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F12 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1999 LOS ANGELES TIMES Rosenberg: Are Quiz Shows the Final Answer? TODAY ON TV CHANNELS LIFE New Attitudes (TVPG) Adult Acne; Window Dressers; Heart Disease. 829584 NICK Blue's Clues SCI-H Beyond Reality (TVPGI TCM "Love Is Better Than Ever" '52 1hr21 3248478 TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) I ED KOCE (PBS) 50 KVEA (Tele.) 23 B3 KDOC (ind.) 56 EB KJLA(lnd )25 KRCA(lnd )20 Palm Springs 36 KMIR (NBC) 04 42KESQ1ABCI7.25 Santa Barbara 3 KEY! (ABC) 07 San Bernardino 24 KVCR (PBS) 24 Ventura County 63KADYUPN16 Lot Angeles Orange Courty BKC8SIC8SI02 KNBC(NBC04 KTLAWB)05 aKABC(ABC07 a KCALdnd 109 01 KTTV(Fox) 11 fB KC0P(UPN)13 03 KSCi (Ind 18 fflKWHY(lnd22 KCET (PBS 28 BDKPXNPAX30 EDKMEX KTBN (Ind.l 40 Ik USA Something So Right (IVPG-D) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPG) KDOC Froozles TVGI 344519 SI KJLA Bio-Med Check-Up (TVG) 00 KLCS Hands On: Crafts for Kids 96107 AMC "Flying Down to Rio" '33 1hr30 148497 CM AX "Love Affair" '94 1 hr48 5444590 DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) ESPN NASCAR Rear View Mirror NICK Franklin 90836 SCI-FI The Twilight Zone (TVPG) SHOW "The Family Jewels" '65 1hr38 2123045 TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY TMC "Detective Story" '51 1hr43 TNN Real McCoys (TVG) USA Fired Up (TVPG) 10:00 a.m. KCBS Dr. Joy Browne 26294 31 KEYT Home Improvement IVU a KNBC Access Hollywood 98923 KTLA Richard Simmons Dream Maker 60652 tl KABC 42! KESQ The View Sally -i-l- Jessy napnaet; fat uenatar. sszu 11:00 a.m.

13 KCAL Jerry Springer 77792 00 KTTV Queen Latifah 97720 0 KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14) 19958 KTU Sally Jessy Raphael (TV14) 48045 KABC42 KESO Regis Kathie 60213 KCAl Maury 80045 ED KTTV Divorce Court IB KCOPMomel Williams 33107 DD KSCI I Can Do HI KWHY La Corte del Pueblo 24i KVCR Sesame Street 25359 03 KCET Barney Friends (TVY) 63861 KTBN Dr. Cherry 03 KOCE Instructional TV E0 KVEA Dragon Ball 2 03 KDOC Life in the Word SI KJLA Mike Russell (TVG) 0D KLCS TEAMS Geometry KRCA Los Anos Perdidos 79519 AMC "Stowaway" '36 1hr30 690774 Simon Simon BETVideolink CMAX "Over the Edge" '79 1hr35 928720 CNBC Power Lunch 56233 CNN Newsday COM The Daily Show (TVPG) DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Otter (TVY) El YE! (TVPG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Spanish Fly FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 189478 FSW Teeing Off FX Picket Fences (TVPG-DSV) HIST Weapons at War ITVG) LIFE Next Door With Katie Brown (TVG) 185652 NICK Little Bear 901652 SCI-FI Night Gallery TBS Matlock TLC Bingo Molly (TVY) TMC "Black Light" '98 1hr33 22612749 (9:10) TNN Your Home Studio (TVG) TNT Lois Clark (TVPG) USA Almost Perfect (TVPG) WGN Richard Simmons' Dream Maker 843590 Cable Services 39 63 SCI-H 87 AMC 35 ESPN 34 SHOW 41 BET 57 ESPN2 84 TBS 43 BRVO 54 FAM 47 TCM 88 CNBC 31 FSW27 TIC 51 COM 79 FX 89 TMC 58 CSPN 29 HBO 33 TNN 49 CMAX 45 HIST 30 TNT 52 CNN 42 LIFE 46 USA 44 DSC 37 MTV 48 VH1 62 DISN 53 NICK 38 WGN 55 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 TVY) All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (IVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; FantasyViolence (TVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV14) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMAI Mature Audiences Only Continued from Fl all we know, coming next is the decade of the dusty western.

Back again this time: Quiz shows, many offering gaudy fortunes reminiscent of the mid-1950s when the likes of live, New York-based "Twenty-One," "The $64,000 Question" and "The $64,000 Challenge" were among the most popular, most suspense-ful shows on television. And ultimately the most scandalous when it was revealed that they and other quiz shows were largely rigged, dropping them and the most famous of the disgraced big winners, Charles Van Doren of "Twenty-One," out of sight. TVs latest exhuming of cadavers seems irrevocable for the moment given that "Greed" opened by giving struggling Fox its best Thursday night ratings in months, followed by Sunday night's whopping 25.7 million audience for "Millionaire." That is encouraging to the industry multitudes committed to expanding this TV gameathon, for there are many more such shows in the works. They include NBC's planned revival of "Twenty-One," and CBS mulling the return of "The $64,000 Question" and "What's My Line," along with the creation of "Survivor," a game-adventure series requiring contestants to compete for $1 million while left for a month on a deserted island near Borneo. Going big in this area, too, is syndication and cable, where the Game Show Network is already operating and a diverse spate of new game shows will shortly join those in existence, such as Comedy Central's "Win Ben Stein's Money." Which is preferable to winning Ben Stein.

More than a mere trend, this looks like an avalanche, one that Fox, if tradition is served, will tailor to its own gnarled personality. Surely on its drawing board: "Game Show Hosts That Kill!" and "When Good Game Show Contestants Go Bad!" "Greed" is scheduled to air five more times. Although it's hard imagining this level of desperation, about 10 million Americans watched its premiere, which The contestant knew right' away the answer wasn't Sheboygan, and setded on Rome. Philbin (stonily): "Sure about that?" As sure as a Monday night contestant was that the Empire State Building wasn't in Chicago, Tokyo or Fresno. Which left only the Big Apple.

Philbin (after pausing for effect): "That's your final answer?" You have the feeling that even in these early rounds contestants are urged to gab a lot to juice the suspense, as in the guy asked to pick where Chelsea Clinton went to college. Before answering correctly, he narrowed it to two schools and repeated them aloud, hoping for inspiration: "Berkeley, Stanford. Berkeley, Stanford. Berkeley, Stanford." Cut to Regis, who was feeling the contestant's pain. Either that or thinking about starting off the next morning with Kathie Lee.

These theatrics are quaint compared to the vamping on some of the early quiz shows, where "Twenty-One" producer Dari En-right, for example, placed contestants in isolation booths and then turned off the air conditioning to make them sweat, coached them to anguish over every question, and used hyper music to ratchet up the melodrama. Even though the fix was in. The question lingering from those days is why so many contestants who were fed answers probably good, decent, honest folk in their personal lives back home were so easily co-opted by quiz shows in a TV scam that required them to suspend those values on behalf of fame and profits. The question about quiz shows today is why so many are watching. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" will be shown nightly on ABC at various times through Nov.

21. "Greed: The Multi-Million Dollar Challenge" will be shown on Fox at various times. 1 Howard Rosenberg's column appears on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He can be reached by e-mail at calendar. letters latimes.com.

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House of Representatives 7388671 DSC Lynette Jennings Design (TVG) DISN The New Adventures Pooh (TVY) FAM Guiding Girls ITVG) 730126 FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HIST 20th Century With Mike Wallace (TVPGI LIFE Chicago Hope (TVPG-DL) NICK Gullah Gullah Island 387841 SCI-FI Lost in Space TBS "Breakheart Pass" '76 2hr06 48816316 TCM "The Night of the Iguana" '64 1hr58 9347942 TLCPappyland(TVY) TNN Dallas (TVPG-LS) TNT "Doctor Detroit" '83 2hr 47451 9 Please see TV LOG F13 Suggestive Dialogue Coarse Language Sex Violence 9:30 a.m. (LI ISI RON TOM Chuck Woolery looks to give away $2 million on Fox's "Greed." smacked of TV for viewers who think the "millennium" was named after a recent Fox series. When not presiding over giveaways with the potential to reach $2 million, prefabricated, ad lib-challenged host Chuck Woolery was stiffly explaining the game's rules as if reading them from his fingernails and barking CREED! like a programmed android. Speaking of that, "Greed" itself was hastily assembled in opportunistic response to surprise huge ratings earned by "Millionaire" in a two-week August trial that led to the latter's present nightly gig running through Nov. 21.

Although Big Thinkers will relate this new quiz craze to something deep in the American psyche like boredom a sounder explanation may be extreme boredom. Surely no one's watching to increase IQ points. In quiz show fashion, questions get harder as potential payoffs rise. Yet even George W. Bush could handle the several rounds of preliminary multiple choices that "Millionaire" host Regis Philbin throws at contestants as if asking them to explain Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Latin.

Philbin: "According to a well-known proverb, what city was not built in a day?" Cue low buzzing suspense Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Morning ED KTTV Divorce Court KWHYQuienTienelaRazon 847300 BD KCET The Puzzle Place (TVY) 6921 5 EH KTBN Dean and Mary Brown SB KVEA Los Recien Casados 03 KJLA Dow 30 Report (TVG) 00 KLCS Classroom Contact (9:45) BRVO "Norma Rae" '79 2hr30 948565 CNN Burden of Proof 287584 COM Win Ben Stein's Money (TVPG) DISN Out of the Box ITVY) Mysteries Scandals (TVPG-V) ESPN2 Ultimate Outdoors FAM CBN Special Edition 81 6010 FSW2 Aerobic Conditioning 9:00 a.m. KCBS Martha Stewart Living Japanese garden tools; sashimi; shop screens; sake; Japanese garden. 83377 Is I KEYT Regis Kathie Lee 28213 El KNBCt36i KMIR Later Today Influenza remedies; make-overs for men; tattoos; Jane Seymour. 26855 Prime-Time TV Rankings 'Greed Have Answers for ABC, Fox ir Else? "Greed" nearly doubled Fox's average Thursday audience, contributing to the lowest ratings this season for NBC's "Frasier" and "Stark Raving Mad." Thursday bookends "Friends" and "ER" proved more resilient, with the former scoring its highest rating since the season premiere, while more than 12 million people switched to NBC at 10 p.m. to view the medical drama.

ABC's big tune-in Sunday overwhelmed competing miniseries "The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns" and "Shake, Rattle Roll" and no doubt helped diminish "The X-Files," which dropped 12 compared to last season's premiere. BRIAN LOWRY Quiz shows are striking it rich in prime time, as the first night of ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" exceeded all ratings for its summer run while "Greed: The Multi-Million Dollar Challenge" jump-started Fox's moribund Thursday results, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. A pair of Emmy-winning shows from producer David E. Kelley also climbed to record heights last week. On Sunday, "The Practice" benefited from strong tune-in for "Millionaire" in the preceding hour, while Fox's "Ally McBeal," starring Calista Flockhart, was fueled by the hubbub over a passionate kiss between two female characters.

National Nielsen Viewershlp mm i RUSTIC IDYLLWILD, 909-659-2747 Random Hearts" UNIVERSITY VILLAGE 3, BARGAIN MATINEES DAILY II DTS DigitalThe House On Haumed Hill' UMVERSrrr VILLAGE 3, 3323 HOOVER AT JEFFERSON 3 DTS DigitaLTBone CoHectrB-'The Best Man' Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Nov. 1-7) 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. UNIVERSITY VILLAGE 3, 213-748-6321 PASADENA ACADEMY 6, 1003 E. COLORADO BL "S(jpCfSt3f" PASADENA ACADEMY 6, 626.2299400 "Random Hearts' PASADENA ACADEMY 6. 1003 E. COLORADO BL 'Juhen Donkey Boy" PASADENA ACADEMY 6.

626-2299400 "Run Lota Mat. 'Elmo' PASA0ENA ACADEMY 6, 1003 E. COLORADO BL "Bats'; "Stigmata' PASADENA ACADEMY 6, 626-229-9400 Buena Vista Social Club' STATE. 770 E. COLORADO 626-792-3540 DolbyTJeefcake" CINEMACAL CARRIAGE SQUARE, 101 W.

GONZALES, MidnigN FriJSat: 'Opposite ol So' Underground comedy Profram WHITTIER VILLAGE, 907-3300 "The Bone Collector" (R WHITTIER VILLAGE, 7038 GREENLEAF 12 "The "The Bachelor" WHITTIER VILLAGE, 907-3300 3 "American Beauty" WHITTIER VILLAGE, 7038 GREENLEAF 4 "Bats' (PG-13); -Sixth Sense" WHITTIER VILLAGE. 907-3300 r5 "Three "Three To Tango" WHITTIER VILLAGE, 7038 GREENLEAF 6 "Double Jeopardy" WHITTIER VILLAGE, 907-3300 7 "The House On Haunted Hill" (R WHITTIER VILLAGE, 7038 GREENLEAF "Music 01 The Heart" SANTA FE SPRINGS PLAZA (562) 903-1910 Dolby SRfDoubleJeopaidy" (R) SANTE FE SPRINGS PLAZA BARGAIN PRICES Dolby SRTPoKemon" 102. The Jamie Fon Show (8 p.m.) WB 2.78 103. The Steve Harvey Show WB 2.75 104. Beyond the Abyss" UPN 2.46 105.

Jack Jill WB 2.43 106. For Your love WB 2.39 107. The Strip UPN 2.16 108. Shasta McNasty UPN 2.09 109. DIM UPN 1.56 LOS FELI2 1, 1122 N.

VERMONT, 323464-2169 6 Trk DTSTFight Club-LOS FF.LIZ 2, 1822 N. VERMONT, 664-2169 Dolby SR'Insider- LOS FELIZ 3, 1822 N. VERMONT, 664-2169 Dolby SR'Amerlran Beauty" Warrior (R) "Blair Witch Project" (R) CINEMACAL CARRIAGE SQUARE. 101 W. GONZALES Mickey Blue Eyes (PG-13) CINEMACAL CARRIAGE SQUARE, 8054854727 Iron "Stigmata" (R) CINEMACAL CARRIAGE SQUARE, 8054854727 "Tarzan" (G); "InspBCtor Gadget" (PG) aWMACAl CARRIAGE SOUARE, tOI W.

GONZALES Deep Blue "Wild Wild West" 7 PASEO CAMARILLO, 390 LANTANA, 805-383-2267 "Guinevere" (H) "Aflerllta (R) PASEO CAMARILLO, 390 N. LANTANA. 805-383-2267 Happy Texas" (PG-13) i Jfw it BARST0W STATION CINEMA 1. 760-256-FILM "Bringing Out the Dead" (R) BARSTOW STATION CINEMA 2, 760-256-FILM "Bone Collector" BARSTOW STATION CINEMA 3, 760-256-FILM 'Superstar (PG-13) BARSTOW STATION CINEMA 4. 760-256-FILM "The House On Haunted Hill' (R) BARSTOW STATION CINEMA 5, 760-256-FILM VINE, 6321 HOLLYWOOD 463-6819 2 MOVIESS5.0O SANTA FE SPRINGS PLAZA TELEGRAPH AT CARMENITA ROl Cable Top 10 Dolby SR'House on Haunted Hill' (R) 6 Trk DTS'flunaway Bride" (PG; 'Deep Blue Sea' VISTA, 4473 SUNSET DR.

323-660-6639 6 Trk DTS'Eteing John Malkovich" TheBacheloi (PG-13 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable programs in prime time last week, also ranked by total viewers (In millions). BARSTOW STATION CINEMA 6, 760-256-FILM PASEO CAMARILLO. 390 K. LANTANA, 805-383-226 'American Beauty" (R) CAROUSEL 1, 9097381-4461 "The Limey (R) RIMORE, TOWN, 338 CENTRAL 524-3456 I BEVERLY CINEMA, 7165 BEVERLY. 938-4038 Dead Man Johnny Depp; Stranger Than Paradise Calista Flockhart House On Haunted 0XNARD, ESPLANADE 1.

8054854820 Dolby "The House On Hauled Hill' (R) 0XNAR0. ESPLANADE 2, 271 ESPUNADE DRIVE I Plopan unit MS 1. Football: Dolphins vs. Titans ESPN 9.71 2. "Saving Pitvate Ryan" HBO 6.92 3.

Wrestling 9 p.m.) USA 6.63 4. Wrestling 10 p.m.) USA 6.40 5. NFLPhmetime ESPN 4.47 6. Wrestling 8 p.m.) TNT 4.45 7. Wrestling (Sun 7 USA 4.10 8.

"Batman Robin" TBS 4.00 9. WildThombenys NICK 3.54 10. South Park COMC 3.51 ANAHEIM. BROOKHURST t. 714-776-2797 Dolby'House on Haunted Hill' (R) ANAHEIM.

BROOKHURST 2. 2299 W. BALL RD. DolbyrBone Collector" ANAHEIM. BROOKHURST 3.

$3.50 UNTIL 5 Bachelor" (PG-13) ANAHEIM BROOKHURST 4. 1-714-776-2797 DolDyfPokemon" CYPRESS, FAMILY TWIN fl. 714-828-1660 Premon" CYPRESS, FAMILY TWIN 2. 714-828-1)360 "Superstar" GARDEN GROVE, FOUR STAR fl. 714-934-6377 OTSTThe Bone Collector" (R) GARDEN GROVE, FOUR STAR fl, 714-934-6377 DTSThe Insider" GARDEN GROVE.

FOUR STAR f3, 714-934-6377 TheBacheloi" (PG-13) GARDEN GROVE, FOUR STAR 4, 714-934-6377 "The House On Haunted Hill" (R) CAPT. BLOODS VILLAGE IN ORANGE, 714-538-3545 AERO, 14TH MONTANA, 310-395-4990 "Happy Tsnas" MALIBU THEATER 1, MALIBU, 456-6990 SDDSTMusic 01 The Heart" (PG) MALIBU THEATER 2, MALIBU, 4564990 DTSTBone Collector- (H) Dolby'House On Haunted Hill' (R) CAROUSEL 2, 1 55 CAROUSEL MALL Bachelor" (PG-13) CAROUSEL 3. BARGAIN PRICES Man" CAROUSEL 4, BARGAIN PRICES rjoloy SR'Superstar" STERLING CINEMA 1. 2373 N. STERLING AVE.

6 Trk DTSTBone Collector (R) STERLING CINEMA 2, 909-425-6888 DolbySH'Pokemon" (R) STERLING CINEMA 3, FREE PARKING Dolby SR'Figbl Club" STERLING CINEMA 4, 2373 N. STERLING AVE. 6 Tik DTS'Blue Streak'; "Story ot Us' STERLING CINEMA 5, 909-425-8888 Dolby SRfSuperstar' STERLING CINEMA 6, FREE PARKING Dolby SR'The Bachelor (Ptj-131 RIALT0 CINEMA 6, 290 BASELINE Bore Collector" (R) RIALTO CINEMA 8. 909-786-7922 "The Insider' (R) RIALTO CINEMA 8. 290 BASELINE "The House On Haunted Hill' (R) RIALTO CINEMA 8, 909- 786-7922 'Doubk! Jeopardy' (R) RIALTO CINEMA 8.

290 BASELINE Superstar' (PG-13) 0XNARD. ESPLANADE 3. IJ048B20 Dolby "The Bone Collector (R) SANTA PAULA 7, 550 W. MAIN-805-9334707 "Bringing Out The Dead' (R) SANTA PAULA 7. ALL SEATS 14.00 BEFORE 6 PM TheBacheloi (PG-13) i i SANTA PAULA 7, PROGRAM INFO, 805-9334707 1 DTSTDouble Jeopardy" (R) SANTA PALIA 7, 550 Wlt OPPOSITE VtJKS 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- Vtow- Program worit art 1. ER NBC 28.61 2. "Annie" ABC 26.29 3. Who WantsMillionaire ABC 25.74 4. Friends NBC 23.59 5.

Monday Night Football ABC 21.34 6. Frasier NBC 20.65 7. 60 Minutes CBS 19.19 8. The Practice ABC 18.88 9. Jesse NBC 18.38 10.

The X-Files FOX 17.83 11. JAG CBS 1718 12. Everybody tores Raymond CBS 16 94 13. Ally McBeal FOX 16.86 14. Stent Raving Mad NBC 16.17 15.

"Magical legendleprechauns" NBC 15.75 16. Judging Amy CBS 15.62 17. King of Queens CBS 14.87 18. Providence NBC 14.74 19. Becker CBS 14.70 20.

The Dm Carey Shm ABC 14.46 21. The Simpsons FOX 14.35 22. Law Older NBC 14.10 23. Diagnosis Murder CBS 13.86 24. Lades Man CBS 13.54 25.

ABC 13.45 26. "At tne Mercy or Stranger" CBS 13.39 27. The West Wing NBC 13.37 28. "Shake, Rattle Roll" CBS 13.24 29. 60 Minutes II CBS 13.15 30.

Dateline NBC (Wed.) NBC 12.97 31. Willi Grace NBC 12.94 32. Dateline NBC (Fri.) NBC 12.83 33. Futurama FOX 12.25 34. Just Shoot Me NBC 12.13 35.

Walker, Tens Ranger CBS 1205 36. Nash Bridges CBS 1184 37. WW (Grace (9:30 p.m.) NBC 11.76 38. Spin City ABC 11.62 39. Third Watch NBC 11.54 40.

Boy Meets Work) ABC 11.51 41. 48 Hours CBS 11.25 42. Two Guys and a GM ABC 11.13 43. 3rd Rock From the Sun NBC 10 88 44. Everybody loves Ray.

(Wed.) CBS 10.84 45. Sabnna the Teenage Witch ABC 10.55 46. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 10.52 47. LaS Order (Fri NBC 10.33 48. Oh Grow Up ABC 10.25 49.

"Tne Nutry Professor" FOX 10.10 50. 2020 (Fh.) ABC 10.09 51. 20 20 (Moo.) A8C 10.00 52. Once and Again ABC 9.94 53. Cosby CBS 9.92 54.

2020 (Wed.) ABC 9.91 55. Sports Night ABC 987 56. Greed FOX 9.86 57. Law 4 Olden SVU NBC 9.75 58. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 9.72 59.

Whose Line Is It? (8:30 p.m.) ABC 9.71 60. DaWne NBC 7 p.m.) NBC 960 61. The Norm Show ABC 9.41 62. Odd Man Out ABC 9.36 48 Hours CBS 936 64. Martial law CBS 9.27 65.

Now and Again CBS 9.12 66. That '70s Show FOX 9.08 "The House On Haunted Hill" (R) CAPT. BLOODS VILLAGE IN ORANGE, 714-538-3545 'Double Jeopardy" CAPT. BLOODS VILLAGE IN ORANGE. 714438-3545 "Story 01 Us" GAROENA, 14948 CRENSHAW, 310-217-0505 Dolby DigitairPokemon" i' Bone Collector' (R) SANTA PAULA 7.

ALL SEATS S4.00 BEFORE 6 PM Superstar" (PG-13) SANTA PAULA 7. 550 W. MVUN. 835-933-6707 il net Mdrta ABC 13.51 million 11.52 CBS 12.99 13.17 NBC 12.89 14.21 FOX 9.75 8.78 WB 3.98 4.16 UPN 3.88 3.90 ART, 2025 4TH. LONG BEACH, 562-438-5135 DolbyrStKwr Me Low' BAY, 340 MAIN, SEAL BEACH, 431-9988 The Grandfather" (PG) Nat- View-Program work an 67.

Cops (9:30 p.m.) FOX 9.02 The Pretender NBC 9 02 69. TheHughleys ABC 8.97 70. It's like you know. ABC 8.96 71. Early Edition CBS 8.94 72.

Cops (9 p.m.) FOX 8.90 73. Candid Camera CBS 8.89 74. Kids Say the Damdest Things CBS 8.80 75. "Dante's Peak" ABC 8.67 76. Beverly Hills, 90210 FOX 8.61 77.

King ol the Hill FOX 8.53 78. Profiler NBC 8.22 Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 8.22 80. Best Commercials Never Seen 3 ABC 8.16 81. Whose Line Is It Anyway? ABC 8.10 82. 2020 Downtown ABC 7 85 B3.

World's Deadliest Earthquakes ABC 7.72 84. Suddenly Susan NBC 7.42 85. Veronica's Closet NBC 7 26 86. Time ol Your Lite FOX 7.18 87. Cops FOX 7.13 88.

WWFSmackdown! UPN 7.08 89. Party ol Five FOX 6.75 90. 7th Heaven WB 6.15 91. Freaks Seeks NBC 6.14 92. Airy FOX 6.05 93.

Charmed WB 5.28 94. Buffy the Vampire Slayer WB 5.11 95. Angel WB 5.05 96. Get Real FOX 5.02 97. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 4.79 98.

"Lethal Weapon 2" UPN 4.76 99. NRPostgameShow CBS 4.71 100. Roswell WB 4 50 101. The Parkers UPN 4.47 102. Dawson's Creek WB 4.18 103.

Moesha UPN 3.95 104. 7 Days UPN 3.81 105. Sate Harbor WB 3.60 106. Popular WB 3.46 107. Felicity WB 3.27 108.

7th Heaven Beginnings WB 3.26 109. Grownups UPN 3.07 110. Malcolm Eddie UPN 2.88 The Jamie Fon Show WB 2.88 The House On Haunted Hiir (R) SANTA PAULA 7, 550 MAIN. 805-9334707 "American Beauty (fi) REGENT WESTLAKE 1, 818489-2388 Closed For Remodeling "The Bachelor (PG-13); Superstar (PG-13) RIALTO CINEMA 6. 909-786-7922 "Blue Streak" (PG-13) RIALTO CINEMA 8.

290 W. BASELINE "Bats" (PG-13) RIALTO CINEMA 8, 909-786-7922 Best Man" (R) VILLAGE, CRESTLINE. 909-338-7355 Call Theatre For Program EAGLE ROCK PLAZA 4, 2700 COLORADO BL. DolbyrSupeistar" EAGLE ROCK PLAZA 4. 323-344-9559 DolbyHunaway "Blue Slreak" EAGLE ROCK PLAZA 4, 2700 COLORADO BL Dolbyflron 'Elmo io Grouduand" EAGLE ROCK PLAZA 4, 323-344-9559 DolbyTor Love ol the Gamejhomas Crown Atlatr' THE NEW EAGLE, 4884 EAGLE ROCK 32M78-302 REGENT WESTLAKE 2, 4711 LAKEVIEW CYN.

RD i Closed For Remodeling 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. REGENT WESTLAKE 3, 471 1 LAKEVIEW CYN. HO. AVENUE, 11022 DOWNEY AVE.

1150 6 PM (562) H61-8952 "Blue Streak" (PG-13); "13th Warrior" (R) Closed For Remodeling "Eyes Wide Shut" (R) "South Paik" (R) HIGHLAND 1. 5604 N. FIGUEROA, 2564383 "The Bachelor" (PG-1 3) HIGHLAND 2, ALL SEATS S3 BEFORE 6:00 PM "House On Haunted Hill" (R) HIGHLAND 3. 5604 N. FIGUEROA, 2564383 "Bats" IPG-13); "Sixth Sense" Vt, EflANCHI PARAMOUNT 7, 7770 ROSECRANS The House On Haunted Hill (R) BIANCHI PARAMOUNT 7.

562430-SHOW 'Music 01 The Heart" BIANCHI PARAMOUNT 7. 7770 ROSECRANS The Bone Collector (R) BIANCHI PARAMOUNT 7. 562-630-SHOW Blue Streak" BIANCHI PARAMOUNT 7 "Bats" (PG-13) BIANCHI PARAMOUNT 7, 562-630-SHOW The Best Man BIANCHI PARAMOUNT 7. 7770 ROSECRANS "The Bachelor" (PG13) VAN WREN, ARLINGTON, 909488-2360 "The Bachelor'(PG-13) "Austin Powers" -i VAN 6UREN, ARLINGTON, 909488-2360 PLAZA 1, NEWHALL 805-259-6433 Dolby'Ruraway "Stigmata" PLAZA 2. KWHALL-BARGAIN PRICES Dolbyrinspector larzan' PLAZA 3.

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Frasier KNBC 826.751 6. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire KABC 821.616 7. 60 Minutes KCBS 790.805 8. The Practice KABC 744,590 9. Jesse KNBC 718,914 10.

The X-Files KTTV 708,644 FOX 1 C0VINA. 626-332-0050 Call Theatre For Program FOX2.211N. AZUSA Call Theatre For Program FOX 3, ALL SHOWS SI .50 Call Theatre For Program VAN Mr ARLINGTON 309W2360 1 "Bone Colledoi-IR); ftest Man RADIO Ml ftsp News-Commentary 1-2, 7-8 p.m. Which Way, KCRW-FM (89.9). 1-3 n.m.

All Thlnes Considered. KPCC-FM (89.3); also, 4-7 p.m., KCRW-FM Pedro," with William Conrad, KNX (1070). Country-Folk-Jazz-Pop 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). 9 p.m.-mldnight Swing Lounge, Kl AC (570). Rock-Urban 7-8 p.m.-'70s at 7, KCMG-FM (100.3). 10 p.m.-mldnlght Chocolate City, urban rhythm soul, KCRW-FM (89.9). Tip for Today a.m.

-noon Morning Becomes Eclectic: Post-grunge Ouster performs live, In-studio, KCRW-HM (89.9). p.m. Rockllne: Repeat of 1986 interview with members of group Genesis, KCBS-FM (93.1). p.m., a.m. Have Gun, WIU Travel: "Birds of a Feather," KNX (1070).

Drama-Comedy-Family p.m., a.m. Escape: "SS San (89.9). p.m., KUSC-FM (91.5). Sports p.m. Pro Basketball: Lakers at Houston Rockets, KLAC (570).

p.m. Pro Basketball: San Antonio Spurs at Clippers, KXTA (1 150). Wednesdays Cos Attacks ume3.