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LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1997 F1 1 TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings NBC Holds Reign Oyer a Weak Kingdom BD KTBN Behind the Scenes; John Avanmi, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (10:15) (42KESO Martha Stewat Living 55931 68 KVEA Pura Sangre 34912 BD KOOC Froozles 639399 BD KLCS Challenge of the Unknown ffl KRCA A Hero's Rebellion (10:05) KADY Jenny Jones (TV14) 16912 AMC Movie "Flower Drum Song" (1961)12 hr. 30 min.) 808573 Law Order (TVPG) CMAX Movie "R.S.V.P." 11992) (1 hr. 34 min.) 510405 CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters (TVG) 525776 DISN Mickey's Mouse Tracks (TVY) Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 983757 ESPN CART Year in Review ESPN2ESPNEWS FAM The 700 Club FSW2 Healthy Living; Aerobic Conditioning 10:10) FXDynastylTVPG) HBO Movie "Grumpier Old Men" (19951(1 hr. 41 min.) 2989405 HIST8lood and Iron (TVG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Richard Scarry 891 221 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 BD KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 27573 B3 KMEX Volver a Empezar 44496 BD KTBN The 700 Club BD KOCE Senior Focus US KVEA Movie "El Cumpleanos del Perro "(1974) (2 hr.) 39979 S3 KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG) BD KLCS Real Science! (33 KRCA Dairy Taiwan News kS3i KADY Movie "Slap Shot" (1977)(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" (19921 (2 hr.) 88283 LIFE The Main Ingredient (TVG) MTV Fight for the Right 541 689 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 EHKVEA (Tele 123 irn 1 i re Mwrmwraw Uf Mf CM I IcK.I L3 Onngt County B3KDOC(lnd)56 BKC8SICBSI0Z EDKLCS(P8S)17 HKNBC(N8C)04 t-V im a nianr BKABC(ABC)07 OKCALN.I09 ffl KCOP (UPN) 13 SantaBabm O0KSalnd18 L4KEYT(ABC) 07 KMMYHIZ SanBcmrdTno BDKCETPBS28 MtwmaZ. Mm2i Ventura County B3KADYIUPN) 16 CahlA fiArvlrAtt ET 63 SO-H87 AMC 35 BET 57 BRV0 54 CNBC 31 COM 79 CSPN 29 CMAX 45 CNN 42 DSC 37 OISN53 ESPN 34 ESPN2 84 FAM47 FSW27 FX 89 HBO 33 HIST 30 UFE46 MTV 48 NICK 38 SHOW 41 TBS 43 TIC 51 TMC58 TNN 49 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.

I 94. Moesha UPN 4.09 I 95. Oueleai UPN 4.00 96. In the House (Tue.) UPN 384 97. In the House UPN 384 98.

UnhspplNEvenlter WB 3.82 99. Jamie Fo Show WB 3.63 100. MB UPN 3.36 101. Parent 'Hood WB 3.24 102. Tom Show WB 3,15 103.

McfcFmo WB 2.41 104. Alright Already WB 2.28 Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME TV RATINGS (TVYI All Children (TVY7 Directed to Older Children (TVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV1 4 Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only (D) Suggestive Dialogue (L Coarse Language (S) Sex (V) Violence MORNING Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, CHRIS ASTON Vtaw- NBC 32.13 NBC 30.15 NBC 26.10 ABC 24.21 NBC 23.98 CBS 22.94 CBS 19.86 ABC 19.18 NBC 19.13 ABC 18.64 ABC 17.74 ABC 17.44 ABC 17.41 ABC 17.40 CBS 16.78 ABC 15.12 ABC 15 .08 CBS 15.03 ABC 14.87 NBC 14.57 NBC 14.28 NBC 14.04 NBC 13.74 CBS 13.69 ABC 13.68 ABC 13.64 FOX 13.63 CBS 13.53 NBC 13.42 CSS 1129 CBS 13.17 FOX 13.13 CBS 13.12 NBC 12.90 CBS 12.86 CBS 12 .82 CBS 12.66 ABC 12.40 ABC 12.33 NBC 12.20 ABC 12.07 FOX 11.97 CBS 11.97 CBS 11.94 NBC 11.94 CBS 11.58 ABC 11.48 NBC 11.48 FOX 11.41 CBS 11.22 NBC 11.21 FOX 10.93 CBS 10.88 CBS 10.75 CBS 10.64 Fred Savage ii 56. YouWWi 57. Teen Angel 58. 59.

2020 (Thu.) 60. Jenny 61. Oetoventurl 62. The Practice 63. Public Eye 64.

"Every 9 Seconds" 66. Men Behaving Badly 66. Fame Matters 67. Step by Step 68. 48 Hours 69.

Visitor 7a America's Most 71. Gregory Nines Show 72. "NLCS, Gam Four" 71 Tony Dana Show 74. Meego 75. Star Trek: Voyager 76.

Cracker 77. Total Security 78. "Bye Bye low" 7a C-16 80. Timecop 81. Butt to Last 82.

Nothing Sacred 83. 7th Heaven 84. Working (Sat.) 85. Smart Guy 8ft Steve Harvey Show 87. Wavers Bros.

8a Bufty, the Slayer 69. Sister, Sister 90. The Sentinel 91. MalcolmtEckM 92. Good News 93.

Sparks for last week and for the season. La.tWeek NBC 13.47 million CBS 12.89 ABC 12.71 FOX 11.24 UPN 4.61 WB 4.13 Season to Date NBC 14.61 million CBS 13.68 ABC 12.92 FOX 10.21 UPN 4.64 WB 4.15 i 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 1 the number of households watching. Program 1. ER 2.

Seinfeld 3. Veronica's Closet 4. Home Improvement 5. Friends 6. Touched by an Angel 7.

"Final Descent" 8. Mon. Night Football 9. Union Square 10. NYPOBlue 11.

Ham Improvement (8:00) 12. Soul Mm 13. MtrandDlfer 14. Dm Carey Show 15. 60 Minutes 16.

2020 17. Oen 18. Water, Tesa Ranger 19. DhamaAGrei 20. WoMnf 21.

lew 4 Order 22. "NLCS, Game One" 23. Oate NBC (Mori.) 24. Coaby 25. "Unwed Father 26.

MmTtMUM 27. "ALCS, Game Four" 28. Nanny 29. "NLCS, Game Tim" 30. EariyEdtlon 31.

Promised Land 32. "ALOtvMon, Gam Five" 33. Everybody Loves Rayrnond 34. CaroaneM tneCKy 35. DiagYiU Murder 36.

Murphy 8rom 37. JAG 3a SotaOty 39. Sabrtna, Teenage WKdl 40. Suddenly Susan 41. Boy Meets World 42.

"ALCS, Game One" Nash Bridges 44. Cybi 3rd Rock From the Sun 46. Chicago Hope 47. Wonderful World of Olsriey FtedJp 49. men Animats Attack 4" 50.

Or. OviravMedbne Woman 51. Naked Truth 52. "ALCS. Game Two" 53.

Mfcheel Hayes 54. Brooklyn South 55. George 4 Leo Orange County Net- View-Program woffc rs ABC 10.44 ABC 10.20 NBC 10.00 ABC 9.94 NBC 9.63 CBS 9.29 ABC 9.24 CBS 9.18 NBC 9.02 NBC 8.84 CBS 8.68 CBS 8.35 CBS 8.34 FOX 8.22 Wanted FOX 8.06 CBS 7.77 NBC 7.60 NBC 7.46 CBS 7.43 UPN 6.96 ABC 6.93 ABC 6.54 FOX 6.45 ABC 6.34 ABC 6.28 NBC 6.15 ABC 6.11 WB 5.49 NBC 5.48 WB 4.78 WB 4.74 WB 4.71 WB 4.70 WB 4.69 UPN 4.63 UPN 4.43 UPN 4.26 UPN 4.24 03 KOOC Robert Tilton ED KLCS The Story of Read-Alee- Deed-Alee; Staff Development (8:1 5) KADY Tennessee Tuxedo BET Jam Zone BRVO Movie "The Crimson Kimono" (19591 121115 COMOr.Katz(TVPG) DISN Goof Troop (TVY One Day at a Time ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Fitness Beach FAM Rescue 91 1ITVPGI FSW Fox Sports News FX Eight Is Enough (TVG) HBO Movie "Multiplicity" (1996) (Ihr. 57 min.) 252318 LIFE What Every Baby Knows (TVG) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Looney Tunes SCI-H Hammer House of Horror (TVPG) TBS Andy Griffith (TVGI (8:05 TLCRory's Place (TVY) TNN Dallas (TVPG) TNT Spenser: For Hire (TVPG-V) VH1 SoulofVHI WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) 8:30 a.m. HKCALX-Men 21757 DO KCOP Bananas in Pajamas the Crayon Box 52641 CD KSCI Omid, Today's Physician 60 KWHY Business News BD KCET Arthur (TVY) 23757 EH KTBN Lifestyle Magazine 3541 15 BD KOCE Theodore Tugboat 567573 BD KLCS Wishbone 47399 E3 KRCA MBC News Desk fiJKADYlaverne and Shirley AMC Movie "The Shocking Miss 129641 CMAX Movie "The Ultimate Lie" (19961(1 hr.

36 min.l 287937 CNN CNN Company 990931 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) 1564467 DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) One Day at a Time ESPN2Kiana's Flex Appeal LIFE Kids These Days (TVG) NICKRugrats TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) (8:35) TLC Bingo Molly (TVY) TMC Movie "Hard Country" (19811(1 hr. 42 min.) 72009573 (8:45) VH1 New Videos WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) 9:00 a.m. 0 KCBS Guiding Light (TV1 4) 72592 1 3 1 KEYT Regis KattitsLeefrVG) 76318 KNBC 36 KMIR Leeza (TVPG) Classroom gender segregation. 67660 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV1 4) Abusive men. 12134 KABC 4Z KESQ Regis Kathie lee (TVG) Rosie O'Donnell; Penn and Teller; ZacheryTy Bryan.

59842 EI KCAL Toon Town Kids 27080 DO KTTV Grace Under Fire Q0 KSCI TV Kindergarten (Korean) 53 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Winnie's House 92863 B3 KCET Bamey Friends (TVY) 14009 BD KTBN Dr. Cherry BD KOCE Instructional TV S3 KDOC Life in the Word BD KLCS Teams KRCA K.T.A.N. News; Studio of Love (9:15) I63KADY Sally Jessy Raphael(TVI49e592 Northern Exposure (TVPG) CNBC Inside Opinion CNN Newsday COM Movie "Detective School Dropouts" (19861(2 hr. 7682950 DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Lifestyles (TVG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Super Bowl Highlights FAM The Waltons (TVGI FSW2 Healthy Living; Aerobic Conditioning (9:10) FX The Collectibles Show (TVG) HIST The Real West (TVG) LIFE Sisters (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 350399 SCI-H Ripley's Believe It or Not! (TVG) SHOW Movie "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox" (1976)(1 hr. 45 min.) 8463196 (9:15) TBS Matlock (9:05) 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.

OD KTTV Grace Under Fire DBKCOPRoseanne S3 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Body Electric BD KCET The Ftole Place (M) 50399 BD KTBN Dean and Mary Brown S3 KOOC Infinite Power Workout BD KLCS Math for Primary (9:45) BRVO Movie "Powwow Highway" (19881 931660 CNBC Power Lunch 71 1370 CNN Burden of Proof 634863 DISN Katie and Orbie (TVY) ESPN2 Super Bowl Highlights FSW2 Body by Jake; Fitness Plus (9:45) NICK Blue's Clues TLCCucinaAmorelTVG) TNN Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) USA Weird Science (TVG) KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) KNBC ArthelS Fred Richard Jem; Valerie Miller; the Captain 8. Tennille; Cathy Ladman. 26738 El KTLA Little House on the Prairie KABC: 3 KEYT The View D3vid Duchovny; Lynn Sherr Aaron Neville. 66370 KCAL The Newlywed Game OD KTTV Home Team With Terry BradshawlTVPG) Sidney Sheldon; children's books; chef Michael Chiarello. 11844 IB KCOP Dr.

Ourti Medicine Woman (TVG) EB KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Hands for Kids 17757 BD KCET Sesame Street 87028 EQ KMEX Maite 36 KMIR Maury Povich (TVPG) 963912 1. SetaMd 2. ER a Friends 4. Veronica's Closet a NYPOBkjf 6. Hoflw IripfYjvtfndnt 7.

60 Minutes a Union Square 9. Horw Improvement (8:00) I 10. Law 4 Order KNBC 1,201,013 KNBC 1.097.222 KNBC 899,524 KNBC 874312 KNBC 805,618 KABC 736,424 KCBS 696384 KNBC 672,172 KABC 657,345 KNBC 642,517 RADIO 10:30 a.m. KCAL The Dating Game 09 KWHY Business News, Health News (10:50) 241 KVCR Creative Living -BD KTBN Casey Treat KESQ Gayle King 10283 BD KDOC Headline News BD KLCS American Frontier, Know It All (10:45) DISN Adventures in Wonderland (TVY) The Gossip Show(TVPG 448009 ESPN2 ESPNEWS FSW2 Body by Jake; fitness Plus (1 0:45) LIFE Almost Perfect (TVPG) NICK Muppet Babies SCI-FI Monsters (TVPG) TLC INNtimate Escapes (TVG) TMC Movie "A Pure Formality" (19941(1 hr. 51 min.) 2275283 USA Gimme a Break VH1 Crossroads 11:00 a.m.

KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14) 44134 KNBC News KTLA News KABC! 3 1 KEYT Port Charles (TVPG) 66221 KCAL Maury Povich (TVPG) Miracle babies. 80252 DO KTTV I Love Lucy (TVG) IB KCOP Jenny Jones 10738 63 KWHY Business News; California Stocks 111:20) 24! KVCR Quilting From the Heartland BD KCET Storytime (TVY) 95399 BDKMEXSiDiosMeQuitalaVida (TVPG) 95680 KMIR The People's Court BD KTBN James Robison KESQ Jeopardy! KVEA Cafe con Arema de Mup 54776 BD KDOC Southland Today BD KLCS Kratts' Creatures 19931 EB KRCA Know Your Favorite Artists 1631 KADY Jerry Springer (TV14) 36776 BRVO Arts Minds (TVGI CNBC Money Wheel COM Saturday Night Live (TVPG) DSC Lynette Jennings Housesmart (TVG) DISN Chip Dale's Rescue Rangers (TVY) El Love, Hollywood Style 628318 ESPN Sports Drag Racing NHRA Pennzoil Nationals. 958080 ESPN2 NFL's Greatest Moments FSW2 Healthy Living; Aerobic Conditioning (11:10) FX Picket Fences (TVPG) HIST The War Years (TVG) LIFE Our Home (TVG) 78991 2 NICK The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss 831689 SCI-FI Night Gallery SHOW Movie "Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys" (1 995) (1 hr. 30 mini TLC On the Inside (TVG) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) TNT Movie "The Bounty Killer" (19652hr.

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IIMU-COMEDYFUIILT 1.1. 10 10:38 im-ttirytiM Tittle The Tiger and the Brahmin," read by Ben Kingsley, KPLS (830). of words about two thugs awaiting their next assignment, performed by Royal Shakespeare Co. members Mark Gillis and Dominic Carter. 8 p.m.

Regular schedule: Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m. Ends Nov. .8. "TWO DIVAS AND THE DOG" (Fountain Theatre, 213 663-1525). Staged reading of Kira Arne's comedy about a hip-hop religious crusade.

Part of "No Ordinary Flowers: A Celebration of the African American Female Voice." 8 p.m. Free. 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. STAGE "THE DUMB WAITER" (Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, 7936 Santa Monica West Hollywood. 213 650-7777). Harold Pinter's dark comedy 7:00 a.m. KCBS News KNBC 36 KMIR Today Tom Hanks (Part 2 of 2); Al Hoker swims with sea lions (Part 2 of 2).

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11B, based on two folk songs, the first imaginary and the second originating in northwestern Iran, near Afghanistan. The set is a reworking for string quartet of a piece for four cellos commissioned by Ensemble Cello. (Appropriately enough, though Vali initially missed the irony, his favorite Persian dish before he became vegetarian was the meat plate known aschelokebabl) Vali recently has become very interested in Persian medieval music He plans to research the subject in Iran and visit his family during a sabbatical next year. He continues to use the folk songs of his homeland as source material but no longer refers to his settings as Persian. The aforementioned migration of musical ideas only partly explains that decision.

"There is also parallel development and evolution, phenomena in music that are hard-wired into the human brain," Vali said. "The overtone series, for instance, goes across all nations, it is a human phenomenon. All the waters of the earth flow to each other and folk music is somehow like this." Cuarteto Latinoamericano plays at 8 p.m. today at Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. tl4-f24.

The program features works by Reza Vali, ViUalobos, Gi-nastera, Joaquin Turina, Miguel del Aguila and Arturo Marquez. (714) 740-7878. Sponsored by the Laguna Chamber Music Society and Philharmonic Society of Orange County. (714) 740-7878. Continued from F2 theory and composition in 1985 at the University of Pittsburgh.

He has written several works for Cuarteto Latinoamericano, well-known for championing the works of Latin American composers, and plans to write more. Besides their posts at Carnegie Mellon, violinists Saul and Ardn Bitrtn, violist Javier Montiel and cellist Alvaro Bitrin serve as quartet-in-residence at Centro Nacional de las Artes in Mexico City. all's first string quartet was composed for, and premiered in 1989 by, the Kronos Quartet. Other works have been scored for large orchestra, for piano and voice, and for electronic and computer media, but all are part of an open-ended.