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LOS ANGELES TIMES F12 WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1998 TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings '60 Minutes' Maintains Its Grip CHANNELS LnAngeW EB Orange County E3KDOC(lnd )56 QKC8SIC8SI02 S3 KLCS(PBS) 17 tJKNBCINBClM DSC Interior Motives TVG DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Motorcycle Racing FAM Christy (TVG) FSW2 Film Feature FX The Collectibles Show (TVG) UFE Sisters (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 244613 SCI-H Sightings (TVG) SHOW Movie "The Adventures of Milo and Otis" (1989) 1hr.16min.) 64559209 (9:15) TBS Matlock TLC On the Inside (TVG) TNN Aleene's Creative Living (TVG) TNT CHiPs (TVPG) USA Gimme a Break WGN Geraldo Rivera (TVPG) 349193 HKTIA(WB)05 The clock keeps right on ticking for "60 Minutes," as the venerable newsmagazine topped the ratings for the third time in four weeks its best run since 1993, according to results issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. With newsmagazines continuing to beat up reruns of sitcoms and dramas, highlights for the latter genres were few and far between. "Just Shoot Me," starring David Spade, continues to impress as part of NBC's Thursday lineup, last week easily outperforming "Seinfeld," which has lost steam since its big farewell episode. Even high-rated miniseries have done little to shake up the ratings, the most recent fizzle coming from the opening part of CBS' "Gone With the Wind" sequel, "Scarlett," on Sunday. ABC fared slightly better with Stephen King's "The Stand," whose concluding chapter provided its best Thursday night results since April.

According to Fox, a technical problem with satellite transmission interrupted "The Simpsons" for 15 minutes in the Eastern and Central time zones Sunday, hurting ratings for the night's prime-time lineup. BRIAN LOWRY 24 KVCR Psychology ED KCET The Charlie Horse Music Pizza ITVY) 25385 ED KTBN Marilyn Hickey S3 KOCE America Sews S3 KVEAHola Los Angeles 64551 KDOC Futarikko (7:40) BD KLCS Putting English to Work iJ KADY Sonic the Hedgehog 77483 DISN Timon Pumbaa (TVY) Fashion File (TVPG)1 76209 ESPN2BodyShaping HBOBabarlTVYI LIFE Denise Austin Daily Workout (TVG) NICK Rocko's Modern Life 217174 SCI-R Ray Bradbury Theater (TVPG) SHOW Movie "Groundhog Day" (1993)11 hr 41 min.) 4108385 TLCSkinnamarinkTV(TVY) TNTFIintstones(TVY) USA Gargoyles (TVY7-FV) WGN BatmanSuperman (TVY7-FV) DKABCIABCI07 SEJS.ni OKCAINJ03 ggJSj" 0QKnV(R11 fBKC0P(UPN13 Santa Barbara 07 iSISS SmBwMnBno Vgntin County HD KOCE (PBS) 50 8SKADYIUPN) 16 KCAL Jerry Springer 35396 09 KTTV We Love Lucy (TVG) DO KCOP Jenny Jones (TVPG) 601 93 ES KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:20) 24 KVCR America Sews BD KCET Storytime 59919 BD KMEX A Todo Corazdn 69025 36 KMIR The People's Court EQ KTBN James Robison l2 KESQ Howie Mandel (TVPG) BD KHSC Anything Goes ED KOCE U.S. History Since 1677 S3 KVEA Las Juanas 77071 ED KDOC Southland Today S3 KLCS Kratts' Creatures 86025 CNBC Street Signs COM Saturday Night Live (TVPG) DSCHousesmartlTVGI DISN Rescue Rangers (TVY) ESPN Bodybuilding ESPN2 Sports Auto Racing PPG Dayton Indy Lights Championship. 7894551 FX Picket Fences (TVPG-D) HBO Movies "Multiplicity" (1996) (1 hr. 57 min.) 563990 HIST 20th Century (TVPG) LIFE thirtysomething MTV Carson Daly (TVPG) NICK World of Dr.

Seuss 164358 SCI-H Bionic Woman (TVG) TLC INNtimate Escapes (TVG) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) TNT Spenser: For Hire USA Major Dad (TVG) VH1 fashionKingdom WGN Empty Nest (TVPG) Cable Services National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (July 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 254 million potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership Is listed here In millions.

View- SCI-H87 SHOW 41 TBS 43 TIC 51 TMC58 TNN49 TNT 52 USA 44 VH162 WGN55 AMC35 BET 57 BRVO 54 CNBC 31 COM 79 CSPN 29 CMAX45 CNN 42 DSC 37 DISN53 63 ESPN 34 ESPN2 84 FAM 47 FSW27 FX 89 HBO 33 HIST 30 UFE 46 MTV 48 NICK 38 Program UPN 2.10 UPN 1.79 WB 1.73 UPN 1.69 107. Moesha IOS. Clueless (Mon.) 109. The Parent 'Hood (7:00) 110. Clueless (9:30) 9:30 a.m.

KCAL 63 KADY The Dating Game 03 KTTV Grace Under Fire EBKCOPRoseanne KWHY Business News 24 KVCR The Magic School Bus BD KCET The Puzzle Place (TVY) 47735 03 KTBN Dean and Mary Brown S3 KOCE American Adventure S3 KLCS Math for Primary (9:45) CNN Burden of Proof 609006 DSC Start to Finish (TVG) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El The Gossip Show (TVPG-D) 81 5071 HBO Movie "The Daring Dobermans" (1973) CharlesKnox Robinson. (1 hr. 29 min.) 522367 HIST Battle Line (TVG) NICK Blue's Clues SCI-R Mysteries, Magic Miracles (TVG) TLC On the Inside (TVG) TMC Movie "Side Out" (1390) C. (1 hr. 44 min.) 61244377 (9:50) TNN Aleene's Creative Living (TVG) USA Perfect Strangers (TVG) Cable Top 10 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable programs In prime time last week, also ranked imminii rij) jf us hiim- V' it 1 i by total viewers (In millions).

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 view- Net-Program an work Wrestling (Mon. 10 p.m.) 525 USA 2.

Wrestling (Mon. 10 p.m.) 5.00 TNT 3. Wrestling (Mon. 8 p.m.) 4.89 TNT 4. Wrestling (Mon.

9 p.m.) 4.73 USA 5. Wrestling (Thurs. 10 p.m.) 4.44 TBS 6. Wrestling (Mon. 9 p.m.) 4.23 TNT 7.

Wrestling (Tim. 9 p.m.) 4.18 TBS 8. "Batman and Robin" 4.11 HBO 9. "FaceOff' 4.10 HBO 10. Wortd Championship Boxing 3.86 HBO David Spade 8:00 a.m.

BKCBS This Morning Finances; actor Jay Mohr. 65735 fl KCAL World of Tex Avery 21 629 IB KCOP Extreme Ghostbusters 87209 S3 KWHY Business News KVCR Race to Save the Planet ED KCET Storytime (Repeat) 1 2551 EG) KTBN Kenneth Copeland ED KOCE Best of Joy of Painting E3 KDOC Robert Tilton ED KLCS The Story of Read-Alee- Deed-Alee 63 KADY Extreme Dinosaurs 70919 Quincy (TVG) BET Jam Zone BRVO Movie "The American Friend" (1977) (2 hr. 10 min.) 49662193 COM Dr. Katz (TVPG) DISN Goof Troop (TVY) One Day at a Time ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Co-ed Training FAM Rescue 911 (TVPG) FSW FIT-TV FX Mission: Impossible (TVPG-V) HBO Movie "The Doberman min.) 610648 LIFE Barbara Walters: Interviews of a Lifetime (TVG) 5071 74 MTV The Daily Burn (TVPG) NICK Charlie Brown 327990 SCI-H Monsters (TVPG) TBS Mama's Family TLC Swamp Critters (TVY) TMC Movie "Scrooged" (1988) (1 hr. 41 min.) 29696938 (8:05) TNN Dallas (TVPG) TNT CHiPs (TVPG) USA Facts of Life (TVPG-D) WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) 11:30 a.m.

LT KEYT News KNBC News KABC News DO KSCI Taiwan News KWHY Business News KVCR From a Country Garden BD KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 50648 EQ KTBN Benny Hinn S3 KOCE U.S. History Since 1877 S3 KOOC The Lucy Show (TVG) S3 KLCS French in Action BET Planet Groove DISN Madeline (TVY) ESPN Surfing FAM Carol Burnett and Friends (TVG) MTV Say What? (TVPG) NICK GullahGullah Island 165087 TLC INNtimate Escapes (TVG) TMC Movie "Lone Star" (1996) Chris Cooper. USA Major Dad (TVG) WGN Empty Nest (TVPG) TV RATINGS ITVY) All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV14) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only (D) Suggestive Dialogue (L Coarse Language IS) Sex IV) Violence 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. Nat- Vkw- Program work ara 1. 60 Minutes CBS uj5 2.

Dateline: NBC (Tue.) NBC 13.86 3. Just Shoot Me NBC 13.31 4. PrimeTime Live ABC 13.05 5. 48 Hours (Mon.) CBS 12.87 6. Frasier NBC 12.75 7.

Seinfeld NBC 12.60 8. ER NBC 12.56 9. 2020 ABC 11.73 10. Friends NBC 11.17 11. 3rd Rock From Sun (Tue.) NBC 11.15 12.

Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 10.85 13. Law 4 Order NBC 10.76 14. Touched by an Angel CBS 10.75 15. Dateline: NBC (Sun.) NBC 10.09 16. JAG CBS 10.00 17.

Nome Improvement ABC 9.77 18. Diagnosis: Murder CBS 9.76 19. "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" ABC 9.70 20. Suddenly Susan (Thu.) NBC 9.67 21. Everybody Loves.

CBS 9.66 22. Dateline: NBC (Mon.) NBC 9.50 23. 48 Hours CBS 9.46 24. Tin Drew Carey Show ABC 9.30 25. "S.King's The Stand," Part 2 ABC 9.18 26.

"Unmaskedl Exposed Secrets" NBC 9.12 27. King's The Stand," Part 3 ABC 8.98 28. DharmalGreg ABC 8.96 29. CybHI CBS 8.94 30. Frasier (Sun.) NBC 8.77 31.

Soul Man ABC 8.74 32. Dateline: NBC (Frl.) NBC 8.67 Law! Order (Sun.) NBC 8.67 34. Working NBC 8.53 35. PuMc Eye, Bryant Gumtiel CBS 6.51 "Summer of Fear" C8S 8.51 37. Everybody Loves Raymond CBS 8.39 38.

Boy Meets World ABC 8.34 39. King's The Stand," Part 4 ABC 8.31 40. VouWIsh ABC 8.05 41. Cosby CBS 8.02 42. Nash Bridges CBS 7.99 43.

Sabrlna, Teenage Witch (8:00) ABC 7.96 44. Teen Angel ABC 7.82 45. Two Guys, Gld.Plua ABC 7.79 46. MagniBcent Seven CBS 7.77 47. AlyMcBeal FOX 7.76 48.

"Striking Distance" FOX 7.67 49. Working (Sun.) NBC 7.64 50. "Scarlett," Part I CBS 7.55 51. America's Most Wanted FOX 7.51 52. "Wildest Police Videos" FOX 7.50 53.

"The Odyssey," Part 2 NBC 7.46 54. Kids Say Damdest Things CBS 7.38 55. Candid Camera CBS 7.36 56. Promised Land CBS 7.31 57. Cops 2 FOX 7.30 58.

NewsRadk) NBC 7.15 59. 3rd Rock From Sun NBC 7.06 60. Chicago Hope ABC 6.99 61. "Deceived by Trust" NBC 6.96 62. Simple life CBS 6.85 63.

America's Funniest Videos ABC 6.80 AFTERNOON last Season week to data NBC 8.85 million 14.10 CBS 8.77 13.11 ABC 7.87 11.40 FOX 6.28 9.80 WB 3.49 4.24 UPN 2.34 3.72 Net- view-Program work ate 64. The Nanny CBS 6.75 65. The Simpsons FOX 6.60 "World's Greatest Magic IV" NBC 6.60 67. The X-Files FOX 6.59 68. Pretender NBC 6.49 69.

Family Matters CBS 6.44 70. Cops FOX 6.42 71. Ellen ABC 6.34 72. Mad About Vou NBC 6.26 73. ABC News Thursday ABC 6.15 74.

Fox Flies FOX 6.04 75. Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction FOX 5.96 76. Early Edition CBS 5.90 77. King of the Hill FOX 5.83 78. World's Funniestl FOX 5.56 79.

Step by Step CBS 5.46 80. Damon (8:30) FOX 5.24 81. WonderfulWortd of Disney ABC 4.98 82. "Star Trek: Generations" FOX 4.90 83. TV Censored Bloopers '98 NBC 4.88 84.

Damon FOX 4.84 85. 7th Heaven WB 4.48 86. "Reality Bites" ABC 4.31 Dawson's Creek WB 4.31 88. Millennium FOX 4.08 89. Smart Guy WB 3.97 The Steve Harvey Show WB 3.97 91.

Unhappily Ever After WB 3.84 The Steve Harvey Show (Sun.) WB 3.84 93. fluffy, the Slayer WB 3.47 94. The Wayans Bros. WB 3.42 95. Sister, Sister WB 3.32 96.

The Jamie Foxx Show WB 3.25 97. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 3.17 98. Jamie Foxx Show (SP) WB 3.16 99. Timecop ABC 2.98 100. Buffy, the Slayer (Mon.) WB 2.73 101.

Good News (Tue.) UPN 2.43 102. The Parent Hood WB 2.33 103. Malcolm Eddie (Tue.) UPN 2.31 104. The Sentinel UPN 2.30 105. In the House (Tue.) UPN 2.29 106.

love Boat: The Next Wave UPN 2.24 10:00 a.m. BKCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) El KNBC EXTRA (TVPG) 20938 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) Dictatorial men. 95700 KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ The View Singer Brandy; Barbara De Angelis on relationships; denim fashions. 93396 KCAL 36 KMIR Maury Povich (TVPG) 15532 DDI KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) KCOP Dr Gum. Medicine Woman (TVG) KWHY Business News i24j KVCR Creative Living BD KCET Sesame Street 25349 EE) KMEX Maite BD KTBN Behind the Scenes; John Avanzini; Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

(10:15) S3 KOCE Ethics in America EBKVEAUovizna 60735 S3 KDOC Froozles 467938 ED KLCS Challenge of the Unknown KADY Jenny Jones (TVPG-L) Law Order (TVPG) BRVO Movie "Summertime" (19551(1 hr. 50 min.) 10945087 (10:101 CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters TVGt215716 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) Andy Warhol: The True Hollywood Story (TVPG) ESPN Ironman Triathlon 20th Anniversary Special FAM The 700 Club FX Life Goes On (TVPG-D) HIST Birth of Europe (TVG) LIFE LA. Law MTV Drive-Thru America (TVPG) NICK World of Richard Scarry 582990 SCI-H Forever Knight (TVPG) TBS Movie "Conan the Barbarian" (19821 360532 TLC Great Country Inns (TVG) TNN The Waltons (TVG) TNT Charlie's Angels USA Wings (TVPG) VH1 Pop Up Video (TVPG) WGN News 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.

KCAL X-Men 40700 QD KCOP Bananas in Pajamas the Crayon Box 79280 03 KWHY Business News BD KCET Arthur (TVY) 11 822 QD KTBN Lifestyle Magazine 328629 BC KOCE Teletubbies 563071 BDKLCS Wishbone 48938 S3 KADY 101 The Series 62990 CNN CNN Company 886613 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) 4664342 DISN Mickey's Mouse Tracks (TVY) El One Day at a Time ESPN2 Kiana's Flex Appeal LIFE Barbara Walters: Interviews of a Lifetime (TVG) Candice Bergen. 506445 MTV MTV Jams Countdown (TVPG) NICKRugrats SCI-H The Twilight Zone (TVPG) TBS Mama's Family TLC Swamp Critters (TVY) USA Facts of Life (TVPG) WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) Ita- House-Program Hon holds 1. Seinfeld KNBC 701,292 2. Just Shoot Me KNBC 671,237 3. 60 Minutes KCBS 586,080 4.

Frasier KNBC 581,071 5. Dateline: NBC (Tue.) KNBC 520,960 8. ER KNBC 515,951 7. Home Improvement KABC 510,941 8. Suddenly Susan KNBC 505,932 9.

"Sleep, Baby, Sleep" KABC 495,914 10. AllyMcBeal KTTV 490,905 Noon BKCBS News El KNBC 36 KMIR Another World (TV14I80735 11 KTLA Little House on the Prairie KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ All My Children (TVPG) 22735 KCAL News ED KTTV Beverly Hillbillies EBKCOPMontel Williams 95716 CD KSCI Mandarin Drama KWHY Business News; High-Tech Report (12:20) 24 KVCR Sewing Connection BD KCET Mister Rogers 22938 EH KTBN The 700 Club S3 KOCE Woof! It's a Dog's Life S3 KVEA Cine S3 KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG-V) S3 KLCS Real Science! 63 KAOY Bloomberg Information TV BRVO Movie "Charley Varrick" (1973) Walter Matthau. 452006 CMAX Movie "Night and Day" 11946 Cary Grant. 61223445 (12:15) CNN TalkBack Live 699629 COM Kids in the Hall (TVPG) DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) Model (TVPG) ESPN America's Horse ESPN2 Beach Hockey FAM Diagnosis Murder (TVPG) FSW The Last Word 24396 FX 21 Jump Street ITVPG-DV) HIST Movie "In Which We Serve" (1942) Noel Coward. (2 hr.

30 min.) 507303 UFE Night Court MTV The Daily Burn (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 337377 SCI-FI Wonder Woman (TVG) TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN Crook Chase (TVG) Alan Jackson; Jennifer Thompson; Troy Shondell. 387193 TNT Movie "Mysteries From Beyond Earth" (1975) (2 hr) 727342 USA Movie "Where's the Money, Noreen?" (19951 137464 VH1 Top 10 Countdown (TVPG) WGNWiseguy 7:00 a.m. KCES News El KNBC 36 KMIR Today Tom Hanks; Mohamed Al Fayed interview (Part 2 of 2). 52071 KTLA Morning News Wrestling camp. 89193 KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ Good Morning America Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld.

74261 OKCAL Mummies Alive 34613 ID KTTV Good Day A. 21193 00 KCOP Marvel Superheroes 72938 ESKWHY Business News KVCR Psychology 50 KCET Barney (TVY) (Repeat) 1 0700 K3 KMEX jDespierta America! 330532 3 KTBN Rod Parsley EH KHSC Maggie Sweet Dreams fflKVEA Lift-OH 52716 E3 KDOC News ED KLCS Learning English EQKRCAIsIa deJordan 63 KADY The Mask 65648 AMC Movie "Kathy 0" (1958) (1 hr. 45 min.) 11 31 1 71 3 (7: 1 5) The Equalizer CMAX Movie "The Rainmaker" (1956) Burt Lancaster. 2 hr.1 min.) 416483 CNBC Market Watch 38174 CSPN House of Representatives 8701236 DISN Aladdin (TVY) El News Daily 157174 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat FAM Bonanza (TVG) FSW Fox Sports News FX FIT-TV (TVG) HBO The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (TVY) HIST Movie "In Which We Serve" (1942) (2 hr. 30 min.) 299358 LIFE Everyday Workout (TVG) NICKAaahhlll Real Monsters 238867 SCI-H Night Gallery TBS Little House: A New Beginning TIC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNN Crook Chase (TVG) Dofaie Gray: Mel Gibson; Danny Glover.

963822 TNTFIintstones(TVY) USA Gargoyles (TVY7-FV) VH1 CardioVideo(TVPG) WGN Pinky 8 the Brain (TVY) 1 75445 RADIO 7- 8 p.m. Symphony at Seven, KKGO-FM (105.1). 8- 1 1 p.m.-Opera House, KCSN-FM 188.5). MUSIC: P0P-C0UNTRY-F01K-JAZZ- 9 a.m.-noon-Wink Martindale, KGIl (1260). 10 a.m.-Noon-Global Village.

KPFK-FM 190.7). 10:30 a.m. KNBC Access Hollywood Catherine Zeta-Jones. 44445 DO KTTV Andy Griffith (TVG) S3 KWHY Business News; Health News (10:501 24 KVCR Martha's Sewing Room EE KTBN Casey Treat S3 KDOC Headline News SD KLCS American Frontier; Know It All (10:451 AMC Movie "You Can't Take It With You" (1938) Jean Arthur. (2 hr.

15 (10:45) CMAX Movie "The Cable Guy" (19961(1 hr. 36 min.) 3141700 DISN Katie and Orbie (TVY) NICK Muppet Babies SHOW Movie "Hud" (1963) Paul Newman. (1 hr. 52 min.) 505483 p.m., a.m. Gunsmoke: An old grudge ends in death, KNX (1070).

p.m., a.m. The Whistler: "Final Return." KNX (1070). p.m. CBS Mystery Theater: "Killer of the Year," with Norman Rose, Teri Keane, KNX (1070). 10 p.m.-3 a.m.

Sheryl Brooks, KDIS (710). MUSIC: CLASSICAL 10:45 a.m.-noon Masterpiece of the Day: Elgar on an Original Theme, Enigma," Sir Simon Rattle conducts City of Birmingham Symphony), KKGO-FM (105.1). 6-7 p.m. Mostly Mozart. KKGO-FM (105.1).

Noon-1 p.m. Old School Lunch Hour, urban oldies, KKBT-FM (92.3). Noon-1 p.m. All Request lunchtime oldies, KRLA 1110). Noon-4 p.m.

Chuck Southcott, KGIL (1260). 4-9 p.m. Scott 0'Neil, KGIl (1260). 9:00 a.m. KCBS Guiding Light (TV14) 15667 13 KEYT Regis Kathte Lee 83303 KNBC KMIR Leeza (TV14) 83385 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) Stolen identities.

33087 KABC 42 KESQ Regis KathieLee Antonio Banderas; Jay Mohr, Simply Red. 51483 KCAL 63 KADY The Newlywed Game ED KTTV Grace Under Fire D3 KSCI I Can Doltl EH KWHY Business News 4 KVCR Wimzie's House (TVY) 62532 SO KCET Barney Friends (TW) 31 934 EE KTBN Dr. Cherry BD KHSC Silver Reflections Salute S3 KOCE American Adventure S3 KDOC Life in the Word S3 KLCS Staff Development AMC Movie "Magic Town" (1947) James Stewart. (1 hr. 45 min.) 7286822 Northern Exposure (TVPG) CMAX Movie "Thunder Over the Plains" (13531(1 hr.

23 min.) 574880 CNBC Power Lunch 93290 CNN Newsday COM Movie "Whoops Apocalypse" (19861(2 hr.) 8468483 TIPS FOR TODAY 9 i.m.-noon Morning Becomes Eclectic: Australian digeridoo player Phil Jones (11:30 8.m.-noon. KCRW-FM (89.9). 4- 7 p.m. Larry Mantle's Airtalk: "Apes, language and the Human Mind" p.m.), "Parenting" p.m., "Childhood in the '60s" p.m., "The Science of Sacred Sites" p.m.), KPCC-FM (89.3). 10 p.m.

-midnight San Francisco Symphony: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Bernstein Mahler "0as Lied von der KKGO-FM (105.1). SPORTS 5- 8 p.m. Baseball: Angels at Minnesoia Twins KRLA ll 10). 0:30 p.m. Baseball: Houston Astros at Dodgers.

KXTA 1 1 50). KWKW (1330). DRAMA-COMEDYFAMILY 6- 9 a.m. Dean Wendt Kim Stewart, KDIS (710). 9-11 a.m.

Mickey and Minnie's Tune Time, KDIS (710). 1-6 p.m. Just Plain Mark Zippy, KDIS (710). 6-10 p.m. Lee Cameron, KOIS (710).

TLC Great Country Inns (TVG) USA Wings (TVPG-D) VH1 Women First (TVPG) 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. KCBS The Bold and the Beautiful (TV14) 76532 ED KTTV Beverly Hillbillies ES KWHY Business News; Show Biz Report (12:50) Please see TV LOG, F13 KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14) 39174 KNBC News KTLA Little House on the Prairie KABC 3 KEYT Port Charles 7:30 a.m. OKCAL The Mask 26648 IB KCOP Extreme Dinosaurs 51445 ETJ3 KSCI iran-Sima (Farsi) 551700 B3 KWHY Business News (IVre222Bl wis: 'DRIVE-IN': Mixed-Media Fund-Raiser iMEKMEDl 1 SEATING I Continued from F3 film version's high spot. Last Drive-in," Stages, 1188 Fountain Way, Anaheim.

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WmltJ )m Enter to win one of 25 pairs of tickets to (L "The Cider House Rules" at The Mark Taper 4v Forum. Turn to Thursday's Calendar Weekend section for complete details. if HI MArWAPERFORUM I I TT" Sfc. Los Angeles Times mUtH eft) 'J T.f 1 that we worry: A full-force "Fool for Love" should make us feel the physical behind the words, like Nora slamming the door at the end of "A Doll's House" a hundredfold. Shepard's lovers, though, can never truly leave each other, for reasons they can neither fully express nor understand.

Like the doomed, heartsick people of Richard Ford's fiction, Shepard's men and women express themselves incoherently, and Urich and Smith connect to this dissonance. Just as connected is Ian Downs as the clueless Martin, May's unsuspecting movie date for the evening who's caught up in the tornado of Eddie's comical rage. Downs may suggest a nerdier guy than the brassy May would go for, but he allows Martin's rough sense of pride to pop to the surface. As the Old Man, the ghostly father of May and Eddie and the play's one dramatic miscalculation, James Dolan has the requisite crustiness and aging macho attitude but can't save the role from feeling like a device. "Fool for Love," Ensemble Theatre, 844 E.

Lincoln Suite Orange. Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m. Ends Aug. 1. $16420.

(949) 559-4879. Running 50 minutes. at the same time. "Fool for Love" must be relentless because it is Shepard's purest equation of the geometry of obsessive love. Fortunately for us, director Roosevelt Blankenship Jr.

and his cast have left the meekness for the program note. The tiny Ensemble, with its three rows of fewer than 40 seats, has too often made plays claustrophobic when they shouldn't be; for the first time for this writer, the space has been matched with the play in which claustrophobia is a strength. If we feel the walls coming in around Eddie and May in their fleabag motel room, all the better. Taking on a role that has caused more cut arms and hands and broken bones to more actors (Ed Harris, Will Patton and on and on) than maybe any other contemporary part, Urich comes storming into May's place like a snorting bull and rarely lets up. Smith's May, no shrinking violet and the kind of non-petite woman Shepard prefers in the role, matches Urich body slam for body slam.

You worry that the bed and walls on Blankenship's set are going to cave in from the action, or that the front door will come off its hinges from the endless slamming. Everything holds, but it's good TKf SMASH HIT RETURNS! Mtmo iy PETER RARNELL TTT 1 1 noM mi novil tv JOHN IRVING mJ I II IW Cos Angles me8 JuEdO Feeling the 'Love' By ROBERT KOEHLER SPECIAL TO THE TIMES 11 note in the Ensemble Theatre's program for its revival of Sam fl Shepard's "Fool for Love" in Orange reminds the audience that "at the author's request this show is being performed without an intermission." But that's putting far too meek a spin on things: Shepard, who also directed the play's Obie-winning staging, more specifically requests that "the play is to be performed relentlessly without a break." "Fool for Love" is a physically violent pas de deux for Eddie and May Vern Urich and Terri Smith), lovers locked in passionate battle because their love is taboo. He's her half-brother, and that is merely background for a tug-of-hearts with each pulling toward and away pry "I haw a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me. -Noel Coward LAUGHTER A 4 kJ ft 113 TRe Times Orange County s-v Fridays through BY NOEL COWARD "Sharp, withering and funny!" The New York Times hi bummer Jazz beries September 25 at tke Hyatt Newporter General Information Call (714) 650-LIVE or (949) 718-9124 I Sfiinsomt by The Titim Orange Cwnty.