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FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2000 F27oc LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV The Big Challenge: Fine-Tuning KABC-AM 9:30 a.m. LIFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout NICK Hey Arnold! 792649 SHOW "Driving Me Crazy" '91 (PG1hr29 72501 13 (7:45) TLC Rory's Place (TVY) 8:00 a.m. FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HIST True Action Adventures LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPG) MTV Hot Zone (TVPG) NICK Maggie Ferocious Beast SCI-FI Star Trek SHOW.V "A Merry War" '97 (PG-13)1hr40 7612484 TBS "She's Out of Control" '89 (H32hr 787858 TLC Bingo Molly (TVY) TNN Dallas (TVPGI TNT A.R.Y.L." '85(PG)2hr 333200 USA Wings (TVPGI VH1 Top 10 Countdown (TVPG) D3 KTTV Divorce Court 50 KCET Between the Lions (TVY) CD KTBN Jerry Barnard S3 KDOC Benny Hinn EH KJLA Dow 30 Report (TVGI BO KLCS Reading: Basic to Success Night Court CNN Burden of Proof 532194 DISN Out of the Box (TVY) El Mysteries Scandals (TVPG) ESPN2 RPM 2Night FAM CBN Special Edition 261674 FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion LIFE Who Knows You Best? MTV TRL Wannabe's (TVPG) NICK Blue's Clues TLC Saltys Lighthouse (TVY) USA Something So Right (TVPG) 11:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. KCAL Mummies Alive (TVY7) SB KCOP 631 KADY Pepper Ann 63 KCET Dragon Tales 69842 EH KTBN Kenneth Copeland 03 KOCE Jenkins' Art Workshop KVEA Pistas de Blue EH KJLA Laura Gregory (TVG) 950 KLCS Reading Rainbow (TVY) OS KRCA Chespirito AMC "Hotel" '67 (PG 2hr15 73076484 Northern Exposure (TVPG) BRVO Grace Kelly (TVPG) 31 8842 CNN In the Money COM "The Man With Two Brains" '83 R) 2hr 3230668 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House El Behind the Scenes (TVPG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Strongest Man Competition FAM Kids From Room 402 (TVY7) FSN2 Yoga Zone FX MASH (TVPG) HBO "The Natural" '84 IPG) 2hr18 73154216 HIST Year by Year (TVG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) MTV MTV Jams Countdown NICK The Wild Thornberrys (TVY) SCI-FI Dark Shadows 9304668 SUND Short Scenes From America (TV14-DLS) TBS Mama's Family TLC Skinnamarink TV (TVY) TNT CHiPs (TVPGI USA Fired Up (TVPG) VH1 Music Videos (TVPG) CHANNELS Los Angeles 90 KVEA (Tele) 23 Orange County BO KOOC (Ind.) 56 KCBS CBS) 02 HlKJLAlnd.25 tlKNBC(NBC04 BKTLAIWBI05 GB KRCA (Ind 1 20 DKABCIABCI07 Palm Springs 0KCAllnd.O9 36 KMIR (NBC) 04 KTTV (Fox) 11 42 KESQ (ABCI 7, SBKCOPIUPN) 13 25 US KSCI (Ind 18 S3 KWHY (Ind 22 CW BtO KCET PBS) 28 3 KtYI (AbLIU KPXN (PAX) 30 San Bernardino 24 VCR (PBS) 24 EE KTBN (Ind.) 40 Ventura County 0D KOCE (PBS) 50 63KADY (UPN) 16 Cable Services 39 ESPN 34 MTV 48 AMC 35 ESPN2 84 NICK 38 BET 57 FAM 47 SCI-FI 87 BRVO 54 FNC 91 SHOW 41 CNBC 31 FSN 27 SUND 36 COM 79 FSN2 59 jj CSPN 29 FX 89 CMAX 45 HBO 33 CNN 42 HIST 30 luu fo DSC 37 IFC 21 52 DISN 53 LIFE 46 USA 44 El 63 MSNBC 90 VH1 62 Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus.

Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure. (R) in the grid, denotes a repeat program. TV RATINGS ITVY) All Children ITVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVY7-FVI Directed to Older Children; FantasyViolence (TVGI General Audience (TVPGI Parental Guidance (TVI 4) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMAI Mature Audiences Only ID) Suggestive Dialogue (L) Coarse Language (S) Sex (V) Violence Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Morning KTLA Judge Mills Lane il KABC News DO KTTV Roseanne 03 KSCI Taiwan News KWHY Noticiario BO KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 99755 EH KTBN Benny Hinn BD KOCE Dollars Sense: Personal Finance for the 21st Century BO KDOC Headline News EH KJLA Richard Saxton (TVG) BD KLCS Now and Future Parent AMC "Who's Minding the Store?" '63 1hr45 11007668 (11:45) COM Win Ben Stein's Money CSPN Democratic Platform Drafting Committee Meeting DISN Otter (TVY ESPN2 Magic: The Gathering FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) HIST Great Blunders in History NICK Shining Time Station TLC Skinnamarink TV (TVY) USA Wings (TVPG) Afternoon revamped, dropping their former self-effacing, tongue-in-cheek approach and adopting a no-nonsense tact that emphasizes history and The image campaign was created after KABC'S te -cently conducted research project found that listeners associate the station with a balance of opinion and informed on-air personalities, said who heads research for KABC and its sister stations1 Radio Disney and KLOS-FM (95.5), an area he' wilh keep under his purview. "So many people grew up (listening to this sta-" tion," Braverman said. "They knew they could hear' the latest news, they'd hear from newsmakers 'arid-community leaders, and they'd get dialogue from'aH points of view.

We'll respect and embrace that his-' tory." There is much for the station to overcome. KABC, whose line-up includes talk stalwart Paul Web maven Matt Drudge and feminist attorney Glo- ria Allred, faces its most keen competition from the nearly dozen other talk stations available in Los Angeles, whose hosts range from local talent to the big syndicated powerhouses such as Howard Stern, Don, Imus, Dr. Laura and Rush Limbaugh. Its chief rival is top-rated talk station KFI-AM (640), with a 3.5 share of the listening audience, or roughly 60,000 listeners', per quarter hour in the most recent ratings almost double KABC's average of 33,200. While other AM radio is the most direct competition, Braverman also sees TV news as a threat, and a bigger one than the Internet, which he says can complement radio because people often use both media concurrently.

Another major challenge: good times. I With a strong economy, low unemployment and optimistic consumers, there isn't as much demand for talk radio these days as there was in years past. But the genre still has a place, says Braverman, who started in sports talk when he was a 17-ycar-old high, school junior in his native I louston. "Listeners aren't quite as angry as they were in the late '80s and early '90s," Braverman said. "But large numbers of people still use talk radio to become n-' formed, because they might not have time to read the papers or watch the news everyday.

They also turn t6 it for entertainment, and we can't forget that's part of our mission." Though he will aim for a dramatic turnaround, Braverman says it can't happen overnight. "It's not like an accounting job where you have to go from red to black in six months," he said. "It's much more subjective. The question we'll keep having to ask is, 'Are we on the right Radio Having posted its worst ratings in 40 years; the station looks for ways to restore its prominence on the airwaves. Around the Dial By T.L STANLEY SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Struggling talk radio staple KABC-AM (790) may be in for a make-over of Madonna-sized proportions.

Just because the station doesn't play pop music doesn't mean it can't take a cue from the queen of reinvention, says its recently named program director Erik Braverman. "It's a matter of staying in touch with what the times are telling you, as Madonna has been so adept at doing," said Braverman, who, at 30, is a 13-year talk radio veteran who has been an on-air reporter, a producer and programmer. "You have to evolve." Executives at Disney-owned KABC have reason to be introspective. The station finished the recent Arbi-tron ratings for January through March with its worst showing in 40 years, a 1.9 share of the listening audience. By May, soon after the numbers were released, KABC's program director of two years, Drew Hayes, left.

His departure followed a series of on-air shake-ups this spring liberal comic Stephanie Miller was ousted over "creative differences" was creative, they weren't," she said on her way out), and conspiracy theorist and late-night host Art Bell retired. Radio talk show veteran Michael Jackson, now at competitor KRLA-AM (1100), had made an exit shortly after Hayes arrived. Braverman, who has been at KABC four years and in his new job a few days, says "everything is under review. There's no magic formula to fix a radio station. You need to use your research and your gut, and combine it with good programming and talent." It's still to be decided what changes might take place in the station's talent or program lineup, but Braverman said the tweaking will begin before the fall Arbitron ratings.

Marketing, both on- and off-air, will intensify around that time, aiming at the core 35-to-64-year-old AM talk radio listener. On the talent side, mainstays Larry Eldqr and Dennis Prager, the station's top-rated personalities, will remain at the center of the lineup. Other strong performers likely to stay: Al Rantel, Mr. KABC (Marc Germain) and John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou John Ken As a first step in trying to reverse the slide in listeners, the station's on-air promotional spots have been 8:30 a.m. Noon fl KCBS The Price Is Right (TVGI II KNBC Rosie O'Donnell 51755 El KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV14I 71533 KABC42I KESQ The View 79129 KCAL Jerry Springer 24649 (D KTTV Queen Latifah 15945 00 KCOP Forgive or Forget 98303 KWHY Hablame de Amor HO KCET Sesame Street 98939 83 KMEX Maite EE KTBN Behind the Scenes BD KOCE Ethics in America B9 KVEA "Agente Secreto 0013" 2hr 32262 EH KJLA Richard Saxton (TVG) BO KLCS Kratts' Creatures 28533 GB KRCA "Los Foraiidos" 90216 AMC "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" '38 Murder, She Wrote BET Hits From the Street BRVO "The Getaway" '72 (PG2hr35 12065552 CMAX Shoes Off "In Dreams" '99 (R) 36725552 (10:15) CNN CNN Today COM The Daily Show 3233755 CSPN Public Affairs (10:15) DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN RoliePolie Olie (TVY) The True Hollywood Story (TVPG) "Jesse Ventura" 338571 ESPN British Open Films ESPN2 Vintage NBA 1931465 FAM The 700 Club FSN2 The Method FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HBO "Heartbreak Hotel" '88 (PG-13)1hr42 90033228 (10:151 HIST Weapons at War (TVGI LIFE The Things We Do for Love MSNBC Home Page MTV Mandy (TVPGI NICK Kipper 718197 SCI-FI The Twilight Zone (TVPGI TBS Hunter TLC Pappyland (TVY) TNN Dallas (TVPGI TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-V) USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPG-D) EI KCAL Beakman's World (TVY) SB KCOP 63I KADY Recess BD KCET Arthur (TVY 681 13 Bfl KPXN James Robison 3 KTBN Ray Brubaker KOCE Teletubbies 621533 EH KVEA Lift-Off 24755 EH KJLA Richard Saxton (TVG) BO KLCS Zoboomafoo 86571 KRCA Cine CMAX "The Beniker Gang" '85G1hr27 231649 DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) Fashion Emergency (TVG) ESPN2 Strongest Man Competition FAM Mary-Kate Ashley (TVY) FSN Regional Sports Report FX MASH (TVPG) IFC IFC Short Film Collection II LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Rugrats 268007 SCI-FI Dark Shadows 9303939 TBS Mama's Family TCM "Pat and Mike" '52 1hr32 TLC Skinnamarink TV (TVY) USA Almost Perfect (TVPG) 7:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. KCBS News a KNBC 36 KMIR Tennis-Wimbledon, Men's Semifinals. 917465 El KTLA Little House il KABC 1 3 1 KEYT 42 KESQ All My Children (TV1 4) 94397 KCAL News 03 KTTV I Love Lucy 03 KCOP Ricki Lake (TVPGI 94921 03 KSCI Mandarin Drama KWHY Cine HO KCET Mister Rogers 42129 EQ KMEX Cosas del Amor (TVPGI EQ KTBN The 700 Club BD KOCE World of Wildlife EH KVEA Yo Amo a Paquita Gallegos 42649 BO KDOC Rockford Files EH KJLA Tech Trends (TVG) BO KLCS In Focus E9 KRCA Noticias 3i KADY Bloomberg Television LA Law CMAX "The Last Broadcast" '98 1hr26 132858 CNN TalkBack Live 628945 COM Saturday Night Live (TVPG) DSC Christopher Lowell (TVG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) El Celebrity Profile (TVPG) ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM Two of a Kind (TVGI FNC NewsSmith FSN Daily Sports Source 88465 FX "Cheech Chong's Next Movie" '80 (R 2hr 3929587 HBO King Gimp (TVG) HIST FBI: The Untold Stories IFC At the Angelika LIFE Lifetime Live 184571 MTV Sisqo's Shakedown (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 262823 SCI-FI Quantum Leap (TVPG) SUND "The Monster" '94 (R) 1hr55 427823 TCM "Born Yesterday" '50 1hr42 9788754 TLC A Wedding Story (TVGI TMC "The Secret Life of Algernon" '97 TNN Matt Houston (TVPG) USA Working (TVPGI VH1 Back to Back Videos (TVPG) Prime-Time TV Rankings 10:30 a.m. No Summertime Blues for 'Millionaire' fl KCBS The Early Show 47552 tl KNBC 36 KMIR Today 32620 13 KTLA Morning News 92026 KABCI3I KEYT42I KESQ Good Morning America 87194 CO KTTV Good Day A 23910 SB KCOP63I KADY Doug 17484 KWHV El Desvan del Tio Ivan KCET Barney (TW (R) 73620 H3 KPXN Employment Television B3 KMEX jDespierta America! EH KTBN Rod Parsley HD KOCE Uncommon Knowledge SB KVEA Doug; jOye Arnold! EH KJLA Richard Saxton (TVG) B3 KLCS In Their Own Words KRCA Nubelu; (TVY) 69378 The Gun Effect (TVPG) BET Morning Moves CNBC Market Watch 24378 CSPN Democratic Platform Drafting Committee Meeting DISN Madeline ITVY) Ei News Daily 320552 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Kiana's Flex Appeal FAM Donkey Kong Country (TVY7) FSN Regional Sports Report FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion FX MASH (TVPG) HBO Adventures of Tintin (TVY) HIST Year by Year for Kids (TVY7) LIFE Denise Austin's Fit Lite MSNBC Morning Line NICK CatDog 706842 SCI-FI Sightings (TVG) TBS Little House on the Prairie TLC Pappyland (TVY) TMC "My Life as a Dog" '85 1hr41 22151571 (7:15) TNT CHiPs (TVPG) VH1 Back to Back Videos (TVPG) EQ KTBN Casey Treat BO KDOC New Zoo Revue (TVG) EH KJLA Bio-Med Check-Up BO KLCS Imagination Station COM Whose Line Is It Anyway? DISN Bear in the Big Blue House FNC NewsVester FSN2 Yoga Zone IFC "I Shot Jesse James" '49 1hr21 573736 LIFE The Things We Do for Love NICK Franklin 271571 SCI-FI The Twilight Zone (TVPGI TCM "It Should Happen to You" '54 1hr27 4695649 TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) TMC "Moonlighting" '82 PG1hr37 USA Hearts Afire (TVPGI VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPG-D) of "Survivor" when one "contestant" gets the boot than in any of the previous installments. ABC's two-hour Peter Jennings special "The; Search for the Historical Jesus" also found a receptive audience, delivering the network's highest rating for a documentary since 1993.

As a sign of "Millionaire's" ratings trajectory, meanwhile, the reruns are drawing more viewers than they did when they originally were broadcast in August. Although "Survivor" is attracting young viewers to CBS generally an older-skewing network so far the program has short coattails. The network still ranked third last week among adults age 18 to 49. BRIAN LOWRY The windup to the long Fourth of July holiday weekend didn't produce the usual ratings swoon for the broadcast networks, which continue to receive a lift from so-called reality programming, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. With "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in reruns, CBS' summer series "Survivor" received the most votes from the Nielsen judges, topping the prime-time standings for the second straight week despite the first week-to-week audience decline since the program's May 31 premiere.

CBS attributes the dip in part to lower viewing in the opening hour of prime time due to Daylight Savings Time, noting that more people watched the final portion National Nielsen Viewership 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. KCBS Martha Stewart 56397 El KNBC 36 KMIR Later Today 41465 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV14) 87281 KABCI3I KEYT 42! KESQ Regis Kathie Lee 89649 El KCAL Maury (TV141 30397 SO KTTV Divorce Court SB KCOP Montel Williams 76113 SB KSCI I Can Do It! KWHY Ellas. Inocentes Culpables 2i KVCR Sesame Street 32133 HO KCET Barney (TVY) 59465 EH KTBN Father Michael Manning EH KOCE Ethics in America KVEA Monica 32151 KDOC Life in the Word EH KJLA Mike Russell (TVG) SO KLCS Reading: Basic to Success Night Court BETVideolink BRVO Moonlighting CNBC Power Lunch 97736 CNN Newsday DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISNPB8J Otter (TVY) El Celebrity Homes ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 WNBA Action FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) FNC NewsAsman FSN Sports Geniuses FXNYPD Blue (TVI 4) HIST The Real West (TVG) LIFE Who Knows You Best? (TVPG) MSNBC Headliners Legends MTV Return of the Rock (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 355587 SCI-FI Highlander (TVPG) SH0WV "The Naked Prey" '66 1hr34 64585587 (9:15) SUND "Sherman's March" '86 2hr35 638200 TBS Matlock TLC Bingo Molly (TVY) TMC "Houdini" '53 17824007 TNN Dallas (TVPG) TNT Lois Clark (TVPGI USA The Jeff Foxworthy Show Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (June 26-July 2) 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 260 million potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here in millions. 7:30 a.m. Net- View KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV141 46823 a KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane KABC 3 i KEYT Port Charles (1VPGI 98769 KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPGI BO KTTV Living Single IB KCOP Jenny Jones (TV14-DL) 12939 S3 KWHY La Corte del Pueblo BO KCET Noddy (TVY) 98026 EE) KMEX Quenda (TVPGI 90151 E0 KTBN James Robison BD KOCE Dollars Sense: Personal Finance for the 21st Century S3 KDOC Southland Today EB KJLA local Angle (TVGI BO KLCS Destination Magnum, P.I.

BET Jam Zone CNBC Street Signs COM Win Ben Stein's Money DSC Lynette Jennings Design DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El Sun, Salsa and Stars (TVGI ESPN Golf- State Farm Senior PGA Classic, First Round. 683552 ESPN2 American Muscle FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) KCBS The Bold and the Beautiful (TV14) 35620 DD KTTV I Love Lucy HO KCET Storytime 90200 BD KOCE Mochila al Hombro EH KJLA Media Investor (TVG) BO KLCS Story of Read-Alee-Oeed- Alee: Phonics in Context (12:45) KRCA Capulina BRVO Inside the Actors Studio (TVPG) 70026755 (12:35) DISN Rolie Polie Olie (TVY) ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM Big Wolf on Campus (TVG) HBO "Baby Geniuses" '99 (PG 1hr34 HIST History's Crimes and Trials IFC wW "Picnic at Hanging Rock" '75 PG1hr55 648649 MTV Making the Video NICK Blue's Clues SHOW "Kickboxing Academy" '97 1hr25 1382246 (12:45) TIC A Wedding Story (TVG) USA The Naked Truth (TVPGI Please see TV LOG F28 KCAL Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (TVY7) 28465 SB KCOP 63; KADYSabrina DO KSCI Iran Sima (Farsi) 59945 SO KCET Zoboomafoo 92755 E3 KTBN Marilyn Hickey HD KOCE Keeping You in Stitches ES KVEA Aventuras en Panales 03 KDOC Hollywood Plaza KJLA Mike Russell (TVG) 00 KLCS Arthur 51303 E3 KRCA Federrico DISN Bear in the Big Blue House Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 412587 ESPN2 BodyShaping FAM Angela Anaconda (TVY7 FNC NewsQuinn FSN National Sports Report FSN2 The Method FX MASH (TVPG) HBO Babar (TVY) HIST Gadget Boy's Adventures in History (TVY) Program work era 113. Secret Agent Man UPN 189 114. For Your Love (Sun.) WB 182. 115.

Steve Haivey Show (Sun.) WB 181- 116. Mission Hill (Sun.) WB H9 117. Shasta UPN 1 39 118. Dilbeit UPN 1.33 119. I Dare You! UPN 1.28 120.

The Strip UPN 1.18 Cable Top 10 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable grams in prime time last week, also ranked by total viewers (in millions). Net. View-Program work en 1. Wrestling 10 p.m.) USA 9 46 2. Wrestling (Mon, 9 pm) USA 76U 3.

Wrestling (Mon 8 TNT 4 jfJv 4. Wrestling 7 USA 5. Real World MTV 3 S3' 6. Wrestling (Wed 9 TBS 299. 7.

Walker, Teas Ranger USA 2J5 8. Wrestling 10p.m.) TBS 2.88"- 9. South Parti ComC 284 10. TNT 2 84 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 SeasoA week to date ABC 10.02 million 13.65 CBS 9.36 12.09 NBC 8.19 11.97 FOX 5.88 8.58 UPN 3.04 3.87 WB 2.48 3.46 1 'Millionaire' Trumpets Two More Top Winners Net- View- Net- View-Program work ere Program work era 1.

Survivor CBS 23.98 I. i 2. Millionaire (Tue.) ABC 18.45 'f 14jrt 3. "Search for Jesus" ABC 16.56 4. Million.

9:30) ABC 16.48 I 5. Million. 9:30) ABC 16.35 1 6. Every.Ray. (Wed.) CBS 14.03 jf'r 7.

Millionaire 9) ABC 14.00 I 1 8. Millionaire 9) ABC 13.65 jC 9. Law Order NBC 12.42 10. Every. Loves Raymond CBS 12.29 jt 11.

The Practice ABC 1188 00" 4 12. 2020 OOMftM ABC 11.68 I O. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 11.61 14. King ol Queens (Wed.) CBS 1159 15. EH NBC 1144 16.

Becker CBS 1130 17. 48Houis(Mon.) CBS U02 18. 60 Minutes II CBS 11.00 1 19. Fnends nbc 1055 Peter Jennings 20. 60 Minutes CBS 1048 21.

Frasier NBC 10.21 Providence NBC 6.28 22. 2020 (Fn.) ABC 10.19 68. MY.0B. NBC 6.18 23. ABC 10.15 69.

Beyond Belief: FanFiction FOX 6.16 24. JudgingAmy CBS 9.91 70. PJs FOX 6.12 25. 2020 (Wed.) ABC 9.90 71. Whose line Is It? (Wed.) A8C 6.05 26.

West Wing NBC 9.65 72. Making the Band ABC 601 27. la Order: SVU NBC 9.48 73.. That'70sShow ABC 5.87 King of Queens 8:30) CBS 9.48 74. America's Most Wanted ABC 5.85 29.

"StaiGate" NBC 9.10 75. Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 5.75 30. Diagnosis Murder CBS 9 09 76. Titus FOX 5.70 31. Whose Line Is It? (8:30) ABC 9.00 77.

Profiler NBC 562 32. JAG CBS 889 78. Cops (8:30 p.m. FOX 546 33. US Order (Mon.) NBC 8.80 79.

"Ace Ventura'' NBC 5 32 34. Touched by an Angel CBS 8.74 "Shama Twain" CBS 5 32 35. Just Shoot Me NBC 8.70 81. Cops FOX 521 36. "Vanished" ABC 8 60 82.

Making the Band (9 ABC 5.10 King ol Queens CBS 8 60 83. Falcone CBS 503 38. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 8.56 84. TheX-Files FOX 5 01 39. 3rd Rock From Die Sun NBC 8.49 85.

Boy Meets Wodd ABC 4.98 40. Dateline NBC (Fri.) NBC 845 86 Sabnna. Die Teenage Witch ABC 4.96 41. To Guys and a Girt (9:30) ABC 8.41 87. Ally McBeal FOX 4.80 42.

The Drew Carey Sno ABC 8.28 88. Veronica's Closet NBC 4.74 43. "Besl Fnends lor Life" CBS 8 17 89. King of the Hill FOX 4.70 44. Third Watch NBC 8.07 90.

Suddenly Susan NBC 4 59 45. Diagnosis Murder (9 m. CBS 8 04 91. "TV Guide. Sitcoms 3" FOX 4 26 46.

"Tidal Wave: No Escape" ABC 7.91 92. Futurama FOX 4.25 47. "Pepsi 400" CBS 7 89 93. 7lh Heaven WB 3.71 48. Spin City ABC 7 75 94.

Angel WB 3.05 49. "To Brave Alaska" ABC 7.74 95. The Steve Harney Show W8 2 96 50. Will Grace NBC 7.73 96. The Paters UPN 2.96 51.

Dateline NBC (Wed.) NBC 7.31 97 Cnar 2.91 52. "Dukes of Hanard" CBS 7.18 98 star Trek: Voyager UPN 2.87 53. WWFSmackdownl CBS 709 99. The Paters (Mon.) UPN 2.85 54. "Kiss cJ Death" FOX 6.95 100 Buffy.

the Vampire Slayer WB 2 69 55. Whose line Is It? ABC 6.94 101 Steve Harvey (8:30 WB 264 56. Family Guy (8 pm.) FOX 688 102 Malcolm Eddie UPN 2 60 57. The Simpsons FOX 6.76 103 Dawson's Creek (9 WB 2.56 58. 48 Hours CBS 6.75 104 Grown Ups UPN 2.54 59.

"Animal Rescues 3" FOX 6.71 105 The Jamie Fon Show (Sun.) WB 2.49 60. NVPOBlue ABC 6 69 106. Fo, Your love WB 2.38 61. Family Guy FOX 6.56 107 The Jamie Foo Show WB 2.31 62. Malcolm in the Middle FOX 6.55 108 7m Heaven Beginnings WB 2.25 63.

Drew Carey Show (8 p.m.) ABC 6.48 0g 7pays uphl 215 64. NYPD Blue (Sal) ABC 6.32 2 00 65. Greed FOX 6.31 ln Bo5we WB 196 66. PJs 2 (9:30 p.m.) fOX 6.28 ll2. Dawson's Creek WB 195 Indeed, CBS' summer series "Survivor" has taken some of the novelty out of "Millionaire," beating it in head-to-head competition.

Host Regis Philbin said the "Millionaire" team knew a "stunt program" would eventually come along that might beat "Millionaire," but he still managed to get in a shot at "Survivor," noting that once he finally saw it he was expecting more than "throwing spears at a banana," adding: "It's not for me." Davies said he considered whether minting too many millionaires might devalue the show but decided the current rate is right. With all the effort that contestants go to in order to get on, he said, "I have to produce a show where contestants have a fighting chance." As to the low number of minority contestants, Davies said he remains "disappointed, concerned and frustrated" but noted that the blind call-in qualification process for selecting candidates had been scrutinized and no solution was found. The producers have discussed ways to recruit minority and female players, and Davies did note that more women have been getting into the show's "hot seat." Davies also said celebrity episodes of the program would return in November. By ELIZABETH JENSEN TIM liS STAFF WRITER NEW YORK Add two more millionaires to the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" club, and they couldn't come at a better time. The ABC program, which is taped in advance, said it had two top-prize winners in the space of a week (the first, Kim Hunt, a math teacher from Collierville, won Thursday night).

That brings its total to six, out of about 250 total contestants in the course of its first 1 1 months on the air in the U.S. Producer Michael Davies, announcing "another two American lives changed for the good" at a New York press conference, said the new winners provide some dramatically emotional moments, as well as a chance for a "call out to our regular viewers" at a time when they may not be tuning in to each and every episode of what is currently a three-night-per-week show, soon to be four nights a week in the fall. The show, Davies said, is undergoing an "interesting transition. We were an event program. Now 'Millionaire' is becoming a regular television series.

We're not the massive thing, totally different, totally reinventing television. That mantle has been passed on." Southland Viewing Here are Nielsen's Top 10 prime-time programs in the Los Angeles area during the same week. The rankings are based ori the number of households watching. Sit- Hon holoV Program KCBS KABC KABC KABC KABC KNBC KABC KABC KABC KABC KNBC 732,858 659.5J2 638,63 601.9W 581.0J2 549,644" 544,469 539.14 497.2J7- 492.02 492,062 Suivivor "The Search for Jesus" Millionaire (Thur. 9 30 Millionaire 9 p.m.) 2020 (Fn.) Dateline NBC (Tue.) Millionaire (Thur, 9 Millionaire 9 30 The Practice 2020 Downtown Law Order RADIO News updated more often than L.fl.'s area codes.

Dec. 7, 1955), KNX (1070). 1 p.m. Radio Hall of Fame Hour: episodes of "Boston Blackie" (1946) and "The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show" (1948), KNX (1070). Classical 8-9 a.m.

Commuter Classic: Mendelssohn Overture," Hanover Band), KMX.T-1:M (105.1). 10-11 a.m. Morning Symphony: Michael Daugherty Symphony," Baltimore Symphony), KCSN-FM (88.5). 7-8 p.m. Symphony at Seven: Borodin (1st Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic), KMZT-FM (105.1).

Country-Folk-Jazz-Pop 5-10 a.m.-Charlle Tuna, KLAC (570). Tips for Today p.m., a.m. Dragnet: High school students arc suspects in a string of robberies (originally broadcast July 19, 1951), KNX (1070). 10 p.m.-mldnlght Cleveland Orchestra: William Steinberg conducts Brahms (3rd Symphony; Piano Concerto No. 1, pianist Maurizio Pollini); Sainl-Saens, Dvoriik, KM.T-I:M (105.1).

1 1 p.m.-mldnlght lazz Set With Branford Marsalis: "l.ouis Armstrong: One Hundred Years," tribute by the Carnegie Hall Jazz Hand, KLON-FM (88.1). Drama-Comedy-Family p.m., a.m. The Lone Ranger: "Foxfire" (originally broadcast 9 a.m.-noon Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCHW-l'M 89.9). lOa.m.-l p.m.-Global Village, KP1K-1M (90.7). 7-9 p.m.

Madly Cocktail, lounge music, KCSN-FM (88.5). 7-11 p.m. lazz on the Latin Side, with lose Rizo, K1.0N-FM (88.1). Rock-Urban Noon-l p.m. Noon-Time Disco Workout, KBKi-FM (104.3).

7-8 p.m.-'70s al 7, KCMG-l'M (92.3). 7- 8 p.m. Old School Block, urban oldies, KKHT -l'M (100.3). 8- 9 p.m. Mix-Down, rap, hip-hop, KKHT-FM (100.3).

8-9 p.m. Demolisten, KXI.U-I'M (88.9). mm.