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f16 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1999 LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings CHANNELS Overall Viewing Takes a Holiday During Christmas SDKOCE(P8S)50 EB 03 KDOC (lnd. 56 HI KJLA (Ind 1 25 BD KRCA (Ind.) 20 Palm Springs 36 KMIR (NBC) 04 Santa Barbara LI KEYTIABQ07 San Bernardino 24.KVCR(PBS24 Ventura County In Angeles Orange County KCBS (CBS) 02 KNBC (NBC) 04 0 KTLA(WB) 05 -HKABCIABCI07 a DQ KTTV (Fcw 1 1 "10 KSCI (Ind.) 18 KWHY (Ind.) 22 BO KCET(PBS)Z8 HDKPXN(PAX30 EDKMEXUni.14 KTBN (ind 40 "ER" rerun. CBS ranked first in overall viewing, extending to four weeks a streak that began as soon as ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" left prime-time playing field. The network was paced by "60 Minutes," a double dose of "Everybody Loves Raymond" and the Sunday movie "The Marriage Fool." Audience levels sank on Christmas Eve when NBC's third showing this month of the holiday perennial "It's a Wonderful Life" still managed tp top the competition and Christmas night, de: spite an NBA doubleheader featuring the Lakers versus the San Antonio Spurs. -BRIAN LOWRY The nights before Christmas found few TV sets stirring, causing tune-in for the major networks to plummet by more than 8 million people compared to season-to-date averages, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.

TV viewing was not surprisingly higher during the first half of the week, when "Monday Night Football" delivered its third-highest rating this season. NBC also scored solid numbers with a "National Geographic" special, while ABC received a boost from "America's Funniest Home Videos," which helped "2020 Downtown" draw its biggest audience thus far, albeit opposite an National Nielsen Viewership Cable Services Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Dec. 20-26) 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. ASE39 AMC 35 dMET BRVO 54 CNBC 31 1 ft COM 79 v'CSPN 29 1CMAX 45 0fCNN 42 OSC 37 DtSN 53 SCI-FI 87 SHOW 41 TBS 43 TCM 88 TLC 51 TMC 58 TNN 49 TNT 52 USA 44 VH162 WGN 55 El 63 ESPN 34 ESPN2 84 FAM 47 FSN27 FSN2 59 FX 89 HBO 33 HIST 30 LIFE 46 MTV 48 NICK 38 Net- Program USA Ned and Stacey (TVPGI VH1 Behind the Music (TVPG) WGN News 10:30 a.m. (31 KEYT Mad About You (TVPGI II KNBC EXTRA 15455 KWHY "El Aduanal" 390271 I24j KVCR Kaye's Quilting Friends KMIR Judge Mills Lane 3 KTBN Casey Treat 03 KDOC Froozles (TVG) 215225 ffl KJLA Bio-Med Check-Up (TVG 03 KLCSSatscreen DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) ESPN SportsCenter 's Top 10 Games ESPN2 Strongest Man Competition NICK Franklin 898558 TIC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) TNN Real McCoys (TVG) USA Fired Up (TVPG) 11:00 a.m. KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14) 32271 a KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane El KABC 1 3J KEYT Port Charles (TVPGI 77287 13 KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPG) Gfl KTTV Living Single QD KCOP Jenny Jones 67558 24 KVCR Sewing With Nancy ED KCET Noddy (TVYI 93813 EQ KMEX Girasoles para Lucia (TVPGI 85900 '36! KMIR The People's Court EH KTBN James Robison I42I KESO Leeza 94252 03 KVEA Luisa Fernanda 47320 03 KDOC Southland Today 03 KJLA Local Angle (TVG) 63 KADY The Newlywed Game Northern Exposure (TVPG) BET Jam Zone CMAX if "Sphere" '98 (PG-13) 2hr13 92318392 CNBC Street Signs DSC Lynette Jennings Design (TVG) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El Assignment With Leeza Gibbons The Thinning of Hollywood.

Svelte Hollywood figures. 381 184 ESPN2 Winter Games Classix FAM Guiding Girls (TVG) 525610 HBO Rich" '94 (PG) 1hr35 HIST 20th Century (TVPG) LIFE Chicago Hope (TVPG) NICK Gullah Gullah Island 827455 SCI-FI Incredible Hulk (TVG) Please see TV LOG F17 KNBC 36! KMIR Later Today 29368 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV14) Police videos. 41558 KABC 42 KESQ Regis Kathie Lee 63726 a KCAL Maury (TVPGI 87320 10 KTTV Divorce Court KCOPMontel Williams 25558 DO KSCI I Can Do It! fS KWHY La Carte diil Pueblo 241 KVCR Sesame Street 22784 B3 KCET Barney (TVYI 60146 KTBN Dr. Cherry S3 KOCE Instructional TV KVEA Dragon Ball 03 KDOC Life in the Word 09 KJIA Mike Russell (TVG) BD KLCS TEAMS Geometry 03 KRCA Los Ancis Perdidos 85542 Simon Simon BETVideolink BRVO Louis Theroux Weird Weekends CMAX kw "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?" 78 PG 864146 CNBC Power Lunch 1 21 84 CNN Newsday COM Make Me Laugh (TVPGI DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) Otter (TVY RYE! (TVPGI ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Spanish Fly FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 974962 FSN Golf Colorado FX Picket Fences (TVPG-DSV) HIST Weapons at War (TVGI LIFE Next Door (TVG) 987436 MTV Road Rules All-Stars (TVPG) NICK Little Bear 796146 SCI-FI Incredible Hulk (TVG) SHOW if "A Matter of Time" 76 (PG) 1hr39 96529707 (9:15) TBS Matlock TLC Bingo Molly (TVY TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNT Lois Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TVPG) USA Almost Perfect (TVPGI VH1 Behind the Music (TVPG) WGN Richard Simmons' Dream Maker 9:30 a.m. DQ KTTV Divorce Court KWHY Qyien Tiene la Raz6n KCET The Puzzle Place (TVY) EE1 KTBN Dean and Mary Brown 03 KVEA Los Recien Casados 09 KJLA Dow 30 Report (TVG) BD KLCS 3-2-1 Classroom Contact (9:45) CNN Burden of Proof 991788 COM Win Ben Stein's Money (TVPG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) El Mysteries Scandals (TVPG-V) ESPN2 Ultimate Outdoors FAM CBN Special Edition 618894 FSN2 Aerobic Conditioning UFE New Attitudes (TVPG) 621 368 MTV Road Rules All-Stars (TVPGI NICK Blue's Clues TIC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) USA Something So Right (TVPG) 10:00 a.m.

KCBS Dr. Joy Browne 29707 131 KEYT Home Improvement (TVG) El KNBC Access Hollywood 84146 a KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV14) Infidelity. 63165 El KABC (42 KESQ The View 58233 0 KCAL Jerry Springer 12455 BD KTTV Queen Latifah 25833 KCOP Forgive or Forget 74894 1241 KVCR Creative Living HB KCET Sesame Street 86946 S3 KMEXMaite KMIR Mad About You (TVPG) BD KTBN Behind the Scenes S3 KVEA Las Aguas Mansas 67184 BO KJLA Richard Saxton (TVGI BO KLCS World of Work in Me; Entrepreneur in You (10:1 5) KRCA Cine AMC "Good Sam" '48 2hr15 Order (TVPG) BET Hits From the Street BRVO "Black Orpheus" '59 2hr 773981 CNN CNN Today COM "Mischief" '85 8747833 CSPN American Presidents: Portraits DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) Bill Bixby: The True Hollywood Story (TVPG) ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2 Bloopers FAM The 700 Club FSN2 Fitting It In FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HIST High Points in History (TVG) LIFE Party of Five (TVPG-DS) MTV House of Style NICK Kipper 781829 SCI-FI Incredible Hulk (TVG) TBS Hunter TCM "King of Kings" '61 2hr40 8436542 TLC The Big Garage (TVY) TMC "Looking for Lola" '97(PG)1hr38 TNN Alice (TVG) TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-V) 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.

102. Dawson's Creek WB 2.77 103. Shasta McNasty UPN 2.70 The Jamie Fon Show WB 270 105. RosweH WB 251 106. Popular WB 2JO Totally Rldtulousl UPN 190 108.

Sate Harbor WB 2.00 109. Dilbeit UPN 183 110. Felicity WB 1.74 111. JackS Jill WB 1.59 'i- rt TV RATINGS fTVY) All Children Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. (TVY7) Directed to Older Children 4TVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; FantasyViolence (TVG) General Audience Parental Guidance (TV14I Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only Suggestive Dialogue (L) Coarse Language "(S Sex Violence Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Last StMon week tadetn CBS 11.21 million 13.03 ABC 10.58 12,31 NBC 10.09 13.25 FOX 7.47 9.04 UPN 3.95 3.86 WB 2.96 4.01 1.

Monday Night Football ABC 22.49 6. 2. 60 Minutes CBS 17.39 3. Every. Loves Raymond CBS 16.50 a 4.

Frasier NBC 15.63 54. 5. "The Marriage Fool" CBS 15.46 55- 6. Every. Loves Ray.

(8:30) CBS 15.10 7. ER NBC 14.94 5 8. Touched by an Angel CBS 14.68 59. 9. Friends NBC 14.54 m-10.

Becker CBS 14.31 It. King of Queens CBS 14.04 63. 12. "National Geographic Special" NBC 13.85 64. 13.

Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 13.33 65. 14. "While You Were Sleeping" NBC 13.28 66. 15. Frasier(Iue, 9:30 p.m.) NBC 13.21 16.

Jesse NBC 13.01 68. 17. AUyMcBeal FOX 12.86 69. 18. Judging Amy CBS 12.58 70.

19. America's Funniest Videos ABC 12.55 71. 20. Otiamia 1 Greg ABC 12.52 72. 21.

Na Sunday Postgame Show FOX 12.48 73. 22. Laws Order NBC 12.38 74. JAG NBC 12.38 75, 24. 60 Minutes II CBS 12 20 76.

25. Stark Raving Mad NBC 12.14 77 26. "The Christmas Wish" CBS 12.03 7g' 27. 2020 Downtown ABC 11.97 79 28. "Wild America" A8C 11.66 go' 29.

2020 (Wed.) ABC 11.46 8L 30. "The Drew Carey Show" ABC 1125 82' 31. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 11.24 33' 32. Spin City ABC 10.75 33. Once and Again ABC 10.74 85 34.

Willi Grace NBC 10.57 86 35. Martial Law CBS 10.47 87 36. 3rd Roc From the Sun NBC 10.29 gg 37. The Simpsons FOX 10.25 39' 38. Earty Edition CBS 10.15 gg 39.

Sports Night ABC 10.03 9r 40. Walter, Texas Ranger CBS 9.86 92 41. 2020 (Mon.) ABC 9.75 93 42. Bloopers ABC 9.65 94 43. Norm ABC 9.64 95 44.

"Miracle on 34th Street" FOX 9.50 96' 45. Two Guys and a Girl ABC 9.37 97 Family Guy FOX 9.37 gg' 47. Family Law CBS 9.10 gg' 48. King ol Queens (Wed CBS 8.99 l00 49. The X-Files FOX 8.94 lm "A Home for the Holidays" CBS 8.89 Just Shoot Me NBC 8.71 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:30) ABC 8.69 Cosoy CBS 8.56 "Disney World's Christ Parade" ABC 8.50 Oh Grow Up ABC 8.38 If like, you know.

ABC 8.37 King ol the Hill FOX 8.30 Laws Order SVU NBC 8.15 2020 (Fn.) ABC 7.98 Whose Line Is It Anyway? ABC 7.93 Nash Bridges CSS 7.93 Beverly Hills, 90210 FOX 7.44 Third Watch NBC 7.30 WWFSmackdownl UPN 7.18 48 Hours CBS 7.11 Basketball, Lakers vs. Spurs NBC 7.03 "Its a Wonderful Lite" NBC 7.03 Chicago Hope CBS 6.83 "Mis. Santa Claus" CBS 6.63 "Flirting With Disaster" ABC 6.59 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ABC 6.23 The Hughleys ABC 6.12 "Multiplicity" FOX 6.06 Suddenly Susan NBC 5.94 "Simpsons Christmas Special" FOX 5.68 "Geraldo Rivera Reports" NBC 6 48 Boy Meets World ABC 534 "World's Fun. Christmas" FOX 5.31 Veronica's Closet NBC 5.28 "King of Hill Chnstmas Special" FOX 5.24 7th Heaven WB 5.09 Get Real FOX 5.04 "Futurama Christmas Special" FOX 5.00 "PJs Christmas Special" FOX 4.90 Odd Man Out ABC 4.83 Time of Your life FOX 4.65 "Red Cross Music Special" FOX 4.46 Buffy, the Vampire Slayer WB 4.41 Star Trek: Voyager UPN 4.10 The Pariters FOX 3.97 Moesha UPN 3.66 Angel WB 3.55 "Piranha" UPN 3.44 Charfned WB 3.42 Sieve Harvey Show (9:30 p.m.) WB 3.38 Steve Harvey Show WB 3.15 Jamie Fon Show (8:30 p.m.) WB 3.13 Grownups UPN 3.11 Malcolm Eddie UPN 2.89 Popular (Mon.) WB 2.82 7 Days UPN 2.79 Morning 9:00 a.m. 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. KCBS Martha Stewart 27900 3 KEYT Regis Kathie Lee 21726 RADIO SK- HoaM- Progrtu oo hoMs 1. 60 Minutes KCBS 718,914 2. AllyMcBeal KTTV 641,688 3. ER KNBC 621,347 4.

Friends KNBC 611,077 5. Frasier KNBC 569,996 6. Jesse KNBC 564,861 7. Frasier KNBC 559,726 8. Spin City KABC 549,456 9.

"The Marriage Fool" KCBS 518,645 10. Touched by an Angel KCBS 508,375 Dharma Greg KABC 508,375 6-9 p.m. Pro Hockey: Kings at Colorado Avalanche, KRLA (11 10). 6-9 p.m. Pro Hockey: Mighty Ducks at Calgary Flames, XTRA (690).

p.m.-Pro Basketball: Phoenix Suns at Lakers, KLAC (570). Talk-Interview 1 1 a.m.-l p.m. Talk of the Nation, KPCC-FM (89.3). 11 a.m.-3 p.m. lonathon Brandmeier, KLSX-FM (97.1).

Noon-2 p.m. George Putnam's Talkback, KIEV (870). Noon-3 p.m. Dr. Laura Schlesslnger, KFI (640).

Noon-3 p.m. Dan Lungren, KPLS (830). Noon-3 p.m. Dr. Tonl Grant, KRLA (1110).

p.m.-Al Rantel, KABC (790). for Today Noon-1 p.m. Let's Do Lunch: "City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department," KCSN-FM (88.5). p.m. Joe Sutton: Roy E.

Disney, executive producer of "Fantasia2000," KIEV (870). p.m., a.m. Have Gun, Will Travel: Paladin (John Dehner) is hired to be a bodyguard to a gunfighter (originally broadcast March 20, 1960), KNX (1070). 10 p.m.-midnight Chicago Symphony: Chrisloph Eschenbach conducts Dvorak Corigliano lied Violin Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra," Joshual Bell): Ravel for Violin and Orchestra," Bell); Brahms (2nd Symphony), KKGO-FM (105.1). Drama-Comedy-Family 1-2, 7-8 p.m.

10 by Maugham: Collection of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham continues; directed by Rosalind Ayres; casts Includes Michael York, Martin Jarvis, Alfred Molinda, Carolyn Seymour, KCRW-FM (89.9). p.m., a.m. Escape: A man gets a surprise when he tries to get relief for his toothache (originally broadcast July 4, 1948), KNX (1070). Rock-Urban 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Top 103 World Class Rock Albums: Countdown continues weekdays through New Year's Eve, KACD-FM KBCD-FM (103.1). Sports 5-8 p.m. College Football: Holiday Bowl, Kansas State vs. Washington, KXTA (1 150). Loving Madeline.

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