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LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1999 F13 TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings CHANNELS 'The 'Frasier' Sweep Nostalgic NBC to Win lot Angelas Orange County KCBS (CBS) 02 tlKNBCINBCIM BKTIAWB)05 UKABC(ABC)07 BIICnV(fox)11 EKC0P(UPN13 SO KCETPBS)28 iaKPXN(PAX)30 G3KTBN(W)40 K0CE(PBS)50 B3KD0C(W)56 EKRCAlnd.20 Palm Springs 36KMB(NBC)M Ssntn Barbara LijicmiABao? San Bernardino 2 KVCR (PBS) 24 Ventura County SSKADYftJPN) 16 10:30 a.m. ID KTTV Andy Griffith KCOP Judge Joe Brown EQ KWHY Business News; Health. News (10:50) 24 KVCR Sewing With Nancy G3 KTBN Casey Treat BD KDOC Froozles 244565 BD KLCS The Art Maker; Tracks: Impressions of America (10:45) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) ESPN Ski World HBO Movie "Spice World" (19971(1 hr. 32 min.) 222403 NICK Franklin 903010 TLC Reunion (TVG) USA Boston Common (TVPG) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPG) formed reasonably well, causing a surge in overall network viewing. "Frasier" also engaged in a bit of nostalgia with Woody Harrelson's guest appearance Thursday, the official opening of sweeps.

On the downside, NBC's new comedy "Jesse" saw more than 5 million "Friends" viewers head elsewhere, with many switching to Fox to see if daredevil Robbie k'nievel survived his live "death jump." CBS' "Miss USA Pageant" received a solid score from the Nielsen judges, while the Pro Bowl game gained less ratings yardage for ABC than a year ago. BRIAN LOWRY Going back to the past has again helped NBC blast out of the sweeps starting gate, as "The '60s" generated the network's biggest Sunday audience since televising "Schindler's List" two years ago, based on results issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. NBC fared well during the last ratings survey in November by airing another miniseries with a nostalgic flavor, "The Temptations." Sunday's results for "The '60s," featuring Julia Stiles, surpassed CBS' Hallmark movie "Night Ride Home" and Fox's heavily promoted start of a two-part "The X-Files," though all three programs per- Natlonal Nielsen Vlewershlp EGlKSCIIran-Sima(Farsi) 79953 60 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Time to Grow KCET Zoboomafoo (TVr) 3B805 03 KTBN Marilyn Hickcy SO KOCE America Sews EB KVEA Rugrats ED KLCS Putting English to Work GB KRCA Emergence AMC Movie "Stanley and Livingstone" (1933) 5032836 CMAX Movie "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie" 31990661 (7:451 Homes With Stylo (TVG) ESPN2 BodyShaping FAM All Dogs Go to Heaven (TVY FSW Fox Sports News FSW2 Forever Young FX MASH (TVPG) HB08abar(TVY LIFE Daily Workout (TVG) MTV MTV Jams Countdown (TVFG) NICK Tiny Toon Auventures 533584 TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) TMC Movie "End of the Line" (1988)11 hr. 45 min.) WGN BatmanSuperman (TVY7-FV) Cable Services 3 KVCRWimzie's House 38107 ED KCET Barney (TVY) 701 07 Q3 KTBN Dr. Cherry EE KHSC Exclusively Technibond ED KOCE Instructional TV EB KVEA El Ella 25331 ED KDOC Life in the Word ED KLCS Teams IS KRCA A Flor de Piel 961 07 AMC Movie "Jumping Jacks" Northern Exposure (TVPG) CNBC Power Lunch 13497 CNN Newsday COM Movie "The Gods Must DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Sing Me a Story; With Belle (TVY) Dear John (TVG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat FAMMoikandMindylTVG) FSW American Health and Fitness FSW2 Funk AerobicsBody Conditioning FX Picket Fences (TVPG-D) HIST The Spanish-American War: Birth of an Empire (TVG) LIFE Katie Brown (TVG 1981 26 MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Kipper 914126 SCI-FI The Twilight Zone (TVPG) TBS Matlock TCM Movie "All the Fine Young Cannibals" (1960) 8186855 TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TMC Movie "Invisible Mom" (19961(1 hr.

23 min.) 22839923 (9:25) TNN Club Dance (TVG) TNT Under Suspicion (TV14) USA The Jeff Foxworthy Show (TVPG) VH1 Back to Back Videos (TVPG) WGN Matlock Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Feb. 1-7) 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 256.6 million potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older.

Viewership is listed here in millions. 63 ESPN 34 ESPN2B4 FAM47 FSW27 FX 88 HBO 33 HIST 30 LIFE 46 MTV 48 NICK 38 AMC35 BET 57 BRV0 54 CNBC 31 COM 79 CSPN29 CMAX45 CNN 42 DSC 37 DISN 53 SO-H67 SHOW 41 TBS 43 TCM88 TIC 51 TMC58 TNN49 TNT 52 USA 44 VH162 WGN55 1 11 :OOa.m. 1 KCBS The Young and the Restless i (TV14)15132 KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane I KABC 3 KEYT Port Charles (TVPG) 81 010 El KCAL Jerry Springer 91590 FJO KTTV Grace Under Fire IH KCOP Jenny Jones (TVPG) 77519 ES KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:20) 24 KVCR America Sews ED KCET The Big Comfy Couch 941 26 i EQ KMEX Grandes Historias: Maria Jose 68861 I KMIR The People's Court I GO KTBN James Robison 42 KESQ Howie Mandel 95565 I EQ KHSC Beauty First EB KVEA Perro Amor 54584 S3 KDOC Southland Today (TVG) 2D KLCS Using Maps, Globes, Graphs, Tables, Charts and Diagrams; Taxes in U.S. History (11:1 51 AMC Movie "Black Beauty" (1971)(2 CNBC Street Sicns Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus. Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure.

A indicates advertisement. (R in the grid, denotes a repeat program. Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME TV RATINGS TVY All Children TVY7 Directed to Older Children ITVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; Fantasyviolence (TVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV1 4) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only (D) Suggestive Dialogue (I) Coarse Language (SI Sex (VI Violence Net- View-Program work ere 1. ER NBC 29Tl 2. Friends NBC 24.92 3.

Frasier NBC 24.83 4. Ft 1 NBC 23.73 5. Touched by an Angel CBS 21.04 6. 60 Minutes CBS 20.57 7. Veronica's Closet NBC 20.07 8.

Jesse NBC 19.49 9. The X-Files FOX 18.81 10. Every. Loves Raymond CBS 18.04 11. Dateline NSC (Mon.) NBC 17.94 12.

"Night Ride Home" CBS 17.16 13. Dharma Greg ABC 16.60 14. "World's Shocking Moments 2" FOX 16.55 15. Home Improvement ABC 15 56 16. Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 15 48 17.

The Ore Carey Show A8C 15 29 18. Becker CBS 15.16 19. Two Guys, Girt, Piaa Place ABC 14.68 20. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 14.48 21. The Simpsons FOX 13.98 22.

Just Shoot Me NBC 13.97 23. Whose Line Is It Anyway? A8C 13.68 24. Providence NBC 13.67 25. Dateline NBC (Wed.) NBC 13.27 26. That '70s Show FOX 13.25 27.

"Robbie Kmevel Death Jump" FOX 13.18 28. JAG CBS 13.14 "Vanished Without a Trace" NBC 13.14 30. Sabnna. the Teenage Witch ABC 1306 31. "Family Blessings" CBS 12 96 32.

2020 (Wed.) ABC 12.94 33. "Miss USA Pageant" CBS 1293 34. Cosby CBS 12.90 35. TheHughleys ABC 12.87 36. "Happy Gllmore" ABC 12.61 37.

2020 (Frt.) ABC 12.60 38. Dateline NBC (Fri.) NBC 12.59 39. King of Queens CBS 12.48 40. "Best Commercials Never Seen" ABC 12.45 41. Boy Meets World ABC 12.34 42.

Willi Grace N8C 12.24 43. Diagnosis Murder CBS 12.13 44. Spin City ABC 12.03 45. Sabnna, Teenage Witch (8 pm) ABC 11.78 "Exiled: A Law it Order Movie" NBC 11.78 Net- View- Net- View-Program work art Program work art 47. 60 Minutes II CBS 11.66 97.

The Steve Harvey Show WB 4.29 48. PJs FOX 11.40 98. ForVourLove WB 3.42 49. The Practice ABC 11.36 99. Felicity WB 3.26 50.

"Ace Venture: Nature Calls" NBC 11.29 7 Days UPN 3.26 51. Kids Say Damdest Things CBS 11.25 101. Moesha UPN 319 52. Homicide: We on the Street NBC 11.23 102. Hyperion Bay WB 3.17 53.

"Nettorce." Ft 1 ABC 11.17 103. The Sentinel UPN 3.06 54. TV Guide Awards FOX 11.14 104. Zee. Duncan.

Jack Jane WB 2.97 55. 2020(Mon.) ABC 11.06 105. Unhappily Ever After WB 2.87 56. Brother's Keeper ABC 11.03 106. "Roswell: The Aliens Attack" UPN 2.62 57.

Candid Camera CBS 10.91 107. Clueless UPN 2.45 58. Martial law CBS 10.85 10a. Malcolm Eddie UPN 2.34 59. The Pretender NBC 10.77 109.

Between Brothers UPN 2.29 60. Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 10.38 110 Dl(esta UPN 228 61. ChlcagoHope CBS 10.35 lu Boat: The Next Wave UPN 1.84 62. 48 Hours CBS 10.32 2 um J8 63. Guinness World Records FOX 10,29 64.

Sports Night ABC 10.26 65. 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 10.08 NetWOfK AV6fd6S 66. Turks CBS 10.02 67. Party of Five fox 989 Here is the number of viewers that each 68. Early Edition cbs 9 82 network averaged per hour of prime time, 69.

Beverly Hills, 90210 FOX 9.71 for ast week and for the season. 70. King of the Hill FOX 9.65 jMM1 71. NewsRadk) NBC 9.54 to date 72. Cops FOX 9.46 73.

America's Most Wanted FOX 9.36 NBC 14.92 million 12.60 74. NVPOSlue ABC 9.08 CfJS 13 06 13 21 75. Profiler NBC 8.97 76. The Pretender (8 p.m.) NBC 8.84 77. ABC 8.56 FOX 11.04 11.41 78.

LA. Doctors CBS 8.50 WB 4.59 4.57 79. World's Funniest! FOX 8,46 yp 293 2 73" 80. The Nanny CBS 7.72 81. Vengeance Unlimited ABC 7.41 82 Millennium FOX 729 SOUthlSnd VlOWing 83.

2020 (Sun.) ABC 7.26 84. 7th Heaven WB 6.77 Here are Nielsen's Top 5 prime-time pro- 85. Maggie Winters CBS 6.38 grams in the Los Angeles area during the 86. Dawson's creek wb 6.19 sarne week. The rankings are based on the 87.

Charmed WB 88. Brimstone fox 5.71 number of households watching. 89. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 5.49 HMt 90. Sister, Sister WB 5.20 91.

Smart Guy WB 4.87 92. Buffy. the Vampire Slayer WB 4.77 1. Frasier KNBC 985.939 93. Dilrjert! UPN 4.73 2.

ER KNBC 970.534 94. The Jamie Foxx Show WB 4.40 3. Friends KNBC 955,129 95. The Wayans Bras. WB 4.39 4.

60 Minutes KCBS 862.697 96. 7th Heaven Beginnings WB 4.34 5. "The "60s," PL 1 KNBC 847,292 8:00 a.m. a KCBS This Morning Wireless telephones; "home decor; Dr. Bsrnadine Healy.

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Performances by Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Beah Richards, Thandie Newton and Kimberly Elise had drawn rave reviews from critics. Likewise, Holly Hunter's critically lauded performance in "Living Out Loud" may have been hurt by the movie's failure to ignite the box office. llJtandmark--Theatres LmI Discount Shows In TNo Passes www.movlenet.com LYII1 west! BYPEARLCLEAGE a little bit beyond their grasps," said Bingham Ray, co-president of October Films, which released the movie. He criticized the makeup of the committee that selects foreign-language films, charging that the academy traditionally overlooks daring, narratively inventive movies in the category. Iay said the committee is dominated by older academy members who prefer sentimental movies and lavish costume epics.

Younger members should be added, he said, to improve the prospects for less traditional movies. Brenda Blethyn is nominated for supporting actress for "Little Voice," a British comedy distributed by Miramax. But the movie also boasted stand-out performances by Michael Caine as a sleazy talent agent and Jane Horrocks in the tide role as a shy woman who shines only when she's impersonating musical stars of the past. Caine won the Golden Globe last month for best actor in a musical or comedy. Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein wasn't entirely surprised by their failure to win nominations, citing Caine's choice to be entered for best actor rather than best supporting actor and Horrocks' decision not to do promotion.

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His performance was widely praised, but his movie has been largely overlooked and was not a commercial success. "The five nominations all send a message to me that the actors' branch looked at performances this year" rather than box-office grosses, said Steve Tisch, the movie's producer. Criticism of "American History by its own director, Tony Kaye, may have drawn attention from the movie and damaged the way it was perceived within the industry, Tisch said. Kaye campaigned against the film for weeks by taking out full-page ads in the trades and giving interviews in which he claimed control of the picture had been taken away from him. Perhaps no one should be surprised by who does or does not get Oscar nominations it is a guessing game every year, with merit not always figuring into the equation but a number of critically praised movies and performances were overlooked.

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