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F10 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1999 LOS ANGELES TIMES pf Rosenberg TODAY ON TV CHANNELS -X gH HDKOCEIPBSI50 69 KVEA (Tele.) 23 B3KDOC(W)56 EH BDKtCSEdu.17 (B Palm Springs 36 KMIR (NBC) 04 Santa Barbara KEYTABC)07 San Bamardino 24.KVCRP8S24 Ventura County BiKADY(UPN)16 LosAngaies OmgtCoMy KC8SICBSIQ2 KNBCmM KTIA(WB05 DKABC1ASCI07 fD KITVIFoxlU B3KCOPUPN13 fa KscKindjie EKWHYNI22 ea kcet(P6S)28 EDKPXN(PAX)30 BD 1 50 KCET Barney Friends 64178 CD KTBN Dr. Cherry S3 KOCE Instructional TV KVEA Dragon Ball 03 KDOC Life in the Word 31 KJLA Mike Russell (TVGI 51 KLCS TEAMS Turn On to Geometry KRCA Los Ahos Perdidos 63536 Simon Simon BETVideolink CMAXv "Gremlins" '84 1 hr46 951888 CNBC Power Lunch 90178 CNN Newsday COM Make Me Laugh (TVPG) DSC Assignment Discovery (TVGI Otter TVY El EYE! (TVPG) ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Spanish Fly FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 1 19082 FSN Hooked on Golf FX Picket Fences HIST Weapons at War (TVG) LIFE Next Door With Katie Brown (TVGI Barbecuing; grills and fiibachis; herbs; Cornish game hen. 519848 MTV True Life NICK Little Bear 883888 SCI-FI Night Gallery TBS Matlock TCM 'That Hagen Girl" '47 1 hr23 1625333 TIC Bingo Molly (TVY) TNN Your Home Studio (TVG) TNT Lois Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TVPG) USA Almost Perfect (TVPG) WGN Richard Simmons' Dream Maker Cable Services 39 El 63 SCI-H 87 AMC 35 ESPN 34 SHOW 41 BET 57 ESPN2 84 TBS 43 BRVO 54 EAM 47 TCM 88 CNBC 31 fSN 27 JIC 51 COM 79 N259 TMC 58 CSPN29 TNN49 CMAX45 ct TNT52 CNN 42 USA 44 DSC 37 VH162 DISN53 nipkw 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.

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13 KEYT News KABC News fO KTTVRoseanne CO KSCI Taiwan News 124! KVCR Shay Pendray's Studio 50 KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 89826 EH KTBN Benny Hinn 03 KDOC Headline News 51 KJLA Richard Saxton (TVG) 03 KLCS Choices 169 KAOY The Dating Game AMC "The Kid From Brooklyn" '46 Zhf 496536 Otter (TVY) FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 699401 "Wrongfully Accused" '98 1hr25 495888 MTV Spankin' New Music (TVPG) NICK World of Richard Scarry 991246 SHOW "Clockmaker" '98 1hr30 9451826 TLCSkinnamarinkTV(TVY) TMC The Deli" USA Wings (TVPG) Afternoon Noon a KCBS News El KNBC 39 KMIR Sunset Beach (TV14) 21710 Please se TV LOG Fll DD KTTV Queen Latifah 85517 03 KCOP Forgive or Forget 52888 2 KVCR Creative Living 50 KCET Sesame Street 85710 BJ KMEXMaite 86) KMIR Mad About You (TVPG) EH KTBN Behind the Scenes 09 KVEA Las AguasMansas 45178 ffl KJLA Richard Saxton (TVG) SO KLCS World of Work in Me; Entrepreneur in You (1 0:15) E3 KRCA Cine Law Order (TVPG) BET Hits From the Street CNN CNN Today COM "Spring Break" '83 2hr 7391997 DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) Bo Derek: The True Hollywood Story ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2 Boat Racing FAM The 700 Club FSN2 Fitting It In FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPGI HIST High Points in History (TVGI UFE Party of Five (TVPG) NICK Kipper 781081 SCI-R The Twilight Zone (TVPG) SHOW Will Be Boys" '97 1hr31 633246 TBS Hunter TLC The Big Garage (TVY) TMC "Dancing on the Moon" '97 1hr32 TNN Alice (TVG) TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-V) USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG) VH1 New Videos (TVPGI WGN News 10:30 a.m. KEYT Mad About You (TVPGI KNBC EXTRA (TVPG) 89569 EB KWHYCine 124! KVCR Up Quilting 08 KMIR Judge Mills Lane HD KTBN Casey Treat 03 KDOC Froozles (TVG1 146555 9 KJLA Bio-Med Check-Up (TVG) BO KLCS Crafts for Kids 79062 DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) ESPN NFL's Greatest Moments NICK Franklin 872772 SCI-R The Twilight Zone (TVPG) TCM "Fort Apache" '48 2hr07 TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) TNN Real McCoys (TVG) USA Fired Up (TVPGI 11:00 a.m. KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14) 12325 a KNBC News KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVG) Celebrity-memorabilia auctions. 54623 KABC 3 KEYT Port Charles ITVPG-L) 68791 0 KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPG) 10 KTTV Living Single DO KCOP Jenny Jones (TVPG) 65352 124 KVCR America Sews 50 KCET Noddy (TVY) 88197 B3 KMEX Girasoles para Lucia (TVPGI 63994 1361 KMIR The People's Court 9:30 a.m. TV RATINGS All Children Directed to Older Children Directed to Older Children; FantasyViolence General Audience Parental Guidance Parents Strongly Cautioned Mature Audiences Only Suggestive Dialogue Coarse Language Sex Violence Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME (TVY (TVY7) (TVWV) TO TVPGI (TV14) (TVMA) (D (U (SI ED KTTV Divorce Court KWHVOijienTiene la Razon 729536 53 KCET The Puzzle Place (TVY) 75772 HD KTBN Dean and Mary Brown ES KVEA Los Recien Casados KJLA Dow 30 Report (TVGI ED KLCS 3-2-1 Classroom Contact (9:45) AMC "Government Girl" '43 1 hr45 BRVO "The Prime of Miss Jean 694994 CNN Burden of Proof 152420 COM Win Ben Stein's Money (TVPG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) El Mysteries Scandals (TVPGI ESPN2 Ultimate Outdoors FAM CBN Special Edition 798246 FSN2 Aerobic Conditioning HBO '86 1hr46 122420 UFE New Attitudes (TVPG) 794420 MTV Music Videos (TVPGI NICK Blue's Clues SCI-PI Beyond Reality (TVPG) TLCSalty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) USA Something So Right (TVPG) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPG-D) Morning 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m. KCBS Martha Stewart Living Ginger tea; hot-and sour soup; green tea; bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers; sea kelp; house rabbits. 12284 I3J KEYT Regis Kathie Lee 31 410 KNBC36J KMIR Later Today 31492 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael 56642 KABC 42 KESQ Regis Kathie 41710 13 KCAL Maury (TVPG) 74062 KTTV Oivorce Court KCOPMontel Williams 23352 KSCI I Can Do It! KWHV La Corte del Pueblo B4j KVCR Sesame Street 73456 KCBS Dr. Joy Browne 23739 13! KEYT Home Improvement (TVPG) KNBC Access Hollywood 95468 19 KTIA Richard Simmons' Dream Maker 41 159 KABC t2 KESQ The View 69555 KCAL Jerry Springer 90449 Prime-Time TV Rankings Is Movie of the Week 'One Special Night' ne Special Night" lived up to 'shining a gaggle of films its name, out- scheduled over young adults with "Men in Black." "The Santa Clause" also ranked second to "Annie" in terms of "Wonderful World of Disney" titles this season. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" closed its 18-day run with record tune-in Wednesday, and having the quiz show precede "Dharma Greg" Nov.

23 yielded a best-ever rating for that series. NBC's new Thanksgiving lineup posted mixed results: A Shania Twain concert outdrew "Friends" and "Just Shoot Me" from 8 to 9 p.m., but "Will Grace" hit a high, and the birth of Nurse Haulaway's twins helped "ER" deliver its biggest audience since September. BRIAN LOWRY Continued from Fl dictable situation," said Shocknek afterward. "We are following live. We have no way of knowing the outcome exactly with certainty." Duh! Talk about dense.

When he said that, you looked for his lo-botomy scars, for having "no way of knowing the outcome" was exactly the point. It was and always is the compelling argument against such live coverage. No safety net, no controls, just free-fall. It's Russian roulette all over again. Why not, as more responsible Los Angeles stations did, tape the shooting, think about it, and then decide whether to include it in a newscast, instead of instantly beaming it live? An ongoing separate issue is whether live chopper coverage of such freeway chases is warranted, shootrhg or not.

Nearly always, as in this case, the answer remains no. On the face, the coverage is ludicrous, serving a viewerdom that delivers a mixed message by watching the same TV mayhem that it so frequently protests. Call it the mayhem some of America loves to hate. Once his station committed to covering the Thayer chase live, KTLA news director Jeff Wald said in a Times story Saturday, it had an obligation to show the outcome, no matter how violent. "Otherwise," he insisted, "we get into the position of censoring the news." Say what? As if he and other TV news executives don't make decisions every day about what to cover and what not to cover? If they aren't "censoring," as he put it, they aren't doing their jobs.

This did not occur in a vacuum. It was only last year that Los Angeles stations telecast live a suicidal, partially nude fugitive motorist pulling the trigger of a shotgun on a freeway overpass and leaving his brains on the pavement. They anguished about that, too. So much so that some vowed to consider using a seven-second delay mechanism in future live coverage of volatile incidents. But that was last year, and Friday was Friday.

Amnesia prevailed. No seven-second delay. Not everyone was sorry. "We feel very good about the way we handled this," KNBC news director Nancy Bauer Gonzales told The Times. Well, as long as she feels good.

As police swarmed over the downed Thayer, Shocknek (surely following orders), asked the KNBC chopper "to pull out your shot a Openings Continued from F3 Three Nights of Percussion, soloist Schick performs music by Kai-ja Saariaho, George Lewis, Javier Alvarez, Roger Reynolds and Vin-ko Globokar. 7:30 p.m. USC Early Music Ensemble (Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC, 213 740-7111). Led by director James Tyler, the ensemble offers music by Monteverdi, Bach, Cal-dara, Vivaldi, Handel and others. 8 p.m.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorale (Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine, 949 854-4646). Nicholas McGegan conducts Handel's "Messiah." Vocal soloists are Dominique La-belle, Catherine Robbin, Jonathan Boyd and Daniel Lichti. 8 p.m. Stage "A Christmas Carol" (South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 714 company's 20th an Tips for Today p.m., a.m. Have Gun, Will Travel: Paladin (John Dehner) is asked to help a doctor right a longtime wrong, KNX (1070).

Drama-Comedy-Family p.m., a.m. Escape: "The Man Who Stole the Bible," a nightmare lies behind the scenes of a Mardi Gras celebration, KNX (1070). Classical 8-10 p.m. Evening Concert, KKGO-FM (105.1). 8-11 p.m.

Open House, KCSN-FM (88.5). 10 p.m.-mldnlght Chicago Symphony, KKGO-FM (105.1). Country-Folk-Jazz-Pop 9 a.m.-noon Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW-FM (89.9). 10 a.m.-l p.m. Global Village, KPFK-FM (90.7).

8-10 p.m. Metropolis, KCRW-FM (89.9). 9 p.m.-mldnlght Swing Lounge, KLAC (570). Rock-Urban Noon-l p.m. Noon-Time Disco Workout, KBIG-FM (104.3).

Noon-l p.m. Old School Lunch Hour, urban oldies, KKBT-FM (92.3). Noon-l p.m. Totally '80s at Noon, KYSR-FM (98.7). 7-8 p.m.

70s at 7, KCMG-FM (100.3). p.m.-Rockllne, KCBS-FM (93.1). the holiday weekend to finish behind only "Annie" among made-for-TV movies broadcast this season, according to viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. The CBS romance, pairing James Garner and Julie Andrews, capped a week in which feature films also exhibited their ability to attract mass TV audiences despite prior exposure on pay cable, video or even a network. NBC ranked first Saturday thanks to its seventh annual airing of "Home Alone" and fared well Sunday especially among National Nielsen Ylewershlp 0 Michael Thayer, moments before little bit wider, if you can, please.

We don't need to see it quite that close." But viewers did need to see the shooting "that On at least two occasions after the shooting, Shocknek (again surely heeding instructions), also issued warnings to parents, verbalizing KNBC's public service mode. "If you're a parent and! if watching this is too intense for you," said caring Uncle Kent, "you may want to leave the room if you're watching with youngsters. We know you will act responsibly on their behalf as we show you live pictures of the final outcome of this chase." And a bit later "If you are a parent with young children in the room, we know this is a school-off day because of the Thanksgiving holiday. You're going to want to act responsibly for the kids' sake. You know what is too intense for them to see and not to see.

So please be a responsible viewer." KNBCminutes after televising a man being shot by police on a morning schoolkids were home-was lecturing Los Angeles on responsibility? What cretinous, self-serving, patronizing arrogance! How could the '50s not be more golden? They were golden if you liked your TV monolithically white. They were golden if you liked your TV women spending their days baking cookies and dusting. They were golden if you approved of blacklisting anyone accused of being left leaning or a fellow traveler. They were golden if you liked sponsors having direct control of shows. They were golden if you liked 15-minute newscasts.

They were golden if you liked quiz shows that were rigged. They were golden if you liked sitcoms that, in the main, were more idiotic than you can imagine. They were golden if you liked a technology so rudimentary that it often eclipsed the admirable work on those live anthology dra nual staging of its lavish musical version of Dickens' classic with Hal Landon Jr. reprising his "Scrooge" role. 7:30 p.m.; buffet dinner, 6 p.m.

Regular schedule: Tuesday-Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon and 4 p.m.; except Dec. 7, 11:30 a.m. only; Dec. 24, noon and 4 p.m.; Dec. 26, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Ends Dec. 26. "The Radio City Christmas Spectacular" (Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, 213 252-TIXS). Holiday extravaganza with a rock 'n' roll Santa, dancing teddy bears and wooden soldiers, a live menagerie and the Radio City Rockettes. "2:15 and 7:45 p.m.

Also Thursday, 7:45 p.m.; Dec. 7, 9, 14, 25, 28, 7:45 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 10, 17, 2:15 and 8:15 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 11, 18, 12:15, 4:15 and 8:15 p.m.; every Sunday, 11:15 a.m., 2:15 and 6:15 p.m.; Dec. 8, Dec.

15-16, 20-23, 27, 2:15 and 7:45 p.m.; Dec. 24, 1:15 p.m. (Performances in Spanish: Dec. 12, 6:15 p.m.; Dec. 20, 2:15 p.m.; Dec.

26, 6:15 p.m.). Ends Dec. 28. "Stories From a Nail Salon" RADIO 10 p.m.-mldnlght Chocolate City, urban rhythm soul, KCRW-FM (89.9). News-Commentary p.m.

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

Which Way, IA.1 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). Sports p.m.

College Basketball: Morgan State at UCLA, KXTA (1150). p.m. Pro Basketball: Golden State Warriors at Lakers, KLAC (570), KWKW (1330). p.m. Pro Hockey.

Tampa Bay Lightning at Mighty Ducks, XTRA (690). 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). KTLA being fatally wounded by CHP officer. mas the nostalgia crowd now recalls so affectionately. Of course, there were exceptions, one being "Omnibus," a weekly magazine (black and white and mostly live) whose diverse and classy menu of arts, literature, science, history and entertainment is unmatched by any single series today. "Omnibus" was its own golden age.

That comes across in Friday's rewarding special, "Omnibus: Television's Golden Age," narrated by Hume Cronyn, who, with his late wife, Jessica Tandy, performed on "Omnibus," whose sleek, urbane, informed, highly literate and involved host was a Brit named Al-istair Cooke. His fame would grow later during years of speaking for "Masterpiece Theatre." Included in this retrospective are Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Leonard Bernstein moving musicians like chess pieces in inventively dissecting Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, musings by Frank Lloyd Wright and amazing action X-rays of humans doing such things as eating and digesting food. Created by Robert Saudek, "Omnibus" was on commercial television, incredibly, airing Sundays from 1952 to 1956 on CBS and ABC respectively, and irregularly on NBC from 1957 to 1961. The series moved to the TV rhythms of an earlier era. If operating today, how would it approach last week's live chase coverage? Perhaps by X-raying the brains of those responsible for it.

"Omnibus: Television's Golden Age" can be seen Friday at 9 p.m. on KCET. Howard Rosenberg's column Appears Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He can be contacted by e-mail at calendar.letters latimes.com. (Performing Arts Center, Cal State Northridge, 818 677-4966).

Club O'Noodles, the Vietnamese American theater troupe presents its multimedia trip through America's nail salon. 7:30 p.m. Also Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Art Eunju Kang and Mervyn Seldon (L.A. Artcore's Brewery Annex, 650A South Ave.

21, 213 617-3274). Two separate exhibitions include monoprints -by Kang and acrylic paintings by Seldon. Wednesday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Ends Dec. 29.

Nancy Kay (L.A. Artcore, 120 Judge John Aiso 213 617-3274). Large-scale constnic-tivist paintings. Wednesday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon-8 p.m. Ends Dec.

29. Trl-Annuale (Part 2): Amy Adler Curates Jonl Mitchell (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 6522 Hollywood 323 957-1777). A selection of 12 paintings by the artist-musician. Ends Dec. 23.

9 a.m.-noon Dr. Ray Guarendl, KPLS (830). 9 a.m.-noon Michael Jackson, KRLA (1110). 1 1 a.m.-1 p.m. Talk of the Nation, KPCC-FM (89.3).

11 a.m. -3 p.m. Jonathon Brandmeler, 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. Toni Grant, KRLA (1110). p.m.-Al Rantel, KABC (790). 2- 5 p.m.-Michael Medved, KIEV (870).

3- 4 p.m. Clark Howard, KFI (640). 3-7 p.m. Larry Elder, KABC (790). -3-7 p.m.-Tom Leykls, KLSX-FM (97.1).

3- 7 p.m. Minyard Mlnyard, KRLA '-(1110). 4- 5 p.m.-Marc Cooper, KPFK-FM (907). 4-7 p.m. Karel Andrew, KFI (640).

4-7 p.m. Larry Mantle's Alrtalk, KPCC-FM (89.3). 4-7 p.m.-Pat Campbell, KPLS (830). 4- 8 p.m.-Duffy and KKLA-FM 5- 7 p.m. Larry Zarlan, KIEV (870).

7-8 p.m. Joe Sutton, KIEV (870). 7-8 p.m. Fresh Air, KPCC-FM (89.3). 7-9 p.m.

Stephanie Miller, KABC (790). 7-10 p.m.-Conway Sleekier, KLSX-FM (97.1). 7-10 p.m. Drew Marlanl, KPLS 7-11 p.m.-Phll Hendrle, KFI (640). Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Nov.

22-28) 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.

88. Moesha UPN 3.56 89. Grownups UPN 3.11 90. The Steve Harvey Snow WB 2.89 91. For Your Love WB 2.79 92.

Malcolm Eddie UPN 2.78 93. Jamie Fon Show (8:30 p.m.) WB 2.62 94. 7 Days UPN 2.56 95. Charmed (9 p.m.) WB 2.55 96. The Jamie Fon Show WB 2.49 97.

Shasta McNasty UPN 2.21 98. The Strip UPN 2.12 99. Sale Harbor (Sun.) WB 2.11 100. Charmed WB 1.99 "AJrTlght" UPN 1.99 102. Felicity WB 1.87 103.

Dllbeit UPN 1.85 vy.v Yy ur Garner, Andrews Network Averages I. ER NBC 30.80 2. Who WantsMillionaire ABC 29.71 3. Who WantsMillionaire ABC 27.2S 4. Who WantsMillionaire ABC 26.64 5.

"One Special Night" CBS 25.87 6. Frasier NBC 20.49 7. Friends NBC 19.17 8. Willi Grace (Thur.) NBC 19.15 9. The Santa Clause" ABC 18.61 10.

Touched by an Angel CBS 18.52 II. 60 Minutes CSS 18.49 12. Monday Night Football ABC 18.26 13. "Shania Twain: Come on Over" CBS 18.23 14. DtiarrrusGreg ABC 18.15 15.

LOT 4 Order NBC 17.64 16. EveiyOooy loves Raymond CBS 17.37 17. Tne Drew Carey Snow ABC 17.21 18. "Men In Black" NBC 16.74 19. Providence NBC 16.14 20.

Becker CBS 15.61 21. Jua Shoot Me (Special) NBC 15.45 22. TheStnpaom FOX 15.28 23. TtleX-fileS FOX 15.04 24. soman; abc 15.01 25.

JAG CBS 14.57 26. AlyMcBeal FOX 14.52 27. Judging Amy CBS 14 .35 28. ft Practice ABC 1434 FamayUw CBS 14.24 30. "Home Aim" NBC 14.01 31.

"FomSGump" ABC 13.89 32. Waker. Teas Ranger CBS 13.59 33. Futurama FOX 13.34 34. "JMgWAItneWay" ABC 13.23 35.

IAWs Most Amaong Videos NBC 12.87 36. 60 Minutes I CBS 12.77 37. DaMneNBCfTue.) NBC 12.62 38. -CeM Dion: Aline Way- CBS 12.46 39. DatelneNBC(Fr1.) NBC 1239 40.

Die West Wing NBC 12.37 41. Nasti Bridges CBS 12.22 42. "Secret or Giving" CBS 12.03 43. The King 0) Queens CBS 11.97 44. Willi Grace NBC 11.83 45.

"Ricky Martin: One Night Only" CBS 11.78 46. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 11.69 47. Third Watch NBC 11.63 48. Norm ABC 11.43 49. "Two Babies: Switched at Bltth" CBS 11.39 50.

"Ice Wait" CBS 10.94 51. ladles Man CBS 10.80 52. Greed (9 p.m.) FOX 10.77 53. 2020 (Wed.) ABC 10.71 54. Once and Again ABC 10.58 NV View Program work an Here Is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, 55.

LawOrde.svu nbc 10.57 for last week and for the season. 56. 2020 (Fit.) ABC 10.28 t.f 57. "Jumanll" FOX 10.26 58. Dateline NBC NBC 1035 59.

Grned rox 10.09 ABC 15.00 million 12.80 60. Cops (8:30 pjr,) FOX 9.89 CBg 14 gg 13 3,5 61. King of tne HI FOX 9.60 62. Snoop. ABC 9.48 NBC 13 90 14 00 63.

"Home Alone FOX 9.27 FOX 9.99 9.20 64. Just Snoot Me (Special) NBC 9.18 WB 3.60 4.20 65. 3rd Rot From me Sun NBC 9.17 (jpfj 350 3 cm 66. Just Snoot Me NBC 8.97 67. America's Most Wanted FOX 8.90 68.

cops fox 868 Southland Viewing 69. "Scream" FOX 8.41 70. Friends nbc 7.76 Here are Nielsen's Top 10 prime-time 71. Now am) Again cbs 7.60 programs In the Los Angeles area during 72. King of tne Hi (7 p.m.) fox 7.40 the same week.

The rankings are based on I. SET0 thenumberofhouseholdswatching. 75. Angel WB 6.50 76. Dateline NBC 8 p.m.) NBC 6.31 frognai koMt 77.

Notra Darne-Stantotd FooNmII ABC 5.99 78. Veronica's Closet NBC 5.91 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire KABC 837,021 79. Buffy the Vampire Slayer WB 5.90 J- 01 821,616 WWFSmackdownl UPN 6.90 3- "One Special Nlgnf' KCBS 806.211 81. Star Trek: Voyager UPN 5.71 4 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire KABC 795,941 82. Time of Your urn FOX 4.83 5.

Frasier KNBC 718,914 83. King of the HID (Special) FOX 4.50 6. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire KABC 682,968 84. 7th Heaven (9p.m.) WB 4.36 7. Will Grace KNBC 667,563 85.

Dawson's Creek WB 4.05 8. Tin Practice KABC 662,428 86. The Parkers UPN 4.04 9. AllyMcBeal KTTV 657593 87. Roswel WB 3.58 Providence KNBC 675,293 Performance Added for 'The Rose Tattoo' To accommodate ticket demand, LA Theatre Works' live radio theater presentation of Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo," starring Mercedes Ruehl and Anthony LaPaglia at the Skirball Cultural Center Dec.

8 through Dec. 12, has added a matinee performance on Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $31 and $35. Information: (310) 827-0889.

Celebrities to Perform at Benefit Gillian Anderson, Delta Burke, Drew Carey and Ar-mistead Maupin are among the celebrities scheduled to perform in the second annual "A Cracked mas" celebration, Dec. 12 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles (4401 W. 8th Additional scheduled performers include Teri Garr, Ryan Stiles, Kathy Kinney, Paris Barclay and Judy Gold. The event's committee members include Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Heche and Camryn Manheim. The 7 to 10 p.m.

event is a benefit for the Trevor Project, a suicide hotline for gay teens. Tickets are $50 to $100, or $250 for VIP seats and a party with the participating celebrities. Information: (323) 939-1128. I.