauty and the Beast 12:30 p.m.

DKCBS The Bold and the Beautiful (TV14) 44001 ED KTTV Andy Griffith ffl KWHY Business News; Show Biz Report (12:50) 21 KVCR The Power of Place: World Regional Geography EO KCET Mister Rogers 52989 B3 KMEX Bajo un Mismo Rostro 708846 Ed KTBN Carol Lawrence 63 KVEA Movie "UnChico Valiente" Joaquin Cordero. Un jovencito vive solo en el campo con los dos companeros deles, Huracan el caballo su perro. (1 hr. 30 min.) 362914 E3 KLCS Raising Children in Troubled Times GH KRCA Life Style AMC Movie "The Brave One" (1956) Michel Ray. A Mexican boy seeks a presidential pardon for his pet bull, sold to face a matador in the bullring.

(2 hr.) 758339 COM Tracey Ullman DSC Interior Motives DISN Adventures in Wonderland El Uncut Vanessa Williams. Vanessa Williams. 430575 UFE Our Home NICK Blue's Clues TBS Flintstones (12:35) TLC A Wedding Story TMC Movie "Bill Cosby: Himself" (1983) Onstage the comedian reviews things like natural childbirth, being a parent, going to the dentist. (1 hr. 44 min.) 63295759 (12:50) USA Claude's Crib 11984) Brooke Shields.

(2 hr.) 14407 D3 KTTV The Dating Game BDKCOP Everyday living Buying fish. 69556 B9 KVYHY Business News 24' KVCR Peggy Harris' Paintable Kingdom ED KCET Sesame Street 49310 B3 KMEX Papa Soiterd 3f KMIRGeraldo Rivera (TVPG) 237594 EH KTBN The Encourager With Ron Hembree 121 KESQ Northern Exposure EQ KVEA Lo Mejor de Sevcec 71074 E3 KDOC Froozles 970B43 S3 KLCS 3-2-1 Classroom Contact, Different and the Same GSKRCA Emptiness (10:051 AMC Movie "The Sleeping City" (19501 Richard Conte. (1 hr. 30 min.l 970223 The Equalizer CMAX Movie "Young Dillinger" (19651 Nick Adams. The 1930s outlaw teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Homer Van Meter.

1 hr. 42 min.l 2075285 CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters Pantry Cooking; Energy Savers; E. Jenkin. Shadow boxes; pantry-shelf donners; heating bills; baking soda; appraising collectibles. 859730 DISN Groundling Marsh Movie "Torch Song Trilogy" (1988) Harvey Fierstein.

A 1970s drag queen falls in love twice and also comes to terms with his Brooklyn mother. (2 hr.) 449223 ESPN NCAA Final Four Highlights ESPN2 Fabulous Sports Babe 9404827 FAM Newswatch Today FSW Sports Pro Basketball Cavaliers at lakers. (Tape) 18865 HIST Crusade in the Pacific UFEDebt NICK Rupert Rupert tangles with jewel thief Chameleon. 132575 SCI-FI Mysteries, Magic Miracles SHOW Movie "The Masque of the Red Death" (19641 Vincent Price. Death joins the party at Prince Prospero's castle, letting in the plague.

(1 hr. 29 min.) 4266594 (10:05) TBS Movie "Foul Play" (1978) Goldie hawn. A Francisco police detective protects a librarian who knows too much about a plot to kill the pope. (2 hr. 8928372 (10:05) TIC Homeworks TNN Wildhorse Saloon TNT Thunder in Paradise USA Movie "Trial and Error" (19621 Peter Sellers.

An over-the-hill barrister ineptly defends a birdseed merchant for killing his wife. (2 hr.) 980049 WGN News I v- Annabella Sciorra Network Averages Here is trie number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. Last Week NBC 17.05 million CBS ABC 12.96 FOX 12.15 UPN 4.72 WB 3.77 Season to Pate NBC 15.51 million CBS 13.94 ABC 13.93 FOX ...12.24 UPN 4.54 WB 3.66 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. Net- Vhw- Prefnm 1.

ER NBC 35.87 2. "Asteroid" Parti NBC 34.45 3. Seinfeld NBC 32.00 4. Friends NBC 27.25 5. The Naked Truth NBC 26.92 6.

TheSingleGuY NBC 23.59 7. Touched by an Angel CBS 21.64 8. Home Improvement ABC 19.31 9. 60 Minutes CBS 19.06 10. The Drew Carey Show ABC 18.60 11.

HYPO Bu ABC 18.29 12. 2020 ABC 18.04 13. Walker, Texas Ranfer CBS 17.86 14. KinjoftheHi FOX 17.49 15. 3rd Roe From th Sun NBC 17.48 16.

Cosby NBC 17.28 17. FrfmeDmeUw ABC 16 85 18. The At FOX 18.64 19. "True lies" FOX 18.48 20. do no tarn" ABC 15.71 21.

Ellen ABC 18.61 22. 3rd Rock From Sun (Mon.) NBC 15.51 23. Spin City ABC 15.45 24. Frasler NBC 15.26 The Simpsons FOX 15.26 26. Diagnosis Murder CBS 15.16 27.

'tow'i Deadly Trtantfe" NBC 14.09 28. CyM CBS 14.97 29. MurphyBrcwn CBS 14.96 30. MadAboutYou NSC 14.81 31. Law 1 Order NBC 14.80 32.

Boston Common NBC 14.77 33. Sabrtnt. the Teenage Witch ABC 14.75 34. Chicago Hope CBS 14.57 35. Coach ABC 14.33 36.

rxn. Medicine Woman CBS 14.14 37. Boy Meets Work! ABC 14.10 38. The Nanny CBS 13.97 39. Date NBC (Tue.) NBC 13.91 40.

DatefineiNBCfFrt.) NBC 13.80 41. Caroline In the City NBC 13.66 42. Femly Matters ABC 13.61 43. tr CBS 13.54 44. Rosearaw ABC 13.49 45.

"Daw" CBS 13.39 48. Ctueleti ABC 12.96 47. Promised Land CBS 12.69 48. Amer.Vldeot (7:30 p.m.) ABC 12.58 49. "Candid Cameraat Low" CBS 12.52 50.

Nash Budges CBS 12.48 51. Grace Under Fire ABC 12.41 52. Beverly Has. 90210 FOX 12.33 53. "Great Animal OuttaMs" FOX 12.21 54.

ProWtr NBC 1165 Melrose Race FOX 1165 56. "Close Cai: Cheat Death 2" FOX 11.81 57. Moloney CBS 11.77 58. Something So Right NBC 11.65 59. "AWgTitmareComeTiue" CBS 11.60 60.

"Stranger in My Home" CBS 11.34 11:30 a.m. TKEYTNews KNBC Court TV: Inside America's Courts 8372 II KTLA The Honeymooners 11 KABC News GO KTTV I Love Lucy DO KSCI Taiwan News 63 KVYHY Business News 24: KVCR Lawrence Welk B0 KCET Shining Time Station Schemer learns not to have fun at others' expense. 58310 EE) KTBN Benny Hinn KESQ The City (TVPG) 32372 S3 KLCS Dicho Hecho; Skills (11:501 AMC Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial Alec Baldwin narrates a history of the anti-Communist investigations of the mid-century and their impact on Hollywood. 242827 BRVO Movie "Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder" (1981) Dennis Christopher. An Army doctor in Vietnam forces a cynical medic to help her take care of Saigon orphans.

(2 hr.) 934001 CMAX Movie "The Danger of Love" (1992) Joe Penny. Based on the White Plains, N.Y., case of Carolyn Warmus, the former teacher convicted of killing her lover's wife. (1 hr. 34 min.) DISN Care Bears ESPN2 NBA Finals Films FAM IT TV HBO Movie "Crossworlds" (19961 Rutger Hauer. A magic crystal leads a college student on a surreal quest to save the world.

(1hr. 30 min.) 736681 UFE Handmade by Design NICK Gullah Gullah Island 166372 SCI-H Ray Bradbury Theater SHOW Movie "Au Revoir Manesse. A French schoolboy befriends a mysterious new student who is hiding from the Nazis. (1 hr. 44 min.l 31629778 (11:35) TLC Great Country Inns 61.

Pretender NBC 11.28 62. Unsolved Mysteries NBC 11.19 63. TurrinjPoint ABC 11.18 64. JAG CBS 11.14 65. Party of Fh FOX 10.90 86.

Pearl CBS 10.68 67. "Pavt" ABC 10.52 66 48 Hours CBS 10.47 69. Men Behaving Badly NBC 10.40 70. MUtenraum FOX 10.32 71. "UASkatmg Champ." ABC 10.18 72.

High Incident ABC 10.12 America's Fun. Home Videos ABC 10.12 74. Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 10.11 75. Homicide: on the Street NBC 10.05 76. Cope FOX 9.60 77.

America's Most Wanted FOX 9.45 76 Martin FOX 9.14 79. "Nowhere to Run" ABC 9.08 80. Dangerous Minds ABC 8.86 81. Chicago Sons NBC 8.73 NewsRadtt NBC 8.73 83. Wings NBC 8.65 84.

New York Undercover FOX 6.51 85. NBA Poatgame Show NBC 768 86. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 7.74 67. "Doomsday" FOX 7.67 68. The Jamie Fan Show WB 5.28 89.

The Sentinel UPN 4.92 90. Moiesha UPN 462 91. The Steve Harvey Show WB 4.77 92. The Wayans Bros. WB 4.60 93.

Malcolm Eddie UPN 4.57 94. Sparks UPN 4.45 95. the House WB 433 98. Str. Sister WB 4.28 97.

Nek ftmUcensed Teacher WB 3.96 SoodeBehavior UPN 3.98 99. unhappily Ew After WB 3.92 100. The Parent Hood WB 364 Ita- KNBC 1,329.516 KNBC 1,250.437 KNBC l.072.5O9-rr 1. ER 2. Seinfeld 3.

"Asteroid" Part 1 4. The Naked Truth 5. Friends 6. NYPDBkje The Single Guy 8. eOMirutes 9.

TheX.Fm 10. "True Lies" KNBC 1,057,662 KNBC 934,121 KABC 869.869 HMO QCtl tUSQ KCBS 785.848 KTTV 751,251 KTTV 736.424 AFTERNOON 10:30 a.m. ED KTTV The Newrywed Game ESKWHY Business News, Health News 10:50 7 KVCR Scheewe Art Workshop ES KMEX Dr. Candido Perez ED KTBN Casey Treat ED KDOC Southland Today S3 KLCS Futures, Math Talk H045I DISN Pooh Comer ESPN NCAA Today FAM The 700 Club HBO Without Pity: A Film About -Abilities HIST Crusade in the Pacific UFE Our Home NICK Muppet Babies SCI-H Monsters TLC Lynette Jennings Home TMC Movie "State Fair" (19621 Pat Boone. A brother and sister find romance and good clean fun at the state fair in Dallas.

(1 hr. 58 mm.) 1221 556 (10:50) KCBS As the World Turns JTV141 49556 KNBC KMIR Days of Our lives (TV141 67952 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) Homemade sex videos. 96488 KABC JL KEYT 11 KESQ One Life to Live (TVPG) 81556 KCAL Maury Povich Ramsey murder case. 93914 EO KTTV Beverly Hillbillies B3 KCOP Ricki Lake Infidelity 31198 EE KWHY NewsClosing Bell Report 21 KVCR The Power of Place: World Regional Geography ED KCET Reading Rainbow 30662 ED KTBN John Hagee 10 KDOC Barnaby Jones B0 KLCS Reading Rainbow 95952 KRCA Fatal Attraction KAOY Pat Bullard(TVG) 57136 BET Rap City CNBC Market Wrap CNN Inside Politics 419136 COM The Daily Show Rob Estes. 3749049 DSC Home Matters Garden Gifts.

Beans; Tall Ship. Personalized garden tools, bean dishes; edible flowers, tall-ship crrws.321372 DSN Gummi Sears COM Dr Katz: Professional. Therapist DISN Charlie Brown and Snoopy ESPN2 Auto Racing: Thrills and Spills LIFE Nurses NICK The Busy World of Richard Scarry 323730 TBS Brady Bunch (1:35) TLC Hometime USA USA Live 155952 Noon flKCBSNews KNBC KMIR Another World (TV1 4) 58204 II KTLA Hunter KABC 31KEYTH KESQ All My Children (TVPG) 55056 KCAL News ta KTTV Andy Griffith KCOP Montel Williams (TVPG) Paternity dispute. 55778 KSCI Mandarin Drama Ed KWHY Business News, High-Tech Reoort (12:20) ED KCET The Puzzle Race Kiki takes care of Nuzzle for a week (Repeat) 701 17 E3 KTBN International Intelligence Briefing With Hal Lindsev 3 KDOC Perry Mason Lj KLCS Parenting Works! Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ESPN Sports Golf Tucson Chrysler Classic, First Round. 508534 FAM Home and Family 326952 HBO America's Dream HIST Movie "The Immortal Battalion" (1944) David Niven.

(2 hr) 32556 UFE Designing Women NICK The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss King Lindy and King Noodle share the world's longest beard. 871952 SC1-R Bionic Woman SHOW Movie "The Haunted Palace" 11963) Vincent Price. (1 hr. 25 min.) 63649759 1i5 TBS Flintstones (1:05) KVCR American Adventure ED KCET The Magic School Bus 99730 CD KTBN Marilyn Hickey ED KOCE The Swamp Critters of the Lost Lagoon Ribbit dreams of Mexico: Gumbo accuses Chanel of stealing.

(Repeat) 545846 ED KLCS Return to the Magic Library: Just for Kids (1:45) BRVO Movie "You Only Live Once" (1937) Sylvia Sidney, framed for murder, an ex-convict escapes and flees with his wife to Canada. (1 hr. 30 min.) 385952 CMAX Movie "The Indian in the Cupboard" (1995) Hal Scardmo. (1 hr. 36 min.) 3875907 CNN EarlyPrime TLC Gardening Naturally TNN Dallas TNT Movie "Duel at Diablo" (1966) James Garner.

A scout, an ex-sergeant and a cavalry lieutenant take ammo and recruits through Indian country. (2 hr.) 346662 USA USA Live 404204. WGN Beverly Hills, 90210 1:30 p.m. RJ KTTV Beverly Hillbillies Li KSCI Tea Time Special: 1997 Golden Dragon Lunar New Year ti Bin and Zhuo Lei. 634778 E3 KWHY Market Wrap-Up.

Chan Watch (1.451 2:00 p.m. KCBS Gordon Elliott (TVl 4) Staikmos 46556 CI KMBC Sunset Beach (TV14) 64952 DKCBS The Young and the Resdess (TVl 4) 80438 KNBC News IIKTLANws liKABCiKEYT The Dty (TVPG! 19865 KTTV I Lcve Lucy See TV, PttfeBS ci A -'M i cVj rlW7- V. yVA.