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DOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 IS. TODAY ON TV II IH I -l-l -l-l Prime-Time TV Rankings 11:00 a.m. Sunday 'Am Helps CBS Close Summer With Win CHANNELS LlosAngeW EH KOCEIPBSI50 'OtmoaCotrty ES KVEA(Tele23 i "Jf fflM DKNBCINBCI04 (3ft KMIR (NBC) 04 tH KTTVIFoxlll SBKC0P(UPN)13 -BJ KSCKIndMB LSiw" KCET (PBS) 28 E)KPXN(PAX)30 2KVCRlpBS)24 G3KMX(Uni.) 14 Ventura County SKADYIUPN)16 well Thursday opposite a "Frasier" rerun and the highest-rated installment yet of UPN's "WWE Smackdown!" ABC's "Monday Night Football" seemed to benefit from a return to the old kickoff time, as the season opener drew more viewers than the corre: sponding week last year, when games started at 5:20 p.m. Calls for a viewer boycott in response to the shortage of minority roles in prime time didn't appear to affect ratings; in fact, combined viewing of the four major networks rose by more than 2 million people versus the previous week. BRIAN LOWRY The new TV season officially began Monday, but one preseason arrival helped CBS close the summer on a winning note, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.

CBS successfully used "Touched by an Angel's" time slot to introduce "Judging Amy," a new drama that combined with the season premiere of "60 Minutes" to provide the network a commanding Sunday-night victory. Starring Amy Brenne-man, "Amy" regularly airs Tuesdays. Fox, meanwhile, saw ratings for its Wednesday drama "Get Real" diminish from the show's premiere two weeks ago, while the heavily promoted film industry satire "Action" did particularly National Nielsen Vlewershlp KCAL Maury 86483 BO KTTV Divorce Court (TVPG) tH KCOPMontel Williams 27795 HO KSCI I Can Do It! KWHY Business News KVCR Sesame Street 23957 S3 KCET Barney (TVY) 14919 3 KTBN Dr. Cherry B0 KOCE Instructional TV EH KVEA Dragon Ball KDOC Life in the Word 6Q KICS TEAMS Geometry EB KRCA Los AnosPerdidos 51377 AMC "The Flame and the Arrow" '50 1hr30 392342 Simon Simon BETVideolink CNBC Power lunch 95209 CNN Newsday COM The Daily Show (TVPG) DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) Otter (TVY) El EYE! (TVPG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 970984 FSW The Golf Scene FX Picket Fences (TVPG-DV) HIST Weapons at War (TVG) UFE Next Door (TVG) 743378 NICK Kipper 872358 SCI-H The Twilight Zone (TVPG) TBS Matlock TCM "The Sisters" '38 4764377 TLC Bingo Molly (TVY) TNN Your Home Studio (TVG) TNT Reasonable Doubts (TVPG) USA Almost Perfect (TVPGI VH1 Back to Back Videos (TVPG) WGN Richard Simmons' Dream Maker KNBC Access Hollywood 67261 13 KTLA Richard Simmons' Dream Maker 39990 fl KABC42 KESQ The View 31358 El KCAL Jerry Springer 88280 GO KTTV Queen Latifah (TVPGI 80648 KCOPRicki Lake 57919 KWHY Business News KVCR Creative Living EE KCET Sesame Street 84613 EQ KMEXMaite 1361 KMIR Mad About You (TVPG) QD KTBN Behind the Scenes BB KVEA Las Aguas Mansas 44071 S3 KLCSE' in Me. World of Work (10:151 E9 KRCA "El 63735 Law Order (TVPG) BET All CNN CNN Today COM "Zapped Again!" '90 7218349 DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) El Batman Unmasked: Adam West: The True Hollywood Story (TVPGI ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2HBTV FAM The 700 Club FSW2 Fitting It In FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HBO "Lassie" '94 (PG 2019629 HIST High Points in History (TVG) LIFE Party of Five (TVPG-L) NICK Little Bear 770551 SCI-H Lost in Space TBS Hunter TLC The Big Garage (TVY) 29413464(1005) TNN Alice (TVG) TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-V) USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG-D) VH1 Women First (TVPG) WGN News Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Sept.

13-19) 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 i rii potential U.S. viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here in millions.

i 1 1 1 i i ill tmmmmmtmmmmm Mew- KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV141 15396 t3 KNBC News 13 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV14) 59754 KEYT Port Charles (TVPG-L) 74984 El KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPG) Dfl KTTV Living Single 09 KCOP Jenny Jones 60483 KWHY Business News California Stocks (11:20) 24) KVCR Martha's Sewing Room ED KCET Noddy (TVY) 70700 EQ KMEX Las Travesuras del Coraz6n 39 KMIR The People's Court EQ KTBN James Robison KESQ Leeza 84667 03 KVEA Luisa Fernanda 37735 KDOC Southland Today S3 KLCS Using Maps, Globes, Graphs, Tables, Charts and Diagrams Taxes in U.S. History (11:15) 163) KADY The Dating Game Northern Exposure (TVPG) BET Jam Zone CNBC Street Signs CSPN U.S. House of Representatives 6245648 DSC Lynette Jennings Design (TVG) DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) El 1999 Emmy Award Fashion Review ESPN2 Strongest Man Competition FAM What Every Baby Knows (TVG) FX Beverly Hills. 90210 (TVPG) HIST 20th Century (TVPGI UFE Chicago Hope (TVPG-L) NICK GullahGullah Island 996377 SCI-H Sightings (TVPGI SHOW 73(G) 1hr42 8708483 TBS "Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin Deep Scandal" '93 2hr05 53321716 TCM "Watch on the Rhine" '43 1hr54 4630025 TIC Pappyland (TVY) TNN Dallas (TVPG-LV) TNT "The Towering Inferno" '74 (PG4hr 345667 USA Wings (TVPG-D) VH1 Top 10 Countdown (TVPGI WGN Baseball-Cardinals at Cubs. 49443551 Program Cable Service A4E 39 El 63 NICK 38 AMC 35 ESPN 34 SCI-H 87 BET.

57 ESPN2 84 SHOW 41 "BRVO 54 MM 47 TBS 43 "CNBC 31 FSW27 TCM 88 C0M 79 FSW259 TIC 51 CSPN 29 FX89 "CMAX45 HBO 33 iJJ? HIST 30 DSC 37 UFE 46 VH162 OISN 53 MTV 48 WGN 55 Use numbers after call letters to set Veil Plus. Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure. (R) in the grid, denotes a repeat program. Movie Ratings 'VW A CLASSIC -W FIRST RATE "tV. FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME TV RATINGS All Children fTVY7 Directed to Older Children Directed to Older Children; 1 FantasyAolence 1TyG General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance ftV1 4) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only 'Pl" Suggestive Dialogue 9:30 a.m.

Net- Wtu Program work 107. The Jamie Fob Show WB 2.35'ti,.' 108. Star Trek: Voyager (Tue.) UPN 2.25 109. 'The Darwin Conspiracy" UPN 2.07, 110. 7Days UPN 111.

Dilben UPN 170 112. Redhanded UPN 1,381 Jv Ju: Cable Top 10 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable pro-, grams in prime time last week, also ranked J. by total viewers (in millions). Net- Hew- Pregnei work ntit 1. FoottsHI, Jets vs.

Bills ESPN 2. Wrestling 10 p.m.) USA 0. 3. Wrestling 9 p.m.) USA 6.17 4. NFLfumetime ESPN 5.86"'"1' 5.

"Journey to CenterEarth" PL 1 USA 5.03 6. Wrestling 7 USA 5 7. "Journey to CenterEarth" PL 2 USA 4.79 (l i 8. "There's Something About Mary" HBO 9. Wrestling 8 p.m.) TNT 4.58,;!i 10.

Weather Center TWC 10:30 a.m. Amy Brenneman ED KTTV Divorce Court (TVPG) KWHY Business News 53 KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 47735 03 KTBN Dean and Mary Brown ES KVEA Los Recien Casados BRVO wv "A Face in the Crowd" '57 2hr30 739071 CNN Burden of Proof 158280 COM Win Ben Stein's Money (TVPG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) El Mysteries Scandals (TVPG-DI ESPN2 BodyShapmg FAM CBN Special Edition 787716 FSW2 Aerobic Conditioning LIFE New Attitudes 783990 NICK Blue's Clues SCI-H Beyond Reality (TVPG) SHOW v'taptiva Island" '95 IPG) 1hr26 583613 TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNN America Country Hits (TVG) USA Something So Right (TVPG-D) Coarse Language SI Sex Violence 11:30 a.m. rS) KEYT Mad About You (TVPG) a KNBC EXTRA 81280 ES KWHY Business News Health 124 KVCR Lap Quilting 361 KMIR Judge Mills Lane EH KTBN Casey Treat 03 KDOC Froozles (TVG) 119087 S3 KLCS Crafts for Kids 23629 AMC kw "The Three Musketeers" '73 PG2hr 362938 CMAX "Slums of Beverly Hills" '98 (R1hr30 3925880 (10:45) DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) ESPN Baseball-Celebrity Classic. 623071 NICK Franklin 798342 TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY TNN Real McCoys (TVG) USA Fired Up (TVPG) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPG) Morning 1 Network Averages 9:00 a.m. Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime for last week and forthe season.

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61. 62. 63. Monday Night Football ABC Judging Amy CBS Frasier NBC NFL Showcase ABC 60 Minutes CBS Friends NBC "Miss America Pageant" ABC ER NBC "Sealed With a Kiss" CBS Every. Loves Raymond CBS Emy Urns Raymond (8 30) C8S Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC Even.

Loves Raymond (9:30) CBS Datebne: NBC (Wed.) NBC Win a Grace (9:30) NBC ImlOnkr NBC Every, lows Raymond (8:00) CBS College Football CBS 48 Hows CBS 2020 (Wed.) ABC 60 Minutes CBS The Drew CaieySlww ABC "Fools Rush In" NBC WoiM's Most Amarlng Videos NBC Willi Grace NBC JAG CBS 2020 (Fit.) ABC Just Shoot Me NBC 48 Hours (Mon.) CBS Dhaima Greg ABC The Practice ABC Nash Bridges CBS 2020 (Mon.) ABC The Simpsons FOX Diagnosis Murder CBS "Is America No. ABC Spin City (9:30 p.m.) ABC Wonderful World or Disney ABC "GoodFellas" CBS Two Guys and a Gid ABC Beverly Hills, 90210 FOX Norm ABC Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC Saohna, the Teenage Witch FOX Futurama FOX 48 Hours (Tue.) CBS World's Wildest Police Videos FOX "Action Preview" FOX Home Improvement ABC "Busted on the Jol" FOX Whose Line It Anyway? ABC Dharma Greg (8:30 ABC Rids Say the Damdest Things CBS OatelmNBCfSun.) NBC AlyMcBeal FOX Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:30) ABC America's Most Wanted FOX Candid Camera CBS law 4 Order (Mon.) NBC Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX "Clitmanger" FOX Norm (9:30 p.m.) ABC That '70s Show FOX 23.06 19.57 18.71 18.68 17.50 16.63 15.36 15.16 14.03 13.40 13.17 13.16 12.85 11.89 11.73 11.51 11.50 11.42 11.26 1085 10.72 1065 10.49 10.48 10.38 10.35 10.21 9.98 9.95 9.94 9.87 9.78 9.76 9.74 9.39 9.30 9.29 9.08 8.97 8.90 8.82 8.73 8.70 8.54 8.53 843 8.37 8.31 8.27 824 8.22 8.11 8.07 8.06 8.01 785 7.82 7.79 7.76 7.66 7.58 7.52 7.51 13! KEYT News fl KABC News ED KTTVRoseanne 03 KSCI Taiwan News ES KWHY Business News 1241 KVCR The Artists' World HD KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 51623 EQ KTBN Benny Hinn Please tee TV LOG FIO Last sll 10:00 a.m. fl KCBS Martha Stewart 84087 'ffl KEYT Regis Kathie Lee 30223 KNBC3S KMIRUter Today 81993 Sally Jessy Raphael 37193 KABCW KESQ Regis Kathie -teft 22261 'A 12.4B KCBS Dr. Joy Browne 95532 1 3 1 KEYT Home Improvement (TVG) 10.93 7 CBS ABC NBC FOX WB UPN 11.30 million 10.81 9.75 7.11 3.51 3.38 13.35 -Tt. 9.43 4.07 Net- vW Protrun worti era 64.

TheHughleys ABC 7.49 65. Spin City ABC 7.48 66. Nash Bridges (9 p.m.) CBS 7.39 67. Boy Meets World ABC 7.33 68. Dateline NBC (Fh.) NBC 7.25 69.

Providence (9 p.m.) NBC 7.15 70. Providence NBC 7.10 Action FOX 7.10 72. "Behind Closed Doors VIII" ABC 6.97 73. Cops FOX 6.78 74. WWF Smackdown! UPN 6.70 75.

The Pretender NBC 6.60 76. Get Real FOX 6.48 77. Action (Sun.) FOX 6.16 78. King of the Httl FOX 5.92 79. World's FunnlestI (7:18 p.m.) FOX 5.70 80.

Mad Atout YOU NBC 5.65 81. Suddenly Susan NBC 5.40 82. Veronica's Closet NBC 5.13 83. 7th Heaven (Mon.) WB 5.10 84. "Up Close and Personal" ABC 498 85Nightline in Nmetime ABC 4.94 86.

The Steve Harvey Show (Sun.) WB 4.89 87. The Pretender NBC 480 88. SmaitGuy WB 4.48 89. 7th Heaven WB 4.45 90. The Parkers UPN 4.44 91.

Get Real (Mon.) FOX 3.96 92. Unhappily Ever After WB 3.88 93. Grownups UPN 3.84 94. "Central Park in Blue" FOX 3.81 95 Sister, Sister WB 3.80 96. Charmed WB 3.64 97.

world's Funniest (7 p.m.) FOX 3.47 98. 7th Heaven Beginnings WS 3.34 99. Malcolm a Eddie UPN 3.30 100. Charmed (Thur.) WB 323 101. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 3.22 102.

Moesha UPN 3.18 103. Buffy, the Vampire Slayer WB 2.81 104. Felicity WB 2.67 105. For Vout Love WB 2.61 106. Dawson's Creek WB 2.40 2.63 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. n'; iCiv' .0 r. Greeks' Continued from Fl vTovyn to narrative incident. The is blunt, often slangy to someone who gives a.damn," one character says to an-NQTher). If it reduces the stature of the individual sources, well, it's still a pretty good miniseries.

Director Sossi's program notes l4et some sort of record for frankness. them cites "staff burnout" tend financial liability" of such an undertaking, Tjevn with the help of various supporters' "substantial personal oans." Along the way "The Cjrpeks" got creamed in terms of posing cast members to film and -JV projects. ItAU of which has instilled in Sos- Str PrognM Heal feehti t. Friends KNBC 2. Frasier KNBC 703,509 3.

Judging Amy KCBS 647.023 4. 60Minutes KCBS 5. Dharma Greg KABC 595,672 )' 6. Dateline NBC (Tue.) KNBC 580.266 7. FJt KNBC 564,861 8.

AllyMcBeal KTTV 549.458 'jJ 9. The Drew Carey Show KABC 544,321. 10. Will Grace KNBC 539,186 1 tl V.v.. .455 production an auuiuonai air oi urgency? Insanity? The need to or another week of rehearsal? Yes, GARY FRIEDMAN Los Angeles Times Al Rossi is Menelaus and Laurie O'Brien is Helen in "The Greeks." jo yes and yes.

Yet for all its rough liedges and risible, vein-bulging low jX)ints, chief among them Part l's climactic branding scene, "The particularly the weirdly -totnic second half at least feels Zjike a project worth the struggle. ensemble standouts intrude Jeanie Hackett's Clytemnestra; Paris Jeffer-jjjsdn's, plaintive, touching Jack Axelrod's servant, a Iprototypic seen-everything salt of Ijihe Earth; and most affectingly, JJBjbth Hogan's Andromache. She's unfussy and in her emotional effects. ZAlso, you couldn't ask for a better Itsea nymph than Daphne Nayar. lper strong, direct gaze and memorably insinuating alto delivery make for a terrific lead Greek cho-I'rine, too.

there, well some ami-l jjble and competent work and too only aspiring to that level. Confronted with the sternest stuff I. in world drama, the weaker links H'can only attempt to somehow, Marc Alaimo Agamemnon Jack Axelrod Old man Al Rossi Menelaus John Wills Martin Talthyblus Paris Jefferson Iphlgenla Jeanie Hackett Clytemnestra Dathan Hooper Achilles Pablo Cartaya Patroclus Daphne Nayar Thetis Frances Bay Hecuba Ginta Rae Cassandra Beth Hogan Andromache Laurie O'Brien Helen Paula Malcomson Electra Varvara Kalinin Chrysothemls Garon Michael Orestes Translated and adapted by Kenneth Ca-vander, based on the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Homer. Directed by Ron Sossi. Set by Mikiko Uesugi.

Cos-: some way, Shout It Out. At the end you're left with a cra-zily mixed bag. But as with any Greek tragedy, straight or freely adapted, it's always instructive to reacquaint yourself with people-human, flawed, morally conflicted people whose problems may, in fact, outweigh your own. "The Creeks," Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, 2055 S. Sepulveda Los Angeles.

Wednesdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Call for performance schedule. Ends Dec. 5. Part 1 or 2, package of both parts, (714) 708-5555.

Running time, Part 1: 3 hours, 5 minutes. Running time, Part 2: 3 hours, 5 minutes. 81 i 4 if .1 tumes by Denise Blasor and Timothy Mark I Neuman. Lighting by Kathi 0 Donahue. Sound by Tom McCleister.

Movement by Will Salmon. Choreography by Perviz Shetty. Associate director Jeanie Hackett. RADIO Life stops cold in America these days at the chilling news of each new school massacre, of the latest unspeakable hate crime or innocent victim of gang violence. Lost amidst the soul-searching and finger pointing are heartening examples of communities from coast to coast, like San Clemente, that are finding answers and saving lives.

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Hedrick Smith for this unprecedented blend of documentary and public dialogue. .0 vTlpt for Today I p.m. Beneath the Surface: Using Humans for Medical Research," KPFK-FM (90.7). p.m. Rockllne: Music and I interview with Meat Loaf, KCBS-FM (93.1).

,9 8:30 p.m., a. m. Escape: "Beau ltf p.m.-midnlght Chicago Symphony: Eschenbach conducts Mozart to "Don Schubert -(8th Symphony), Brahms (Piano Concerto Peter Serkin), KKGO-FM (105.1). I Urama-Comedy-Famlly 3-10 p.m., a.m. Have Gun, Will Travel "Killer's Widow," KNX (1070).

5owiOb mm wen p.m. Baseball: San Francisco Giants at Dodgers, KXTA (1 150), KWKW (1330). Talk-Interview 9-11 a.m. Talk of the City, KPCC-FM (89.3). 9 a.m.-noon Dennis Prager, KABC (790).

9 a.m.-noon Rush Limbaugh, KFI (640). 9 a.m.-noon Stephanie Edwards, KIEV (870). 9 a.m.-noon Dr. Ray Guarendl, KPLS (830). 9 a.m.-noon Michael Jackson, KRLA (1110).

1 1 a.m.-l p.m. Talk of the Nation, KPCC-FM (89.3). 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Jonathon Brandmeier, KLSX-FM (97.1). Noon-2 p.m.

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

Dan Lungren, KPLS (830). Noon-3 p.m. Dr. Ton! Grant, KRLA (1110). p.m.-Al RanteL KABC (790).

Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 8 PM on: K03T Smith I ill 4 KCRW-FM (89.9). 10 a.m.-l p.m. Global Village, with Yatrika Shah-Rais, KPFK-FM (90.7). 8-10 p.m.

Metropolis, KCRW-FM (89.9). News-Commentary Continuous-KFWB (980), KNX (1070). 3-9 a.m.-Morning Edition, KCRW-FM (89.9), KPCC-FM (89.3). 7-9 a.m.-Up For Air, KPFK-FM (90.7). Noon-12: 15 p.m.

Paul Harvey, KABC (790). Noon-1 p.m.-The World, KCRW-FM (89.9); also, 2-3 p.m., KPCC-FM (89.3). Noon-1 p.m. Noon Business Hour, KFWB (980). 1-2, 7-8 p.m.-Whlch Way, KCRW-FM (89.9).

1- 3 p.m. All Things Considered, KPCC-FM (89.3); also, 4 7 p.m., KCRW-FM 89.9). 2- 2:30 p.m. Marketplace, KCRW-FM (89.9); p.m., KCSN-FM (88.5); p.m., KUSC-FM (91.5). p.m.

Left, Right and Center, KCRW-FM (89.9). 3- 4 p.m. Fresh Air, culture, KCRW-FM (89.9)). p.m. Pacifies News, KPFK-FM (90.7).

p.m. Evening Update, KCSN-FM (88.5). Sports p.m. Baseball: Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Angels, KLAC (570), XPRS (1090). INFINITELY MORE Pmopiltoridirigp Corporation tor Public Broaastv Maim lUrf Seeking Sdutwav Hednct Snath Productions.

Inc. Photo: Larry Gtem vwn.BfeiTiiMkisisaMltsi Classical 8-9 a.m. Commuter Classic: Dvorak Overture," Berlin Staatskapelle), KKGO-FM (105.1). a.m. Symphony at 9: Haydn (97th George Szell conducts Cleveland Orchestra), KCSN-FM (88.5).

Ilt35 a.m.-noon Masterpiece of the Day: Gershwin (Concerto in Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra), KKGO-FM (105.1). 7- fl p.m. Symphony at Seven: Dvorik Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic), KKGO-FM (105.1). 8- 10 p.m. Evening Concert: Mozart i'Requiem," Concentus Musicus Vienna), KTCGO-FM (105.1).

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