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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998 F11 LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings El The Gossip Show (TVPG-D) 321642 ESPN2 Cheerleading HBO Movie "Eight Men Out" (19881(1 hr. 59 min. 505062 NICK Blue's Clues TMC Movie "For a Distant Love" (19681(1 hr. 30 min.) 1791082 (9:35 TNN Alrvne's Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) USA Perfect Strangers (TVG) VH1 Music Videos BRVO Bravo Profiles (TVG) COM Tracey Ullman (TVPG) DISN Madeline (TVY) FAM Carol Burnett and Friends (TVG) HBO Movie "In trie Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance" (1994) Dean Stockwell. (1 hr.

36 min.) 870888 NirKfiiill9hGiiah Island 211918 TLC INNtimate Escapes (TVG) USA Major Dad (TVG) WGN Empty Nest (TVPG) CHANNELS Oscars' Titanic-Size Ratings Steer ABC to Win i AFTERNOON InasAmht Orange County QKC8SIC8SI02 KNBCNBC)04 HKTIA(WB)05 DKABCIASCI07 fDKTlV(F(K)11 fB KCOP(UPN) 13 BE1KCET(PBS)28 HDKOCE(PBS)50 KDOC 56 HDKLCS(PBS17 EQ Mn Springs SiKMRN8C)M Santa Barim 3DKEYT(ABC)07 San Bernardino C24lKVCR(PBS)24 Umbra County (5SKADY(UPN) 16 Show." Ratings were more marginal for several other new comedies, including Fox's "Damon" and NBC's "Lateline," "For Your Love" and "House Rules." Fox also pulled the new drama "Significant Others" after the show lost more than half of "Beverly Hills, 90210's" audience. Of programs CBS introduced following the Olympics, the only one clicking so far is "Candid Camera." Scheduled with another revival, "Kids Say the Darndest Things," the show won its time slot Friday, developing CBS' best rating that night with a regular series in more than two years. BRIAN LOWRY A "Titanic" rating for the Academy Awards helped ABC sail to its first weekly ratings win since December, based on figures issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. The Oscars, hosted by Billy Crystal, doubled the audience for last week's top series, while CBS received a boost from NCAA basketball Final Four coverage and the highest-rated "Touched by an Angel" since January a combination that left usual prime-time leader NBC in third place. ABC's "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" exhibited the most promise among midseason series, last Wednesday retaining more than nine in 10 viewers from its lead-in, "The Drew Carey Cable Services National Nielsen Viewership SCI-FI 87 SHOW 41 TBS 43 TLC 51 TMC 53 TNN49 TNT 52 USA 44 VH162 WGN55 El 63 ESPN 34 ESPN2 84 FAM47 FSW27 FX 89 HBO 33 HIST 30 UFE46 MTV 48 NICK 38 ME 39 AMC35 BET 57 BRV0S4 CNBC 31 COM 79 CSPN29 CMAX45 CNN 42 DSC 37 DISN53 6:00 a.m.

BKCBS This Morning Financial report Dr. Emily Senay; actress Renee Zellweger. 88913 KCAL The Wacky World of Tex Avery 35159 (0 KCOP Extreme Ghostbusters 84449 ES KWHY Business News KVCR Storytime (TVY) 86449 BO KCET The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (TVY) 19791 SO KOCE Simply Painting Around the World: Watercolours S3 KDOC Robert Tilton BD KLCS The Story of Read-Alee- Deed-Alee; Star Training Video (8:15) KADY Extreme Dinosaurs 771 59 Quincy (TVG) BET Jam Zone BRVO Movie "Long Day's Journey Into Night" (19621 Katharine Hepburn. (3 hr. 634791 COM Dr.

Katz: Professional Therapist (TVPGI 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 "Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation" (1992) Robert Carradine. (1 hr. 36 min.) 661352 LIFE What Every Baby Knows (TVG) NICK You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown 457888 SCI-H lost in Space TBS Beverly Hillbillies TLC The Swamp Critters of the Lost Lagoon (TVY) TMC Movie "Black Sabbath" (1964) Boris Karloff. (1 hr. 39 min.) 5839178 TNN Dallas (TVPG LV) TNT Spenser: For Hire USA Facts of Life (TVPG) VH1 Pop Up Video WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) Here are the rankings tor national prime-time network television last week (March 23-29) 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. 10:00 a.m.

BKCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) KNBC EXTRA (TVPG) 27178 KTLA Little House on the Prairie UKABClli KEYT The View Cheri Oteri, Tracy Morgan, Molly Shannon Night Live' Don Rickles; fashion designer Diane Von Furstenburg. 90536 KCAL Jerry Springer Philanderers. 12772 Efl KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) EH KCOP Dr. (TVG) fB KWHY Business News 24! KVCR Creative Living BO KCET Sesame Street 12449 EQKMEXMaite 136! KMIR Maury Povich (TVPG) 42 KESQ Martha Stewart Living BD KHSC Easter Dinner EB KVEA Llovizna 67975 BO KDOC Froozles 856888 BO KLCS Challenge of the Unknown; Instruction Highlights (10:25) 83' KADY Jenny Jones (TVPG-L) Law Order (TVPG) CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters (TVG). 361642 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) El Michael Landon: The El True Hollywood Story (TVPG) ESPN Sports Auto Racing CART Budweiser 500.

225178 ESPN2 NBA 2Night FAM The 700 Club FX Dynasty (TVPG-DS) HIST Crusades (TVG) LIFE A. Law NICK Richard Scarry 612888 SCI-H Lost in Space TBS Movie "Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception" (1990) Raymond Burr. (2 hr.) 722604 TLC On the Inside (TVG) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) USA Wings (TVPG) VH1 Top 10 Countdown WGN News Noon BKCBS News KNBC 36 KMIR Another World (TV14I 87975 KTLA Hunter KABC 13 1 KEYT 42 KESQ All My Children (TVPGI 36265 KCAL News Dl KTTV Beverly Hillbillies DO KCOP Montel Williams 16536 DO KSCI Mandarin Drama KWHY Business News; High-Tech Report (12:201 84! KVCR Sew Many Quilts B0 KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 29178 BD KOCE Breast Cancer: A Story of Survivors EE KVEA Movie "Fatal Beauty" (1987(1 hr. 30 min.) 13642 03 KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG-V) B0 KLCS Real Science! BRVO Movie "Melvin and Howard" (19801 Paul Le Mat. (1 hr.

40 mini 60170130 (12:25) CMAX Movie "Tiger Heart" (19961(1 hr. 30 min.) 388410 CNN TalkBack Live 738265 COM Saturday Night Live (TVPG) DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) El Model (TVPG) FAM Diagnosis Murder (TVPG) FSW FIT-TV FX Life Goes On (TVPG-D) HIST Movie "Hell to Eternity" (19601 Jeffrey Hunter. (3 hr. 442082 LIFE Almost Perfect (TVPG-D) MTV Road Rules (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 450975 SCI-H Lost in Space TBSFIintstones(TVG) TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN Crook Chase (TVG) Cledus T. Judd; Hank Thompson; David Ball; chef Jean Pierre.

614739 USA Movie "Rage and Honor" (19921 (2 hr.) 250062 VH1 FT-Fashion Television WGN Beauty and the Beast (TVPG-V) Net- View- Program work are 1. WC Wrestling 8 p.m.) TNT 5.47 2. WC Wresting 9 p.m.) TNT 5.25 3. TBS 4.84 4. WC Wrestling (Mon.

10 p.m.) TNT 4.66 5. South Park ComC 4.44 6. Substitute 2: Schools Out HBO 4.41 7. Wrestling 8:05 p.m.) TBS 4.20 8. WottttampwnshipBoiing HBO 4.16 9.

NCAA Women's BasketbaS ESPN 3.94 10. Rugrats Nick 3.62 Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus. Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure. A indicates advertisement. Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Ml TV RATINGS All Children Directed to Older Children General Audience Parental Guidance Parents Strongly Cautioned Mature Audiences Only Suggestive Dialogue Coarse Language Sex Violence (TVY) (TVY7) ITVGI (TVPGI (TV14) (TVMA) (01 ID ISI (VI 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.

Last Week ABC 15.63 million CBS 13.92 NBC 11.90 FOX 8.25 WB 3.85 UPN 3.12 Season to Date NBC 14.99 million CBS 14.47 ABC 12.63 FOX 10.76 WB 4.55 UPN 4.09 Nat- View- Program work 1. Academy Awards ABC 55.25 2. Seinfeld NBC 27.74 3. Touched by an Angel CBS 24.83 4. Friends NBC 23.22 5.

"Barbara Walters" ABC 22.83 6. Just Shoot Me NBC 22.04 7. Caroline in City (Thur.) NBC 21.75 8. 60 Minutes CBS 20.83 9. "Chance of Lifetime" CBS 20.25 10.

NCAA Basketball CBS 19.40 11. ER NBC 18.20 12. Fiasler NBC 18.07 13. NCAA Basketball Postgams CBS 17.32 14. PrtraTimeljve ABC 17.00 15.

NCAA Basketball Bridge CBS 16.51 16. Hone Improvement ABC 16.44 17. The Drew Carey Show ABC 16.31 2020 ABC 16.31 19. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 16.11 20. NYPO Blue ABC 15.71 21.

The X-Files FOX 15.06 22. Two Guys, a Girl, a toa Place ABC 14.83 23. The Simpsons FOX 14.77 24. latelint NBC 14.72 25. Home Improvement (8 p.m.) ABC 14.33 26.

JAG CBS 14.29 27. 48 Hours CBS 14.20 28. SaMna, the Teenage Witch ABC 13.85 29. Diagnosis Murder CBS 13.76 30. CanokJ Camera CBS 13.58 31.

Chicago Hope CBS 12.72 32. Law 4 Order NBC 12.67 33. Mad About You NBC 12.53 34. Kids Say the Darndest things CBS 12.48 35. Promised Land CBS 12.41 36.

Dateline NBC (Fd.) NBC 12.38 37. Something So Right ABC 12.32 38. ABC 12.25 39. 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 12.16 40. That's IM ABC 12.07 41.

Damon FOX 11.72 42. Bevoty His, 90210 FOX 11.43 43. Working NBC 11.40 44. Satwia. Teen.

Witch (8 p.m.) ABC 11.38 45. "Dangerous Minds" ABC 11.36 46. Boy Meets World ABC 11.34 47. The Pretender NBC 11.28 48. Boy Meets World (9 30 p.m.) ABC 11.22 49.

Seinfeld (Wed.) NBC 11.07 50. The Hanny CBS 11.01 51. Profiler NBC 10.99 PubHc EyeBryant Gumbel CBS 10.99 53. For Your Love NBC 10.79 54. Homicide: life on the Street NBC 10.73 55.

"Titanic: Break. New Ground" FOX 10.68 56. Cosby CBS 10.49 57. Spin City ABC 10.37 58. Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 10.21 59.

"Great Skate Debate" CBS 10.01 60. "Asteroid" NBC 9.96 61. Michael Hayes CBS 9.33 62. World's Funnlestl FOX 8.75 63. Every.

Loves Raymond (9 p.m.) CBS 8.58 64. TV Censored Bloopers '98 NBC 8.54 65. Cyba CBS 8.46 Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 8.46 67. America's Most Wanted FOX 8.23 10:30 a.m. KNBC Access Hollywood "Pop-Up Video." 58975 DO KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) EB KWHY Business News; Health News (10:50) 24 KVCR Martha's Sewing Room 42 KESQGayle King 12888 B0 KDOC Headline News BO KLCS American Frontier; Know It All 110:45) CMAX Movie "Trenchcoat" (1983) Margot Kidder.

(1 hr. 32 min.) 666772 DISN Katie and Orbie (TVY) ESPN2 Sports Soccer UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund. 92956933 NICK Muppet Babies TLC Great Country Inns (TVG) USA Wings (TVPG) 8:30 a.m. KCAL X-Men 27130 DD KCOP Bananas in Pajamas the Crayon Box 76420 DO KSCI Omid, Today's Physician B3 KWHY Business News KVCR Tots TV 78420 BO KCET Arthur (TVY) 18062 03 KOCE Dudley the Dragon 966604 B0 KLCS Wishbone 451 78 CMAX Movie "The House on Carroll Street" (1988) Kelly McGillis.

(1 hr. 41 min.) 6491 1536 (8:45) CNN CNN Company 631569 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) JodyWatley. 1875333 DISN Adventures in Wonderland (TVY) One Day at a Time ESPN2 Kiana's Flex Appeal LIFE Kids These Days (TVG) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICKRugrats TBS Beverly Hillbillies TLC Swamp Critters (TVY) USA Facts of Life (TVPG) VH1 Women First WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) Billy Crystal Nat- View-Program work art 68. NewsRadlo NBC 8.09 69. 48 Hours (Tue.) CBS 7.86 70.

ABC News Saturday Night ABC 7.77 71. "Nobody Lives Forever" ABC 7.31 72. America's Funniest Videos ABC 7.30 73. Cosby (9:30 p.m.) CBS 7.29 74. "Safely Patrol" ABC 7.16 Suddenly Susan NBC 7.16 76.

"Why Planes Go Down" FOX 7.08 77. Cops FOX 6.90 78. Players NBC 6.84 79. "Cops and Robbersons" ABC 6.82 80. Millennium FOX 6.60 81.

Beyond BeM: Fact or Fiction? FOX 6.52 82. "When Disasters Strike" FOX 6.50 83. Law! Order (Mon.) NBC 6.21 84. House Rules NBC 6.16 85. "De La Hoya's Fight Night" FOX 5.88 86.

Walker, Texas Ranger (Mon.) CBS 5.71 87. New York Undercover FOX 5.25 88. Sister, Sister WB 5.19 89. Dawson's Creek WB 5.18 SO. Significant Others FOX 5.05 91.

The Steve Harvey Show WB 4.97 92. Caroline mQty (9:30 p.m.) NBC 4.68 93. Smart Guy WB 4.63 94. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer WB 4.56 95. Caroline in the City NBC 4.55 96.

The Wayans Bros. WB 4.53 97. Unhappily Ever After WB 3.92 98. The Jamie Fou Show W8 3.89 99. In the House (Tue.) UPN 3.78 100.

Clueless UPN 3.58 101. 7th Heaven WB 3.53 102. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 3.51 103. Sister, Sister (Sun.) WB 3.45 104. Malcolm 4 Eddie UPN 3.26 105.

Malcolm 4 Eddie (Tue.) UPN 3.24 106. Moesha UPN 3.13 107. the House UPN 2.93 108. Good News UPN 2.88 109. Alright Already WB 2.73 110.

The Sentinel UPN 2.56 111. Sparks UPN 2.53 112. The Parent 'Hood WB 2.48 113. Three WB 2.45 114. Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher WB 2.08 Cable's Top 10 12:30 p.m.

KCBS The Bold and the Beautiful (TV14) 73772 DO KTTV Beverly Hillbillies EB KWHY Business News; Show Biz Report (12:50) 124 KVCR DW Features B0 KCET Mister Rogers 55081 BD KOCE At Garden's Gate BD KLCS Newton's Apple AMC Movie "A Face in the Crowd" (19571 Andy Griffith. (2 hr. 15 min.) 90936791 (12:45) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Fashion Emergency (TVPG) 392130 ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2 Sports Soccer UEFA Champions League: Juventus FC vs. AS Monaco. 36927517 (12:40) LIFE Hope Gloria (TVPG) MTV The Real World (TVPG) NICK Blue's Clues SHOW Movie "Once in a Blue Moon" (1 994) Cody Serpa.

(1 hr. 37 min.) 8091791 TBSFIintstones(TVG) TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) VH1 Women First 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. 7:00 a.m. KCBS News El KNBC 36 KMIR Today Author Lam Guinier; electronic ticketing at airports; American Bistro cookbook.

62739 KTLA Morning News 86333 El KABC 1 3 KEYT 42 KESQ Good Morning America The competent child; Mimi Rogers; the stock market 71401 KCAL Mummies Alive 37081 ED KTTV Good Day A. 28333 DD KCOP Marvel Superheroes 62555 ESKWHY Business News 124 KVCR Introductory Geology BD KCET Barney Friends (TVY) (Repeat) 97130 ED KMEX iDespierta America! 486468 B3KHSC Diane Oilman 03 KOCE Government by Consent EB KVEA Lift-Otf 82284 B3 KDOC NewsJiNi Business News 03 KLCS Learning English OS KRCA Isla de Jordan S3 KADY The Mask 55265 The Equalizer CMAX Movie "April in Paris" (1953) Doris Day. (1 hr. 41 min.) 1136888 CNBC Market Watch 68642 CSPN House of Representatives 3477265 DISN Aladdin (TVY) El News Daily 660178 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat FAM Bonanza (TVG) FSW Fox Sports News FX Trapper John, M.D. (TVPG-D) HBO Testament: The Bible in Animation (TVY7) HIST Movie "Hell to Eternity" (1960) Jeffrey Hunter.

(3 hr.) 260197 LIFE Everyday Workout (TVG) MTV MTV Jams (TVPG) NICK Rocko's Modem Life 351265 SCt-H Lost in Space SHOW Movie "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" (1963) (1 hr. 43 min.) 99522371 (7:20) TBS Mama's Family TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNN Crook Chase (TVG) Olivia Newton-John; John Travolta; Casey Atwood. 544791 TNT Lonesome Dove (TVPG-V) USA Gargoyles (TVY7-FV) VHICardioVideo WGN Pinky the Brain (TVY) 594536 Sta- House. Program Urn holds 1. "Barbara Waiters Special" KABC 1,467,704 2.

Seinfeld KNBC 1,056,948 3. 60 Minutes KCBS 966,781 4. Friends KNBC 936,726 g. Frasier KNBC 911,680 6. "Evening at Academy Awards" KABC 851,569 7.

Just Shoot Me KNBC 816,504 8. The X-Files KTTV 806,486 9. Caroline in the City KNBC 781,440 10. NYPO Blue KABC 756,394 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable programs In prime time last week, also ranked by total viewers in the millions. HUNT: Actress Stays With TV for a Reason KCBS The Young and the Restless ITV141 69642 KNBC News KTLA The Live Show (TVG) Sam Rubin and Stephanie Edwards.

85604 KABC HE KEYT Port Charles (TVPGI 29401 KCAL Maury Povich (TVPG) People who kill kin. 32536 ED KTTV I Love Lucy (TVG) DO KCOP Jenny Jones Former lovers want their possessions returned. 50710 EB KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:201 124 KVCR Keeping You in Stitches BO KCET Storytime (TVY) 63449 B0 KMEX Agujetas de Color de Rosa (TVPGI 66265 98 KMIR The People's Court 142 KESQ Jeopardy! ETj) KHSC Totally Technibond EB KVEA Cafe con Aroma de Muier 87739 BO KDOC Southland Today BO KLCS Kratts' Creatures 83265 AMC Movie "Golden Earrings" (1 947) Ray Milland. (1 hr. 45 min.) 4175371 BRVO Jerry Lewis (TVG) CNBC Street Signs COM Soap (TVPG) DSC Lynette Jennings Housesmart (TVG) DISN Chip 'N Dale's Rescue Rangers (M FX Picket Fences (TVPG-DSV) HIST The War Years (TVG) UFEthirtysomething NICK The Wubbulous World of Dr.

Seuss 210284 SCI-FI Lost in Space SHOW Movie "Oliver's Story" (19781 Ryan O'Neal. (1 hr. 30 min.) 898913 TLC INNtimate Escapes (TVG) TMC Movie "Let Him Have It" (1991 1 Chris Eccleston. (1 hr. 55 min.) TNT Movie "The Bounty Killer" (19651 Dan Duryea.

(2 hr.) 815791 USA Major Dad (TVG) VH1 Legends WGN Empty Nest (TVPGI 9:00 a.m. BKCBS Guiding Light (TV14) 78130 3 KEYT Regis Kathie Lee 39064 KNBC 36 KMIR Leeza Children, guns and schools. 39046 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVG) Overcoming tragedy. 49642 KABC 42j KESQ Regis Kathie Lee Dave Foley; Anthony Stewart Head. 34710 KCAL Si KADY The Newlywed Game ED KTTV Grace Under Fire DO KSCI I Can Do It! KWHY Business News B4 KVCR Wimzie's House (TVY) BO KCET Barney Friends (TVY) 32642 BDKTBNPraise-a-Thon E3 KHSC Take Care of Yourself BD KOCE Instructional TV BO KDOC Life in the Word BO KLCS Teams Northern Exposure (TVPG) CNBC Power Lunch 59330 CNNNewsday COM Movie "Love at Stake" (19871 (2 hr.) 3806994 DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Cheerleading FAM The Waltons (TVG) FSW2 Fox Sports World 41 1739 FX The Collectibles Show (TVG) LIFE Sisters (TVPGI NICK Little Bear 470739 SCI-H Lost in Space SHOW Movie "Movie Movie" (1978) George C.

Scott. (1 hr. 46 min.) TBS Matlock TLC Work in Progress (TVG) TNN Aleene's Creative Living With Crafts (TVG) TNT Movie "Swing Shift" (19841 GoldieHawn. (2 hr.) 213159 USA Gimme a Break VH1 Crossroads WGN Geraldo Rivera (TVPGI 1:00 p.m. BKCBS As the World Turns (TV14) 76505 KNBC 36! KMIR Days of Our 1 Lives (TV14) 96623 KTLA Blossom KABC 1 3 KEYT 42 KESQ One Life to Live (TVPG) 45913 KCAL The People's Court CD KTTV Happy Days (TVG) DO KCOP Ricki Lake (TVPG) 25284 EB KWHY NewsClosing Bell Report 24 KVCR DW Daily World News B0 KCET Reading Rainbow (TVY) 96401 B0 KMEX Leonela 23826 GO KHSC Anything Goes BD KOCE Simply Painting Around the World: Watercolours ED KDOC Gunsmoke (TVPG-V) BO KLCS Reading Rainbow 21062 The Equalizer CNBC Market Wrap CNN CNN Today COM The Daily Show (TVPG) JodyWatley.

1705197 DSC Home Matters (TVG) 176401 DISN Jungle Cubs (TVY) El El News Daily 669449 ESPN Stihl Timbersports Series FAM Home and Family 800081 FSW Film Feature FSW2 Sports Pro Basketball Clippers at Pacers. (Tape) 415555 FXSupercollectors(TVG) HBO Movie "Indian Summer" (19931 Alan Arkin.d hr. 37 min.) 6735604 LIFE Night Court MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Allegra's Window 350536 SCI-H Lost in Space TBS Super Looney Tunes (TVG) 987604 TLC Men in Tool Belts With Ed and Joe (TVG) TMC Movie "A Midwinter's Tale" (1995) (1 hr. 38 min.) 801 5062 TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-V) VH1 Solid Gold WGN Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) NBC did to keep Hunt and Paul Reiser or the "Seinfeld" gang for another year. Sitcom stars also possess more latitude scheduling movie roles during production breaks.

Performers like Hunt, "Home Improvement's" Tim Allen and co-star Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and "Frasier's" Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce have all fit movies in during their hiatus time, just as Ted Danson and Kirstie Alley did while making "Cheers." By contrast, drama series such as "NYPD Blue," "ER" and "The X-Files" shoot from mid-July 7:30 a.m. KCAL The Mask 23888 OB KCOP Extreme Dinosaurs 41062 HO KSCI Iran-Sima (Farsi) 761B88 EB KWHY Business News 2 KVCR Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology BD KCET Storytime (TVY) (Repeat) 16265 03 KOCE America Sews With Sue Hausmann 8H KVEA Hola Los Angeles 61 791 S3 KDOC Ohayo Salon ID KLCS Putting English to Work 83 KADY The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog 34772 DISN Timon Pumbaa (TVY) Fashion File (TVPGI 672913 ESPN2 BodyShapirg HBOBabar(TVY) LIFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout (TVG) NICK Doug TBS Mama's Family TLC Skinnamarink TV (TVY) USA Gargoyles (TVY7-FV) WGN The New BatmanSuperman Adventures (TVY7) 506371 'I think it's a brave, pragmatic and very correct move for her to stay with the series, given what I know about the paucity of roles for women with any dynamism to JOAN HYLER talent manager 9:30 a.m. KCAL IBS KADY The Dating Game DO KTTV Grace Under Fire DO KCOP A Different World S3 KWHY Business News B4i KVCR The Charlie Horse Music Pizza 41343 BO KCET The Puzzle Place (TVY) 51265 B3 KLCS Math for Primary (9:45) AMC Movie "Scarlet Angel" (1952) Yvonne Oe Carlo. (1 hr. 30 min.) 886449 CNN Burden of Proof 748642 DISN The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Campbell and Jennifer Love Hewitt, as well as "Buffy's" Sarah Michelle Cellar, have achieved success in the movies "Scream" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer," which court the same youthful audience that both drives the film business and regularly tunes in those programs.

"With the rising price of movies today, producers and studios like the idea that they can take so-and-so off such-and-such a show and know there is going to be some audience for that person," said Metropolitan's Barrett, adding, "And I love to have networks spending millions per episode focusing attention on my clients." Beyond the desire of many actors to lighten their production load when features become a viable option, some agents feel television can be detrimental after a client's film career takes off. "Once that person becomes a movie star, you have to drop the TV," said one agent, speaking on condition of anonymity. "It's very difficult to get people to pay $7.50 for what they can get for free." Success in one medium, of course, doesn't always translate into the other. Box-office hits have generally eluded the "Friends" sextet, for example, and series featuring stars like Faye Dunaway, Dudley Moore and, most recently, Tom Selleck have floundered in the ratings. The night after Hunt claimed her Academy Award, a "Mad About You" repeat ranked third in its time period for the first time trailing both ABC's "Home Improvement" and CBS' "JAG." Looking ahead, NBC's Littlefield cautiously suggested that Hunt's Oscar might provide "some rub-off" for the show.

"As millions of people watch the film and are reminded how terrific Helen is, it can't hurt," he said. 11:30 a.m. fSSKEYTNews KNBC News KABC News DDI KTTV I Love Lucy (TVG) DO KSCI Taiwan News EB KWHY Business News iZ4i KVCR Spirit of Cross-Stitch With Jean Farish E3D KCET Wimzie's House 64178 I42 KESQ Port Charles (TVPG) 71468 BO KDOC The Rifleman (TVPG-V) BO KLCS French in Action BET Planet Groove 1:30 p.m. BKTIA Bugs 'n' Daffy (TVY) 21333 DO KTTV Happy Days (TVG) DO KSCI Tea Time (Mandarin) 72710 KWHY Market Wrap-Up; Chart Watch (1:45) Please see TV LOG, F12 Continued from Fl a movie." Going a step further, manager Joan Hyler calls Hunt's decision "a referendum on the lack of roles for women" in feature films. "I think it's a brave, pragmatic and very correct move for her to stay with the series), given what I know about the paucity of roles for women with any dynamism to them," said Hyler, whose management firm represents such actresses as Diane Lane, Jane Alexander and Alyssa Milano.

A past president of Women in Film, Hyler contends that the emphasis on high-octane special-effects movies that will appeal to the youth market and sell well abroad has "really conspired to reduce opportunities for women to be in films. What serious actress really wants to play the lead in 'Eraser'? The number of scripts that have great roles for women is so limited that the quality of her work is better in her show." NBC Entertainment President Warren Littlefield one of those made happiest by Hunt's return-maintained there is often more range, choice and opportunity for actors in television. "This is just another reason to eliminate that stigma that used to exist about doing television," he said. "There's a lot of agents this week saying, 'Hey, hey, hey, look at Helen Those agents also want their clients to garner the largest payday possible, however, and except for rare cases such as "Seinfeld," "Mad About You" and "Home Improvement" where stars can negotiate enormous deals in later seasons the fattest paychecks come from feature films. From that perspective, an attraction like Bruce Willis (who continued on ABC's "Moonlighting" for a brief time after "Die Hard" launched his movie career) or Clooney can make far more and work considerably less doing a single movie than toiling an entire year on a TV series.

Clooney whose screen time on "ER" has already diminished will leave after completing his initial five-year contract next season. Because of the large ensemble cast, even if he were willing to return, the producers couldn't pay what RADIO through April, leaving a smaller window of free time for outside projects. Risa Shapiro, an International Creative Management agent whose clients include Rosie O'Donnell and "The X-Files' David Duchovny, noted that the time commitment the latter's Fox series entails makes scheduling movies difficult. 'ER' is an hour show also, but there's many, many leads on that show, so they can write people out for a few weeks," Shapiro said. "If they wrote out David or Gillian Anderson for three or four weeks, it would hurt the show." Studios tend to be most accommodating, not surprisingly, when their movies are involved.

Sony, which produces "Mad About You," also released "As Good as It Gets," while Warner Bros. -behind "ER" and the "Batman" franchise-structured a schedule allowing Clooney to shuttle between the two on the studio's lot. Agents and studios see certain advantages in dual film and TV exposure. "Party of Five's" Neve TIPS FOR TODAY p.m. Top Five at Five: "Fools' Songs." KCBS FM (93.3).

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p.m., a.m. Gunsmoke: "The Man Hunter," KNX (1070). p.m.-When Radio Was: "The Life of Riley," KGIL (1260), KGXL (1650). p.m., a.m.-Tho Whistler: "Meeting on 10th Street," KNX (100). MUSIC: CLASSICAL 10:45 a.m.-nooa Masterpiece of the Day: Beethoven (Sonata No.

21. pianist Louis Lottie), KKG0-FM (105.1). 8- 10 p.m. Opera House: Puccini's "Girl ol the Golden West." KCSN-FM (88.5). MUSIC: 9- 11 a m.

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