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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1997 F9 LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings NBC Holds Reign Over a Weak Kingdom EH KTBN Behind the Scenes; John Avanzini; Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (10:15) 2 KESQ Martha Stewart Living 55931 E9 KVEA Pura Sangre 34912 E3 KDOCFroozles 639399 SO KLCS Challenge of the Unknown KRCA A Hero's Rebellion (10:05) 63 KADY Jenny Jones (TV1 4 16912 AMC Movie ft "Flower Drum Song" (1961 1 (2 hr. 30 min.) 808573 Law Order (TVPG) CMAX Movie "fl.S.V.P" (1992) (1 hr. 34 min.) 510405 CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters (TVG) 525776 DISN Mickey's Mouse Tracks (TVY) El Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 983757 ESPN CART Year in Review ESPN2 ESPNEWS FAM The 700 Club FSW2 Healthy Living; Aerobic Conditioning (10:10) FX Dynasty (TVPG) HBO Movie "Grumpier Old Men" (19951(1 hr. 41 min.) 2989405 HIST Blood and Iron (TVG) UFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Richard Scarry 891221 SCI-FI Mysteries.

Magic Miracles (TVG) TBS Movie "Bustin' Loose" (1981)12 hr.) TLC Great Country Inns (TVG) TNN Wildhorse Saloon (TVG) USA Perfect Strangers (TVG) WGN News The story of the new TV season is becoming a sad tale of mediocre ratings, with few new series catching on, based on results issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. The overall picture shows NBC still on top, but ratings compared to last year are down for every network except Fox, which ran three playoff baseball games last week, and WB. CBS took second place behind its Sunday lineup, getting a lift from the airline thriller "Final Descent," starring Robert Urich. ABC, which has introduced 10 new series, underscores the difficulty establishing shows: None of its five new dramas "Nothing Sacred," "Cracker," "C-16" and "Total has achieved respectable ratings, and the Friday night sitcoms "You Wish" and "Teen Angel" have failed to conjure up much ratings magic either. Even NBC's "Union Square" and ABC's "Hiller and Diller" which air after "Friends" and "Home Improvement," respectively have looked shaky, though the latter did score its highest rating yet last week with baseball preempting NBC's "Just Shoot Me." Bright spots remain NBC's "Veronica's Closet" and ABC's "Dharma Greg," which has consistently outrated the established show preceding it, "Spin City." Fred Savage also got off to a promising start with his prime-time comeback, NBC's "Working." -BRIAN LOWRY 24 KVCR Sew Creative F3D KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 27573 E) KMEX Volver 8 Empezar 44496 EB KTBN The 700 Club E0KOCE Senior Focus E9 KVEA Movie "El Cumpleahos del Perro" (1974) (2 hr.) 39979 ES KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG) BD KLCS Real Science! ES KRCA Daily Taiwan News 3 KADY Movie "Slap Shot" (19771(2 hr.

81919 CNBC Street Signs CNN TalkBack Live 624486 COM Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TVPG) DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) Fashion File (TVPG) 462689 ESPN America's Horse ESPN2 Sports Soccer UEFA Champions League: FC Barcelona vs. PSV. 4538776 FAM Diagnosis Murder (TVPG) FSW Sports Triathlon ITU World Cup. 35080 FSW2 Soccer From Scotland FX Life Goes On (TVPG) HIST Movie "The Last of His Tribe" (1992) 12 hr.) 88283 UFE The Main Ingredient (TVG) MTV Fight for the Right 541689 NICK Little Bear 363863 SCI-H Beyond Reality (TVPG) TBS Flintstones (TVG) (12:05) TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TMC Movie "Harrison Bergeron" TNN Crook Chase (TVG) 286196 VH1 Behind the Music WGNWiseguy CHANNELS Los Angeles 03 KVEA (Tele.) 23 Orange Coury EKOOCNI56 BKC8SIC8SIQ2 HD KLCSiPBS) 17 EQKHCANI20 3rCTLA(WB05 KABC (ABC) 07 Snnd HKCAi(WI09 DO KCOP (UPN) 13 Saras Barbara DO KSCI (kid.) 18 i 3 KEYTIABC) 07 SKWHY(lnrJ)22 p10 HDKCET(PBS28 nmmmx CEKTBN(W)40 Vbntura County GH KOCE (PBS) 50 SIKADYIUPN) 16 Cable Services 39 AMC35 BET 57 BRV0 54 CNBC 31 COM 79 CSPN29 CMAX45 CNN 42 DSC 37 DISN53 El 63 ESPN 34 ESPN2 84 FAN) 47 FSW27 FX 89 HBO 33 HIST 30 LIFE 46 MTV 48 NICK 38 SC1-R87 SHOW 41 TBS 43 TLC51 TMC58 TNN49 TNT 52 USA 44 VH162 WGN55 Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus. Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure.

A indicates advertisement. National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Oct. 6-12) 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 254 million potential U.S.

viewers age 2 and older. Viewership Is listed here in millions. Net- Vkw Profrem amlt era 94. Moesha UPN 409 95. QuMets UPN 4.00 96.

In the House (Tue.) UPN 3M 97. In the House UPN 3.84 98. UnhappaEvararler WB 3.82 i 99. Jamie Fou Show WB 3.63 100. HO UPN 3.36 101.

Parent 'Hood WB 3.24 102. Tom Show WB 315 103. NWFreno WB 2.41 104. AHtftAkeady WB 2.28 Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE rV FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME TV RATINGS (TVY) All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVG) General Audience ITVPG) Parental Guidance (TV14) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only (D) Suggestive Dialogue (L) Coarse Language IS) Sex (V) Violence i v. vi Network Averages Is the number of viewers that each averaged per hour of prime week and for the season.

Last Week 13.47 million 12.89 12.71 11.24, 4.61 4.13 1. ER NBC 32.13 2. Seinfeld NBC 30.15 3. Veronica's Closet NBC 26.10 4. Home Improvement ABC 24.21 5.

Friends NBC 23.98 6. Touched by an Angel CBS 22.94 7. "Final Descent" CBS 19.86 8. Mon. Night Football ABC 19.18 9.

Union Square NBC 19.13 10. NYPD Blue ABC 18.64 11. Home Improvement (8:00) ABC 17.74 12. SotfMan ABC 17.44 13. WwmlDMr ABC 17.41 14.

Dm Carey Stow ABC 17.40 15. BOMInutet CBS 16.78 18. 2020 ABC 15 .12 17. Eton ABC 15.08 18. Waiter, Teus Ranger CBS 15.03 19.

Dharma 1 Greg ABC 14.87 20. WorNn NSC 14.57 21. law 1 Order NBC 14.28 22. "NICS, Game One" NBC 14.04 23. Date NBC (Mon.) NBC 13.74 24.

Colby CBS 13.89 25. "Unwed Father" ABC 13.68 28. MneTlmlM ABC 13.64 27. "ALCS, Game Four" FOX 1383 28. Nanny CBS 1353 29.

"NICS, Game Three" NBC 1342 30. Early EdWon CBS 13.29 31. Promised Land CBS 13.17 32. "AlDNWon, Game Five" FOX 13.13 33. Everybody Love Raymond CBS 13.12 34.

Caroline In the City NBC 12.90 35. Bagmen Murder CBS 12.86 38. Muphy Brown CBS 12 .82 37. JAG CBS 12.66 38. SphClty ABC 12.40 39.

Sabdna, Teenage Witch ABC 12.33 40. Suddenly Susan NBC 12.20 41. Boy Meets World ABC 12.07 42. "ALCS, Game One" FOX 11.97 NashBridgee CBS 11.97 44. Cybi CBS 11.94 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 11.94 46.

CNcagoHopa CBS 11.58 47. WonderM World of Dteney ABC 11.48 Fired Up NBC 11.48 49. "When Animals Attack 4" FOX 11.41 50. Df.Qurti.Medbne woman CBS 11.22 51. NatedTruth NBC 11.21 52.

"ALCS. Game Two" FOX 10.93 53. McM Hayes CBS 10 .88 54. Brooklyn South CBS 10.75 55. George Leo CBS 10.64 Season to Date 14.61 million 13.68 12.92 10.21 4.64 4.15 Southland Viewing are Nielsen's Top 10 prime-time in the Los Angeles area during week.

The rankings are based on of households watching. CHRIS HASTON Fred Savage Net- VTejw Program wont art 56. You Wish ABC 10.44 67. Teen Angel ABC 10.20 58. Dateline'.

NBC (Sun.) NBC 10.00 59. 2020(Thu.) ABC 9.94 60. Jenny NBC 9.83 61. OeHventura CBS 9.29 62. The Practice ABC 9.24 63.

Put Eye CBS 9.18 64. 'fvery9Seconds" NBC 9.02 65. Men Behaving Bad NBC 8.84 66. Famty Matters CBS 8.68 67. Step by Step CBS 8.35 68.

48 Hours CBS 8.34 69. Visitor FOX 8.22 7a America's Most Wanted FOX 8.06 71. Gregory lines Show CBS 7.77 72. "NLCS, Game Four" NBC 7.60 73. TonyDanaShow NBC 7.48 74.

Meego CBS 7.43 75. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 6.96 76. Cracker ABC 6.93 77. Total Security ABC 6.54 7a "Bye Bya Love" FOX 6.45 7a C-16 ABC 6.34 80. Timecop ABC 6.28 81.

Butt to Last NBC 8.15 82. Nothing Sacred ABC ail 83. 7th Heaven WB 6.49 84. WorMng(Sat) NBC 5.48 85. Smart Guy WB 4.78 Sa Steve Harvey Show WB 4.74 87.

WayansBroa. WB 4.71 SS BuTTy, the Slayer WB 4.70 89. Sister, Sister WB 4.69 90. The Sentinel UPN 4.63 91. Malcolm a Eddie UPN 4.43 92.

Good Hews 4.28 93. Spams UPN 4.24 B3KD0C Robert Tilton ES KLCS The Story of Read-Alee- Deed-Alee; Staff Development (8: 15) 83 KADY Tennessee Tuxedo BET Jam Zone BRV0 Movie "The Crimson 121115 COM Or. Katz ITVPG) DISN Goof Troop (TVY) One Day at a Time ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Fitness Beach FAM Rescue 911 (TVPG) FSW Fox Sports News FX Eight Is Enough (TVG) HBO Movie "Multiplicity" (19961 (1 hr. 57 mm.) 252318 LIFE What Every Baby Knows (TVG) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Looney Tunes SCI-H Hammer House of Horror (TVPG) TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) (8:05) TLC Rory Place (TVY) TNN Dallas ITVPG) TNT Spenser: For Hire (TVPG-V) VHISoulofVHI WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) 8:30 a.m. BKCALX-Men21757 QD KCOP Bananas in Pajamas the Crayon Box 52641 DO KSCI Omid, Today's Physician B3 KWHY Business News BD KCET Arthur (TVY) 23757 EH KTBN Lifestyle Magazine 3541 15 S3 K0CE Theodore Tugboat 567573 BD KLCS Wishbone 47399 OS KRCA MBC News Desk 63 KADY Laverne and Shirley AMC Movie "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (19471 (1 hr.

30 min.) 129641 CMAX Movie "The Ultimate Lie" (19961(1 hr. 36 min.) 287937 CNN CNN Company 990931 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) 1 564467 DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) One Day at a Time ESPN2 Kiana's Flex Appeal LIFE Kids These Days (TVG) NICK Rugrats TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) (8:35) TLC Bingo Molly (TVY) TMC Movie "Hard Country" 1981)(1 hr. 42 min.) 72009573 (8:45) VH1 New Videos WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) 9:00 a.m. KCBS Guiding Light (TV14) 72592 1 3 KNBC 36 KMIR Leeza (TVPG) Classroom gender segregation. 67660 II KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV1 4) Abusive men.

12134 KABC 42 KESQ Regis Kathie Lee (TVG) Rosie 0'Donnell; Penn and Teller; ZacheryTy Bryan. 59842 13 KCAL Toon Town Kids 27080 DO KTTV Grace Under Fire OO KSCI TV Kindergarten (Korean) S3 KWHY Business News 24' KVCR Wimzie's House 92863 HDKCET Barney Friends (TVY) 14009 CD KTBN Dr. Cherry S3 K0CE Instructional TV S3 KDOC Life in the Word ED KLCS Teams KRCA K.T.A N. News; Studio of Love (9:15) 63 KADY Sally Jessy Raphael fTV14)98592 Northern Exposure (TVPG) CNBC Inside Opinion CNN Newsday COM Movie "Detective School Dropouts" (1986)12 hr.) 7682950 DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Lifestyles (TVG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Super Bowl Highlights FAM The Waltons (TVG) FSW2 Healthy Living; Aerobic Conditioning 9:10) FX The Collectibles Show (TVG) HIST The Real West (TVG) UFE Sisters (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 350399 SCI-H Ripley's Believe It or Not! (TVG) SHOW Movie "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox" (19761(1 hr. 45 min i TBS Matlock 19:051 TLC Graham Kerr's Kitchen (TVG) TNN Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) TNT Movie "Up the Sandbox" (19721 (2 hr.) 336842 USA Webster (TVG) WGN Geraldo Rivera 888738 9:30 a.m.

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Seuss 831689 SCI-H Night Gallery SHOW Movie "Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys" (19951 (1 hr. 30 min.) TLC On the Inside (TVG) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) TNT Movie "The Bounty Killer" (19651(2 hr.) 433234 USA Wings (TVPG) VH1 Greatest Hits of Music Video WGN Empty Nest (TVPG) 11:30 a.m. T3 KEYT News KNBC EXTRA (TVPG) 7028 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVG) Declarations of love. 1(2405 KABC News Dn KTTV I Love Lucy (TVG) 00 KSCI Taiwan News 53 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Sewing With Nancy HD KCET Wimzie's House 96028 CD KTBN Benny Hinn 42 KESQ Port Charles (TVPG) 99478 ES KDOC The Rifleman (TVG) ED KLCS French in Action BET Planet Groove BRVO Marsalis on Music (TVG) CMAX Movie "A Family Divided" (19951(1 hr. 36 mini 352283 DISN Madeline (TVY) FAM FIT TV Sampler FSW2 Body by Jake; Fitness Plus (1 1 :45) HBO Movie "White Water 92618641 (11:45) NICK Gullah Gullah Island 832318 SCI-H Ray Bradbury Theater (TVPG) TLC On the Inside (TVG) USA Movie "Contract for Murder" (19931 (2 hr.) 431399 WGN Empty Nest (TVPG) AFTERNOON Noon KCBS News KNBC 36 KMIR Another World (TV14) 12950 BKABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ All My Children (TV14) 52592 BKCAL News DTJ KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) DD KCOP Montel Williams (TVPG) Repentant lovers.

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on cable's MTV. The has rated it TV-PG may be unsuitable for young children) ROSENBERG Continued from F8 more. The segment's hilariously defining voice was the lisping owner of Big Gay Al's Big Gay Animal Sanctuary, "the one place where gay animals can really be themselves." Naturally, it included a disco. For all its outward degeneracy, "South Park" also has undercurrents of morality. The Big Gay Al episode, for example, preached acceptance in its own twisted way.

Comedy Central says that it brought overwhelmingly positive responses from viewers who identified themselves as gay and that "South Park" generally has received much less criticism than anticipated, given the show's distinctive raunchiness. "South Park" is now in reruns, with three of six coming new episodes designed for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Saying it's Comedy Central's most- MORNING 7:00 a.m. KCBS News KNBC 36 KMIR Today Tom Hanks (Part 2 of 2): Al Roker swims with sea lions (Part 2 of 21.30931 KTLA Morning News Gladys Knight. 69467 KABC 1 3 KEYT 42 KESQ Good Morning America Gentlemen's Quarterly man of the year: Nathan Lane: chef Wolfgang Puck: author Kristin N.

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$2 Wednesday "George Of The Jungle'; SANTA PAULA 7. 550 Man--805933-6707 Brad Pitt: '7 Years In Tibet'(PG-13) SANTA PAULA 7, All Seats $3.50 be lore pm' 'Rockelman'(PG) SANTA PAULA 7, Program Wo, 805933-6707 BelusN Tupac: "Gang SANTA PAULA 7. 550 W. Mam, Opposite Vons 'Kiss The Girts'(R) SANTA PAULA 7. Al Seats $3 50 before 8 pm' SANTA PAULA 7.

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$3.25 Thurs -Tues. Call Theatre For Program CYPRESS. Family Twin 1-714828-1660 'LA ConhdentaT(R) CYPRESS, Family Twin 2-714828-1660 "hi And Out' GARDEN GROVE. Four Star 1- 71 4934-6377 DTS "Kiss The Girts'(R) GARDEN GROVE. Four Star 2 -714934-6377 'The Peacemaker'(R) GARDEN GROVE.

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All Seats J3 before "MostWanted'(R) HIGHLAND 3, 5604 Figueroa-256-6383 "G.I. "The Game" CAN ON, San Dimas-909599-2345 'Hetcules'(G) FOX 1. Covins 626332-0050 FOX 2, 211 Ansa Call Theatre For Program FOX 3. AH Shows $150 CaU Theatre For Program TIPS FOR TODAY 10:45 i.i.-MM-MistirpiKi if til Oat: Debussy Mer," Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Esa Pekka Salonen), KKGO-FM (105.1). I J-0 ii-WUct War, IXV.

"Sports Utility Vehicles." KCRW FM (89.9). 5 7 aa-Lam; Mutle's Airtift: Tile in the Universe" p.m.), "Christianity in the New Millennium" (6 6:30 p.m.). KPCC-FM (89.3). 1 10:30 i.i.-trut Pirlinucet CarNf.it Dal Opea lt Mifkt, 1997: simulcast with KCET-TV Channel 28: Daniel Barenboim conducts the Chicago Symphony in Elgar (Concerto for Cello and Orchestra). Yo-Yo Ma, Tchaikovsky (4th Symphony), KUSC-FM (91.5).

IIJUU COMEDTFiMIlT 10 10:30 mu 10 10:30 p.at-Jtmrltot Tkeater: "The Tiger and the Brahmin," read by Ben Kingsley, KPLS (830). Ron-4 p.a-Iil III Skew, music, games, stories for children, KPLS (830). 4-5 pm-Jnt KMs. KPLS (830). pi, ta-Ito MvHtiru if Piillip MirHwi: "The Grim Echo." KNX (1070).

1:30 II Hi I Iih lugtr: "The Bank Robbery," KNX (1070). 1111:30 p.a-Cy't Ckaict: "Jasper Carrott," KY- PA (1230). Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m. Ends Nov. 8.

"TWO DIVAS AND THE DOG" (Fountain Theatre, 213 663-1525). Staged reading of Kira Ame comedy about a hip-hop religious crusade. Part of "No Ordinary Flowers: A Celebration of the African American Female Voice." 8 p.m. Free. POPROCK RAY CONNIFF (Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 8949 Wilshire Beverly Hills.

213 651-9300). Bruce Springsteen's Oscar-winning "Philadelphia" is one of the songs on the veteran pop maestro's 100th album, "I Love Movies," whose release is the occasion for this benefit concert. 8 p.m. PENNYWISE (Palace. 1735 N.

Vine 213 462-3000). "Full Circle" is the latest album from a band that has remained close to its Hermosa Beach punk roots while steadily expanding its audience. Also: H20, 98 Mute. 8 p.m. Also Thursday.

JAZZ BOBBY RODRIGUEZ LATIN JAZZ QUINTET (Westin Hotel, LAX. 5400 West Century 417-4519). The Westin LAX starts their new weekly jazz series with a popular local Afro-Cuban jazz band. 5 p.m. Free.

MUSIC CUARTETO LATINOAMERICANO (Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, 553-2422). The touring ensemble, which specializes in music of the 20th century, plays works by Reza Vali, Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Arturo Marquez, Turina and Miguel del Aguila. 8 p.m. STAGE "THE DUMB WAITER" (Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. 7936 Santa FVIonica West Hollywood.

213 650-7777). Harold Pinter's dark comedy of words about two thugs awaiting their next assignment, performed by Royal Shakespeare Co. members Mark Gillis and Dominic Carter. 8 m. Regular schedule:.