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LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1999 F11 TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings CHANNELS 'Providence' Off to Good Starts SCI-H Time Trax (TVPGI TBS Hunter TLC Reunion (TVG) TMC Movie "A League of Their Own" (1992) (2 hr. 7 mm.) 2166159710:25) TNN Crook Chase (TVG) Ty Herndon. 900042 TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-VI USA The Single Guy (TVPG) VH1 Women First (TVPG) WGN News LosAngeleV Orange County HKC8S(CBS)02 KNBC (NBC) 04 HKTLA(WB05 HKABC (ABC) 07 BlKnV(fox)11 EKC0P(UPN13 ODKSCI(lnd)18 fflKWHYlnd.22 HDKCFJIPBSI28 BDKPXllmX)30 EQKTBNN.I40 HD KOCE (PBS) 50 E0KDOClnd.56 Palm Springs i36KMIR(NBC04 Santa Barbara SanBamardino S4 KVCfllPBS) 24 Ventura County 3KADY(UPN 16 a godsend for NBC, more than doubling the network's average audience in its Friday time slot. NBC's Thursday lineup bounced back after two weeks in which the holidays depressed viewing, as twin titans "Friends" and "ER" delivered their biggest audiences since September. ABC still won the week, buoyed by the Jan.

4 Fiesta Bowl football game and season-high performances by some of its sitcoms, including "Home Improvement" and "Dharma Greg." BRIAN LOVVRY Although a yawn met new network programs during the fall, 1999 has gotten off to a rousing start with the premieres of Fox's "The PJs" and NBC's "Providence" over the weekend, based on results issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. "The PJs," an animated comedy featuring the voice of Eddie Murphy, drew more viewers than fellow Fox shows "The Simpsons" and "The X-Files" Sunday, despite season-high ratings for both programs. Meanwhile, the family drama "Providence," starring Melina Kankaredes, proved National Nielsen Viewership 7:30 a.m. F1KCAL63 KADY Doug SB KCOP Jumani (TVY7) 51313 Q0KSCI Iran-Sima(Farsi) 90630 E2KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Theodore Tugboat (TV) KCET Charlie Horse Music 75597 EH KTBN Marilyn Hickey EBKOCEArrerico Ssws 3KVEARugrats 03 KDOCFutarikko (7:101 BD KLCS Putting English to Work OKRCA Emerge AMC Movie "The Redhead From Wyoming "(1952) 953787 DISN Timon Pumbaa (TVYj El Homes With Style (TVG) ESPN2 BodyShaping FAM All Dogs Go to Heaven (TVY7) FSW Fox Sports News FSW2 Forever Young FX MASH (TVPG) HBOBabar(TVY) UFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout (TVG) MTV MTV Jams Countdown (TVFGI NICK Tiny Toon Adventures 493394 SHOW Movies "Of Love and Desire" (1963) 99268706 (7:43) TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) WGN BatmanSuperman (TVY7-FVI Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Jan. 4-10) 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. KCAL Funniest Home Videos fD KTTV I Love Lucy IB KCOP NewsRadio (TVPG) EED KSCI I Can Do It! EB KWHY Business News 24 KVCRWnizie'sflouse(TVY)21067 BD KCET Barney ITVY) 32787 03 KTBN Dr.

Cherry EE KHSC Connie Stevens H3 KOCE Instructional TV KVEA Ely Ella 75503 B3 KDOC Life in the Word HD KLCS Teams GBKRCAAFIor de Piel 65077 3 KADY The Newlywed Game AMC Movie The Groat Dictator "(1940) 95435435 Northern Exposure ITVPGI CNBC Power Lunch 75077 CNNNewsday COM Movie "Sibling Rivalry" I19S0) (2 hr. 7259416 DSC Assignment Discovery (TVGI DISN Smq Me a Story: With Belle E) Dear John (TVGI ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat FAM Mork and Mindy (TVGI FSW American Health and Fitness FSW2 Aerobic Conditioning FX Picket Fences (TVPG-DV) HIST High Points in History (TVGI LIFE Next Door With Katie Brown MTV Music Videos (TVPGI NiCK Charlie Brown 156706 SCI-H The Twilight Zone (TVPG) TBS Matlock TCM Movie "Sands of Iwo Jima' (1949)(1 hr. 50 min.) 3795232 TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN Club Dance (TVG) TNT Bodies of Evidence (TV1 4 USA The Jeff Foxworthy Show (TVPG) WGN Matlock 10:30 a.m. ID KTTV Andy Griffith (0 KCOP Judge Joe Brown S3 KWHY Business News; Health News 10:50 '24 KVCR Sewing With Nancy EB KTBN Casey Treat KDOC Frooles (TVGI 910394 BO KLCS The Art Maker; Tracks: Impressions of America (1 0:45) DISN Out of the Box (TVY ESPN American Muscle ESPN2 NFL's Greatest Moments NICK Franklin 145690 TLC Reunion (TVGI USA Boston Common (TVPG) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPG) Cable Services 39 63 SCI-fl 87 AMC35 ESPN 34 SHOW 41 BET 57 ESPN2 84 TBS 43 BRVO 54 FAM 47 TCM 88 CNBC 31 FSW27 TIC 51 COM 79 FX 89 TWC 58 CSPN 29 HBO 33 TON 49 CMAX 45 HIST 30 TNT 52 CNN 42 LIFE 46 USA 44 DSC 37 MTV 48 VH162 DISN 53 NICK 38 WGN 55 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 (TVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; Fantasyviolence TVG) General Audience (TVPGI Parental Guidance (TV1 4 Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only (0 Suggestive Dialogue (L Coarse Language IS Sex (V Violence 8:00 a.m. HKCBS This Morning Tracey Oilman; emergency rooms. 70077 KCAl Beast Wars (TVY7) 1 7690 0 KCOP Mummies Alrve (TVY7) 57232 S3 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Barney TVY1 1226 B0 KCET Storytime 46936 B3 KTBN Kenneth Copeland ESKHSCAora Collection ED KOCE Inspiration of Painting: Oils 09 KVEA Blue's Clues S3 KDOC Robert Tilton B3 KLCS Reading Rainbow 59416 63 KADY Hercules 77042 Murder, She BET Jam Zone BRVO Inside tho Actors Studio (TVPG) Gene Wilder 585042 COMOr.KatzlJVFG) DISN Goof TioopjTVYI Dear John (Mil ESPN SportsCsr'-r ESPN2 Co-ed FAM Bad Dog (TVfil 237655 FSW Fox Sports FSW2 Fox Sports News FX MASH (TVPG) HBO Movie "Mars Attecks!" (1996)11 hr.

43 mini 122394 UFE Designing Women (TVFG-D) NICK Rocko's Modern Life 383905 SCI-H Dark Shadows (TVG) 3617226 TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) TLCPappylandllVYI TNT CHiPs ITVPGI USA Funniest Homo Videos (TVP3) WGN Andy Griffith (TVGI Nat- View- Net- View- Net- View-Program work era Program work art Program work era 1 fR NBC 31 60 58 48 Hours CBS 11.44 117. Dnesta UPN 194 2. Friends NBC 2102 Wll 3. Football-Fiesta Bowl ABC 26.11 6i. Maggie winters (Mon.) cbs il CaDIO TOP 10 4.

Frasier NBC 24.56 62. iwooiaKind abc 11.10 rL ZZZr si uno Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable pro-- 5. Just Shoo Me Thur. NBC 23.25 63- F0X 1109 olc fi p. Fny 64.

America's Most wanted FOX 11.08 grams in prime time last week, also ranked KJS KJX sa 65. Ally McBeal fox 10.88 by total viewers (in millions). 7. NFC Playoff Game FOX 21.28 66. Candid Camera: BattleolSees CBS 10 57 Net- View- 8.

Veronica's Closet NBC 21.24 67. Worm Wildest Police Videos FOX 10 26 Program work en 9. The X-Files FOX 21.20 i. Porgaw t76 10. The Simpsons FOX 19.68 f0 nbc iom I w.stimg.Mon..

usa 11. "People's Choice Awards" C6S 19.58 71. Guinness World Records FOX 9.89 Wrestling (Mon 9 p.m.) USA 6.74 12. Providence NBC 19.36 72. Ally McBeal (8 p.m.) FOX 982 4' Wes'BIMon.

8 p.m.) TNT 6.70 13. Touched by an Angel CBS 19.21 73. 'The Flintstones" ABC 9.44 5" Wrestling 10 p.m.) TNT 5.54 14. Fiesta Bowl Pregame Show ABC 18 97 74. The Nanny CBS 9 16 6" TNT 5.31 16.

60 Minutes CBS 18.67 75. lateline NBC 8 97 Wrestling 7 p.m.) USA 4.97 17. Home improvement ABC 18 56 76. Profiler NBC 892 8' Wrestling 9:05 p.m.) TBS 4.97 18. DharmalGreg ABC 17.94 77.

World's Funniest! duel FOX 8.78 9' Wrestling 8:05 m) TBS 4 77 19. Dateline NBC (Fn.) NBC 17.75 78. Encore! Encorel NBC 8.74 10- "The Amencan President" TNT 4.66 20. 2020 (Fri) ABC 16 91 79. Foi Files FOX 8.61 21.

"Sleepless in Seattle" CBS 16 49 80. King of the Hill FOX 804 MAtWOrk AlAratAft 22. US Order NBC 16 38 81. Vengeance Unlimited ABC 7 72 "TCI 23. "New Swiss Family Rohmson" abc 1604 82.

Maggie winters cbs 7.62 Here is the number of viewers that each 24. Walter. Tes Ranger CBS 16.00 83. Chicago Hope CBS 7 06 network averaged per hour of prime time, 25. Diagnosis Murder CBS 15.90 84.

"Saturdav Night live" NBC 6 74 26. Two Guys, Girl, Plaa Place ABC 15.52 85. Bnmstone fox 6.40 for last week and for the season. 27. Whose line is II Anyway? ABC 15.40 86.

7th Heaven WB 6 21 L'" 28. 2020(Wed.) ABC 15.35 87. Millennium FOX 6.14 llli "Behind Closed Doors vir abc 5.78 ABC 14.37 million 12.40 30. Sabnna. the Teenage Witch ABC 14.98 89.

Cupid ABC 5.77 31. NFC Playoff Postgame Show FOX 14 88 90, Fantasy Island ABC 5.39 NBL 14 01 1Z Ai 32. TheHughlcys ABC 14.86 91 me Steve Harvey Show WB 4.83 CBS 13.92 13.20 33. Just Shoot Me NBC 14.55 92 the lamie Fob Show WB 4.60 FOX 11.94 10.71 34- Spin City ABC 14.41 93 Buffy, the Vampire Slaver WB 4.29 WB 3 95 4 51 35. The Practice ABC 14.38 94 "Batman Beyond" WB 4.16 36.

Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 13.72 96 star Trek: Voyager UPN 4.06 UPN 2'68 2'70 37. Kids Say the Darndest Things CBS 13.55 96 For Your Love WB 4.05 38. NashBndges CBS 13.44 97; Unhappily EvrerAfter WB 3 91 Southland VlAMInt 39. Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 13.43 98 rhe Wayans Bros. WB 3.84 awMlllww IOWIHS 40.

Canda Camera CBS 13.35 99 sister, Sister wb 3.82 Here are Nielsen's Top 10 prime-time 41. win Grace NBC 13.07 100 Moestla UPN 3 69 oroerams in Los Anaeles area durine 42. Promised Land CBS 13.05 101 nw. WB 3 66 Pr08rams lne Loil area ounng 43. cops is 30 p.m.) fox 1296 102 cltmaS 360 the same week.

The rankings are based on 44. Dateline NBC (Wed.) NBC 12 84 103 unhappily Ever After (9 30 111 WB 3 52 the number of households watching. 45. "In My Sisters Shadow" CBS 12.82 SmarlGuy WB 3.29 46. EariyEdition CBS 12 71 105 Chamied(Mon) WB 3.06 Spoils Night ABC 12 55 Cll)eless UPN 3 06 48 Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 12.48 )07 7 Davs UPN 3 03 1.

Fhends KNBC 1,124,587 49. Brother's Keeper ABC 12.39 108 Malcolm Eddie (8 p.m.) UPN 2.86 2. ER KNBC 1.006,480 50. Magnificent Seven CBS 12.37 109 Love Boat: The Net Wave UPN 2 84 3. lust Shoot Me KNBC 985,939 51.

Homicide: Lie on the Street NBC 12.29 110 America's Greatest Pets UPN 2 60 4. Frasier KNBC 924,318 52. 2020(Sun.) ABC 12.13 Felrcity WB 2.56 5. Fiesta Bowl Postgame Show KABC 862.697 w' JAG C8S 1191 112. Amenca Greatest Pets (9.30) UPN 2 60 6.

Pis KTTV 857,562 54. Martial Law CBS 1182 n3 Malcolm 4 Eddie UPN 2.43 7. Trie Files KTTV 790,805 55. BoyMeetsWortd ABC 1166 u4 GuysUkeUs UPN 2.36 60Minutes KCBS 790,805 56. "The Wrong Girl" NBC 11.64 115 "Amanda and the Alien" UPN 2 05 9.

TheSimpsons KTTV 785,670 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 11.64 116 Le6aC( UPN 19; 10 Veronica's Closet KNBC 739,454 MORNING 9:30 a.m. KCBS Martha Stewart Living (TVGI 18400 KCAL Real TV ITVPGI 03 KTTV I Love Lucy DO KCOP Martin KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Ones Upon a Tree 45771 SO KCET The Puslo Race (TVY) 70481 EB KTBN Dear and Mary Brown OS KP.CA Tres Patirss 53, KADY The Dating Game BRVO Movie Slaughterhouse-Five" (1972) (2 hr. 30 rrin.) 71606 CMAX Movie "Project (1987) 11 hr. 48 min.) 2660077 CNN Burden of Proof 410416 DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVYI Mysteries Scandals (TVPG-D) ESPN2 BodyShaping FAM The 700 Club FSW2 Forever Young UFE New Attitudes (TVPG) 202526 NiCK Blue's Clues SCI-FI Beyond Reality (TVPGI SHOW Movie "Heart of Dixie" (1989)11 hr. 35 min.) 3117706 TLC Slice of Life (TVG) USA Something So Right (TVPGI 11:00 a.m.

KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14) 48042 KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane HKABC: 3 KEYT Port Charles 54752 II KCAL Jerry Springer (TV1 4) 1 1 936 Da KTTV Grace Under Fire 03 KCOP Jenny Jones (TVG) 33961 53 KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:20) 24 KVCR America Sews SO KCET The Big Comfy Couch 67868 KMEX Grandes Historias: Maria Jose 31503 36 KMIR The People's Court ED KTBN James Robison 42 KESQ Howie Mandel 64435 EBKHSC Jewels From Africa EB KVEA Petra Amor 37313 S3 KDOC Southland Today (TVGI S3 KLCS Using Maps, Globes. Graphs. Tables, Charts and Diagrams, Taxes in History (11:15) AMC Movie "To Be or Not to Be" (1942) 47445416 (1 1 :1 5) CMAX Movie "Warlords of Atlantis" (1978) 14289413 (11:151 CNBC Street Signs COM Anything but Love ITVPGI DSC HousesmartfTVGI DISN Madeline (TVY) What Men Really Want (TVPG-D) ESPN Billiards ESPN2 Sports Auto Racing Pikes Peak 18-Wheeler Hill Climb. 8861348 FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HIST 20th Century (TVPG) LIFE Chicago Hope (TVPGI NICKGullah Gullah Island 345023 SCI-FI Sightings (TVGI SHOW Movie "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985K1 hr. 22 mm TBS Movie "Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star" (1986) (2 hr 5 min.) 43686394 TCM Movie "Westward the Women" (1951) 1148110 TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) TNN Dallas (TVPG) TNT Movie "The Stars Fell on Henrietta" 119951 16617597 USA Wings (TVPG) VH1 Behind the Music TV14 WGN Empty Nest (TVPG S) AFI OPENINGS 8:30 a.m.

KCAL Field Trip (TVY71 16961 O0 KCOP Bloopy's Buddies 5G503 BBKWHY Business News 24 KVCRTots TV 10397 HD KCET Arthur (IVY) 41435 ED KTBN Lifestyle 43584 353400 EBKVEALift-OH 12955 S3 KLCS Cursive Handwriting; Math for Primary (8.45) ESKRCAAFIordePiel78597 63 KADY DuckTahs 76313 CNN CNN Company 783C58 COM The Daily IPF3) DISN 101 Dear John (TVGI ESPN2 Kiona'5 Fie- FAM Bobby's Wo'ld ITVY) 226035 FSW Gilad's Be: in Motion FX MASH ITVPGI LIFE Designing Womsn ITVPg-D) NICK Rugrats SCI-H Dark Shedrr (TVS) 3513337 TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) UCSkinnamarinkTVITVY) TMC Movie "Bulls', to Beij" (19951 (2 hi.2rran.) 29454706(8 351 USA Funniest Home (TVPG) WGN Andy Griffith (TVGI 7:00 a.m. EI KCBS News OKNBC 36 KMIR Today Charlton Heston; Robert Downey children's nutrition. 41139 KTLA Morning News 72023 flKABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ Good Morning America Communities that care (Part 3 of men and osteoporosis. 70619 11 KCAL Hercules 16481 ED KTTV Good Day LA. 23431 CBKCOPPokemon 45706 FjBKWHY Business News 24 KVCR Arthur (TVY) 30400 ED KCET Barney (TVY) (Repeat) 52690 S3 KMEX Despierta America! HDKTBN Rod Parsley 03 KOCE Inside Statistics EB KVEA Rocko's Modern Life 12058 S3 KDOC News 0DKLCS Learning English G3KRCA Islade Jordan 63 KADY Bloomberg Information TV The Equalizer CMAX Movie "Twelfth Night" (19961(2 hr.

14 mm.) 725394 CNBC Market Watch 17874 CSPN Public Affairs DISN Aladdin (TVY) Homes With Style TVG ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat FAM Pee-Wee's Playhouse (TVY) FSW Fox Sports News FSW2 Aerobic Conditioning FX MASH ITVPGI HBO The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (TVY) HIST Movie "A Walk in the Sun-- (1945) (2 hr.) 16868 LIFE Denise Austin's Fit Lite (TVG) NICK Garfield and Friends 587787 SCI-FI Forever Knight (TVPG) TBS Little House on the Prairie TCM Movie "Northern (19431(1 hr 34 min i 7935226 TLC The Berenstain Bears (TVY) TMC Movie "The Daytrippers" (1996)11 hr. 28 min.) 3981329 (7:05) TNT CHiPs (TVPG) WGN BatmanSuperman (TVY7-FV) 10:00 a.m. KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) KNBC 36 KMIR Roseanne Show Virginia Graham tribute. 26874 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) Secret crusher: revealed. 64058 HKABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ The View Author Georgette Mosbacher discusses saving money, make-over.

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Music Chamber Orchestra Kremlin (Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine, 949 249-2404). Misha Rachlevsky conducts the touring Russian ensemble in a program of music by Grieg, Puccini, Schoenberg, Barber, Dvorak and Haydn. Nina Ko-tova is cello soloist. 8 p.m. PopRock Nancy Wilson (The Mint, (i010 W.

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Instead, judges will be asked to vote on a set of criteria that includes star quality, craft, legacy, popularity and historical context. The API will send the list of nominees to more than 1,800 members of the film community. For more than three decades, the AFI has championed the cause of "advancing and preserving the art of the moving image," but in recent years, the nonprofit organization has been striving to overcome severe cutbacks in funding. As a result, the institute has turned to nonlraditional ways to make money. Last year's show on CBS drew more than 11 million viewers who wanted to see how their favorite films were ranked from No.

1 "Citizen Kane" to No. 100 "Yankee Doodle Dandy." But the telecast drew widespread criticism in the media and on the Internet that the selections were designed as a way for studios to sell their videos. AFI officials strongly disputed the claim, saying the studios had no knowledge of which films would be selected. ft I mWr rxisV MAKING rfc 1W BEAUTIFUL Space Meet the. extraordinary man fi a behind the extraordinarv storv critic who told us that 'ER' would never do a story line that ridiculous," Yorkin said.

"After last week's we had to fight the urge to call him and say, 'Uh, did you catch "ER" last "Chicago Hope" airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on CBS. The network has rated it TV-14 (may be unsuitable for children under 14). "ER" airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on NBC.

The network has rated it TV-PG (may be unsuitable for children under 14). tf i that hat ttnlen thi hearh of audiences worldwide. Tonight at 10:00 pm Tomorrow at 8:00 pm Century Cable Channel! 0 is: I iOtandnrark-T1ieatres-i Discount Shows in TNo Passes www.movienet.com "UOWIi: AND CLYDE FOU THE 90s!" Heila TImmms, LOS ANGELES TIMES r.AV episode in which Austin treated former astronaut Gordon Mays (Chris Sarandon), who was suffering an irregularity in his heart. In later episodes, Mays, who was scheduled to go back into space, suffered a heart attack and was told he could no longer travel on the shuttle. He was instructed by NASA to name his replacement.

Austin, seeking a new challenge and taken by Mays' descriptions of his adventures in space, asked him to nominate her. Her decision prompted anger from hospital management, who demoted her. On "ER," last week, Greene told his coiicagucs that he had applied for the space program during his second year of residency, and made the first cut. He tried to defer because his then-wife was just entering law school and his daughter was still in diapers. The issue is expected to come up again in future episodes.

D'Elia called the similarity between the two story lines just one example of a strange Hollywood phenomenon. Jr just motes you wonder How can movies like 'Armageddon' and Peep Impact she up at the sai-ie time?" he said. "I went to the movies the other day and saw a trailer for this film called 'Analyze This' shout a mobster seeing a shrink. It sounds just like 'The Sopranos' new HBO series about a mobster. "Chicago Hope" co-executive producer Nicole Yorkin said there is a silver lining to the coincidence.

"A couple of weeks ago, me and fellow co-executive producer Dawn Prestwich were defending the 'Austin Space' story to a TV m. NOW PLAYING AT THE NUART inparaDISE IR, TRIMARK' 5j Continued from Fl Something is going on, but I don't think anyone is copying anyone." Noting that "ER" is TV's most popular series, D'Elia added: "It's not like they need our help. We're a hit, but they get huge ratings." If Greene, who is one of "Ell's" anchors, is getting ready to blast off, those associated with the show are keeping mum. "ER" producers refused to even address the similarity, declining any comment. A spokesman for Warner Bros.

Television, which produces the series, downplayed the significance of any parallels between the two stories. There are indications that while "Chicago Hope's" Austin will make the NASA team, Greene will most likely stay earthbound, at least for now, according to some observers. The shows have often been talked about in the same breath, despite their numerous differences. The comparisons began when they premiered on the same night at the same time 10 p.m. in 1994.

Both are set in Chicago hospitals, and are populated with characters ranging from sympathetic and considerate to combative and abrasive. The two shows have at times shared plot lines. "Chicago Hope" insiders recalled episodes, which aired close together in early 1996, that involved physicians being held hostage in grocery stores by gunmen. Said D'Elia: "It really doesn't surprise me when the two shows have similar medical or emergency stories. It's always within the realm of possibility that we will share some story ideas.

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