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LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31. 2001 F13 TODAY ON TV Primo-Timo TV Rankings Super Bowl Party Helps CBS to Rare Weekly Win 2 KVCR Time to Grow KCET Clifford the Big Red Dog (TVY (R 13219 EE KTBN Marilyn Hickey B3 KOCE Martha's Sewing Room S3 KDOC Japanese News S3 KLCS Clifford the Big Red Dog 78509 S3 KRCA Capulina BET Bill Winston CMAX "Beverly Hills Cop III" "94 (R1hr45 24972561 (7:45) DISN The Book of Pooh El Talk Soup (TVPG-D1 121073 ESPN2 Fitness America Pageant FAM Two of a Kind (TVG) FNC NewsQuinn FSN National Sports Report dropped only 22 from the postgame audience, slightly better than the decline "Friends" exhibited following the Super Bowl in 1996. Several popular series were in reruns as the networks geared up for the rating sweeps that begin Thursday. Notably, a new "The West Wing" exhibited no ill effects from its competition with Fox's "Temptation Island," as the latter lost viewers after gaining ground the previous week against a repeat of the White House drama. Among first-year series, CBS' sitcom "Bette" continues to struggle, last week finishing fourth in its time slot, well behind NBC's "Ed" and a rerun of Fox's "That 70s Show" as well as ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." BRIAN LOWRY The Super Bowl and "Survivor" provided the finishing touches to a weekend orgy of football-related programming on CBS, which scored its first weekly prime-time victory since early December and only its second win in 18 weeks this season, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.

CBS' assault included a trio of pre-Super Bowl specials Saturday, with a "Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials" retrospective delivering heartening results while a Ricky Martin concert struck a flat note ratings-wise. The Super Bowl itself put up subpar numbers, but ratings for "Survivor: The Australian Outback," hosted by Jeff Probst, actually exceeded preliminary Nielsen estimates. In fact, the show ultimately National Nielsen Vlewershlp I DSC A Question of Race 403306 DISN Otter (TVYI El Celebrity Homes ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NBA Today FAM It's Itsy Busy Time (TVYI FNC NewsAsman FSN The Last Word 64870 FSN2 Regional Sports Report FX NYPD Blue (TV14-L) HGTV Appraisal Fair HIST Weapons at War (TVG) LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-D) i MTV Music Videos (TVPG) 1 NICK Little Bear 908141 SCI-H The Sentinel (TVPGI SUND "Silvia Prieto" "99 1hr32 506967 TBS Matlock TCM "Affair With a Stranger" '53 1hr29 2228412 TLC A Baby Story (TVPGI TNN WKRP Cincinnati TNTER (TV14I USA Something So Right (TVPGi VHt Morning Mix (TVPGI 9:30 a.m. EI KCAL To Tell the Truth DO KTTV Divorce Court (TVPGI 5D KCET Between the Lions (TVY) CHANNELS UsAngtleV ffl KVEA (Telel 23 Orange County 03KDOC llnd 1 56 KCBS I CBS) 02 fflKJLAlnd)25 OKNBCINBCI04 KLCSIEdu 1 17 KTLA (WB) 05 (E KRCA (tnd 20 HKABCIABCIO Palm Spring. II KCAL (Ind 1 09 38KMIRINBCI04 fO KTTV (Fox) 1 1 42 KESQ (ABC) 7 BlKCOPIUPNm 25 S3 KPXN (PAX) 30 San Bernardino SDKMEXIUmlU 2 KVCR (PBS) 24 QDKTBN(lndl40 Ventura County S3 K0CE (PBS) 50 63 KADY IUPN) 16 Cable Services 39 ESPN2 64 NICK 38 AMC 35 FAM 47 SCI-FI 87 BET 57 FNC 91 SHOW 41 BRVO 54 FSN 27 SUND 36 CNBC 31 FSN2 59 too 4, COM 79 FX 89 no CSPN 29 HBO 33 'p CMAX 45 HIST 30 1.

CNN 42 HGTV 80 0SC 37 IFC 21 TN" DISN 53 LIFE 46 TNT 52 El 63 MSNBC 90 USA 44 ESPN 34 MTV 48 VH1 62 Use numbers after all letters 10 set VCR Plus. Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure (R) in the grid, denotes a repeat program TV RATINGS (TVYI All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children ITVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children, FantasyViolence (TVG) General Audience ITVPG) Parental Guidance ITV14I Parents Strongiy Cautioned (TVMAI Mature Audiences Only ID) Suggestive Dialogue ID Coarse Language ISI Sex IV) Violence Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Jan. 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. ifl NX- VW Program work tn 82 Utile Giants NBC 6 00 83. Norm ABC 5 55 84 King of Queens (Wed CBS 5 54 85 Charmed WB 5 44 86 Freakylinks FOX 515 87 Buffy. the Vampire Slayer WB 501 88 Angel WB 4 75 89 Star Trek Voyager UPN 4 38 90 Gilmore Girts WB 4 08 91 King of the Hill fox 3 98 92 Popstars WB 380 93 Sapnna.

the Teenage Witch WB 3 74 94. Roswell WB 3 73 Futurama FOX 3 73 96 The Parkers UPN 3 47 97 Dawson's Creek WB 3 45 98 'Avalanche' upn 3 08 99 Good Burger" NBC 303 100 Moesha upn 2 98 101 The Hughlers upn 284 102 Popular WB 280 103. rjfltnends UPN 267 104 7 Days UPN 255 105 Jack Jill WB 2 51 106. CeleOnty Deathmatcn iipn 2 48 107 The Steve Harvey Show WB 243 108. Gary and Mike UPN 2 40 109 Hype WB 2 20 110.

Nlkki WB 192 111 GrossePointe WB 184 112 The PIS WB 165 113. The Jamie Foa Show WB 155 114 Level 9 UPN 126 Jeff Probst ESPN America's Horse FNC NewsVester HGTV Collectible Treasures LIFE Operation Style (TVPGI NICK Franklin 904325 SCI-FI Dark Shadows (TVPGI SUND "Flirt" '95(R1hr24 126948 TCM "She Couldn't Say No" '54 1hr29 1923870 TLC A Dating Story (TVG) TNN Newhart (TVGI USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG-D) 11:00 a.m. KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14) 35528 KNBC News El KTLA Judge Mills Lane a KABC 3 KEYT Port Charles 46306 KCAL Moral Court (TVPG) DQ KTTV Queen Latifah 97306 IB KCOP Ricki Lake 68141 S3 KWHY "Las Virgenes Locas" 70 2hr 768431 24 KVCR More Than Memories KCET Noddy (TVY) 43702 B3 KMEX Pobre Diabla (TVPGI 36 KMIR News EE KTBN James Robison 42: KESQ Montel Williams 39257 SO KDOC Headline News SO KJLA A Tu Salud SO KLCS Using Maps. Globes. Graphs, Tables, Charts and Diagrams 63 KADY Unhappily Ever After (TV14-DL) AMC "The Desert Fox" '51 lhr45 44139054 (11.15) Magnum.

PI CMAX "Sweet and Lowdown" '99 (PG-13) 4648509 CNBC Street Signs COM Don't Forget Your Toothbrush CSPN US House of Representatives DSC Lynette Jennings Design DISN Madeline (TVYI El Golden Globe Fashion Review 2001 (TVPG-DL) 107493 ESPN Running Racing FAM It Itsy Busy Tune (TVYI FX Beverly Hills. 90210 (TVPGI HGTV The Carol Duvall Show HIST True Action Adventures (TVGI IFC "The Last Days of Chez Nous" '92R)1hr363114685 LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPGI MTV Music Videos (TVPGI NICK Dora the Explorer 432770 SCI-FI Banlestar Galactica (TVGI TBS Hunter TLC A Wedding Story (TVGI TNN The Wonder Years (TVG) TNTkV "Mr Wonderful" '93 (PG-13) 2hr 566257 USA Wings (TVPG-DI VH1 Behind the Music (TVPG) 11:30 a.m. 3 KEYT News El KTLA The Nanny (TVPGI KABC News 03 KSCI Taiwan News 24 KVCR Quilt in a Day FJD KCET Teletubbies (TVY! 44431 36 KMIR Real TV EE KTBN Benny Hinn S3 KVEA Noticiero SO KJLA Cine SO KLCS Big Changes. Big Choices 42035 BET 1 06 Park BET'sTop 10 Live COM Win Ben Stein's Money DISN Otter (TVY) ESPN Gymnastics- Georgia at LSU 989344 FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) FSN Street Pace Film Festival HBO "Blank Check" "94 (PGl 1hr33 74154180(11 451 HGTV Simply Quilts HIST Great Blunders in History NICK Little Bill 58782S SHOW "Race '98 (PG-13) 1hr44 85302696111:35) TIC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN The Wonder Years (TVG) USA Jesse (TVPGI Afternoon Net- Vtow- Program work tn 1. Super Bowl XXXV CBS 84.34 2.

Super Bowl Postgame CBS 58.20 3. Survivor II CBS 45.37 4. Millionaire (Wed.) ABC 19.69 5. Fnends NBC 18.80 6. Millionaire (Thur.) ABC 18.63 7.

Order NBC 18.54 8. The West Wing NBC 18.02 9. Temptation Island FOX 16.83 '0. Millionaire (Fri.) ABC 16.78 wmtGract NBC 1659 12 ER NBC 1604 13 Everybody Low; Raymond CBS 15 50 14 UwtOiderSVU NBC 1523 15 NVPDBlue ABC 1516 16 The Weber Snow N6C 1506 17 Pnmetime Thursday ABC 14 91 18 Just Shoot Me NBC 1484 19 CSt Crime Scene Invest CBS 14 13 20 Frasw NBC 13 79 21 AllfMcBeal FOX 13 77 22 BostonPuMc F0 1348 23 The Dre Carey Shorn ABC 1335 24. Three Sisleis NBC 12 79 25 Dateline NBC (Fn I NBC 12 71 26 ThiidWattti NBC 12 70 27 The Mole ABC 12 60 28 Bectet CBS 12 46 29 Millionaire (Sun ABC 12 32 30 Ed NBC 12 20 31 KingolQueens CBS 12 11 32 Yes, Dear CBS 11 71 33 Hope Floats'' ABC 1 1 59 34 Amenca Most Wanted FOX 1 1 55 35 JAG CBS 1140 36 The Practice ABC 1117 37 2020 (Fn ABC 1110 38 Dateline NBC (Tue NBC 1105 39 Cops(830pm.

FOX 1100 40 DhaimaSGreg ABC 1098 Grounded Iw We FOX 1098 42 Whose Lines IP (8 30pm) ABC 1097 43 60 Minutes CBS 10 96 44 That 70s Sho FOX 10 91 45 That '70s She (WeJ FOX 1063 46 SpaiCity ABC 1044 47 Super Bowl Commercials' CBS 10 28 48 Nash Bridges CBS 10 08 49 The Geena Davis Show ABC 9 73 50 Cops FOX 9 53 Dateline NBC (Uon NBC 9 53 FSN2 Yoga Zone FX MASH ITVPG) HBO The Making Of: The Siege (TV14) 68603677 (7 451 HGTV Room by Room LIFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout MTV MTV Jams (TVPGI NICK Hey Arnold' 507561 TLC NiNi's Treehouse 8:00 a.m. KCAL Bewitched (TVG I OS KCOP 63 KADY Sabrma. the Animated Series 42306 24 KVCR Nature (TVPGI KCET Dragon Tales 49561 EE KTBN Kenneth Copeland S3 KOCE Art of Bill Alexander S3 KDOC James Robison 601509 Efl KJLA Hollywood Treasures S3 KLCS Adventures From the Book of Virtues 70493 OB KRCA "Tiempo de Monr" 2h: 32219 Northern Exposure ITVPG) BET Amazing Facts BRVO Bravo Profiles (TVPGI CNN In the Money COM "Airheads" "94 (PG-13) 2hr 4033035 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House FashionTelevision ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NHL 2Night FAM Angela Anaconda (TVY7I FSN2 National Sports Report FX MASH (TVPG) HBO "The Haunting" '99 (PG-13) 1hr54 263615 HGTV TIPical Mar Ellen HIST Civil War Journal (TVG) LIFE Oesigmng Women (TVPG-D) MTV Direct Effect (TVPG) NICK The Wild Thornberrys TVY SCI-FI seaQuest DSV TBS Mama's Family TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVYI TNT Lois Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TVPG) USA Carol Burnett and Friends 8:30 a.m. EJ KCAL I Dream of Jeannie DO KCOP 63 KADY Pepper Ann SD KCET Arthur (TVYI 48832 H3 KPXN James Robison EfJ KTBN Laverne and Edith Tripp S3 KOCE TeletubbiesIR) 163458 SD KLCS Cursive Handwriting. Phonics in Context (8 451 BET Peter Popoff DISN Otter (TVYI Fashion Emergency (TVG) ESPN2 NBA 2Night FAM Kids From Room 402 (TVY7I FSN Regional Sports Report FX MASH (TVPG) HGTV Smart Solutions IFC Twelfth Night" "96 (PG) 2hr14 69753870 (8 45) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-DI NICK Rugrats 984561 SHOWrV "Grizzly Falls" '99 lPG1hr30 4578211 TBS Cosby (TVG) TLC NiNi's Treehouse TMC "Jennifer on My Mind" 71 IR 1hr30 112278318:55) USA Carol Burnett and Friends 9:00 a.m.

KCBS Martha Stewart 11257 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPGI 51899 KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ live1 With Reais 46967 11 KCAL Family Feud OD KTTV Divorce Court (TVPGI 09 KCOP Maury (TV1 4 37257 03 KSCI Kiss. Kiss. Kiss (Korean) KWHY Cine 24 KVCR Sesame Street 53899 HD KCET Barney (TVYI 62412 EE KTBN Dr Cherry Net- Vktw- Program work 52 JudgngAmi CBS 9 22 53 Titus FOX 8 67 54 Once and Again ABC 864 55 3rd Rock From the Sun NSC 8 48 56 Gideon's Crossing ABC 8 44 57 Whose Line is it Anvwar? ABC 8 43 58 Dag NBC 8 33 59 Courage Under fire" ABC 8 25 60 Stossel to Washington ABC 819 61 The Net FOX 806 62 Police Videos FOX 7 98 63 WWF Smackdom' UPN 7 93 64 Family Law CBS 7 91 65 Providence NBC 7 79 66 Dark Angel FOX 7 70 67 7th Heaven WB 7 43 68 Mad City" CBS 7 32 69 Ricky Martin Super Bowl CBS 7 31 70 Malcolm ine Middle FOX 7 30 71 Blackout" CBS 7 28 Super Bowl Uncensored CBS 7 28 73 48 Hours CBS 7 26 74 TheXFiles FOX 7 11 75 Two Guys and a Girl ABC 709 76- The Fugitive CBS 697 77 Bette CBS 6 93 78 Mysenous Ways NBC 6 90 79 Babe ABC 680 80 The Simpsons FOX 6 69 81 Ghost and the Darkness NBC 603 Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. (HI HZ64 EE KTBN Unfolding Majesty With Dean Mary Brown S3 KDOC Benny Hinn BET AM at BET 124696 CMAX "Jawbreaker" '99 (R 1hr27 852851 CNN Burden of Proof 284073 DISNRolie Polie Olie (TVY) Mysteries Scandals (TVPG-V) ESPN2NFL 2Night 1674306 FAM CBN Special Edition 820899 FSN Grand Prix Showjumping Report FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion HGTV Appraise It1 LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-DI NICK Blue's Clues 642073 TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) TNN WKRP in Cincinnati USA Hearts Afire ITVPG) 10:00 a.m. KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) 3 KEYT Martha Stewart Living 13590 a KNBC Men Are From Mars.

Women Are From Venus 13572 El KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael 66412 KABC 42 KESQ The View 51580 El KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPGI BO KTTV Power of Attorney (TVPGI 09 KCOP Montel Williams 55677 2 KVCR Creative Living HD KCET Sesame Street 35431 EQ KMEX Marta Susana 53219 36 KMIR Dr. Laura 972851 S3 KTBN Behind the Scenes 09 KVEA "Never Talk to Strangers'" '95 (R 1hr30 299986 SB KDOC Southland Today Si KJLA Glen Cole BO KLCS Workmq Together. Interactions Real Math. Real Careers (10 15) 133 KRCA "Un Paso al Mas Aca" 2hr 11180 Murder. She Wrote BRVO "Angels and Insects" '95 IR) 2hr45 99105035 CNN CNN Today COM The Daily Show 4036122 DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN The Book of Pooh The E1 True Hollywood Story 127257 ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2 SportsCenter of the Decade FAM The 700 Club FSN2 Yoga Zone FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPGI HBO "My Cog Skip" 00 IPG) 1hr35 3412986 HGTV At the Auction HIST 20th Century (TVPG) LIFE Who Knows You Best? (TVPG) NICK Bob the Builder 880306 SCI-FI Dark Shadows 5976035 SHOVWi "The Baby Dance" '98 1hr36 6231702 (10 051 TBS Hunter TIC A Dating Story (TVGI TMC "Chilly Scenes of Winter" "79 (PG) 1hr37 30999615 (10 251 TNN Newhart (TVGI TNT Efl (TV14-LI USA Doctor.

Doctor 10:30 a.m. ID KTTV Power of Attorney (TVPGI 24 KVCR Sew Creative S3 KTBN Casey Treat SO KDOC June Cam Miller S3 KJLA Topo Gigio 75986 SO KLCS The World of Work Series. 3-2-1 Classroom Contact (1045) BET Oh Drama1 480764 COM Whose Line Is It Anyway' DISN Out of the Box (TVY) week todate CBS 21.28 million 12.41 ABC 11.33 13.15 NBC 10.51 12.09 FOX 9.43 9.93 UPN 3.87 4.01 WB 3.75 3.95 Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Morning 7:00 a.m. KCBS The Early Show 36257 KNBC 36 KMIR Today 860561 KTLA Morning News 54677 KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ Good Morning America 72073 OD KTTV Good Day A 98035 EB KCOP 63 KADY Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 70986 KWHY Bizbinie 87870 24 KVCR Time to Grow FID KCETZoboomafoo(TVY) 27412 HD KPXN Employment Television KMEX jDespierta America' KTBN Pod Parsley SD KOCE Real Orange 209290 SB KVEA Esta Mariana S3 KDOC New Zoo Revue 865870 3) KJLA Shepherd's Chapel SB KLCS Learning English KRCA Nubeiuz(TVY) 75412 AMC iirV "Top o' the Morning 49 2hr 9S5702 ME The Planets (TVG) BET Feed the Children CNBC Market Watch 70528 CSPN House of Representatives DISN RoliePoheOlie(TVY) E) E1 News Daily 119238 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Fitness America Pageant FAM The Adventures of Mary-Kate Ashley (TVYI FSN Regional Sports Report FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion FX MASH (TVPGI HGTV Decorating With Style HIST The Real West (TVG I LIFE Oemse Austin's Fit Lite MSNBC MSNBC Live 4148122 NICK Doug 528054 SCI-R Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TVG) SHOW "Miracles '84 (PGl ttir27 380219 SUND "John Henrik Clarke A Great and Mighty Walk '96 lhr30 993344 TBS Little House on the Prairie TCM "Young Bess" '53 Hir52 2265325 TtCSkinnamannkTV(TVY) TMC "Finding Kelly" '98 (PG) 1hr24 2201344 (7 25) TNT CHiPs (TVPGI VH1 Top 20 Countdown (TVPGI 7:30 a.m. KCAL Critter Gitters ITVGI IB KCOP 63 KADY Recess B3 KSCI Iran-Sima (Farsil 69851 RADIO Noon Tips for Today 9-11 a.m.

Larry Mantle's Alrtalk "Mars Surveyor Symposium" a.m.); "The Supreme Court" a.m.), highlights repeated 7-8 p.m., KPCC-FM (89.3). 1-2 p.m. Midday Jazz Special: "Good Vibes," performances by Lionel Hampton. Red Norvo, Milt lackson. Terry Gibbs.

Cal Tjader. Tito Puente, KLON-FM (88.1). p.m. Rockline: Music and interviews with Eddie Money, members of Grand I unk Railroad. KCBS-I'M (93.1).

9-11 p.m. Ken Burns' documentary concludes with Part 10 titled "A Masterpiece by Midnight" (1960-Preseni), KI.ON-1 (88.1). p.m., Whistler: Jealousy pits a brother and sister against each other (originally broadcast April 22. 1946), KNX (1070). Drama-Comedy-Family p.m., a.m.

-Dragnet: A wealthy businessman disappears (originally broadcast Nov. 1, 1951), KNX (1070). Classical 8-9 a.m. Commuter Classic: Schubert Magic Harp Overture," Vienna Philharmonic), KM.T-FM (105.1). 10-11 a.m.

Morning Symphony. Schubert (5th Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Furope), KCSN-FM (88.5). 11:15 a.m.-noon Masterpiece of the Day: Hanson (2nd Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra). KMZT-FM (105.1). 10 p.m.-mldnlghl Chicago Symphony: Pierre Boulez conduits Bruckner (5th Symphony), KMZT-FM (105.1).

Rock-Urban 8-10 p.m. Smokey Robinson, KCMti (92.3). 8- 10 p.m. Rhapsody in Black, doo-wop, KPFK-FM (90.7). 10 p.m.-mldnight Chocolate City, urban rhythm soul, KCRW-FM (89.9).

a.m. Music From Your Own Back Yard, KROQ-FM (106.7). News-Commentary 9- 9:15 a.m., p.m., p.m. Paul Harvey, KABC (790). Noon-I p.m.-The World.

KCRW-FM (89.9); also, 9-10 p.m., KPCC-FM 189.3). Noon-1 p.m. Noon Business Hour, KFWB (980). 1- 2 p.m. To the Point, KCRW-FM (89 9).

2- 2:30 p.m. Marketplace. KCRW-FM (89.9); p.m. and p.m., KPCC-FM (B9.3). p.m.

The Politics of Culture, KCRW-FM (89.9). p.m. Paciilca News. KPFK-FM (90.7). 3- 4 p.m.-Fresh Air, culture.

KCRW-FM (89.9)1; also. 8-9 p.m. KPCC-FM p.m. All Things Considered, KPCC-FM (89.3); also, p.m.. KCRW-FM 89.9).

5- 6 p.m. Beneath the Surface. KPFK-FM (90.7). 6- 6:30 p.m.-Evenlng Update. KCSN-FM (88.5).

6-7 p.m. Evening News. KPFK-FM (90.7). p.m. California Focus: Local Flavor, KCSN-FM (88.5).

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At a conference of television executives in las Vegas last week, NAACP President Kweisi Mfume spoke about the industry's inertia, outlining plans to single out whichever network is perceived as having the worst track record for a possible viewer boycott, a tactic that has been threatened in the past. Facing such criticism last year, broadcasters signed agreements that, among other things, included the appointment of a head of diversity at each network. That act of appeasement did not go unnoticed, even by the writers on "F.R." On Thursday's episode, the medical center's only black doctor Peter Benton, who is played by F.riq la Saile -accepts a new job, learning he will get a $20,000 raise for doing only a few more hours' work each month. Slill unclear what his new title is, Benton is led into a roomful of re porters and introduced as the new director of diversity. "I don't like being used." Benton later tells his boss.

But as the only doctor of color, his boss asks him, who else should head the program? In reality, the networks have thus far made minimal progress in front of or behind the camera. When the new TV season began, blacks were the only minority group whose presence has in-, creased in prime time. Latinos were featured in only a handful of regular speaking parts, among them Shelley Morrison, who plays a Latina maid on NBC's "Will Grace," and Laura Cerdn, a nurse on "F.R." Currently, the producers of Fox's "The X-Files" are casting an episode titled "Vienen" Coming in which Mexico and the United States argue over rights to an oil table in the Gulf of Mexico. Scheduled for broadcast in April, the show will feature a latino actor portraying a U.S. oil executive and two latino actors playing a pair of mestizo Indians on the rig.

"iTheyl are roughnecks from Mexico who are suspected of sabotage on the rig." explained the show's executive producer. Frank Spotnitz. "The mystery is, are they good or bad guys?" 2 AonrJerBoys ifll VrST. 73 SUtrSET OB 323-60-6639 6 DTSTSriadow 01 The vamoire" HCW SMMU8. LI iW MELROSE 323-934-294 DoUi Digo Xrrwpmg Tv? Hidden Oajot'iPG-1 ii 3 Quills" R) RUSTIC fflYlUilU).

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"Dick Wolf creator of "Uw Order" says we shouldn't be attacking him because he's protected by free speech, but 1 think he needs to show some restraint if he can't come up with any more ideas for story lines," Mirabai said. In response to the criticism. Wolf issued a statement saying the 10-year-old drama has "offended the sensitivities of a variety of special-interest groups, including, but not limited to. Jews, Catholics, Protestants. African Americans, Asian Americans and the list goes on ad nauseam." NBC.

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