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IHnyi lry F28 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings National Nielsen Viewershlp CHANNELS Los Angeles EH KOCE (PBSI 50 Orange County E3 IMA (Tele 1 23 Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Aug. 30-Sept. 5) 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. TLC The Big Garage ITVY) TNN Alice (TVG) TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-V) USA Boston Common (TVPG-D) VH1 Women First ITVPGI WGN News 10:30 a.m. by total viewers (in millions). KTIA WB) 05 KABC (ABC) 07 KCAL (lnd.1 09 ID KTTV(Fox11 EKC0P(UPN13 DD KSCl (Ind 1 18 HD KCET (PBS) 28 H3 KPXN (PAX) 30 BD KTBN (Inri.) 40 03 Palm Springs 36 KMIfl(NBC04 Santa Barbara San Bernardino 24KVCR(PBS24 Ventura County 3KADY(UPN16 Net- Vtow- ProfM work 1.

"Star Wars" TBS 5.35 2. TNT 5.17 3. Wrestling (9 p.m., Mon.) TNT 4.93 4. "Bulwoith" HBO 4.19 5. TNT 4.10 6.

Oz HBO 3.94 7. The Real World MTV 3.76 8. The Sopranos HBO 3.19 9. "Ever After" (Tues.) HBO 3.04 10. "Ever After" (Sun.) HBO 3.02 Cable Service (31 KEYT Access Hollywood 90720 Bl KTTV I Love Lucy DO KCOP Judge Joe Brown KWHY Business News; Health News (10.50) (241 KVCR Simply Painting Around the World: Ireland, Scotland and Maine KTBN Casey Treat 03 KDOC Froozles (TVG) 257039 03 KLCS Mark Kistler's Imagination Station (TVGI 41805 DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) ESPN Inside the PGA Tour ESPN2 NFL Yearbook '95 (PG-131hr29 139749 MTV Making the Video (TVPG) NICK Franklin 916584 TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane ITVY) TMC 'The Island of Dr.

Moreau" '77 (PG)1hr44 TNN Real McCoys (TVGI USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG 0) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPGI 39 El 63 AMC 35 ESPN 34 BET 57 ESPN2 84 BRVO 54 FAM 47 CNBC 31 FSW27 COM 79 FSW2 59 CSPN29 FX 89 CMAX 45 HBO 33 CNN 42 HIST 30 DSC 37 LIFE 46 DISN 53 MTV 48 NICK 38 SCI-H 87 SHOW 41 TBS 43 TCM 88 TLC 51 TMC 58 TNN 49 TNT 52 USA 44 VH162 WGN 55 Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. Net- Vim-Program work art 58. Whose Une Is It Anyway? (Thur.) ABC 7.29 59. That '70s Show FOX 7.26 60. Diagnosis Murder CBS 7.07 61.

Cops FOX 6.98 62. Kids Say Damdest Things CBS 6.97 63. The Practice ABC 686 64. Norm ABC 6.78 "Scanest Police Chases 4" FOX 6.78 66. You Asked lor It NBC 6.75 67.

"High School High" FOX 6.74 68. The Simpsons FOX 6.65 69. Candid Camera CBS 6.61 70. "Angel Flight Down" ABC 6.58 Early Edition CBS 6.58 72. Guinness Wond Records FOX 6.52 73.

"John Stossel Special" ABC 6.37 74. Futurama FOX 6.16 75. Dateline NBC (Sun.) NBC 6.12 76. "Diana" NBC 6.03 77. Veronica's Closet NBC 580 78.

World's Wildest Police Videos FOX 5.79 79. Whose Une Is It Anyway? ABC 5.74 80. WWFSmackdownl UPN 5.70 81. Nightline In Pnmetime ABC, 5.59 82. The X-Files FOX 5.08 83.

National Geographic Explorer N8C 4 80 84. Grownups UPN 4.55 85. 7th Heaven WB 4.54 86. ThePaikeis UPN 4.49 87. fat Files FOX 4.46 88.

"Champions ol Magic 3" ABC 4 38 89. King 01 the Hill FOX 429 90. Suddenly Susan NBC 4.27 91. Malcolm Eddie (Mon.) UPN 4.19 92. "1999 Teen Choice Awards" FOX 4.13 93.

Charmed WB 4.00 94. World's Funniestl FOX 3.64 95. "When We Were Kings" NBC 355 96. The Steve Haivey Show WB 3.38 97. Moesha UPN 3.35 98.

The Steve Haivey Show (Sun.) WB 3.20 99. The lamie Fon Show WB 309 100. For Vour Love WB 2 96" 101. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 2 81 102. "Summer Music Mania '99" UPN 2.80 103.

Unhappily Ever After WB 2.76 104. The Wayans Bios. WB 2.71 105. Bufty, the Vampire Slayer WB 2.65 106. Smart Guy WB 2.57 107.

Dawson's Creek WB 2.55 108. Movie Stars WB 2.43 109. Srster. Sister WB 219 7 Days UPN 2.19 111. Katie Joplin WB 2.15 112.

Rescue 77 WB 2.07 113. Felicity WB 189 11:00 a.m. Net- Via. Program work ore 1. NFL Preseason Football ABC 12.84 2.

Every. Loves Raymond CBS 12.17 3. 2020 (Wed.) ABC 12.10 4. Frasier NBC 11.51 King of Queens (9:30) CBS 11.51 6. Frasier (9:30 p.m.) NBC 11.30 7.

ER NBC 11.18 8. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 11.16 9. Friends NBC 10.97 10. Walker, Texas Ranger CBS 10.81 11. "All Winters That Have Been" CBS 10.70 Touched by an Angel CBS 10.

70 13. Umi Older NBC 10 60 14. 48HoulsMon.) CBS 10.48 15. 2020 (Fn.) ABC 10.28 60 Minutes CBS 10.26 17. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 10.21 18.

60 Minutes II CBS 10.19 19. "Drop Zone" NBC 1009 20. Jesse NBC 1008 21. King of Queens CBS 9 93 22. Dateline NBC (Wed NBC 9.73 23.

Drama Greg ABC 9.69 la SOrter (Won) NBC 969 25. Tne Pwn Carey Sho ABC 9.64 26. Mattalla CBS 957 27. JAG CBS 940 28. World's Most Amazing VKjeos NBC 9.28 29.

48 Hour CBS 917 30. WillS Grace NBC 9.09 31. Guys, Girl, Urn (9:30 p.m.) ABC 900 32. Willi Grace (9:30 p.m.) NBC 892 33. That 70s Sftcw (8:30 p.m.) FOX 886 34.

Spin Oty (Tue.) ABC 8 80 35. America's Most Wanted FOX 863 36. 'TM Man Without a Race" CBS 8 50 37. "World's Greatest Pets" CBS 8 44 38. "Preseason Snowase" ABC 8.41 39.

Dateline NBC (Fn.) NBC 8 32 40. Sabnna. the Teenage Witch ABC 829 41. Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 828 42. Home Improvement ABC 8.17 43.

Spin City ABC 8.16 44. "BUopeis" ABC 8.00 45. Ally McBeal FOX 7.99 46. NVPDBlue ABC 7.86 47. 3id Rock From the Sun NBC 7.78 48.

Boy Meets World ABC 7 76 Nash Badges CBS 7.76 50. Thanks CBS 7 71 51. Two Guys. Girl. Pizza Place ABC 7.67 52.

Just Shoot Me NBC 763 53. It's like, you know, ABC 7.58 54. 48 Hours (TW) CBS 7 57 55. Cosoy CBS 747 56. TheHughleys ABC 7.43 57.

"Honey, We Shiunk Ourselves" ABC 7.33 Last Stem week tedate CBS 9.04 million 11.87 ABC 8.34 10.71 NBC 8.22 11.47 FOX 6.20 9.41 WB 3.86 4.06 UPN 3.39 2.60 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. Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME TV RATINGS ITVY) All Children (TVY7I Directed to Older Children (TVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; FantasyViolence ITVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance I TV 1 4 Parents Strongly Cautioned ITVMA) Mature Audiences Only ID) Suggestive Dialogue Coarse Language (SI Sex (V) Violence 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.

24! KVCR The New Home Show HD KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 71229 EH KTBN Benny Hinn 03 KDOC Headline News 03 KLCS Wishbone (TVY) 23949 63 KADY The Newlywed Game BET Planet Groove Celebrity Picks DISN Otter (TVY) ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM It's ItsyBitsy Time (TVY) 81 3403 NICK World of Richard Scarry 937120 TLC Skinnamarink TV (TVY) USA Wings (TVPG-D) Afternoon Noon KNBC 3ft KMIR Sunset Beach IJV1 41 22861 KTLA Little House on the Prairie El KABC! 3 KEYT 42 KESQ All My Children (TVPG) 77381 KCAL News 01 KTTV Donny Marie (TVG) 39720 BD KCOP Montel Williams 86652 HD KSCl Mandarin Drama KWHY Business News; High-Tech Report (12:20) 24 KVCR Taking Shape HD KCET Mister Rogers 69045 63 KMEX Luz Maria 84294 GD KTBN The 700 Club 03 KVEA "DeChivolosTamales" '93 2hr 21478 S3 KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG-V) SI KLCS Dicho Hecho KRCAChespirito 63! KADY Bloomberg Information (TVG) BRVO Naked Nashville (TVPG) CNN TalkBack Live 286855 COM Beth Littleford Interview DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) Ei News Daily 528836 ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM It Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 274590 FSW The Last Word 61403 FX "Jungle Fever" '91 (R) 2hr30 6173132 HBO The Making Of: John Grisham's the Rainmaker (TVPG) HIST In Search Of LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPGI NICK Little Bear 907836 SCI-FI 'The Invisible Man's 8 8765403 TLC A Wedding Story (TVGI TNN Aleene's Creative Living (TVGI USA Working (TVPG-D) VH1 Where Are They Now? (TVPG) WGN Coach (TVPG) 12:30 p.m. 03 KWHY Business News Show Biz Report (12:50) KVCR Ethics in America H3 KCET Storytime(R) 94229 HO KOCEMochilaalHombro BD KLCS Charlie Horse Music Pizza KRCA Los Polivoces 10229 BET Hit List COM VS. (TVPG) DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) Out to Lunch (TVG)' ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM All New Captain Kangaroo (TVY); Jellabies (TVY) (12:501 FSW Ultimate Fan League HBO to Sea" 1hr49 561045 HIST In Search Of (TVG) NICK Blue's Clues TCM Festival of Short Subjects TLC Slice of Life (TVG) TMC Bits" '95(PG-13)1hr25 USA The Naked Truth (TVPG D) WGN Coach (TVPG) Please see TV LOG F29 DSC Interior Motives (TVG) DISN Otter (TVY) Coming Attractions (TVPG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM It's ItsyBitsy Time (TVY) 1981 26 FSW Golf Colorado FX Picket Fences (TVPG-DSV) HIST Weapons at War (TVG) LIFE Next Door (TVG) 194300 NICK Kipper 910300 SCI-FI The Twilight Zone ITVPGI SHOW 14 Up in America (TV14-L) (9:1 5) TBS Matlock TLC Bingo Molly (TVY) TMC "Dancing on the Moon" '97 1hr32 2697720 (9:25) TNN Your Home Studio (TVG) TNT Reasonable Doubts (TV14-LV) USA The Jeff Foxworthy Show (TVPG) VH1 Back to Back Videos (TVPG) WGN Matlock 9:30 a.m. KCBS Tennis- U.S. Open, Women's Semifinals and Men's Doubles Final.

785949 KCAL Real TV SB KTTV Divorce Court QO KCOP NewsRadio (TVPG) KWHY Business News HO KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 10213 KTBN Dr. V. Hill S3 KVEA Los Recien Casados SD KLCS Math Talk (9:451 BRVO "A Face in the Crowd" '57 2hr30 957213 CNN Burden of Proof 369132 COM Win Ben Stein's Money (TVPG) DSC Start to Finish (TVG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) Mysteries Scandals (TVPG-L) ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM CBN Special Edition 905958 FSW2 Aerobic Conditioning LIFE New Attitudes 901 132 NICK Blue's Clues SCI-FI Beyond Reality (TVPG) TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) USA Something So Right (TVPG-D) 10:00 a.m. KNBC 36 KMIR Roseanne Show 20010 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV1 4) 79300 KABC 42 KESQ The View 71768 a KCAL Maury ITVPG1 11300 DO KTTV I Love Lucy BO KCOP Judge Joe Brown KWHY Business News 2 KVCR Treasures in Your Attic HD KCET Sesame Street 38823 KMEXMaite EE KTBN Behind the Scenes EH KVEA Las AguasMansas 57381 KLCS Krafts' Creatures 54107 KRCA Cine Law Order (TVPG) CNN CNN Today COM "Little Darlings" '80 6666805 CSPN U.S. House of Representatives 6530768 DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) Mick Jagger Jerry Hall: The True Hollywood Story ESPN Inside the Senior PGA Tour ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM The 700 Club FSW2 Fitting It In FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HBO Blue Streak: HBO First Look (TV14) HIST High Points in History (TVGI LIFE Party of Five (TVPG-D) NICK Little Bear 981403 SCI-FI Lost in Space TBS Hunter TCM "The Barefoot Contessa" '54 2hr1 0 5844854 Sta- Howe- Prograa boa hoMt 1.

Frasier KNBC 688.103 2. Friends KNBC 636.752 3. Frasier (9:30 p.m.) KNBC 600.807 4. Jesse KNBC 487.835 5. World's Most Amazing Videos KNBC 451.889 6.

Two Guys, Giil. Pizza Place KABC 446.754 7. tawS Older KNBC 441,619 8. Whose Une Is It Anyway? KABC 426.213 9. Home Improvement KABC 421.078 10.

Saonna. the Teenage Witch KABC 405.673 Morning KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane KABC 3 KEYT Port Charles ITVPGI 94584 11 KCAL Jerry Springer 77756 IB KTTV Grace Under Fire 09 KCOP Jenny Jones (TVPG L) 77565 KWHY Business News; California Stocks (11:201 24 KVCR Watercolor Workshop HD KCET Noddy 90300 ED KMEX Las Travesuras del Corazon 36 KMIR The People's Court 3 KTBN James Robison 42; KESQ Howie Mandel 38869 EH KVEA Aguamanna 40045 03 KDOC Southland Today SD KLCS Destinations; Skills (11:20) 63 KADY The Dating Game AMC 'The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" '61 2hr 513671 Northern Exposure (TVPG) CMAX 'The Object of My Affection" '98 (R)1hr52 574395 CNBC Street Signs DSC Lynette Jennings Design (TVGI DISN Winnie the Pooh TVY Regis Kathie Lee: Behind the Scenes (TVG I ESPN Golf- Senior Comfort Classic, First Round. 699045 ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM What Every Baby Knows (TVG) FX Beverly Hills, 90210 ITVPGI HIST 20th Century (TVPGI LIFE Chicago Hope (TVPG-L) MTV Music Videos ITVPGI NICK GullahGullah Island 114519 SCI-H Sightings (TVPG) SHOW "The Devil's Keep" '951hr51 485045 TBS '84 53610652 TLCPappyland(TVY) TNN Dallas (TVPG-LV) TNT "Play Misty for Me" 71 (R) 2hr 387039 USA Wings (TVPG-D) VH1 Top 10 Countdown (TVPG) WGN Hawaii Five-0 (TVPGI 19:00 a.m. Cable Top 10 Here are Nielsen's Top 10 cable in prime time last week, also ranked 1 RADIO KCBS News Special '3i KEYT Regis Kathie Lee 83331 KNBC 36 KMIR Later Today B3313 0 KTIA Sally Jessy Raphael (TV1 4) 51565 EJ KABC 42! KESQ Regis Kathie Lee 42861 0 KCAL The Newlywed Game Dl KTTV Divorce Court 03 KCOP Bloopy's Buddies 69497 KSCl I Can Do Itl KWHY Business News 2 KVCR Sesame Street 17749 HD KCET Barney (TVY) 76381 E0 KTBN Father Michael Manning SO KOCE Instructional TV Er3 KVEA Dragon Ball KDOC Life in the Word ED KLCS TEAMS: Let's Investigate ITVG) EB KRCA Los Anos Perdidos 82039 AMC "Miracle in the Rain" '56 2hr 346316 Simon Simon BRVO Arts Minds (TVPG) CMAX "The Edge" '97 (R) 739300 CNBC Power Lunch 19671 CNN Newsday COM The Beth Littleford Interview Special 1868403 Tips for Today p.m., a.m.

The Shadow: "Gun Island," KNX (1070). 10 p.m. -midnight Cleveland Orchestra: George Szell conducts an all-Brahms program that includes "Tragic Overture," "Variations on a Theme of Haydn" and Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rudolf Serkin), KKGO-FM (105.1). Drama-Comedy-Famiiy p.m., a.m.

Gunsmoke: "Lynching Man," KNX (1070). Classical 11 a.m.-l p.m. Performance Today: "To JosRi.o, 8-10 p.m.-Melropolis, KCRW-FM (89.9). 8-10 p.m. Friday Night Blues Revue, KPCC-FM (89.3).

Rock-Urban 6- 8 p.m. The Beat Junkies, KKBT-FM (92.3). 7- 8 p.m. 70s at 7, KCMG-FM (100.3). 8- 9 p.m.

Demolisten, KXI.U-FM (88.9). 8-10 p.m. Westside Radio, West Coast rap, KKBT-FM (92.3). 8-1 1 p.m. The Music Never Stops, mostly Grateful Dead, KPFK-FM (90.7).

Mike or Nol to Mike" (11 a.m.-noon), KCSN-FM (88.5). 1 1:30 a.m.-noon Masterpiece of the Day: Hanson (2nd Symphony, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra), KKGO-FM (105.1). 8-10 p.m. Evening Concert: Khachalurian (Violin Concerto in D-minor, IlzhakPerlman, Israel Philharmonic), KKGO-FM (105.1).

Cou ntry-Folk-Jazz-Pop 10 a.m.-l p.m. Global Village, with Tom Nixon, KPFK-FM (90.7). 7-9 p.m. Madly Cocktail, lounge music, KCSN-FM (88.5). 7-11 p.m.

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