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i i i iM im ii ii m-m r. LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2000 TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings 'Millionaire's' Celebrities Help Sweep ABC to Win 11:00 a.m. CHANNELS Angeles 7B KVEA (Tele) 23 Oranga County 03 KDOC lnd. 56 KCBS (CBS) 02 tlKNBCNBC04 HDKLCSIEdu 17 KTLA Wfl 05 (SKRCAIWIZO KABC (ABC) 07 Palm Springs El KCAL (Ind.) 09 HIST Weapons at War (TVGI IFC Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch LIFE Murphy Brown MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 286405 SCI-FI The Sentinel (TVPG) SUND Fuzzy Logic (TVPG-DL) TBS Matlock TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNT ER (TV14-D) USA Something So Right (TVPGI 9:30 a.m. 36 KMIR (NBC) 04 E9 KRCA tos Polivoces 95931 BET Bill Winston DISN Bear in the Big Blue House El Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 343405 ESPN2 NBA Today FAM Two of a Kind (TVG) FNC NewsQuinn FSN National Sports Report FSN2 The Method FX MASH (TVPGI HBO Babar (TVY) HGTV Room by Room LIFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout MTV TRL ITVPG) NICK Hey Arnold! 796467 SHOW "The Geisha Boy" '58 1 hr38 69279825 (7:45) TLC Nini's Treehouse mmviFoxin HKC0PUPN 13 D0KSCIlndl8 03 KWHY (Ind 1 22 HO KCET (PBS) 28 KESQ(ABC7.

25 Santa Barbara San Bernardino son miniseries "American Tragedy" and NBC's "In the Beginning" splitting the remainder of the Sunday night vote, garnering mediocre returns for expensive, heavily promoted sweeps projects. An overtime game between Green Bay and Minnesota helped "Monday Night Football" score its third-highest rating this season. Still, CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond" continues to sizzle, with the show averaging almost 21 million viewers a 20 increase compared to its first six telecasts last year. NBC boasted the most-watched election coverage, though that rating didn't equal tune-in for the fictional presidency of "The West Wing," followed by the season's top-rated "Law Order." -BRIAN LOWRY 3D KPXN (PAX) 30 The latest celebrity edition of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" provided the dominant centerpiece of a lineup that staked ABC to victory during the first full week of the November rating sweeps, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. A new "The Miracle Worker," starring Alison Elliott, attracted ABC's biggest "Wonderful World of Disney" audience in a year, followed by "Millionaire" and "The Practice," which delivered their highest ratings since June and May, respectively.

Fox, meanwhile, held its own behind "The X-Files," "The Simpsons" and "Malcolm in the Middle," producing the network's best Sunday performance since January. That left CBS' O.J. Simp- Natlonal Nielsen Viewersbip BUKMExWlU 2KVCRPBS24 a KT8N (Ind.) 40 Ventura County BQK0CE(PBS50 6JKADY(UPN 16 CM Servlcei 8:00 a.m. ESPN2 84 NICK 38 FAM 47 SCI-FI 87 39 35 AMC BET 57 FNC BRVO 54 FSN SHOW 41 SUND 36 TBS 43 TCM 88 CNBC 31 FSN2 COM 79 FX CSPN 29 HBO CMAX 45 HIST TIC TMC TNN Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Nov. 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 260 million potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here in millions. CNN 42 HGTV KCAL To Tell the Truth ID KTTV Divorce Court (TVPG) HD KCET Between the Lions (TVY) 10202 HD KTBN Unfolding Majesty With Dean Mary Brown E3 KDOC Benny Hinn BET AM at BET 318370 CNN Burden of Proof 536912 DISN Out of the Box (TVY) El Mysteries Scandals (TVPGI ESPN2 RPM 2Night FAM CBN Special Edition 192592 FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion HBO "One Small Hero" '99 (PG1hr30 6766912 (9:45) HGTV Appraise It! LIFE Murphy Brown NICK Blue's Clues SHOW "Teacher's Pet" '58 2hr 903196 SUND "The Big Bang" '89 fi) 1hr21 361958 TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) USA Hearts Afire (TVPGI DSC 37 IFC KCBS The Young and the Restless TV14 60641 KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane II KABC 1 31 KEYT Port Charles (TV14129757 KCAL Moral Court (TVPGI ED KTTV Queen Latifah 53399 00 KCOP Ricki Lake (TVPGI 36757 KWHY "Atacan los Karatecas" 2hr 636370 2 KVCR More Than Memories S3 KCET Noddy (TVYI 89757 EE) KMEX DKDA (TVPG) i36) KMIR The People's Court EE) KTBN James Robison I42 KESQ Montel Williams 14793 03 KDOC Southland Today 00 KLCS Using Maps, Globes, Graphs, Tables, Charts and Diagrams AMC "The Pleasure of His Company" '61 2hr 681 196 Magnum, PI.

CNBC Street Signs COM Win Ben Stein's Money (TVPG) CSPN Public Affairs DSC Lynette Jennings Design DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El Behind the Scenes: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (TVPG) 329825 ESPN Inside the PGA Tour ESPN2 Soccer-World Cup Qualifier: Barbados vs. U.S. Men's National Team. 2167221 FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HBO Educating Peter ITVGI (11:151 HGTV The Carol Duvall Show HIST True Action Adventures (TVGI LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPG) MTVVH1 Music Videos (TVPGI NICK Dora the Explorer 492979 SCI-FI Star Trek SUND "Genealogies of a Crime" '97 1hr54 689738 TBS "Midway" 76 Parti, (PG) 2hr 618776 TIC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNT "The Lonely Guy" '84 (R 2hr 236478 USA Wings (TVPG-D) 46 TNT DISN 53 LIFE El 63 MSNBC 90 USA MTV 48 VH1 ESPN 34 Nat- View-Program work an 93.

SabnnaWitch 18 30 ABC 3 99 94 Grlmore Girls WB 3 73 The Parkers UPN 3 73 96. The Steve Harvey Show WB 3 70 97 Moesha UPN 3 39 98 TheHughleys UPN 3.38 99. Gilllnends UPN 3.23 100. Nikki WB 3.08 101 7 Days UPN 3 03 102. ThePJs WB 2.86 103.

The Jamie Fon Show WB 2.83 104. Popular WB 2 79 105 Hype WB 2.76 106 Freedom UPN 2 52 107 GrossePomte WB 2 44 108. Level 9 UPN 205 KCAL Bewitched (TVG) (E KCOP 631 KADV Sabrina. the Animated Series 10134 B4I KVCR Austin City Limits (TVG) SO KCET Dragon Tales (TVYI 83660 QD KTBN Kenneth Copeland 913 KOCE School of Fine Art 00 KLCS Adventures From the Book of Virtues 18318 KRCA Cine Northern Exposure (TVPGI BET Amazing Facts BRVO Bravo Profiles (TVPG) CMAXV "William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Drearn" '99IPG-13) 257028 CNN In the Money COM "Class" '83 (R 2hr 6875399 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House FashionTelevision ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2NHL 2Night FAM Angela Anaconda (TVY7) FSN2 Yoga Zone FX MASH (TVPG) HBO "Three Fugitives" '89 PG-13)1hr36 5640134 HGTV TIPical Mary Ellen HIST Civil War Journal (TVG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK The Wild Thornberrys (TVY) SCI-FI Sightings (TVPGI TBS Mama's Family TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNT Lois Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TVPG) USA Carol Burnett and Friends 10:00 a.m. 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 (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; FantasyViolence (TVG) General Audience (TVPGI Parental Guidance TV14 Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only ID) Suggestive Dialogue (II Coarse Language IS) Sex (VI Violence Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Morning Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. 11:30 a.m. Nat- view i 'i "I Program work era p' 1.

ER NBC 283 4 'f I 2. Millionaire (Sun.) ABC 25.28 Vjfc 3. Friends NBC 22.01 if 4. Millionaire (Wed.) ABC 21.90 1 1 1 5. Mon.

Night Football ABC 21.50 6. Every. Loves Raymond CBS 20.57 jf 1 7. The Practice ABC 19.65 8. Law Order NBC 19.03 Alison Elliott 9.

The West Wing NBC 18.49 Ni Program work art 10. Decision 00 Pnme NBC 18.37 11. Will Grace NBC 18 20 52 2020 Oonlown ABC 10.15 12. Th MiracW Woikei" ABC 17.43 53 Gideon Crossing ABC 985 13. Becker CBS 17 31 54 Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 9.58 14.

Millionaire Tnijr.l ABC 17.17 55 Cos fnx 952 15. Just Shoot Me NBC 1648 56 'Kennedy Onassis' PI 2 CBS 9 47 16. Trie Simpsons FOX 16.44 57. Law Order IMon) NSC 932 17. Malcolm in we Middle FOX 16 43 58 America's Most Wanted FOX 931 18.

00 vote (9 30 m. ABC 16 40 59 Malcolm in the Middle (Wed FOX 918 19. 00 Vote (10:30 p.m.) ABC 1623 60 "GlJane" ABC 917 20. Cursed NBC 15 48 61. 7th Heaven WB 912 21.

00 Vote (10 m. ABC 15 41 62. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 9.11 22. The Drew Carey Show ABC 15 29 63. The Fugitive CBS 896 23.

Touched Dy an Angel CBS 15 18 64. Police Videos FOX 886 24. The X-Files FOX 1515 65 Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 869 25. CSI CBS 15.03 66. "Eraser" NBC 851 26.

'00 Vote (9 p.m.) ABC 14 87 67. Titans NBC 850 27. Yes, Dear CBS 14.56 68. Welcome to New York CBS 8.46 28. 60 Minutes CBS 14.54 69.

2020 (frl I ABC 836 29. King ol Queens CBS 14.40 70. Whose Une Is II Anyway? ABC 822 30. Spin City ABC 13 45 71, WWF Smackdown! UPN 7.89 31. LawS Order SVU NBC 13,37 72.

Normal, Ohio FOX 7 88 32. 00 Vote (8 30 ABC 13.33 73. Diagnosis Murder CBS 7 77 33. Campaign 2000 (8 CBS 1296 74. City ol Angels CBS 7.44 34 "In the Beginning Part 1 NBC 12 79 75.

That's Lite CBS 7 41 35 Family Law CBS 12 69 76. Two Guys and a Girl ABC 7 04 36. AllyMcBeal FOX 1262 77. Norm ABC 691 37. Boston Put FOX 12 61 78 "Battle ol Child Geniuses 2" FOX 6 60 38.

"American Tragedy" Part 1 CBS 12 46 79 Two GuysGirt (8 30 p.m.) ABC 648 39. The District CBS 12 27 80 MadiganMen ABC 646 40 '00 Vote (8 pm.) ABC 1216 81 Bum the Vampire Slayer WB 619 NashBndges CBS 12.16 82. Charmed WB 609 42. Providence NBC 12 09 83. Angel WB 605 43.

Third Watch NBC 12 06 84. Dawson Creek 5 64 44. Whose Line Is It? (8:30 pm.) ABC 11.65 85 "Million Dollar Mysteries" FOX 5 36 45. King of ttie Hill FOX 11 56 86 Street FOX 519 46. Bette CBS 11.39 87.

"Bad Boys" UPN 5.16 47. Dateline NBC (fri.) NBC 11.17 88. Felicity WB 4.82 48. Pnmetime Thursday ABC 10.90 89. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 4.77 49.

48 Hours CBS 1061 go RrjSV(el WB 4 67 NBC 10 28 91. You Decide 2000 FOX 4 27 51. Cops (8:30 pm FOX 10.19 92 sabnna. the Teenage Witch ABC 4 11 last Season weak to data ABC 14.13 million 13.13 NBC 13.61 12.61 CBS 11.77 12.38 FOX 9.38 10.31 WB 4.77 4.41 UPN 4.53 4.44 8:30 a.m. 7:00 a.m.

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. EJ KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) 1 3 1 KEYT Martha Stewart Living 77931 KNBC Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus 75573 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael 35979 KABC 42! KESQ The View 20047 El KCAL Judge Mathis GO KTTV Power of Attorney SB KCOP Montel Williams 49221 03 KWHY Hablame de Amor 24 KVCR Creative Living SD KCET Sesame Street 12757 S3 KMEX Marta Susana 47863 I36I KMIR Dr. Laura 167931 03 KTBN Behind the Scenes S3 KVEA "Repartidores de Muerte" '92IPG-13) 2hr 56080 03 KLCS Working Together; Interactions: Real Math, Real Careers (10:15) ES KRCA "Motin en la Career '88 2hr 41134 Murder, She Wrote BRVO "Cabaret" 72 (PG) 2hr45 18514115 CMAX "Drive Me Crazy" '99 (PG-13)1hr30 436301 CNN CNN Today COM The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (TVPGI 6878486 DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN RoliePolie Olie (TVY) El The True Hollywood Story (TV14-DSI "Linda Lovelace" 349689 ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2 Billiards- WPBA Classic Tour, First Semifinal. 2593776 FAM The 700 Club FSN2 The Method FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HGTV At the Auction HIST 20th Century (TVPG) IFC Independent Focus LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-D) NICK Little Bill 116775 SCI-FI Dark Shadows 6902202 TBS Hunter TIC A Dating Story (TVGI TMC "The Hoodlum Priest" '61 1hr38 TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNTERITV14-L) USA Jesse ITVPG) VH1 New Videos (TVPG) 131 KEYT News El KTLA The Nanny (TVPGI tl KABC News 03 KSCI Taiwan News 1241 KVCR Kaye's Quilting Friends BD KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 80486 EE) KTBN Benny Hinn 03 KDOC Headline News 03 KLCS Teen Issues 631 KADY The Cosby Show BET 106th Park: BET's Top 10 Live CMAX "Forces of Nature" '99(PG-13)1hr54 1888738 COM Win Ben Stein's Money DISN Otter (TVYI ESPN Inside the Senior PGA Tour FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) HGTV Simply Quilts HIST Great Blunders in History NICK Maggie the Ferocious Beast 453080 SHOWkV' "The Destructors" 74 PG1hr29 5252776 TIC A Wedding Story (TVG) TMC "A New Life" '88 (PG-131 1hr44 USA Wings (TVPG-D) Afternoon Pnffm KCAL I Dream of Jeannie fB KCOP 63 KADY Pepper Ann ED KCET Arthur (TVY) 82931 HD KPXN James Robison 031 KTBN laverne and Edith Tripp 03 KOCE Teletubbies 665979 ED KLCS Cursive Handwriting; Phonics in Context (8:45) AMC "The FBI Story" '59 2hr30 209824 BET Peter Popoff DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El Fashion Emergency (TVPG-D) ESPN2 NBA 2Night FAM Kids From Room 402 (TVY7) FSN Regional Sports Report FX MASH (TVPG) HGTV Smart Solutions LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Rugrats 262825 SUNO Kalamazoo (TVPG-DL) TBS Cosby (TVGI TCM "The Man I Love" '46 1hr36 9221757 TlCSkinnamarinkTV(TVY) '851PGI 1hr38 8869028 USA Carol Burnett and Friends KNBC KNBC KNBC KNBC KNBC KABC KABC KCBS KABC KABC 1 022.901 980.057 878.302 797.970 755,126 739,059 696.215 685504 680,149 664,082 Fnends ER Will Grace News Decision 2000 The West Wing Election Coverage (9 Election Coverage (8 "American Tragedy" Part 1 Millionaire (Sun 2000 Vote RADIO KCBS The Early Show 61370 KNBC 36! KMIR Today 313221 KTLA Morning News 16844 KABC i 3 1 KEYT42I KESQ Good Morning America 35252 OD KTTV Good Day A.

54028 IB KCOP 63 KADY Buz2 Lightyear of Star Command 31202 KWHY Bizbtrije 66554 B4i KVCR Nature (TVGI HD KCET Zoboomafoo 64298 H3 KPXN Employment Television 63 KMEX Despierta America1 H3 KTBN Rod Parsley S3 KOCE Inside Statistics EB KVEA Esta Mariana Efl KJLA Luke SO KLCS Learning English KRCA Nubeluz (TVY) 83196 AMC "Week end in Havana" '41 1hr30 887844 Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Master (TVG) BET Feed the Children CNBC Market Watch 48196 CSPN Public Affairs DISN RoliePolie Olie (TVY) El News Daily 324370 ESPN SportsCefiter ESPN2 RPM 2Night FAM Mary-Kate Ashley (TVY) FSN Regional Sports Report FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion FX MASH (TVPGI HBO The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (TVY) HGTV Decorating With Style HIST The Real West (TVGI LIFE Denise Austin's Fit Lite MSNBC Decision 2000: Battle for the White House 3620931 MTV MTV Jams (TVPGI NICK CatDog 700660 SCI-FI Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TVG) TBS Little House on the Prairie TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) TMC "We Live Again" '34 1hr22 88264414 (7:05) TNT CHiPs (TVPGI VH1 Music Videos (TVPGI Noon 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. suicide, KNX (1070). Classical 10-11 a.m. Morning Symphony: Haydn (93rd Symphony, (icorgc Szell conducts Cleveland Orchestra), KCSN-1'M (88.5).

11:15 a.m. -noon Masterpiece of the Day: Sainl-Saens (Piano Concerto No. 1, I'hilharmonia Orchestra), KM. I'-l'M (105.1). 7-9 p.m.

Evening Concert With John Mauceri: Kcspighi Birds," Orpheus Chamber Orchestra); Hlgar (Violin Concerto in li-minnr), KMZT-I'M (105.1). News-Commentary 1-2 p.m. To the Point: "The Climate at the Climalc Change Conference," KCRW-1 (89.9). Sports p.m. Pro Basketball: New York Knicks at Clippers, KXT A11I50).

Ttrnn Tips for Today 9-11 a.m. Larry Mantle's Alrtalk: I van Thomas, author of "Robert Kennedy: Mis Life" a.m.); Laurent de Hurnoff, author of "Babar and the Succotash Bird" a.m.); Deborah Bnrda, managing director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra 1 a.m.), KPCC-1'M (89.3). p.m. Talk of the City: cookbook authors Nancy Silvcrton, Wolfgang Puck, Anne Byrne, KPCC-FM (89.3). p.m.

Rockllne: music and interviews with members of Styx, KCBS-I-M (93.1). p.m., a.m. Gunsmoke: A man returns to Dodge to marry his sweetheart, only to find things have changed, KNX (1070). 10 p.m.-mldnight Chicago Symphony: Bernstein Side Copland (3rd Symphony), KMZT-I'M (105.1). Drama-Comedy-Family p.m., a.m.

The Whistler: Sisters begin to fight after one attempts KCBS Woman 2 Woman 38467 KNBC Access Hollywood 56863 KTLA Little House KABC (31 KEYT All My Children (TVPG) 18115 0 KCAL News 01 KTTV Judge Hatched 79863 EH KCOP Maury (TVPG) Guest updates. 37399 D3 KSCI Mandarin Drama 241 KVCR Quilting B3 KCET Caillou (TVYI 93047 1361 KMIR Real TV EE) KTBN The 700 Club 421 KESQ News S3 KVEA Cotorreando 66467 03 KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG-V) 03 KLCS In Focus (33 KRCA Noticias 631 KADY Bloomberg Television Night Court CNN TalkBack Live 559863 COM Saturday Night Live (TVPG) DSC Christopher Lowell (TVG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) El Celebrity Profile (TVPG) ESPN In-Line Skating FAM Rotten Ralph 442009 FNC NewsSmith FSN Pro Basketball- Nuggets at Lakers. 78825 Please see TV LOG F14 L-aJ CLARK KCBS Martha Stewart 701 15 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael 18399 KABC 1 3 1 KEYT 42! KESQ Live! With Regis 72757 KCAL Family Feud ED KTTV Divorce Court (TVPGI fB KCOP Maury 90931 DO KSCI I Can Do It! 03 KWHY Ellas, Inocentes Culpables KVCR Sesame Street 27641 S3 KCET Barney (TVY) 73283 3 KTBN Dr. Cherry 03 KOCE Instructional TV 03 KVEA El Ella 36399 03 KDOC Life in the Word S3 KLCS Geometry in My World A Law BET Amen BRVO St. Elsewhere CNBC Power Lunch 11554 CNN Newsday DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) Otter (TVY) El Celebrity Homes ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2NFL 2Night 8376478 FAM It'sltsy Busy Time (TVY) FNC NewsAsman FSN Sports Geniuses FXNYPDBIueTV14 HGTV Appraisal Fair NOV 14-19 A ED KTTV Power of Attorney 24! KVCR HomeFix BB KTBN Casey Treat 03 KDOC New Zoo Revue 283399 ED KLCS World of Work; 3-2-1 Classroom Contact (10:45) BET OH Drama! 680009 COM Whose Line Is It Anyway? DISN Bear in the Big Blue House ESPN America's Horse FNC NewsVester FSN2 Yoga Zone HGTV Collectible Treasures IFC IFC Short Film Collection LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-D) NICK Franklin 282689 SCI-FI Crossing Over With John Edward (TVPG) TCM "Murder Ahoy" '64 1hr33 7385973 TLC A Dating Story (TVG) USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG-D) ttcttma tmr Tower ftecordt Robwiom'May IfMJ)UU B(tmo (714)740-7878 7:30 a.m.

LJ "80 minutes of bitchy fun!" CRITIC'S CHOICE L.A. TIMES tl KCAL Beakman's World 42283 BO KC0P63I KADY Recess 03 KSCI tran-Sima (Farsi) 81973 58 KCET Clifford the Big Red Dog QQ KTBN Marilyn Hickey ED KOCE Sew Young, Sew Fun ED KDOC Hollywood Plaza 03 KLCS Clifford the Big Red Dog i irTOlfflini TONITE AT 8 213.365.3500 THANKSGIVING THURS 1123 8 CORONET THEATRE 310.657.73771 Otis: Colleges New Building Gets Boxed In ALL T1X $25 wcanned tood aonanon ONLINE TtX: WWW.FULIYCOMMITTED COM mm mmwmmm Tonight at 8 CAROL KANE PHYLICIA RASIIAD KIMBERLY MILIUMS IP Sr i Continued from Fl 1961 Eliot Noyes-designed building on a small campus just north of the Los Angeles International Airport. A former branch headquarters for IBM, the Noyes structure anchors the corner of Lincoln and La Tijera boulevards, while a four-story parking garage extends along La Tijera. The fine arts building will stand along Lincoln Boulevard, creating an L-shaped composition that will frame a large lawn scattered with coral trees. Rather than fit the new building snugly into the existing context, Fisher has cranked it 25 degrees in relation to the campus.

The gesture sets up an unexpected tension among the various structures, and it allows Fisher to shape a series of elegant outdoor rooms. The old and new school buildings, for example, will frame a small triangular garden, with a sunken court at its center surrounded by neat rows of bottle brush trees. The walls of the fine arts building and the parking garage, meanwhile, will form a along two sides of the main lawn in back. And a smaller lawn along Lincoln Boulevard will function as a public sculpture garden. As if to underline the importance of these outdoor spaces, Fisher has pulled all of the building's vertical circulation outside, treating the staircases as a sculptural object in the landscape.

The main entry to the second-floor administrative offices is a grand stair that faces the sunken court, its dynamic form twisting around a delicate glass pillar. Along the back lawn, another stairway clings to the building's facade, while in front, a third stairway sticks straight out toward Lincoln the gallery and studios are generic spaces laid out around a cluster of offices. On the second floor, the same kind of generic studios surround a small, open-air court, which is meant to provide an oasis of tranquillity amid a maze of activity. It's hard to blame Fisher for the weakness of the interior spaces. Constrained by the budget, with little time, it would have been hard to achieve the kind of compositional complexity that would give these spaces architectural meaning.

But to those who are familiar with Hodgetts and Fung's abandoned scheme, it's also hard not to feel a tinge of disappointment. Hodgetts and Fung's focused almost exclusively on the studios. Bridge-like balconies spanned raw, open work spaces, with light spilling down through an elaborate, undulating roof structure. Outside, however, the building's depressing, sloped concrete facade recalled a military bunker. Ultimately, the only similarity between the two designs is their incompleteness, since neither fully resolves the relationship between inner and outer worlds.

It may be that after one pointless competition, a rejected design and years of grappling with a frustrating budget Otis' board simply succumbed to exhaustion. Don't take risks. Cut your losses. Keep to the straight and narrow path. It is an understandable strategy.

But schools should be places of optimism, and with a little more patience and vision, Otis might have gotten a project worth savoring instead of a workable compromise. Another motive for putting so much emphasis on the exterior spaces, however, was to free up the interior. The conceit is that the studios inside can be reconfigured as the school grows, or as the methods used for making art change. To that end, the building's structure has been reduced to a minimum with 12 columns along the perimeter and just four interior columns. The perimeter columns also lend the facades a sense of lightness and flexibility.

A kind of billboard made of cement-board panels will announce gallery exhibits to passing cars on Lincoln Boulevard. At the main approach to the building, a glass-enclosed corner will give the structure a fragile, temporary air. Of course, these are all ideas we have seen before. The industrial shed has long been an icon of Modernism. The notion of treating buildings as distinct components in a sculptural composition was a central theme of Frank 0.

Gehry's early work. And the conceptual link between factory-like spaces and the production of art can be traced back to Richard Gluckman's 1970s-era loft-like gallery spaces in New York's SoIIo, or to Max Gordon, who first popularized the style in London in the 1960s, or even to Andy Warhol's chaotic art factory in Manhattan. Where Fisher's design seems likely to fall short is in its inability to capture the loose, spontaneous feel of those precedents. This is especially true in the design of the studios at least in their current incarnation. You expect the grand, open spaces of an industrial warehouse.

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