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F11 LOS, ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2000 TODAY ON TV I 'Stern' Goes Beyond the Usual Musical Profile Television Review 10:00 a.m. SCI-H The Twilight Zone (TVPG) SHOW 'The Conversation" 74PG)1hr53 TIC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) TMC 'The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!" '88 PG-131hr25 516893 USA Fired Up (TVPGI 11:00 a.m. ff China. He is also shown coaching the young, gifted Mird String Quartet. Stern's fans include former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres and tennis star Jimmy Connors, among others.

Colleagues remark on his playing. "You don't notice his fantastic technique," conductor Zubin Mehta says. "That's how it should be. Listen to the music. It has it all.

It doesn't happen by itself, believe me." Flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal calls his sound "fleshy." "It's something you can eat," he says. Summing up what many of us have thought of Stern's interpretations for years, violinist Itzhak Perlman says, "That's the way it goes. There's no other way it should go. That's it." The skillfully edited program, part of PBS' "American Masters" series, is produced by Susan Lacy. "Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso" airs tonight at 8 on KCET-TV.

KABC (3 1 KEYT43 KESQ Regis Kathie Lee 96980 a KCAL Maury (TVPGI 54928 00 KTTV Divorce Court DO KCOP Montel Williams 90744 DO KSCI I Can Do Itl KWHY Noticiario Hechos 24) KVCR Sesame Street 34744 ED KCET Barney (TVYI 80386 KTBN Dr. Cherry EH KOCE Instructional TV KVEA Monica 36102 E3 KDOC Life in the Word SB KJIA Mike Russell (TVG) ED KLCS TEAMS Reading AMC "Tobacco Roaa' '41 1hr45 84396893 19:15) Night Court BET Videolink BRVO Moonlighting CNBC Power Lunch 28657 CNN Newsday COM Whose Line Is It 7 (TVPGI DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) Otter (TVY El Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 270928 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NBA Today FAM Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 159893 FSN Sports Geniuses FX Picket Fences (TVPGI HIST The Real West (TVG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Little Bear 986909 SCI-FI Highlander (TVPGI SHOW "The Sweetest Gift" '98 1hr30 4441 7386 (9:05) TBS Matlock TCM "The Great American Pastime" '56 1hr29 9930386 TIC Bingo Molly (TVY) TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNT Lois Clark (TVPG) USA Hearts Afire (TVPG) By CHRIS PASLES TIMES STAFF WRITER You'd expect a documentary on violinist Isaac Stern to be full of great playing and ringing testimonials from his music colleagues. "Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso" (tonight on KCET-TV) is all that. But it's so much more. Drawing on archival photos, the program shows Stern performing in front of mesmerized American soldiers" stationed on Guadalcanal during World War II.

One veteran recalls how the GIs kept Stern playing for hours and even how a Japanese soldier managed to sneak into the audience and disappear safely after the show. "I guess the Japanese love classical music too," veteran Curtis Pfaff says. Then there is powerful footage of Stern visiting injured Israeli soldiers hospitalized during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. In a singular act of bravery which he later modestly discounts he is also seen continuing to play in front of a Je- KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) 131 KEYT Home Improvement (TVG) KNBC Time Again (TVG) KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV141 84812 KABC 42 KESQ The View Kate Winslet. 79980 KCAL Jerry Springer (TV1 4 Aspiring adult film stars.

39386 DO KTTV Queen Latifah (TVPGI Runaway boy. 24454 DO KCOP Forgive or Forget 49034 24) KVCR Creative Living F23 KCET Sesame Street 12560 El KMEX Maite 36 KMIR Judge Mills Lane EH KTBN Behind the Scenes EH KVEA "The Electric Horseman" '79 (PG2hr 63183 EH KJLA Richard Saxton (TVG) SQ KLCS in Me: Entrepreneur in You; World of Work (10:15) KRCACine Murder, She Wrote BET Hits From the Street BRVO "Colonel Chabert" '94 2hr45 47592522 CNN CNN Today COM "Just One of the Guys" '85 (PG-132hr 9087270 DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN Bear Big Blue House (TVY) True Hollywood Story (TV14-V) ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2Wakeboard Series FAM The 700 Club FSN2 The Method FX Beverly Hills. 90210 (TVPG) HIST In Search Of (TVG) LIFE Chicago Hope (TV14-LI NICK Kipper 427831 SCI-FI The Twilight Zone (TVPGI TBS Hunter TLCPappyland(TVY) TNN TV's (TVG) TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-V) USA Ned and StaceylTVPG) VH1 New Videos (TVPG) i CHANNELS lot Angelas EB KVEA (Tela) 23 Oraiig County H3 KDOC (Ind 1 56 BOSICBSIO? OKNBCNBC)04 03KLCS(Edu )17 OKTLAIWBI05 GBKRCAlnd.20 DteBCABC)07 Palm Springs aCALlnd.09 38KMIRINBCI04 IBlnVfflx11 42 KESQ (ABC) 7. EKC0PIUPNI13 25 mffittftw Barbara iffi J.KEYT(ABC07 ESTBNlnd.40 Ventura Coorrty B3KOCEPBS)50 JKADYUPN) 16 Cable Service 39 63 NICK 38 AMC 35 ESPN 34 SCI-FI 87 BEt 57 ESPN2 84 SHOW 41 BRVO 54 FAM 47 TBS 43 CNBC 31 FSN 27 TCM 88 COM 79 FSN2 59 TLC 51 CSPN 29 FX 89 TMC 58 CMAX 45 HBO 33 TNN 49 CNN 42 HIST 30 TNT 52 DSC 37 LIFE 46 USA 44 DISN 53 MTV 48 VH1 62 Use numbers after call letters to set VCRRus. Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure.

(R iij the grid, denotes a repeat program. TV RATINGS (TVY) All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; I FantasyViolence (TVfi) General Audience (TVPGI Parental Guidance (W14L.O, Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA Mature Audiences Only (D) I Suggestive Dialogue jy LJ-ju, Coarse Language (Sjji.b. Sex V) i violence i Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME HENRY GROSSMAN "American Masters" profile of violinist Isaac Stern is on tonight rusalem audience through an air raid that occurred during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, even as many in the audience don gas masks. Other footage includes Stern's successful efforts to save Carnegie Hall from demolition in 1960 and snippets from the 1979 documentary "From Mao to Mozart," chronicling his teaching trip to KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14 57744 CI KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane KABCI3 I KEYT Port Charles (TVPG-S) 29560 KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPGI D3 KTTV Living Single DO KCOP Jenny Jones (TV14-DL) Lie-detector tests. 29270 KWHY Quien Tiene la Raz6n 24 KVCR Sewing With Nancy BD KCET Noddy (TVY) 89560 KMEX Querida (TVPG) 27812 36 KMIR The People's Court HD KTBN James Robison 42 KESQ Leeza 16386 S3 KDOC Southland Today KJLA Local Angle (TVG) ED KLCS Taxes in History 63 KADY The Newlywed Game AMC "The Long Voyage Home" '40 2hr 763270 Magnum, P.I.

BET Jam Zone CMAX "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World" '98(R1hr37 9850522 CNBC Street Signs CSPN U.S. House of Representatives 3814589 DSC Lynette Jennings Design (TVG) DISN The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El Inside Pro Wrestling (TVPG-DV) ESPN Inside the PGA Tour ESPN2 Soccer- UEFA Champions League, Quarterfinals. Real Madrid vs. Manchester United. (Tape) 6285183 FAM Who's the Boss? (TVG) FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HIST FBI: Untold Stories (TVPG) LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPGI MTV Return of the Rock (TVPG) NICK Gullah Gullah Island 467299 SCI-FI Star Trek TBS "Body Language" '92 (R) 2hr05 59346305 TCM "The Opposite Sex" '56 1hr56 7709812 TLC Bingo Molly (TVY) TNN Cagney Lacey Please tee TV LOG F12 9:30 a.m.

RADIO Radio Station Guide All stations AM unless otherwise noted 10:30 a.m. MUSIC: COUNTRY 00 KTTV Divorce Court BO KCET Puzzle Place (TVY 27305 HD KTBN Dean and Mary Brown KDOC Benny Hinn KJLA Dow 30 Report (TVG) Night Court CMAX "Dream for an Insomniac" '96 (R 1hr48 625909 CNN Burden of Proof 26043 COM Ben Stein's Money (TVPGI DISN Out of the Box (TVY) El Mysteries Scandals (TVPG-D) ESPN2RPM 2Night FAM CBN Special Edition 895183 FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion HBO "Club Paradise" '86 (PG-13)1hr32 29861367 (9:45) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Blue's Clues TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) USA Almost Perfect (TVPG) KIKF-FM ...943 Tips for Today Noon-l p.m. Left Do Lunch: Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, KCSN-FM (88.5). p.m., a.m. The Whistler: A freed convict sets out to settle old scores (originally broadcast April 2, 1945), KNX (1070).

Drama-Comedy-Family p.m., a.m. Gunsmoke: "Land Deal," KNX (1070). Country-Folk-Jazz-Pop 8-9 p.m. Nancy Wilson's Jazz Profiles: "Carlinc Ray," KLON-FM (88.1). Morning RELIGIOUS I3J KEYT Mad About You (TVPG) 24 KVCR Kaye's Quilting Friends 36 KMIR Judge Mills Lane HD KTBN Casey Treat S3 KDOC Froozles (TVG) 646812 KJLA Bio-Med Check-Up (TVG) BO KLCS Crafts for Kids 35788 DISN Rolie Polie Olie (TVY) ESPN America's Horse ESPN2 Incredible Dog Challenge FSN2 Yoga Zone HIST In Search Of (TVG) NICK Franklin 975893 IT 9:00 a.m.

KBKT 740 KFRN 1280 KLTX 1390 KFVC 1240 KTSJ 1220 K1YM 1460 KWVE-FM .107 9 fT KCBS Martha Stewart 70928 KMIR Later Today (Mine dating. 65096 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael FAMILY FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH prime-Time TV Rankings MUSIC: ADULT COHTEMPORAHY KBtG-FM ..1043 KUTFM ...92 7 KMLT-FM. .92.7 5 KXMXFM ..959 KYSR-FM. .98 7 MUSIC: CLASSICAL KCP8FM ..91.1 KCSN-FM ..885 105-1 KUSC-FM ..91.5 MUSIC: JAZZ BIG BANDPOP STANDARDS KGXl 1650 KMZ 1260 KLAC 570 88.1 KTWV-FM. .94 7 MUSIC: ROCK 103.1 KBCD-FM .103.1 KIISFM 102.7 KNHS-FM ..89.7 KROQ-FM 106.7 KUCI-FM 88.9 KXW-FM .88.9 MUSIC: ROCK OLDIES KCBS-FM ..93.1 KCMG-FM .100.3 101.1 NEWS TRAFFIC KFW8 980 KNX 1070 PUBLIC RADIO KCRW-FM .899 KPFK-FM .90.7 MUSIC: URBAN CONTEMPORARY KHJI-FM ..102.3 92 3 KPWRFM .105.9 9 KAU 1430 K81MFM ..94.3 105.5 KKHJ 930 KLAX-FM .97.9 KLVY-FM .107.1 KLVE FM 107.5 KRRA 900 KNSE 1510 KTNfl 1020 KVCA 670 KWI2.FM...967 KWKW 1330 KWRM 1370 XPRS 1090 ifER Operates Well Against ABC's 'Millionaire' f'C reigned as prime time's top program last FOREIGN LANGUAGE: OTHER but couldn't slow the "Who Wants to I week KAZN 1300 KBLA 1580 KEY 1190 KWIZ 1480 KYMS-FM .106 3 TALK-INTERVIEW Rock-Urban Noon-l p.m.

Noon-Time Disco Workout, KBIG-FM (104.3). Noon-l p.m. Totally '80s at Noon, KYSR-FM (98.7). 7- 8 p.m. 70s at 7, KCMG-FM (100.3).

8- 9 p.m.-Top Eight it Eight, KKBT-FM (92.3). Sports 6- 8:30 p.m. Pro Basketball: Clippers at Utah Jazz, KXTA (1150). 7- 10 p.m. Baseball: Toronto Blue lays at Angels, KLAC (570), XPRS (1090).

7-10 p.m. Baseball: Dodgers at San Francisco Giants, KXTA (1 150). KWKW (1330). Talk-Interview 9 a.m.-noon Dennis Prager, KABC (790). 9 a.m.-noon Rush Llmbaugh, KFI (640).

9 a.m.-noon Stephanie Edwards, KIEV (870). .790 KR 640 KIEV 870 .971 .830 KftU 1110 KXTA 1150 KLSX-FM. 2.4 million viewers. "ER's" performance was particularly impressive considering that the program preceding it, NBC's new sitcom "Battery Park," was battered and then some by "Millionaire" with only a "Frasier" rerun to channel viewers its way. ABC's "Sports Night" also didn't improve its renewal chances with the second-season finale, losing more than a quarter of the audience that tuned in for lead-in show "Dharma Greg." Given that ABC decided last week to let "Sabri-na, the Teenage Witch" jump to the WB network next season, it's worth noting the comedy conjured up 8.8 million viewers 4 million more than the WB's most-watched program, "Angel." BRIAN LOWRY te a Millionaire" express, which carried ABC to its lth consecutive ratings victory based on viewing Estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Re- inarch.

CBS finished second despite disappointing re- tults for the NCAA basketball championship game, Jvtuch saw its Nielsen score drop more than 20 versus last year. The network also fared just rea-; I lonably well with Sunday's live presentation of 'Fail Safe," featuring George Clooney, opposite ABC's tandem of "Millionaire" and "The Practice." frill, CBS had a much better night than TNT, whose fplishy production of "Don Quixote" tilted at I vindmills, with the initial telecast drawing just National Nielsen Vlewershlp 9 a.m.-noon The Doctors, KPLS (830). 9 a.m.-noon Michael Jackson, KRLA (1110). 1 1 a.m.-Noon-Sam Rubin, KLSX-FM (97.1). Noon-3 p.m.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger, KFI (640). Noon-3 p.m. Jonathon Brandmeler, KLSX-FM (97.1). Noon-3 p.m.

Dan Lungren, KPLS (830). Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (April 3-9) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are easedon 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. iKrt 41. ER NBC ABC ABC ABC Millionaire (Thu.) I Millionaire (Tue.) J-4. -Millionaire (Sun.) I 50ICAA Basketball Final CBS ABC 'JfJThe Practice Order 60 Minutes I touched by an Angel JQ Friends ll Frasier 6fiarma Greg Net- Vtaw- Prognm work en 108. The Jamie Fox Show WB 2.01 109.

Popular WB 1.98 110. Movie Stars WB 1.80 DC WB 1.80 112. Zoa WB 1.73 113. Moesha (Frl, 8:30 p.m.) UPN 1.68 114. Moesha (Frl, 8 p.m.) UPN 1.65 Cable Top 10 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable programs in prime time last week, also ranked by total viewers (in millions).

Net. View Pragma tank an 1. The Sopranos HBO 896 2. Wrestling 10 USA 828 3. Wrestling 9 p.m.) USA 8.01 4.

"The Malm" HBO 7.11 5. The Sopranos 8 HBO 4.03 6. Wild Thomberrys (8:30 p.m.) NICK 3.25 7. "Forces of Nature" HBO 3.23 8. Wild Thomberrys NICK 3.17 9.

Walker, Tens Ranger USA 3.13 10. Wrestling (Sun.) USA 3.08 it'-YrfrtiiYflVrr ti mm anniMiiuMi 14" NYPO Blue 1 15. Malcolm in the Middle 16. Daddio 17. ,19.

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07 mm Xi Ka -4 rioimifinsiimn I i ii i Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. ...29. -30. 27.48 27.24 26.83 26.76 20.59 20.12 17.99 17.88 17.60 16.83 16.66 16.16 1565 15.48 15.19 14.97 14.75 1438 14.24 13.72 13.08 12.74 1255 12.42 1220 12.19 11.78 11.71 1160 11.54 1152 11.31 11.17 11.13 10.86 10.56 10.54 10.46 10.44 10.41 10.39 10.25 10.12 10.07 9.92 9.71 958 9.42 933 9.32 922 9.11 888 888 883 879 875 866 8.57 836 832 825 825 819 Prelude to Champtonshlp JAG Trie West Wing The Simpsons Dateline NBC (Tue.) 2020 (Wed) Twenty One Just Shoot Me 2020 (fti.) TheX-fUM Sports foght Will Grace Battery Park Whose Uriels It? (8:30 p.m.) Diagnosis Murder Every. Ues Ray.

(8:30 pm.) Nash Bridges The Drew Carey Show Dateline NBC Wed. 8 p.m.) "Picture Perfect" Walter. Texas Ranger "Falcone" (Tue.) Spin City Once and Again Dateline NBC (Mon.) "Mail to the Chief' Providence 60 Minutes law Order SVU "Ft Knight" King of Queens NBC CBS CBS NBC NBC ABC CBS ABC FOX NBC CBS CBS NBC FOX NBC ABC NBC NBC ABC FOX ABC NBC NBC ABC CBS CBS CBS ABC NBC ABC 'CBS CBS ABC ABC NBC ABC NBC CBS NBC ABC CBS CBS NBC FOX FOX ABC FOX FOX NBC ABC FOX FOX CBS CBS CBS CBS NBC ABC "31. 32. 33.

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3 40. i 41. week teeatt ABC 13.09 million 14.23 CBS 11.79 12.69 NBC 10.48 12.44 FOX 7.69 9.18 UPN 3.38 3.92 WB 3.13 3.71 TONY ESPARZA George Clooney Net- View-Program I work era 65. King ol the HO FOX 8.16 World's Wildest Police Videos FOX 8.16 67. Then Cameron ABC 801 68.

Cops FOX 7.85 69. Mailing the Band ABC 7.84 70. Early Edition CBS 7.53 71. Wonderland ABC 750 72. WWFSrriactidownl UPN 7.07 73.

"Falcone" (Wed.) CBS 697 74. TheHugMeys ABC 6.78 75. That '70s Show (Tue.) FOX 6.76 76. Costly CBS 6.71 77. "Falcone" (Thur.) CBS 6.68 78.

Beverly Hilts, 902 10 FOX 6.47 79. Boy Meets World ABC 6.33 80. Family Guy FOX 6.24 81. Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 5.72 82. 3rd Bock From the Sun NBC 5.66 83.

Just Shoot 8:30 p.m.) NBC 5.46 84. Futurama FOX 5.34 85. Angel WB 485 86. Party ol Five FOX 4.83 87. 7th Heaven WB 4.68 88.

Charmed WB 4.66 89. Get Real FOX 4.58 90. Dawson's Creek WB 411 Bufly, the Vampire Stayer WB 4.11 92. Star Tretc Voyager UPN 390 93. 3rd Rock From the Sun (Sat) NBC 3.86 94.

NAACP Image Awards FOX 3.57 95. The Parkers UPN 348 96. NBA Basketball (Sat). NBC 3.47 97. Moesha UPN 333 98.

Fetoty WB 308 99. Grownups UPN 3.04 100. The Sieve Harvey Show WB 2 95 101. Butry, trampire Slayer (Mon.) WB 287 102. 7 Days UPN 286 103.

Malcolm (Eddie UPN 2.79 104. For Your love WB 2.53 105. The Jamie Fon Show WB 2.11 'Teen Files: Drugs" UPN 2.11 107. 7th Heaven Beginnings WB 2.06 '42. 43.

4J. ,.46 47 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. 48. "Falcone" (Sat) 49 Third Watch t.

America's Most Wanted i St. Tnus Whose line UK Anyway? 53. a a- 56. 5'-, ,59 I 60. I 61.

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Law 1 Order KNBC 779,970 5. Mloriatre(Thur.) KABC 759.032 6. 60 Minutes KCBS 743,327 7. Friends KNBC 685,746 8. Frasier KNBC 680.511 9.

The Practice KABC 675,276 10. The Simpsons KTTV 664,807 Cops (8:30 pm.) AHyMcBeal "My fellow Americans" SaMna, tie Teenage Witch That 70s Sim (Mm.) Gieed Chicago Hope "Falcone" (Fit) NrJs Say the Damdest Things City ot Angets "Gerardo Rivera Reports" Two Guys and a Gnt CLASSIFIED PRiAfG SPECIAL. 6 1 -r 1 1 ind a qualified recruit with the Los Angeles Times Classified Spring Special Edition. It's when we use our powerful advertising to promote yours. And at the core of our promotion: a consumer sweepstakes prize sending the winner to amazing Thailand.

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