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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1999 F9 LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings CHANNELS National Nielsen Vlewershlp Morning 9:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 00 KTTV Divorce Court Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Oct. 11-17) 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. Program Program LwAngeleV Orange County HKCBSICBSI02 KNBC (NBC 04 HKTLA(WB05 HKABCIABCI07 0 KCAl (lnd )09 IB (CTTV(Fox) 11 fH KCOPUPN13 El KSCMInd.) IB BBKWHYNI2Z HD KCETPBS)28 EOKPXN(PAX)30 BQKMEXIUniJU 3 KTBNlnd 40 B3 KOCE (PBS) 50 S3 B3 KD0Clnd.56 Hi Palm Springs 36KMIR(NBC04 Santa Barbara KEYT1ABC)07 San Bernardino 24 KVCR (PBS) 24 Ventura County 63KADY(UPN)16 Program Cable Top 10 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable programs in prime time last week, also ranked' by total viewers (in millions). Net- View.

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Amona ESPN 5 69 4. Wrestling 8 pm.) TNT 4.33 5. The Timeshifters TBS 4.06 6. Wrestling 7 USA 3 91 7. "Mighty loe Young" DISN 3.34 8 "Grease" TBS 307 9.

NaPnmetime ESPN 3.06 10. wndThomberrys NICK 294 Cable Services A4E 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 FX89 TMC 58 CSPN 29 HBO 33 TNN 49 CMAX45 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. Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. ESPN2 Volleyball-America's Cup: Argentina at United States.

8771 198 FAM The 700 Club FSW2 fitting It In FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPGI HBO "The Golden Child" '86 (PG-131 1hr29 HIST High Points in History (TVG) LIFE Party of Five (TVPG-DL) NICK Little Bear 570391 SCI-FI The Twilight Zone (TVPG) TBS Hunter TLC The Big Garage (TVY) TNN Alice (TVG) TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-V) USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG-D) VH1 New Videos (TVPG) WGN News 10:30 a.m. 131 KEYT Mad About You ITVPG-0) KNBC EXTRA (TVPGI 90778 KWHYCine 1241 KVCR Lap Quilting 1361 KMIR Judge Mills Lane EE) KTBN Casey Treat ED KOOC Froozles (TVGI 91 9827 ED KLCS Hands On: Crafts for Kids DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) ESPN Auto Racing- CART Honda Indy 300.168952 NICK Franklin 678372 SCI-FI The Twilight Zone (TVPG) TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) TMC "The Out-of-Towners" '70 (G 1hr37 73714001 (10:55) TNN Real McCoys (TVGI USA Fired Up (TVPGI 11:00 a.m. KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14 17594 a KNBC News KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG-D Divorced couples reunite. 51952 KABC! 31 KEYT Port Charles (TVPGI 56372 KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPG) ED KTTV Living Single IB KCOP Jenny Jones (TVPGI 62681 24I KVCR America Sews S3 KCET Noddy (TVY 69488 ED KMEX Girasoles para Lucia (TVPG) 60223 i36 KMIR The People's Court Please see TV LOG F10 ED KCET Puzzle Place (TVY) 72001 EH KTBN Dean and Mary Brown 03 KVEA Los Recien Casados SI KLCS 3-2-1 Classroom Contact (945) BRVO "Jane Eyre" '96 PG 2hr30 619001 CMAX "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" '95 1hr36 541020 CNN Burden of Proof 958020 COM Win Ben Stein's Money (TVPG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) Mysteries Scandals (TVPG-D) ESPN2 Ultimate Outdoors FAM CBN Special Edition 594846 FSW2 Aerobic Conditioning LIFE New Attitudes (TVPG) 590020 NICK Blue's Clues SCI-FI Beyond Reality (TVPG) TLC Satty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNN America's Country Hits (TVG) USA Something So Right (TVPG-D) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPGI 10:00 a.m. KCBS Or.

Joy Browne 97730 13! KEYT Home Improvement (TVG) KNBC Access Hollywood 76759 KTLA Richard Simmons 48488 fl KABC 42 KESQ The View Nicolas Cage: Cindy Crawford. 33556 fl KCAL Jerry Springer 80488 KTTV Queen Latifah Hip-hop culture. 75556 EH KCOPRicki Lake 59117 24 KVCR Creative Living ED KCET Sesame Street 66001 B3 KMEXMaite 36i KMIR Mad About You (TVPG-D) EE KTBN Behind the Scenes B3 KVEA Las Aguas Mansas 26469 KLCS E' in Me: World of Work (10:151 KRCA Cine Law Order (TVPGI BET All CNN CNN Today COM '89PG)2hr 9265136 DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) Liberace: The True Hollywood Story (TVPG-D) ESPN Racehorse Digest KCBS Martha Stewart 89533 131 KEYT Regis SKathie Lee 89579 EM KNBC 36! KMIR Later Today 97391 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVG). 46681 KABC AZ KESQ Regis SKathie Lee 48049 if KCAl Maury (TVPGI 88681 GD KTTV Divorce Court KCOPMontel Williams 25353 QD KSCt I Can Dolt! KWHYCine 24) KVCR Sesame Street 21515 83 KCET Barney TVY 45469 KTBN Dr. Cherry 0D KOCE Instructional TV KVEA Dragon Ball KOOC Life in the Word QH KJLA Business News (6) ED KLCS TEAMS Geometry KRCA Los ArfosPerdidos 44827 Simon Simon BETVideolink BRVO The Making of Boys Don't Cry CMAX Man About Town 865846 CNBC Power Lunch 88759 CNN Newsday COM The Daily Show (TVPGI DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Otter (TVYI F.Y.E! (TVPGI ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Spanish Fly FAM It's ItsyBitsy Time TVY 85091 4 fSW Hooked on Golf FX Picket Fences ITVPG-DS) HIST Weapons at War (TVG) LIFE Next Door (TVG) 863488 NICK Kipper 689488 SCI-FI Night Gallery SHOW iw "Detective Story" '51 1hr43 29750952 (9:151 TBS Matlock TLC Bingo Molly (TVY) TMC "Mercy" '95 (R) 1hr27 TNN Your Home Studio (TVG) TNT Reasonable Doubts USA Almost Perfect (TVPG) WGN Richard Simmons' Dream Maker I.

ER NBC 30.45 2020 (Mon.) BC 9 62 ca unr 01 n7 54. Two Guys and a Girl ABC 9 45 I I vfr BC 9" 3. Frasier NBC 10.93 Norm abc 894 4. Touched By an Angel CBS 18.11 57. wnoseune is Anyway? (830) abc 877 5.

Every. Loves Raymond CBS 17.72' Bo, Meets wottd abc sri oJdim wnr 17 59 Game 1 Pre" FOX 8 70 6. Stark Raving Mad NBC 17.03 om Man out abc 865 7. Law and Order NBC 16.84 61. America's Most Wanted fox 8.57 8.

Jesse NBC 16.75 62. Cosby CBS 853 9. Judging Amy CBS 16.46 Ifi ikr raz Ifill 64 fMfdr FOX 8.37 10- JAli 65 13" ABC 8 23 II. The Practice ABC 16.30 66. Cops 2 FOX 816 12.

C8S Sunday Movie CBS 1627 67. love Money C8S 800 13. 60 Minutes CBS 16.20 68. Dateline: NBC (Sun.) NBC 786 14. Becker CBS 15 39 69 'ALCS Game 2 Pre" FOX 7 65 15.

Driarma Greg ABC 15.17 70. "ALCS Game 4 Pre" FOX 759 16. NBC 1510 71. Ally FOX 7.58 17. Monday Night Football ABC 14.69 72.

Hmose Line Is It Anyway? ABC 7 51 18. "BaseoaN: ALCS Game 1" FOX 14 68 73. 7tfi Heaven W8 7.44 19. "BaseoattNLCSGamel" NBC 14.50 74. Cops FOX 7.38 20.

"Baseball: ALCS Game 2" FOX 14.35 75. WorkWrtnMe CBS 733 21. Family Law CBS 14 27 76. Veronica's Closet NBC 7.19 22. Trie Drew Carey Stow ABC 13.97 77.

WWF Smackdownl UPN 668 23. 60 Minutes CBS 13 80 78. 2020 Downtown ABC 6 59 24. Law and Oder SVU N8C 13.72 79. "Baseball: ALCS Game 4" FOX 6.44 25.

Walker, Teas Ranger CBS 12.24 80. Charmed WB 639 26. Wonderful Vtoitd of Disney ABC 12.22 81. Suddenly Susan NBC 6.27 27. Dateline: NBC (Wed.) NBC 13 15 82.

Dateline NBC 586 28. 2020 (Fn.) ABC 13.08 83. Dawson's Creek WB 583 29. "Baseball: AID, Game 5" FOX 12.99 84. Angel WB 582 30.

Dateline: NBC (Mon.) NBC 12.67 85. Butty, the Slayer WB 5.64 31. Nash Bridges CBS 12 60 86. Roswell W8 5.44 32. Kingof Kings CBS 12.52 87.

Star Trek: Voyager UPN 509 33. Spin City ABC 12.40 88. Harsh Realm FOX 492 34. West Wing NBC 12.32 89. Wasteland ABC 4 52 35.

"lethal Vows" CBS 12.27 90. Ryan CauifreW: rear One FOX 4.43 36. Diagnosis Murder C8S 12.24 91. The Parkers UPN 388 37. Sports Night ABC 12.16 92.

Felicity WB 3.83 38. Chicago Hope CBS 1192 93. SafeHartor WB 3.71 39. Ladies Man CBS 11 80 The Steve Harvey Show WB 3.71 40. Once and Again ABC 1151 7th Days UPN 3.71 41.

2020 (Wed) ABC 11.48 96. Grown UDS UPN 3.51 42. Martial law CBS 11.03 97. The Slop UPN 3.46 43. "Baseball: ALCS Game 4" FOX 10.81 98.

For Your Love WB 3 44 44. Early Edrhon FOX 10.76 99. Popular WB 3.39 45. Snoops ABC 10.54 100. Moesha UPN 3 37 46.

Thai 70s Show FOX 10.46 101. Malcolm i Eddie UPN 3.17 47. Sabnna. Teenage Witch ABC 10.04 102. The Jam Fob Show WB 2.98 48.

Kids Say Damdest Things CBS 9 95 103. Jack JiH WB 2 82 49. 48 Hours CBS 9.91 104. 7th Heaven Beginnings WB 2.70 50. Now and Again 9.87 105.

Grown Lips Hue UPN 2.69 51. Oh Grow Up ABC 9.84 106. Shasta McNasty UPN 2.68 Its Like, You Mow ABC 9.84 107. The Jamie Fon Show (SP) WB 265 las) Sum urn. tedttt.

NBC 15.59 million 13.95- CBS 13.16 13.38' ABC 10.80 11.29 FOX 10.84 8.84, WB 4.57 4.48 UPN 3.97 3.79 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. gram. TV RATINGS (TVY All Children (TVY7 Directed to Older Children (TVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; FantasyViolence (TVG) General Audience (TVPGI Parental Guidance (TV14) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only 1 (D) Suggestive Dialogue (L) Coarse Language (S) Sex (V) Violence Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME so- House. Program tJon hoMt 1.

ER KNBC 1.037,290 2. Frasier KNBC 898,643 3. Friends KNBC 872,967 4. The Practice KABC 857,562 5. Law and Older KNBC 775.400 6.

law and Order SVU KNBC 729.184 7. 2020 (Fn KABC 682.968 8. Stark Raving Mad KNBC 657.293 9. KABC 636.752 10. Jesse KNBC 631.617 would be more vulnerable in the wake of numerous cast changes, among them George Clooney's departure in February.

Comedies bucking the sophomore-year jinx are NBC's "Will Grace," holding its own Tuesdays opposite ABC's "Dharma," a joust interrupted by playoff baseball; Fox's nostalgic "That 70s Show," drawing far more viewers than the edited-down version of "Ally McBeal" that precedes it Tuesdays; and "King of Queens," doing a better job leading off Monday nights for CBS than "Cosby" did RADIO Dances Onto Retaining just the barest outline of the original book, Ludwig (of "Lend Me a Tenor" fame) and director Mike Ockrent conceived a new story about a stage-struck New York banker who is sent to Deadrock, a tapped-out mining town, to foreclose on a theater. Once there, he's smitten with the owner's daughter and, seeing a chance to indulge his show-biz fantasies, save the theater and impress the girl, he stages a show. The story is incidental to the dancing, however. From the original score, such songs as "Embraceable You," "I Got Rhythm" and "But Not for Me" have been kept, and other Gershwin greats have been added. In dance after dance, Stroman finds new areas of invention even as she (along with Ludwig in his script) pays homage to numerous stage and movie musicals.

In "Shall We Jim Walton's banker finally induces a reluctant Stacey Logan to dance with him by playfully bumping into her. Her resulting stumbles are her first steps in what gradually evolves into a romantic Fred-and-Ginger spin along the dusty streets. In "Slap That Bass," guys wrap mwmtm tm Small Screen chorus girls in their arms and "play" them like basses, and in "I Got Rhythm," the dancers incorporate mining implements, from gold-mining pans to pickaxes, into an exuberant tap number. The original production which was re-created for Paper Mill earlier this year by James Brennan and choreographer Angclique Ho, and supervised for television by Ockrent and Stroman is preserved in glorious form, although the blackoutlights-up transitions between several scenes seem awfully abrupt. The 2V4-hour show is presented in letterbox format, so that the action is framed much as it was on the proscenium stage.

Director for television Matthew Diamond has good instincts for when to pull back or close in. There is plenty of ache here, some of it on the screen, still more of it in our longing for the age when the Gershwins and so many other greats wrote music for the American stage. "Crazy for You" airs tonight at 8:30 on KCET and KVCR. PBS has rated it TV-G (suitable for all ages). "unquestionably moving" -uflrms Harold Gould 03 if I "SUPERB!" -DAILY VARIETY Chekhov's Tale of Love and Lost in the Russian Countryside Visiting last year.

"Everybody Loves is also enjoying a banner year, up 22 from this juncture in 1998, though the competition will become more formidable when "Ally McBeal" begins its third season next week. 5 Ratings for another CBS show, the military drama "JAG," are also flying 8 higher at 8 p.m. Tuesdays, a time period in which four comedies among them "Spin City" and "Just Shoot Me" butt heads with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" for the younger audienca Will Travel: "The Monster on Moonridie" (written by Gene Roddenberry), KNX (1070). 10 p.m. -midnight Chicago Symphony: Daniel Barenboim conducts Bartok (Violin Concerto No.

2, Gil Shaham; "The Woorjen KKGO-l'M (105.1). Drama-Comedy-Family i p.m., a.m. Escape: "A Tooth for Paul Revere," with Harry Bartell, KNX (1070). .1 I JT3 ie-'; 'Crazy for You Television Review ByDARYLH. MILLER TIMES STAFF WRITER As smash-hit musicals become ever rarer, the emergence of such shows as for You" give us cause for hope even as they deepen our de-tspair.

Advertised in 1991 as "the new Gershwin musical comedy," "Crazy for You" was "new" in that it featured a new script by Ken Ludwig, as well as new dances by an imaginative, then-emerging choreographer, Susan Stroman. Yet as with the more recent "Fosse," it was, in essence, a reconstruction of material by talent long lost and never quite replaced. Winner of three Tony Awards (including best musical and best choreography) on Broadway and acclaimed in its 1993 Los Angeles presentation, "Crazy for You" finally reaches a broader public tonight as KCET and KVCR air a great-looking production of it at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse, which was taped for PBS' "Great Performances" series. "Crazy for You" was built from elements of the 1930 George and Ira Gershwin musical "Girl Crazy." SUBARU JheBeautytfAllWheelDrm? NATIONAL TOUR IHfO: 1-888-CAVtTIX 7 BrMr4woyf Tips for Today 1-2, 7-8 p.m.-Whlch Way, "Live at Town Hall: The Politics of Education," KCHW-FM (89.9). 11 a.m.-l p.m.

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Ratings Continued from F2 very durable," Ancier noted. Still, NBC reciprocated by canceling "Homicide," which may help account for CBS' 10 ratings gain Fridays with "Nash Bridges," the Don Johnson cop show. "The Practice," meanwhile, may have picked up steam thanks to its Emmy wins the last two years as outstanding drama. The show's gradual ascent is a tale of perseverance, all the more notable given that ABC is on its third entertainment chief since ordering the project and bounced the series to four different nights since its premiere in 1997 before settling on Sundays. "People have bought into and love the characters," said Marty Adelstein, a talent agent who represents the program's creator, David E.

Kelley. "He's just hit his stride with this show." Though often taken for granted, "ER" also has opened the year with a show of strength, averaging more than 30 million viewers weekly a slight increase from its year-ago chart despite NBC's slippage with its Thursday comedies. NBC is breathing a sigh of relief, since some questioned if the show HOWARD CRABTREE'S WHEN PIGS FLY 310.657.7377 CORONET THEATRE LosAnpeles OPEM IWnnwns It Wrwirtowe, Office tnd 6 vKxmtfgm -IftMIM Mil i $matk Cmm4t About Mm A Wmtnm Uncle TONIGHT TOM'W AT 8 NOW THRU SUNDAY ONLY! 11 AN1AGES 6233 HOLLYWOOD IIVD. ON THf WIB: WWW.CAVEHAHIAXOM i Js, iLJS (iilBtilliWf KM (FNTrk Ho" ods. IkMs at Mirut Center 601 7T 'n 'u MuSK1' 1tAmo onqiml Unquaoe with DOROTHY CHANDLER ryntfd Engirt twiUtiom.

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