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F10 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1999 LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings CHANNELS 'Schindler's List' Help NBC Register Win DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Mysteries Scandals (TVPGI ESPN2BodyShaping FAM The Knock Knock Show 822833 FSW2 Funk AerobicsBody DD KTTV Grace Under Fire OB KCOP Jenny Jones (TVPG-DL) Overweight mates. 9365 FJS KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:20) 24 KVCR America Sews S3 KCET The Big Comfy Couch 83272 EQ KMEX Ensename a Ouerer 36 KMIR The People's Court Londitionmq HBO Movie "A Pig's Tale" (1 994) (1 hr. 34 mm. KOCE (PBS) 50 03 S3 KDOC (Ind.) 56 BD US KRCA (Ind.) 20 Palm Springs 36 KMIR (NBC) 04 42KESPIABCI7.25 Santa Barbara "3 KEYT(ABC)07 San Bernardino 24 KVCR (PBS) 24 Ventura County 63KADYIUPNI16 LotAngeleV Orange County El KCBS (CBS) 02 QKNBCINBCIM KTLA(WB)05 KABC (ABC) 07 a iB KTTV (Fox) 1 1 00 KC0P(UPN)13 KSCI (Ind 1 18 KWHY (Ind.) 22 S3 KCET (PBS) 28 HQKPXN(PAX30 EH KTBN(lnd 40 US KTBN James Robison 8:30 a.m. OKCAL Field Trip (TVY7I IB KCOP Bloopy's Buddies 78307 EB KWHY Business News 24 KVCR The Art of Women's Health 53 KCET Arthur (TVYI 23611 CD KTBN Lifestyle Magazine 904901 BD KOCE Teletubbies B1692Q 03KVEAJumanji 25825 SO KLCS Cursive Handwriting; Math for Primary (8:45 63 KADY DuckTales 61017 CMAX Movie "John Grisham's The Rainmaker" (1997) (2 hr.

15 min.) CNN CNN Company 551833 COM The Daily Show (TVPG) DISN 101 Dalmatians TVY Dear John (TVG) 42 KESQ Howie Mandel 84611 this season with male viewers, while the network's "Walker, Texas Ranger" spinoff, "Sons of Thunder," dipped more than 30 compared to its premiere. ABC also experienced a setback with the new drama "Strange World," which aired Monday and Tuesday, faring worse than "NYPD Blue" reruns in the latter slot. A similar performance this week will likely earn the show an early hook. UPN's telecast of the "TV Academy Hall of Fame" ceremony had the dubious distinction of ranking dead last among the week's network offeringswell below ratings for that network's new Friday series, "America's Greatest Pets." BRIAN LOWRY LIFE New Attitudes 835307 MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Blue's Clues. SCI-FI Beyond Reality (TVPG) TLC Slice of Life (TVG) -TNN Woman's Day With Phyllis With a number of popular programs in reruns last week, an original episode of NBC's "Fra-sier" climbed to the top of the ratings heap, based on results issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.

NBC also posted solid ratings a week before the Academy Awards by sending an Oscar winner, "Schindler's List," starring Liam Neeson, into battle Sunday, despite the fact the film attracted less than half the audience that tuned in for its initial broadcast two years ago. Early-round coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament on Thursday, Friday and Saturday helped CBS score its second-best overall rating National Nielsen Viewership ESKHSC Totally Technibond EH KVEA Perro Amor 34982 ED KDOC Southland Today (TVG) S3 KLCS Using Maps, Globes. Graphs, beorqe IVli3ZW4 USA Something So Right (TVPG) larjies, mans ana diagrams, laxes in U.S. History (11:15) CMAX Movie "In the Line of 10:00 a.m. Duty: Smoke Jumpers 119961 (1 hr.

36 min.) 106949 KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) EM KNBC 36 KMIR Roseanne Show ESPN2 Kiana's Flex Appeal 37562 CNBC Street Signs COM Saturday Night Live DSC lynette Jennings Housesmart FAM Bobby World I VY) 1 04949 FSW Gilad's Bodies in Motion FSW2 Fox Sports News FX MASH (TVPG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) El KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV1 4 Violent teens. 79562 DKABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ The IVb Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (March 8-14) 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. DISN Madeline (TVYI Only in Hollywood (TVPG) ESPN2 NCAA Women's Final Four View Meryl Streep; handling a difficult mother. 64630 NIUK Hugrats SCI-FI Dark Shadows (TVPG) 1800123 SHOW Movie "Elephant Walk" Highlights FAM All New Captain Kangaroo (TVY) 1954 (1 hr. 43 min.l IffiltBU Cable Services 39 63 SCI-FI 87 AMC 35 ESPN 34 SHOW 41 BET 57 ESPN2 84 TBS 43 BRVO 54 FAM 47 KM 88 CNBC 31 FSW 27 TLC 51 COM 79 FX 89 TMC 58 CSPN 29 HBO 33 TNN 49 CMAX 45 HIST 30 TNT 52 CNN 42 LIFE 46 USA 44 DSC 37 MTV 48 VH1 62 DISN 53 NICK 38 VVGN 55 Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus. Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure.

A indicates advertisement. in the grid, denotes a repeat program. Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME 746949 OKCAL Maury (TVPG) 11 562 DO KTTV Andy Griffith 03 KCOP 63 KADY Judge Joe Brown 03 KWHY Business News FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HIST Celebrating the Green: The TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) TLCSkinnamarinkTVITVY) USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG) VH1VH1 Fourplay(TVPG) WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) History ot St. Patrick uay I Vb 24 KVCR Creative Living HD KCET Sesame Street 97185 EQ KMEX Maite (TVG) EE) KTBN Behind the Scenes: John LIFE Chicago Hope (TV14-L) MTV Rocks Off (TVPGI NICK Gullah Gullah Island 872054 SCI-FI Sightings (TVPGI TBS Movie "The Quiet Man" Avanzini, ttrem Zimbalist Jr. (10:15 05 KVEA Con Todo el Alma 57543 9:00 a.m.

KCBS Martha Stewart Living 1 7369 3 KEYT Regis 8. Kathie Lee 37123 KNBC 36 KMIR Leeza (TVPG) (1952 2 hr. 45 mm. 36809982 H3 KLCS Challenge of the Unknown GS KRCA Movie "Maraton de Baile" TLC A Baby Story (TVPGI TNN Dallas (TVPG-SVI TNT Movie "Havana" (1990) (3 (19571 (2 hr. 25887 hamnies coniront criminals wno wronged them.

35765 AMC Movie "The House of the hr.) 563036 El KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV14) Seven Gables (1940) (1 hr.30mm.) 578901 reopie iry ro win oacK ex-iovers. 51727 USA Wings (TVPG) VH1 Behind the Music (TVPG) WGN Empty Nest (TVPG-S) Law Order (TVPG) DKABC .42 KESQ Regis Kathie Lee Thomas Gibson; music group Bewitched, the Chieftains. 79123 11:30 a.m. 3 KEYT News a KCAL 63 KADY The Newlywed TV RATINGS (TVYI All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; Fantasyviolence (TVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV1 4) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only D) Suggestive Dialogue (L) Coarse Language Sex (V) Violence liame tl KNBC Access Hollywood 5630 KTLA Judge Mills Lane HKABC News ED KTTV Roseanne LTD KSCI Taiwan News DO KTTV I Love Lucy IB KCOP NewsRadio (TVPGI BQ KSCI I Can Do It! EB KWHY Business News Program work ere Cable Top 10 56. Guinness World Records FOX 9.86 57.

Sports Night ABC 9.76 58. la. Doctors cbs 9.68 Here are Nielsen's Top 10 cable pro- 59. Chicago Hope CBS 9.59 Cps F0X 9 57 grams in prime time last week, also ranked 61. 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 9.48 by total viewers (in millions).

62. Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 9.40 Net- View- 63. Beverly Hills, 90210 FOX 9.31 Program work art 64. Amertca's Most Wanted FOX 9.07 65. The X-Files FOX 9.06 Wrestling 10 p.m.) USA 7.24 66.

Melrose Place FOX 9.03 2 Wrestling 9 p.m.) USA 6 86 67. "More True Stones" CBS 8.93 3- Wrestling 8 p.m.) TNT 5.66 68. The Pretender NBC 8.74 Wrestling 7 p.m.) USA 5.25 69. Every, loves Raymond (Sat.) CBS 8.35 5. Wrestling (Mon 9 p.m.) TNT 4.74 70.

NCAA Basketball (Fri.) CBS 8.29 6. Wrestling 10 p.m.) TNT 4.57 71. Funniest Home Videos ABC 8.27 7. "Sphere" HBO 4.38 72. PJs FOX 8.25 8.

Rugrats NICK 4.33 73. 7th Heaven WB 8.07 9. "Space Jam" TNT 4.32 74. Strange Wond ABC 7 89 10. "U.S.

Marshals" HBO 4.30 Suddenly Susan NBC 7 89 76. Spin City (Thur.) ABC 7.84 77. KingottheHiii fox 7.75 Network Averages 78. "Nick ol Time" ABC 7.42 79. ncaa Basketball (Thur.) cbs 7.35 Here is the number of viewers that each 80.

Profiler NBC 7.34 network averaged per hour of prime time, Si STSSX forlastweekandfortheseaso, 83. The Pretender (8 p.m.) NBC 7.04 84. The Drew Carey Show (Thur.) ABC 6.65 85. "I Survived a Disaster 4" ABC 6.51 NBC 12.66 million 12.81 86. Strange world (Tue.) ABC 6.49 87.

Dawson's Creek WB 6.42 003 it.xi u.o 88. Millennium FOX 6.06 ABC 11.36 12.21 89. Brimstone FOX 5.15 pqx g.g 11.20 90. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer WB 4.91 91. Smart Guy WB 4.43 WB 4'30 4 64 92.

Sister, Sister WB 4.33 UPN 2.83 2.78 93. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 3.78 94. Zoe, Duncan. Jacks Jane WB 3.73 95 Moesna upn 362 Southland Viewing 96. Felicity WB 3.60 77 97.

Zoe, Duncan 9 p.m.) WB 3.59 Here are Nielsen Top 10 prime-time 98. Diibert upn 3.49 programs in the Los Angeles area during 99. 7th Heaven Beginnings wb 3.48 the same week. The rankings are based on 100. America's Greatest Pets II UPN 3.23 101.

Redhanded upn 3.16 the number of households watching. 102. Americe's Greatest Pets UPN 3.10 Jta 103. Zoe, Duncan 9:30 p.m.) WB 2.98 104. The Sentinel UPN 2.97 105.

Hyperion Bay WB 2.90 1. Friends KNBC 929,453 106. 7 Days UPN 2.85 2. Frasier KNBC 857,562 107. Unhappily Ever After WB 2.75 3.

Jesse KNBC 842,156 108. Family Rules UPN 2.73 4. Veronica's Closet KNBC 729,184 109. Malcolm Eddie UPN 2.61 5 The Practice KABC 641,888 110. Between Brothers UPN 2.48 6 60 Minutes KCBS 631,617 111.

Love Boat: The Next Wave UPN 2.41 7 ER KNBC 626 482 112. "TV Academy Hall of Fame" UPN 2.05 Dateline Nac KNBC 580766 9. Sabrtna. the Teenage Witch KABC 569,996 10. 2020 (Fn.) KABC 554,591 Net- View-Program work era 1.

Frasier NBC 21.94 2. Friends NBC 20.89 3. 60 Minutes CBS 20.06 4. Jesse NBC 18.27 5. Touched by an Angel CBS 18.00 6.

Veronica's Closet NBC 17.82 7. Every. Loves Raymond CBS 16.52 8. "Seasons of Love" CBS 16.45 9. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 16.42 10.

Home Improvement ABC 16.18 11. ER NBC 15 59 12. 2020 (Wed.) ABC 15.23 13. "Schindlers LisT NBC 15.19 14. "Replacing Dad" CBS 15.12 15.

Die Practice ABC 15.11 16. 2020 (Sun.) ABC 14.79 17. the Drew Carey Show ABC 14.64 18. "Matilda" ABC 14.58 19. Dateline NBC (Man.) NBC 14.46 20.

Becker CBS 14.30 21. JAG CBS 14.29 22. Providence NBC 14.18 23. Sabnna, the Teenage Witch ABC 13.72 24. 2020 (Mon.) ABC 13.24 25.

theHughleys ABC 13.11 26. DharmaSGieg ABC 13.02 27. Whose Line Is It Anyway? ABC 12.98 28. Cosby CBS 12.89 29. King ol Queens CBS 1281 30.

"Worid Most Amazing Videos" NBC 12.72 31. 2020 (Fri.) ABC 12.69 32. Spin City ABC 12.56 33. Two Guys, Gid, Pica Place ABC 12 .53 34. Just Shoot Me NBC 12.42 35.

60 Minutes II CBS 12.38 36. Boy Meets World ABC 12.02 37. "John Stossel Special" ABC 11.86 38. Dateline NBC (Wed.) NBC 11.85 39. That 70s Show FOX 11.75 World's Wildest Police Videos FOX 11.75 41.

Law Order NBC 11.67 42. Homicide: tile on the Street NBC 11.58 43. Brother's Keeper ABC 11.57 44. The Simpsons FOX 11.33 45. Will Grace NBC 11.24 46.

AllyMcBeal FOX 10.80 47. Two Ota Kind ABC 10.66 48. taw a Order (Mon.) NBC 10.48 49. Sons ol thunder CBS 10.41 50. Party of Five FOX 10.34 51.

Fox Files FOX 10.32 52. "John Stossel Special" (Tue.) ABC 10.27 53. Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 10.04 "Geraldo Rivera Reports" NBC 10.04 55. NewsRadio NBC 9.97 CNN CNN Today DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) Chris Farley: The True Hollywood Story (TVPG-L) ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2NBA2Night FAM The 700 Club FSW2 Fitting It In FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) LIFE Party of Five (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 882340 SCI-FI Time Trax (TVPGI SHOW Movie "My Favorite Spy'' (1951) 69922562 (10:15) TBS Hunter TLC Reunion (TVG) TMC Movie "The Haunted Sea" (19971(1 hr. 14 min.) 45880543 (10:10) TNN Crook Chase (TVG) 21 1524 TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-V) USA The Naked Truth (TVPGI VH1 Women First (TVPGI WGN News MORNING ffl KWHY Business News 24 KVCR Hands On: Crafts for Kids SD KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 84901 EE KTBN Benny Hinn ESKVEAAguamarina 35611 EE KDOC Headline News EE KLCS Oceans Alive; Oceanos Vivos (11:451 AMC Movie "Dallas" (1950) (1 hr.

45 mm.) 2269307 BET Planet Groove BRVO Arts Minds CNN Showbiz Today 6741 23 DISN Katie and Orbie (TVY) ESPN2 Sports Soccer UEFA Champions League: Internazionale FC vs. Manchester United. 38064814 FAM Shining Time Station (TVY) HBO Tracey Takes (TVPGI NICK World of Richard Scarry 682433 TLC A Baby Story (TVPGI TMC Movie "The Boys Club" (19961(1 hr. 32 min. 577833 USA Wings (TVPG) WGN Empty Nest (TVG) 24 KVCR Sesame Street 74681 S3 KCET Barney Friends 47291 EE KTBN Dr.

Cherry EEKHSC Connie Stevens HQ KOCE Instructional TV ESKVEA Ely Ella 19369 E3 KDOC Life in the Word S3 KLCS Teams SKRCAPobreDiabla Northern Exposure (TVPG) CNBC Power Lunch 95253 CNN Newsday COM Movie "The Brothers McMullen" (1995) (2 hr.) 4150123 DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Sing Me a Story: With Belle Dear John (TVG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat FAMMorkandMindy(TVG) FSW American Health and Fitness FSW2 Fox Sports News FX Picket Fences (TVPG) HIST A Short History of Ireland (TVG) LIFE Katie Brown (TVG) 191475 MTV Station Zero (TVPG) NICK Kipper 900185 SCI-FI The Twilight Zone (TVPG) TBS Matlock TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) TNT The Client (TVPG) 8:00 a.m. KCBS This Morning Ben Affleck; clinical trials. 14833 -D KCAL Beast Wars (TVY7) 37036 iB KCOP Mummies Alive (TVY7) EE) KSCI Omid, Today's Physician E0 KWHY Business News 24 KVCR About Your House 53 KCET Storytime (Repeat) 24340 EE KTBN Kenneth Copeland 03 KOCE Watercolours ffl KVEA Pistes de Blue 03 KDOC Robert Tllton S3 KLCS Reading Rainbow 77494 03 KRCA El Magnate 962681 63 KADY Doug 62746 AMC Movies "Hans Christian Andersen" (1952) (2 hr.) 267017 Murder, She Wrote BET Jam Zone BRVO Inside the Actors Studio (TVPG) Billy Crystal. 812562 COM Dr. Kate (TVPG) DISN Goof Troop (TVY) Dear John (TVG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Co-ed Training FAM Bad Dog (TVG) 1 05678 FSW Fox Sports News FXMASHITVPGI 10:30 a.m.

ID KTTV Andy Griffith IB KCOP Judge Joe Brown S3 KWHY Business News; Health News (10:501 '24 KVCR Sew Creative EE KTBN Casey Treat 03 KDOC Froozles (TVG) 24781 4 S3 KLCS The Art Maker; Tracks: Impressions of America (10:45) DISN Out of the Box (TVYI ESPN Sports Boxing U.S. Amateur Championships. 134456 ESPN2 NBAs Greatest Games HIST High Points in History (TVG) NICK Franklin 906369 TCM Movie "Love Affair" (19391(1 hr. 27 min.l 7163814 TLC Reunion (TVG) USA Boston Common (TVPG) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPG) AFTERNOON USA The Jeff Foxworthy Show (TVPG) RADIO VH1 Back to Back Videos (TVPG) WGN Matlock Noon KCBS News KNBC 36 KMIR Another World (TV14)59123 KTLA Little House on the Prairie a KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ All My HBO Movie "Look Who's Talking Now (19931 nr. 3 mm.

9UZUW LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Charlie Brown 910562 uniiaren iivii) uyi EI KCAL News DD KTTV Donny Marie (TVG) Jerry 0'Connell; Charlie O'Connell, music group the Young Dubliners. 39982 IB KCOP Montel Williams 86814 D3 KSCI Mandarin Drama SCI-FI Dark Shadows (TVPG) 1878524 9:30 a.m. KCAL Real TV HI KTTV I Love Lucy iB KCOP Martin ES KWHY Business News B3 KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 87307 HD KTBN Dean and Mary Brown S3 KLCS 3-2-1 Classroom Contact (9:45) 63 KADY The Dating Game BRVO Movie "Especially on Sunday" (19911(2 hr.) 662475 CNN Burden of Proof 293307 KCBS The Young and the Restless Sports Sports Reports 15 and 45 minutes past the hour, KFWB (980), KNX (1070). 10 a.m.-l p.m. Baseball: Exhibition, Dodgers vs.

Montreal Expos, KXTA (1150), KWKWU330). Noon-3 p.m. Baseball: Exhibition, Angels vs. Milwaukee Brewers, KLAC (570), XPHS (1090). p.m.

Pro Basketball: Clippers at Boston Celtics, KXTA (1150). p.m. Hockey: Ottawa at Mighty Ducks, XTRA (690). Tips for Today 7-8 p.m. Symphony at Seven: Beethoven (5th Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra), KKGO-FM (105.1).

7-9 p.m. The Record Shelf: Profile of composer Sergei Prokofiev, KCSN-FM (88.5). p.m. Rockllne: Music and interviews with members of the Allman Brothers Band, KCBS-FM (93.1). p.m., a.m.

The Six Shooter: A young sheriff learns his father is an outlaw, KNX (1070). Drama-Comedy-Family p.m., a.m. Escape: A murderer hides in the London fog, KNX (1070). Classical 10:45 a.m.-noon Masterpiece of the Day: Mendelssohn (Concert in A-flat for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Benjamin Firth and Hugh Tinney, RTE Sinfonietta), KKGO-FM (105.1). 11 a.m.-l p.m.

Performance Today: "Milestone of the Millennium: Dance" (11 a.m.-noon), KCSN-FM (B8.5). TBS Andy Griffith (TVG) TLC Pappyland (TVY) TMC Movie "Spellbound" (19451(1 hr. 51 min.) 87609727 (8:15) Si KWHY Business News; High-Tech livmi iiuju KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane HKABC 3 KEYT Port Charles (TVPG) 94746 ID) KCAL Jerry Springer 77758 Please see TV LOG Fll TNTCHiPslTVPGI USA Major Dad (TVG) WGN Andy Griffith (TVG) is 4 run Scholastic's HBO Debut Presents a Sketchy 'Picture of Freedom' 1 Mil mm. FOX CINEPLEX 1 BANNING--909849-3277 ACADEMY 1, 1003 E. Colorado-626795-3547 "Deep End Ot The Ocean" Dolby'Saving Private "Children 01 Heavm' WHITTIER VILLAGE-907-3300 UNIVERSITY VILLAGE 3.

Bargain Matinees $4.50 Television Review FOX CINEPLEX 2 BANNING-60 W. Ramsey ACADEMY 2, 1003 E. Colorado-626795-3547 1 "The 1 0TS Digital DeN iro Crystal "Analyze This" Analyze Ibis Dolby The Thin Red Line IR); "A Civil Action WHITTIER VILLAGE-7038 Greenleat FOX CINEPLEX 3 BANNING-909849-3277 2 "Analyze ACADEMY 3, 1003 E. Colorado-626795-3547. UNIVERSITY VILLAGE 3, 3323 Hoover at Jefferson Cruel Intentions WHITTIER VILLAGE-907-3300 Dolby "Affliction" sep.

"The Last Days" 2 Dolby 3 "8mm" RUSTIC IDYLLWILO 909659-2747 3 Wing Commander ACADEMY 4, 1003 E. Colorado-626795-3547 "Message In A Bottle" WHITTIER VILLAGE-7038 Greenleal Dolby "A Simple "Gods And Monsters UNIVERSITY VILLAGE 3-213748-6321 4 "The Rage: Carrie 2 ACADEMY 5, 1003 E. Colorado-626795-3547 Fri. Sat. Mid: "The Boys From Brazil" WHITTIER VILLAGE-907-3300 Dolby Payback 5 "The Other Sister ACADEMY 6, 1003 E.

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Vermont-664-2169 9 "Shakespeare In Love sep. October Sky Dolby A Bug Lite (G); "i he waterboy 'The Dolby Sflnhe Last Days'Vsep. "Hilary Jackie" SANTA FE SPRINGS PLAZA (562) 903-1910 AMERICANA 5-818893-6441 BARST0W STATION CINEMA 2-619256-FILM uoiby bH Tnnce ut Egypt paten Adams Faculty vsep. "You ve Got Mail Wing LOS FELIZ 3, 1822 N. Vermont-664-2169 SANTA FE SPRINGS PLAZA Bargain Prices FIVE STAR 1, 10155 Reseda 993-0211 BARST0W STATION CINEMA 3-619256-FILM Dolby SR "Life Is Beautiful" uoiby bH btepmom bne aii i nat Dolby SR "Elizabeth The Rage: Carrie 2" SANTA FE SPRINGS PLAZA Telegraphat CsrmeniM Rd Colburn's Chen Returns for Powerful Show Music Review By RICHARD S.

GINELL SPECIAL TO THE TIMES After her studies at the Col-burn School of Performing Arts in the 1980s, pianist Wendy Chen went on to win a series of competition prizes in the 1990s and is waving the contrasting flags of Mozart and Rachmaninoff in the concerto wars. So it was as a Distinguished Alumnus that Chen returned to her alma mater Sunday albeit a relocated alma mater: the Zipper Concert Hall in the school's new downtown facility. Chen is technically endowed to do just about anything she wants on a keyboard, although her tendency to clamp down on the damper pedal and the bass-heavy, hollow sound of the Fazioli piano on hand sometimes obscured a lot of detail. She wasn't afraid to challenge the PC period-instrument movement with her thoughtful, brilliantly controlled renditions of Bu-soni's thickened, Romanticized piano arrangements of three J.S. Bach ChoralePreludes.

She drifted impressionistically through the FIVE STAR 2. Northridae BARST0W STATION CINEMA 4-619256-FILM VINE, 6321 Hollywood Blvd-463-6819 uoiby bH "A Bug Lite you ve Got Man uoiDy bH central btanon sep. uoos Monsters ''freedom" as she fans the young son of her harsh white owner (Richard Sali) during his lessons with a tutor (Mark Ellis). The tutor knows her secret, and Clotee soon learns his: He is an abolitionist, helping slaves to freedom. When a friend of Clotee's is cruelly whipped and told he'll be sold away from his sweetheart, the tutor's effort to help leads to his exposure, and Clotee pledges to take his place, postponing her own chance at freedom.

In the book, readers closely identify with Clotee as author McKissack vividly draws them into the young heroine's life, time and place; the half-hour teleplay by Ron Stacker Thompson and Ashley Tyler, directed by Helaine Head, is too unlayered and rushed to capture that intimacy. "Dear America: A Picture of Freedom," HBO, tonight at 7:30. (Repeats Friday, noon; Monday, 3 p.m.; March 27, 11:30 a.m.; March 30, 6:30 a.m.; April 4, 5 p.m.) The network has rated it TV-Y7 (suitable for children older than 7). "Analyze This "(R) Message In A "She's All That" FIVE STAR 3, Northridae BARST0W STATION CINEMA 5-619256-FILM By LYNNE HEFFLEY TIMES STAFF WRITER The "Dear America" Scholastic book series, created by Jean Feiwel and written by various authors of stature, is a terrific melding of education (each revolves around a piece of American history), inspiration and entertainment (a heroic young girl observes life around her and participates in historic events). Scholastic's TV series, beginning today on HBO, is a less balanced mix, judging by the debut episode, "A Picture of Freedom." Presented with little sense of time passing and with sketchily observed characters, it's a spoon-fed version of Patricia C.

McKissack's fictionalized diary of 12-year-old Clotee Henley, a slave in 1859 Virginia, who becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Sweet-faced sprite Shadia Simmons offers a game performance as Clotee, who has surreptitiously done the forbidden learned to read and to cherish the word uoiby bH me mm Hed Line (H)sep. Affliction VISTA, 4473 Sunset Deep End Ot The ANAHEIM, Brookhurst 1-714776-2797 FIVE STAR 4, 10155 Reseda 993-0211 BARST0W STATION CINEMA 6-619256-FILM Dolby 8mm Dolby SRRushmore Cruel Intentions (R) ANAHEIM, Brookhurst 2. 2299 W. Ball Rd.

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550 W. Main-805933-6707 tures. She then attacked Rachma PopRock Banyan (Whisky, 8901 Sunset West Hollywood, 310 652-4202). Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins exercises his experimental chops, with help from Mike Watt, Nels Cline, Rob Wasserman and others. 9 p.m.

Tito and Tarantula (The Roxy, 9009 Sunset West Hollywood, 310) 278-9457). L.A. rock fixture Tito Larriva returns with an album titled "Hungry Sally and Other Killer Lullabies." Also: Chickenhawk. 8 p.m. Jazz Carl Saunders (Chadney's Universal, 3575 Cahuenga Blvd.

Universal City, 323 851-1333). One of the finest bop-based trumpeters in the L.A. area, Saunders leads his quartet through straight-ahead standards. 9 p.m. Music Clara Novakova and Jean-Bernard Marie (Bing Theater, L.A.

County Museum of Art, 5905 Wil-shire 323 857-6010). The flutist, with pianist Marie, plays music by Donizetti, Bach, Debussy, Schulhoff and Jan Novak. 8 p.m. Katia Skanavi (Shannon Center, Whittier College, 13406 Philadelphia Whittier, 562 907-4203). Pianist Skanavi plays music by Chopin, Bach, Carl Vine and Handel.

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