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9 9' LOS ANGELES TIMES F13 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2000 I I 9 9 TODAY ON TV Rosenberg: Assault on 1st Amendment LIFE New Attitudes (TV14) 635201 NICK Blue's Clues TIC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) USA Something So Right (TVPG) VH1 Pop-Up Video (TVPG) 10:00 a.m. KMIR Judge Mills Lane CD KTBN Casey Treat E8 KDOC Froozles (TVG) 746862 03 ULABio-Med Check-Up BD KLCS Hands On: Crafts for Kids 57688 DISN Rolie Polie OliefTVY) ESPN2 Super Bowl Highlights NICK Franklin 745152 SCI-H The Twilight Zone (TVPG) TLC Jay Jay the Jet Plane (TVY) TNN Real McCoys (TVG) USA Fired Up (TVPG) jSsw-. KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) 61862 a KABCI42 KESQ Regis Kathie Lee 56930 tl KCAL Maury (TVPG) 14978 KTTV Divorce Court IB KCOPMontel Williams 50794 CO KSCI I Can Do It! KWHY La Corte del Pueblo K4) KVCR Sesame Street 87404 BD KCET Barney (TVY) 33046 HD KTBN Dr. Cherry E3 KOCE Instructional TV KVEA Monica 89862 S3 KDOC Life in the Word HJ KJLA Mike Russell (TVG) KLCS TEAMS: Turn On to Algebra AMC "Copacabana" '47 1hr45 31968133 (9.151 LA. Law BETVideolink BRVO Moonlighting CNBC Power Lunch 71317 CNN Newsday COM Whose Line Is It Anyway? DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Otter (TVY) El Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 370978 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Fishin' Hole FAM It's ItsyBitsy Time (TVY) FSN Golf the West FX Picket Fences (TVPG-DS) HBO "Beaches" '88 (PG-131 2hr03 905607 HIST Weapons at War (TVG) LIFE Next Door (TVG) 921510 NICK Little Bear 756268 SCI-FI Highlander (TVPG) TBS Matlock TCM "Cat on a Hot Tin 6542713 TIC Bingo Molly (TVY) TMC "Critical 1hr45 491 TNN Dukes of Hazzard TNT Lois Clark (TVPG) USA Almost Perfect (TVPG) ERICH LESSING Art Resource NY subject of "The Shock of the Nude." CHANNELS Lot Angela EBKVEA(Tele23 Orange County BD KDOC lnd.

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KCBS Martha Stewart 30978 13) KEYT Regis Kathie Lee KNBC 3ft KMIR Later Today (31 KEYT Mad About You (TVPG) KWHY "LosValientesNo 414189 I24J KVCR Kaye's Quilting Friends Edouard Manet's "Olympia" is the sippi. What many regard as its greatest strength its narrative in regional dialect entirely from Huck's point of view continues to evoke charges that it stereotypes blacks and promotes the racism that Twain, the son of slave owners, sought to ridicule. It's a Tempe, school board that largely occupies the opening segment of "Culture Shock," which celebrates both the novel and the right of its critics not to celebrate it. They include Kathy Monteiro, a thoughtful mother whose passionate crusade to have "Huckleberry Finn" dropped from the mandatory reading list at her daughter's Tempe high school is examined here. "I'm wondering as a teacher and as a mother, how you can ask kids to go home and read the word 'nigger' 200-something times and then expect kids to come to school and not use the word," says Monteiro, who is white, her daughter black.

As counterpoint, "Culture Shock" has African American scholars and others defend the novel and Huck's repeated use of the racial slur because, as one notes, it was "the operative word in the South." In fact, the problem here seems not to be so much the novel but the failure of teachers to give it clear context and explain to students that laundering Huck's language and his view of Jim through 1840s eyes would launder Twain's antiracist message. "Learning has never been painless," argues Jocelyn Chadwick-Joshua, an African American scholar at odds with Monteiro and her teenage daughter on Huck. Observing Manet's lovely "Olympia" through 21st century eyes, it's difficult imagining this benignly reclining nude courtesan with the mysterious gaze causing even the slightest pain. Yet without equating Ofili's modern Virgin Prime-Time TV Rankings 'Millionaire' Outshines Golden Globes, Streisand day night, drawing an estimated 22 million viewers.though not enough to challenge Sunday night's installment of "Millionaire." For Fox, "Malcolm in the Middle" appears to be holding its ground as the 1999-2000 TV season's one emerging comedy hit, finishing with nearly 20 million viewers its third week out among healthy competition Sunday night. CBS continues to get strong performances from its sitcoms, fueled largely by "Everybody Loves Raymond," but its much-hyped midseason drama "City of Angels" has had disappointing performances so far.

PAUL BROWNF1ELD In a ratings story grown very familiar, ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" continued to beat out all comers, including the Barbra Streisand-fueled Golden Globe Awards on NBC Sunday night, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. It was a period marked by "Millionaire's" continued success airing three nights a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday) and the two awards shows, including the American Music Awards, which gave ABC strong numbers Monday night. Streisand, honored with a career achievement award at the Golden Globes, boosted NBC on Sun- National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Jan. 17-23) as based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen U.S.

viewers age 2 and older. Viewership is listed here In millions. compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are estimates that there are 260 million potential Continued from Fl barely registered beyond wild swings at media violence following the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colo. That aside, there was only last fall's footnote of Bush supporting and Gore opposing New York City Mayor Rudolph W.

Giuliani's petulant vow to severely punish the Brooklyn Museum of Art in the pocketbook for exhibiting a controversial painting by Chris Ofili of the Virgin Mary featuring pornographic images and bits of elephant dung. Even if the painting was as banal and repulsive as some of its critics insist, Giuliani's assault on the 1st Amendment sank still lower. As did Bush's strong praise of the GOP mayor, and Gore's refusal to go beyond a vaguely worded rebuke. You'd like to sound out these presidential contenders on the state of culture in the U.S., sit them around a table for an hour or so for a schmooze in-depth. Charlie Rose is a fellow who could do it on PBS.

Do they agree with Pablo Picasso, for example, that "art gives form to our terrors as well as our And where do they stand on Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," which the Enid, school board is considering removing from a required reading list? Say what? Kid floats down Twain's favorite river on a raft. What's to dislike? Plenty, for some. Which brings us to "Culture Shock," a smart and important documentary series that PBS is airing on two consecutive Wednesdays in chunks whose imposing thickness (2'4 hours and 2 hours) may challenge even dedicated viewers. It opens with zest and strength, using the past to comment on the present in 90 minutes from producer Jill Janows on Twain's much-beloved and much-banned Huck, followed by an hour from Richard P. Rogers baring all about "Olympia," the once-despised 18th century nude painted by Edouard Manet.

Then in next week's interesting Part 2 comes early movie censorship that was meant to "stop the sewage at its source," and the "devil music" of the '20s jazz age. Alleged devils are a subtext of this entire series. "Culture Shock" will come under the laser scrutiny of Okies in Enid. The school board there is reported to be awaiting tonight's opening segment before deciding the fate of "Huckleberry Finn," which is widely regarded as a masterpiece, just as its author is often anointed the father of the modern American novel. "Huckleberry Finn" follows a white outcast boy and runaway slave named Jim as they flee on a raft down the Mississippi River in the 1840s.

Published in 1884, long after the Civil War, the sophisticated novel attacks bondage and inhumanity as institutions that linger indefinitely. The raft and river become a sort of refuge from the corrupting social influences on the shore, against which Twain contrasts Huck's innate goodness and evolving awareness, although the Missouri youth never questions what he's been taught about slavery. Almost from its inception, controversy has risen around the novel like mist from the Missis- a GSaBS ALL THE Order a hit movie chedt suKfe tor MOVIE Net- View-Program work tn 106. 7th Heaven Beginnings WB 2.09 107. JackS JW WB 2.07 108.

Shasta UPN 1.73 109. Dilbert UPN 1.53 110. DilbeitlFri.) UPN 1.30 111. Shasta (Fn.) UPN 0.97 0Cf Cable Top 10 Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable programs in prime time last week, also ranked by total viewers (in millions). Mary with Manet's famous nude, last fall's volcanic eruption in' Brooklyn did match in some ways the level of outrage that greeted "Olympia" when it was unveiled in-.

Paris in 1865. Not that nudity on canvas was' scandalous then, for nudes had been painted by masters and oth--ers for eons, and Manet based his own painting on Titian's "Venus of Urbino." It was the manner in which Manet painted his subject that drew such howls, we hear from art scholars. "It wasn't the fact that she's nude and she's a lower-class nude, but also the fact that she was painted in what many people read as almost childish or unskilled fashion," explains-art historian Anne McCauley. "They are raining insults on. me," Manet wrote to his friend, French poet Charles Pierre Baude--Iaire.

"Something must be wrong." Something was with the crit-. ics, apparendy, for Manet is now. regarded as a superstar, and his; once-reviled "Olympia" is now ensconced in the Louvre as a French, national treasure, affirming that artistic expression in all forms' needs room and time to breath. The point here is that today's' trash may be tomorrow's master-! piece, and "the damned race," as Huck describes us, is ca-j! pable of ignorance and excess atv any point in time. Ask John Rocker.

"Culture Shock's" "Born to Trou- ble: Adventures of Huckleberry'; Finn" can be seen at 9 tonight on KCET-TV, KVCR. "The Shock ofthei Nude: Manet's Olympia" follows at) 10:30. Two segments of "Culture. Shock" will air Feb. 3.

The network', has rated them TV-PG-L (may be'' unsuitable for young children with' special advisories for language). Howard Rosenberg's column ap- pears Mondays, Wednesdays and. Fridays. He can be contacted via e-mail at calendar.letters' latimes.com. 1 i fin fD Pragma wort en 1.

Wrestling 10 p.m.) USA 7.04 2. Wrestling USA 6.79 3. "Mary Kay letoumeau Story" USA 6.10 4. "LetoumeauUve" USA 5.46 5. The Sopranos H80 5.33 6.

Wrestling (Mon 8 p.m.) TNT 401 7. "Conspiracy Theory" TNT 4.00 8. "Jack Frost" HBO 384 9. Wrestling 7 p.m.) USA 3.62 10. Walker, Texas Ranger USA 3.55 Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season.

mm emmmss Last latum week It date ABC 15.82 million 13.03 CBS 12.99 12.99 NBC 12.86 12.98 FOX 11.37 9.31 UPN 3.94 3.88 WB 3.63 3.85 Vltw- Program 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Loves Raymond CBS The Simpsons FOX Frasier NBC Jesse NBC WTO Blue ABC 2020 Downtown ABC American Music Awards ABC Drama Greg ABC Becker CBS Touched by an Angel CBS ER NBC Providence NBC "fire Down Below" CBS Twenty One NBC King of Queens CBS 60 Minutes CBS "Murder tie Minor" CBS Dateline NBC (Fd.) NBC Judging Amy CBS Whose Urn Is It? (8:30 p.m.) ABC 32.46 30.13 29.54 22.11 19.35 19.29 19.01 18.37 17.31 16.91 1687 16.72 16.68 1650 16.34 16.11 1603 15.98 15.39 1539 15.38 14.68 14.63 14.54 14.45 1445 14.41 14.33 14.28 14.19 13.97 1385 13.80 13.60 13.57 13.47 1334 12.91 1279 1264 12.47 1236 12.36 12.29 12.17 12.14 1203 11.67 11.60 11.51 1142 11.38 11.25 11.11 11.04 10.78 10.61 10.47 1039 1002 996 994 959 27. 28. 29. 30. 31.

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63. Any McBeal LawS Oder SVU The Drew Carey Show JAG The Practice The X-Files Diagnosis Murder Ladies Man 60 Minutes II 2020 (Wed.) Walker, Texas Ranger 2020 (Fii.) Spin City Sports Night "The Loretta Oaibome Story" lawSOrder Family Law Stark Raving Mad Whose Line Is It Anyway? Third Watch Sabdna, the Teenage Witch Martial Law Greed Two Guys and a Gal "The Birdcage" Winning Unes(Fii.) Winning Unes 48 Hours Will ft Grace Golden Globes Arrivals America's Most Wanted Nomt The West Wing TheKughteys Boy Meets Worid (8:30 Cops (8 30 p.m.) Chicago Hope FOX NBC ABC CBS ABC FOX CBS CBS CBS ABC CBS ABC ABC ABC ABC NBC CBS NBC ABC NBC ABC CBS FOX ABC ABC CBS CBS CBS NBC NBC FOX ABC NBC ABC ABC FOX CBS Tips for Today 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Mozart Birthday Bash: Tony Hanover and Mara Zhelutka discuss and present the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; guests include baritone David Sannerud and pianist Dr. Charles Fierro Opera House" offers Mozart's "Cosi fan tulle," 8 p.m.-midnight), KCSN-FM (88.5). p.m.

Rockllne: Music and interview with Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead, KCBS-FM (93.1). p.m., a.m. Cunsmoke: Two people are in love but there is a problem: Their fathers are longtime enemies, KNX(1070). p.m. The Kim Richmond Clay Jenkins I nsemble, live jazz broadcast, KI.ON-FM (88.1.) 10 p.m.-midnight Chicago Symphony: Verdi Bruckner Orff KKGO-FM (105.1).

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. Sta- Hom- ttM takK Barbra Streisand Program Net-wwfc Vlew- 64. Nash Bridges CBS 9.43 65. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 9.41 66.

That '70s Show FOX 9.37 67. City ol Angels CBS 924 68. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 9.21 69. Veronica's Closet NBC 9.16 70. Now and Again CBS 9.05 71.

Malcolm time Middle (Tue.) FOX 875 72. Boy Meets Worid ABC 8.59 73. Cops FOX 826 74. Cosby CBS 8.25 75. WWFSmackoownl UPN 7.79 Life Trials: Ally McBeal FOX 7.79 77.

Beyond Belief. Fact or Fiction FOX 7.60 78. Freaks Geeks NBC 7.55 79. Beverly Hi. 90210 FOX 7.27 80.

Just Shoot Me NBC 7.12 81. 3rd Rock nomine Sun NBC 670 82. "MaunumRisk" FOX 6.18 83. Party 0( FOX 617 84. Get Real FOX 5.73 85.

Star Trek: Voyager UPN 5.70 86. Bully, the Vampire Slayer WB 5.35 87. 7th Heaven WB 5.10 88. Charmed W8 504 89. Angel WB 4.77 90.

Dawson's Creek WB 4.10 91. Hie Partes UPN 4.03 92. Rome WB 3.62 93. Moesha UPN 3.53 94. The Jamie Fon Show WB 3.45 95.

Steve Harvey Show (9 WB 3.38 96. The Steve Haivey Show WB 3.36 97. Popular WB 3.24 98. GrownUps UPN 3.17 99. "I Dare You" UPN 3.10 100.

GrownUps (Mon.) UPN 3.05 101. For You Love WB 3.04 102. 7 Days UPN 287 103. Sale Harbor (Mon.) WB 2.80 104. IDareYou(Fri.) UPN 2.47 105.

Felicity WB 2.34 RADIO Drama-Comedy-Family p.m., a.m. The Whistler: A wife stands in the way of her husband's freedom (originally broadcast Sept. 3, 1943), KNX (1070). Classical 8-9 a.m. Commuter Classic: Bach (Flute Concerto in James Galway, Wurtenberg Chamber Orchestra), KKGO-FM (105.1).

1 1:30 a.m.-noon Masterpiece of the Day: Mozart (Violin Concerto No. 5 in Martin Bell, English Chamber Orchestra), KKGO-FM (105.1). 7- 8 p.m. Symphony at Seven: Mendelssohn (5th Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra), KKGO-FM (105.1). 8- 10 p.m.

Evening Concert: Mozart (36th Symphony, English Baroque soloists), KKGO-FM (105.1). 8 p.m.-midnight Opera House: Mozart's "Cosi fan tutle," with Robert Peters, Richard Tucker, Blanche Thebom, 1. WhoMillionaire(Thur.) KABC 1,042,425 2. WtMillionaite(Tue.) KABC 975,669 3. Friends KNBC 878,102 4.

American Music Awards KABC 801,076 5. Jesse KNBC 703.509 6. Ally McBeal KTTV 657.293 7. Providence KNBC 636,752 8. Frasier KNBC 626.482 9.

Dateline NBC (Fn KNBC 585,401 10. "The Birdcage" KABC 528.915 i't KCSN-FM (88.5). Rock-Urban 10 p.m.-midnight Chocolate City: Gerome Syndenham and Tony Watson are guest DJs (11 p.m.-midnight), KCRW-FM (89.9). Sports p.m. Pro Hockey: Kings at Dallas Stars, KRLA(lllO).

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