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F10 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2000 LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings NBC Drops Olympic Baton in Relay With Advertisers 7:30 a.m. SHOW "Confidential Report" '55 1hr39 33313384 (10:20) TBS Hunter TLC A Dating Story (TVG) TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNT ER (TV14) USA Jesse (TVPG) VH1 New Videos (TVPG) 10:30 a.m. '24I KVCR Sesame Street 96346 53 KCET Barney (TVY 42988 EE KTBN Dr. Cherry QE KOCE Instructional TV EB KVEA El Show del Padre Alberto H3 KDOC Life in the Word ED KLCS Geometry in My World L.A. Law BET AM at BET 504520 BRVO St.

Elsewhere CNBC Power Lunch 86487 CNN Newsday DSC Assignment Discovery (TVGI DISNPB8J Otter (TVY) Celebrity Homes ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NFL 2Night 9259618 FAM It's Itsy Busy Time (TVY) FNC NewsAsman FSN Sports Geniuses FX NYPD Blue (TV14) The other question will be whether the Olympics help NBC launch its new prime-time lineup. The evidence of such a "halo effect" was mixed as the new TV season officially began on Monday (see Morning Report). CBS, meanwhile, ended its own bizarre game with the final "Big Brother," which after nearly 90 days attracted a solid audience of young adults but didn't come anywhere near the mass appeal the European import has enjoyed in other countries. The network also previewed the new drama "That's Life," starring Heather Paige Kent, in the hour after "60 Minutes." The series fared well despite the Olympic competition and lands in its regular time slot this Saturday. BRIAN LOWRY The Olympics limped across the finish line, with weekend ratings dropping below levels achieved the week before well short of both NBC's projections and viewing of past Summer Games, based on estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Olympic ratings slipped below an average of 20 million viewers in prime time for the only time during the 16-day event. While the Games from Sydney, Australia, provided NBC another easy weeklong ratings victory, the results didn't approach what NBC promised advertisers, forcing the network to provide free commercial time known as "make-goods" to compensate sponsors for the viewer shortfall. National Nielsen Viewership CO KTTV Power of Attorney 24 KVCR HomeFix EE KTBN Casey Treat 00 KDOC New Zoo Revue (TVG) 635704 BO KLCS in Me: Entrepreneur in You; 3-2-1 Classroom Contact (10:45) COM Whose Line Is It Anyway7 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House ESPN2 America's Horse FNC NewsVester tl KCAL Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (TVY7) 11988 QD KCOP 63I KADY Recess D3 KSCI Iran-Sunn (Farsi) 79568 KVCR Introduction to Sociology BD KCET Clifford the Big Red Dog (TVY) 85278 EE KTBN Marilyn Hickey EE KOCE America Sews KDOC Hollywood Plaza BD KLCS Clifford the Big Red Dog (TVY) 71926 33 KRCA Chespirito BET Bill Winston CMAX "Endangered Species" '82 (R1hr37 69701988 (7.45) DISN Bear in the Big Blue House Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 795810 ESPN2 NHL 2Night FAM Two of a Kind (TVG) FNC NewsQumn FSN National Sports Report FSN2 The Method FX MASH (TVPG) HBO Babar (TVY) IFC IFC Short Film Showcase II LIFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout MTV MTV Jams (TVPG) NICK Hey Arnold! 171100 SCI-FI Crossing Over (TVPG) SUND "Heavy" '95 (R) 1hr59 TCM "The Youngest Profession" '43 1hr22 8117568 TLC Nini's Treehouse 8:00 a.m. FSN2 Yoga Zone i LIFE Who Knows You Best? (TVPG) NICK Franklin 634094 I TLC A Dating Story (TVG) TMC "Last to Surrender" '98 HIST Weapons at War (TVG) LIFE Murphy Brown MSNBC Headliners Legends Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Sept. 25-Oct.

1) 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 260 million potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here in millions.

CHANNELS Los Angeles 03 KVEA (Tele) 23 Orenge County B3 KDOC (Ind.l 56 KCBS CBS 02 QKNBCINBCI04 HDKLCSIEdu 1 17 KTLA (WB 05 E0KBCAlnd)2O KABC (ABC! 07 Palm Springs 36 KMIR (NBC) 04 EQ KTTV (Fox 1 1 42KESQIABCI7, iBKCOP(UPN) 13 25 HD KPXN (PAX) 30 San KlKMEX (UniJ 14 24 KVCR IPBS) 24 KTBN (Ind 1 40 Ventura County 03KOCEIPBSI5O 63 KADY(UPN) 16 Cable Services 39 ESPN 34 MTV 48 AMC 35 ESPN2 84 NICK 38 BET 57 FAM 47 SCI-FI 87 BRVO 54 FNC 91 SHOW 41 CNBC 31 FSN 27 JUNO 36 COM 79 FSN2 59 f. CSPN 29 FX 89 CMAX 45 HBO 33 jr CNN 42 HIST 30 49 OSC 37 FC 21 52 DISN 53 LIFE 46 USA 44 63 MSNBC 90 VH1 62 Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure (R in the grid, denotes a repeat program. TV RATINGS TVY All Children (TVY7I Directed to Older Children (TVY7 FV) Directed to Older Children; FantasyViolence (TVGI General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV1 4) Parents Strongly Cautioned ITVMA) Mature Audiences Only (D) Suggestive Dialogue ID Coarse Language IS) Sex (V) Violence Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED. HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Morning work Program '-rv MTV MIV Cribs: lop 10 Video Countdown (TVPG) 134704 NICK Little Bear 638810 SCI-FI Space: Above and Beyond TBS Matlock TCM "Madame Curie" '43 2hr04 66071933 TIC A Baby Story (TVPG) TMC "They Got Me Coveted" '43 1hr35 57260384 (9 20) TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNT ER (TVPG-L) USA Something So Right (TVPG) 221 216 202 172 102 Danger in Our Skies" UPN 103. The Jamie Foo Show WB 104.

Felicity WB 105. "Souice Hip-Hop Awards" UPN Cable Top 10 9:30 a.m. Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable programs in prime time last week, also ranked by total viewers (in millions). Li. Net- Vlew- Progrim work en 1 Sunday Night Football ESPN 7.58 2.

Wrestling (Mon, 10 p.m.) USA 7 45 3. Wrestling (Mon, 9 USA 6 77 4. Sex and the City HBO 5 35 5. NFlPrimetime ESPN 4 49 6. S.

Marshals" (Sun TNT 4.39 7. "US. Marshals "(Fn.) TNT 4 37 8. TNT 4.07 9. "Lake Placid" HBO 3 26 10.

Sei and the City (Sat HBO 307 Heather Paige Kent Program KCAL Funniest Home Videos 00 KTTV Divorce Court HO KCET Between the Lions (TVY) (HI 89907 EE KTBN Unfolding Majesty With Dean Mary Brown ED KDOC Benny Hinn AMC "Arrowhead" '53 2hr 108655 CMAX "Home Fries" '98 (PG- 13) 1hr33 710029 CNN Burden of Proof 99561 7 DISN Out of the Box (TVY) Mysteries Scandals (TVPG-D) ESPN Baseball Tonight ESPN2 RPM 2Night FAM CBN Special Edition 551297 FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion HBO "Simon Sez" '99 (PG-13) 1hr30 457433 LIFE Murphy Brown NICK Blue's Clues SUND "Floating" '97 1hr31 7889346 TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) USA Hearts Afire (TVPG) 62. 63. 64. KCAL Monster Rancher (TVY7 DO KCOP 631 KADY Sabrina, the Animated Series 89839 24: KVCR Austin City Limits HO KCET Dragon Tales (TVY) 52365 EE KTBN Kenneth Copeland E2 KOCE Jerry Yarnell School of Fine Art ED KLCS Adventures From the Book of Virtues 70723 KRCA Cine Northern Exposure (TVPG) BET Amazing Facts BRVO Bravo Profiles (TVPG) CNN In the Money COM "Nine to Five" '80 IPG) 2hr 6148907 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House El FashionTelevision ESPN SportsCenter FAM Angela Anaconda (TVY7) FSN2 Yoga Zone FX MASH (TVPG) HBO "Who's Harry Crumb?" '89(PG-131hr30 234704 HIST Civil War Journal (TVG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) MTV TRL (TVPG) NICK The Wild Thornberrys SCI-FI Space: Above and Beyond TBS Mama's Family TIC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNT Lois Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TVPG) USA Caiol Burnett and Friends VH1 Music Videos (TVPG) Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. 1hr35 94149029 (10.551 USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG-D) 11:00 a.m.

fl KCBS The Young and the I Restless (TV1 4 39346 a KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane KABC 3 KEYT Port Charles (IV14-D81162 fj KCAL Family Feud CD KTTV Queen Latifah 15704 1 DO KCOP Ricki take (TVPG) 98162 KWHY Cine 24 KVCR More Than Memories HO KCET Noddy (TVYI 41 162 EQ KMEX Suefios (TVPG) 37164 36 KMIR The People's Court EE KTBN James Robison i42! KESQ Montel Williams 78988 BO KDOC Southland Today I BO KLCS Using Maps, Globes. Graphs, Tables, Charts and Diagrams Magnum, P.I. BET Amen I CMAX "Wanted" '99 (R) 1hr32 595839 CNBC Street Signs COM Win Ben Stem's Money (TVPG) CSPN U.S. House of Representatives 1497839 DSC Lynette Jennings Design i DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVYI El Will Grace: Inside Out (TVPG) ESPN2 Soccer- UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid CF at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. 4868433 i FAM It's Itsy Busy Time (TVY) FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HBO "Searching for Bobby Fischer" '93 (PG)1hr50 892443 HIST True Action Adventures (TVG) i IFC "In Bad Taste The John Waters Story" '99 1hr10 4609704 (11151 LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPG) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Dora the Explorer 844384 SCI-FI Space.

Above and Beyond SUND "Last Dance" '99 1hr35 TBS "Matlock: The Heist" '95 2hr05 426931 77 I TCM "Mrs. Parkington" '44 2hr04 36413100 (11:151 TLC A Wedding Story TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNT "Diary of a Hitman" '92 (R) 2hr 402723 USA Wings (TVPG-D) VH1 Top 10 Countdown (TVPG) 11:30 a.m. I 3 KEYT News i 7:00 a.m. Net- View-Program work en 1. "Olympics" (Mon.) NBC 24.42 2.

"Olympics" (Thur.) NBC 20.84 3. "Olympics" (Wed.) NBC 20.42 4. "Olympics" (Tue.) NBC 18.63 5. Millionaire (Sun.) ABC 16.75 6. "Olympics" (Sun.) NBC 16.71 7.

"Olympics" (Sat.) NBC 16.30 8. "Olympics" (Fri.) NBC 15.54 9. Millionaire (Tue.) ABC 15.47 10. Mon. Night Football ABC 14.52 11.

Millionaire (Diur.) ABC 13 83 12. Millionaire (Fril ABC 1307 13. Tnat's Ule CBS 12 11 14. 60 Minutes CBS 11.19 15. Big Brother (Fri.) CBS 11,13 16.

"City ol Angels" CBS 1106 17. Hie Simpsons (Sun FOX 10.43 18. DtiarmaSGreg ABC 1029 19. Tile Practice ABC 10.10 20. HopWns247 ABC 9 88 21.

King ol tlie Hill FOX 959 22. Big Brother (Wed.) CBS 9 56 23. The Ore Carey Sho ABC 9 33 24. Malcolm in tlte Middle (Sun FOX 9 32 25. ABC 9 23 26.

"Ne Skiss Fam. Robinson" ABC 905 27. That '70s Sho 9:501 FOX 899 28. The Drew Carey Show (9:301 ABC 8 50 29. Big Brother (Thur CBS 8 36 30.

2020 (Fn.) ABC 821 31. Vanished ABC 818 32. Big Brother (Mon.) CBS 8 09 33. 2020 Downtown ABC 808 34. "The Pelican Bner CBS 804 35.

That 'TOsShow 9:20) FOX 794 36. Big Brother (Tue CBS 7 92 37. Een. Loves Raymond (Mon.) CBS 7 91 38. Spin City ABC 7.74 America's Most Wanted FOX 7.74 40.

Whose Lite Is It Anyway? ABC 7 49 41. Every. Loves Raymond (Tue CBS 7 45 Cops (8 30 pm.) FOX 7 46 43 WWF Smackdownl UPN 7 33 44. The Simpsons (Wed.) FOX 7.16 Judging Amy CBS 7.16 46. Coos FOX 712 47.

FOX 709 48. 70s Show (Mon 9 30) FOX 7 07 49. 70s Show (Wed, 9 30) FOX 704 50. '70s Show (Mon 9 FOX 684 51. 70s Show (Tue 9 p.m.) FOX 6.74 52.

Malcolm (Mon 8 30 FOX 6 73 53. 48 Hours CBS 6.72 54. King ol Queens CBS 6 64 55. 70s Show (Wed 9: m. FOX 6 59 56.

The Simpsons (Mon.) FOX 6.47 48 Hours (Wed CBS 6.47 58. The Simpsons (Tue FOX 6.39 59. 70 Show (Fn 9 30) FOX 6 37 60. Malcolm (Wed, 8:30) FOX 626 61. MalcolmMiddle (Tue, 8:30) FOX 6.11 Last Season week to date NBC 20.38 million 11.68 ABC 9.80 12.73 CBS 7.85 11.36 FOX 7.51 8.07 UPN 3.70 3.78 WB 3.44 3.25 10:00 a.m.

WB CBS CBS WB CBS FOX ABC CBS CBS FOX FOX FOX FOX UPN UPN UPN ABC FOX ABC CBS ABC FOX ABC UPN WB WB WB WB WB WB WB WB UPN WB WB WB WB UPN UPN WB Angel Survivor (Wed.) Family Law Butty, the Vampire Slayer Survivor (Fn.) 70s Show (Fri, 9 "First Night" Suivivof (Tue.) Survivor (Mon The Simpsons (Thur MalcolmMiddle (Thu, 8 30) 70s Show (Thur 9 30) 70s Show (Thur 9 The Hughleys Girtmends The Paitrere Noim (9 MalcolmMiddle (Fn 8 30) Two Guys Girl 18 30 Survivor (Thur Norm (9 30 The Simpsons (Fri.) Two Guys (8 pm.) Moesha Charmed (9 pm.) 7th Heaven Sabnna. the Teenage Witch ThePJs Charmed (8 pm.) The Jamie Fow Show The Steve Harvey Show Star Trek: Voyager Dawson's Creek Roswell Grosse Pointe For Your Love (7:30 pm.) "Killers in the Water 7 Days Popular 5 85 583 583 5.68 5.66 5 55 5.21 519 505 5.05 501 483 4 81 478 477 477 473 461 456 4 56 4.50 431 4 08 3 94 362 3 56 338 330 294 292 2.73 269 266 264 2.45 2.31 226 2.22 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. 8:30 a.m. Sta- Home- Program tton kotos 1.

"Olympics" KNBC 814.036 2. That's Ufe KCBS 562,328 3 Millionaire (Sun.) KABC 471.284 4. Big Brother (fn KCBS 465,929 5. 60 Minutes KCBS 460,573 6. Millionaire (Thur.) KABC 433,796 Millionaire (Tue KABC 433796 8.

Hopkins 247 KABC 412,374 9. The Practice KABC 401,663 10. Malcolm in the Middle KTTV 396,307 fl KCBS The Early Show 30075 KNBC 36 KMIB Today 356452 KTLA Morninq News 85549 KABC 31 KEYT 42 KESQ Good Morning America 7061 7 GO KTTV Good Day A. 16433 EH KCOP 63 KAOY Buz; Lightyear of Star Command 76097 KWHY Bizbinje 31487 24 KVCR Introduction to Sociology BD KCETZoboomafoolTVY) 99471 B3 KPXN Employment Television KMEX jDespierta America! 189742 EE KTBN Rod Parsley S3 KOCE Inside Statistics KVEA Esta Mariana SI KJLA Leviticus Si KLCS Learning English GS KRCA Nubeluz TVY 58029 AMC "The Agony and the Ecstasy" '65 2hr3D 827100 Ponce de Leon: The First Conquistador (TVG) BET Foed the Children CNBC Market Watch 13029 CSPN U.S. House of Representatives 530988 DISN Rupert (TVY EIE! News Daily 783075 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Kiana's Flex Appeal FAM Mary-Kate Ashley (TVY) FSN Regional Sports Report FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion FX MASH (TVPG) HBO The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (TVY) HIST The Real West (TVG IFC Everybody Just Stay Calm (7:10) LIFE Denise Austin's Fit Lite MSNBC Morning Line NICK CatDog 169365 SCI-FI Dark Shadows 5567704 SHOWiVt for Fake" '73 (PG)1hr25 TBS Little House on the Prairie TIC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) TMC "The Spanish Prisoner" '97 (PG 33854365 (7:25) TNT CHiPs (TVPG) VH1 Back to Back Videos (TVPG) fl KCAL Beakman's World 42384 KCOP 63 KADY Pepper Ann HO KCET Arthur (TVY) 51636 BD KPXN James Robison EH KTBN Laverne and Edith Tripp ED KOCE Teletubbies 518164 MO KLCS Cursive Handwriting: Phonics in Context (8.45) BET Peter Popoff DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El Fashion Emergency (TVG) ESPN2 NBA Today FAM Kids From Room 402 (TVY7) FSN Regional Sports Report FX MASH (TVPG) IFC "The Virgin Spring" '59 1hr28 4852636 (8 45) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Rugrats 727758 SH0WV "Hennessy" '75 (PG) 1hr43 93872384(8 35) TBS Cosby (TVGI TLC SkinnamarinkTV(TVY) USA Carol Burnett and Friends 99.

100. 101. 0 KCBS The Price Is Right (TVGI 3 1 KEYT Martha Stewart 46636 El KNBC Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus 44278 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) 97384 KABC 42 KESQ The View 82452 KCAL Judge Mathis OO KTTV Power of Attorney DO KCOP Montel Williams 18926 KWHY Hablame de Amor 24 KVCR Creative Living HO KCET Sesame Street 74162 B3 KMEX El Super Blablazo (TVG) 36: KMIR Dr. Laura 526636 EE KTBN Behind the Scenes KVEA "Atrapados" 2hr 58013 BO KLCS Working Together: Interactions Real Math, Real Careers (10:15) KRCA Cine Murder, She Wrote BET OH Drama! 721100 BRVO "A Raisin in the Sun" '61 2hr45 88022471 CNN CNN Today COM The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (TVPG) 6141094 DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN Rolie Polie Olie (TVY) The True Hollywood Story (TV14-SV) "Claudia Jennings" 791094 ESPN Baseball- Mariners at Chicago White Sox. 430100 ESPN2 Racehorse Digest FAM The 700 Club FSN2 The Method FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HIST 20th Century (TVPG) IFC The Name of This Film Is Dogme LIFE Who Knows You Best' (TVPG) MSNBC Home Page MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Little Bill 524758 SCI-FI Space: Above and Beyond Tonight at 7:30 Sharp! OPENS TONIGHT AT OUTI "A play for our time!" The Now Yori fimtM 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner 9:00 a.m.

KTLA The Nanny (TVPG) fl KABC News KCAL To Tell the Truth DO KSCI Taiwan News 241 KVCR Kaye's Quilting Friends HO KCET Teletubbies (TVYI 42891 EE KTBN Benny Hinn BO KDOC Headline News BO KLCS All in Your Mind 63 KADY The Cosby Show AMC "Friendly Persuasion" '56 2hr30 744758 BET 106th Park: BET Top 10 Live COM Win Ben Stein's Money (TVPG) DISN Otter (TVY) FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) HIST Great Blunders in History NICK Maggie the Ferocious Beast 845013 TLC A Wedding Story USA Wings (TVPG-D) Please see TV LOG Fll rTvWFii FRIENDS mi fl KCBS Martha Stewart 32520 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael 70704 El KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ Live! With Regis 98100 El KCAL Funniest Home Videos ED KTTV Divorce Court IB KCOP Maury 69636 OS KSCI I Can Do It! KWHY Ellas. Inocentes Culpables ISADENA by uonaia marguiies ArKted by Daniel Sullivan PLAYHOUSE wHti Porto Delooy, Kevin Kilner, Donjel Stern, Rita Wilson iilK fitliti it iouM.org mm RADIO NOW thru Oct 8 Words Music RICHARD ADLER JERRY ROSS Book: GEORGE ABBOT DOUGLAS WAUOP Based on the novel by: pffl 9 a.m.-noon The Doctors, KPI.S (830). 9 a.m.-noon Michael lackson, KI(Ij (1110). 11 a.m. -Noon-Sam Rubin, Kl.SX-FM (97.1).

1 1 a.m.-l p.m. Talk of the Nation, Kl'CC-FM (89.3). Noon-1 p.m. Let's Do Lunch: Cal State Northridgc President Jolene Koester, KCSN-FM (H8.5). Noon-2 p.m.

George Putnam, KIFV (870). Noon-3 p.m. Laura Schlessinger, KIT (640). Noon-3 p.m. Frosty, ileidi and Frank, Kl.SX-FM (97.1).

Noon-3 p.m. Dan Lungren, KPI.S (83(1). Noon-3 p.m. Dr. Toni Grant, KHLA (1110).

p.m.-Al Rantcl, KABC (790). 1 2:30 p.m.-Talk of the City, KPCC-FM (89.3). 2- 4 p.m. Michael Medved, KIFV (870). 3- 4 p.m.

Clark Howard, KIT (640). 3-7 p.m.-Larry Elder, KABC (790), 3- 8 p.m.-Torn Leykis, Kl.SX-FM (97.1). 4- 5 p.m. Marc Cooper, KPFK-FM (90.7). 4-6 p.m.-Larry Marino, KIFV (870).

4-7 p.m.-Phll Hendrie, KFI (640). 4- 7 p.m.-Pat Campbell, KPI.S (830). 5- 6 p.m. Market Wrap, KHI.A (11 10). 6- 7 p.m.

Michael Reagan, KIFV (870). 6-7 p.m. Mr. Money, KRU (11 10). DOUGLAS WALLOP CANON THEATRE lllXS S310-859-2830oT in selected seating sections "ThVurni Yanha Lttt Tht OCTOBER 3-8 www.

pdsadenamuskals.com ticka master Tovw Records fiotiimorn'May Whefehouse Musk Tu Mosica (213)365-3500 Ritnio Utino (714)740-78 OPENINGS tute's Chamber Music Wednes days series, CalArts ensembles play music by GahnaUstvolskia, Copland, Takcmitsu, Fink, Reich TONIGHT AT "80 MINUTES OF GREAT SLASH-AND-BURN, NASTY, BITCHY FUN!" -Hollywood Reporter CRITICS CHOICE -LA Times MARK SETL0CK FULLY COMMITTED By Becky Mode Directed by Nicholas Martin Tues-Fri 8, Sat 5 8, Sun 3 7 BOX OFFICE (310) 657-7377 TICKETMASTER (213) 365-3500 Coronet Theatre 366 No. La Cienega www.fullycommitted.com Tips for Today 9-11 a.m. Larry Mantle's Alrtalk: I. A. mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa a.m.); "Presidential Debate Analysis" a.m.); "International Documentary Film Festival" 1 a.m.), KPCC-FM (89.3).

1-2 p.m. To the Point; "Violence in the Middle Fast: Is the Peace Process KCRW-FM (89.9). 4-8 p.m. Duffy and Michael Medved p.m.); "Center for Successful Parenting" p.m.), KKU-1 (99.5). p.m.

Rotkllne: Music and interviews with the Doobie Brothers, KCBS-FM (93.1). p.m., a.m. The Whistler: A reporter's notes and his dreams lead to a killer (originally broadcast Nov. 26, 1945), KNX(1070). Drama-Comedy-Family p.m., a.m.

Gunsmoke: "Annie Oakley," KNX (1070). Classical 8-9 a.m. Commuter Classic: Srnetana Bartered Bride: Overture," Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra). KM.T-FM (105.1). 1 1:20 a.m.

-noon Masterpiece of the Day; Mozart (41st Symphony, North (ierman Radio Symphony Orchestra), KM.T-FM (105.1). Country-Folk-Jazz-Pop 9 a.m. -noon Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW-I-'M (89.9). lOa.m.-l p.m.-Clobal Village, KIM I (90.7). 8-10 p.m.

Metropolis, KCRW-FM (89.9). Midnight-3 a.m. Nocturna, KCHW-FM Rock-Urban 8-10 p.m. Sniokey Robinson, KCMG (92.3). 8-10 p.m.

Rhapsody in Black, doo-wop, KPFK-FM (90.7). 10 p.m. -midnight Chocolate City, urban rhythm soul, KCRW-FM (89.9). Midnight-1 2:30 a.m. Music From Your Own Back Yard, KROQ-FM (106.7).

Sports Sports Reports 15 and 45 minutes pasl the hour, Kl'WH (9110), KNX (1070), 1-4 p.m. Baseball: Nl. Division Series, New York Mots at San Francisco Giants, XT' HA (H90). Talk-Interview 9 a.m. -noon-Dennis Prager, KABC (7ll(l).

9 a.m. -noon Rush Limbaugh, KIT (fill)). 9 a.m.-noon Bob Dornan, KM (87(1) and others. 8 p.m. Theater "Dinner With Friends" (Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Westwood, 310 208-5454, 213 365-3500).

Dana Delany, Kevin Kilner, Daniel Stern and Rita Wilson star in Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning play about two couples whose relationships are fractured when a divorce is announced. 7:30 p.m. Regular schedule: Tuesday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8, p.m.; Saturday, 4 and 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7 p.m.; also Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. FndsOct.

29. opt1- iupUMIlllR'S PopRock Billy Bragg the Blokes (Knitting Factory Hollywood, 7021 Hollywood 323 463-0204). The F.nglish singer-songwriter has recently specialized in setting unreleased Woody Guthrie lyrics to new music. Also: Western Electric, Kevin So. 8 p.m.

Chris Whitley (Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica West Hollywood, 310 276-6168). The Texas singer-guitarist teams with former Soul Coughing members Sebastian Steinburg and Yuval Ga-bay. 8 p.m. Music Pacific Symphony (Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 714 755-5799). Music Director Carl St.

Clair opens the orchestra's season. His program includes John Adams' "Short Hide in a Fast Machine," a suite from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" and, with soloist Jean-Philippe Collard, the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff. 8 p.m. Also, Thursday at 8 p.m.

CalArts Faculty and Students (Roy 0. Disney Hall, CalArts, 24700 McBean Parkway, Valencia, jWil 253-7800). On the insti ru "A BONA FIDE Times October 13 -29 JULIE JULIANNA ROSIE KAVNER MARGULIES PEREZ October 31 Nov. 19 CAROL PHYLICIA KIMBERLY KANE RASHAD WILLIAMS THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES By Eve Ensler Directed by Joe Mantello Tues-Fri 8, Sat 5 8, Sun 3 7 BOX OFFICE (310) 859-2830 TICKETMASTER (213) 365-3500 Canon Theatre 205 No. Canon Drive www.vmlosangeles.com hi "Pump Boys and (Cerritos Center for the Perform- ing Arts, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos, 800 300-4345, 15621 916-8500; McCallum Theatre, 73000 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, 760 340-ARTS).

The touring country-rock musical revue set in a gas station and diner on a highway in the South, by Jim Wann, John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Debra Monk. Cerritos: 8 p.m. McCallum: Oct. 11,8 p.m. fa ta 1 ftiifai tfcaafca 1 if Coo Angeles (Times Classified 1-8O0-234-4444.