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LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2001 F13 TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings Globe Awards Help Give NBC a Golden Victory SD KLCS Usmo Mans Globes. 9:30 a.m. its debut; however, two other "reality" shows headed in the opposite direction, with ABC's "The Mole" and the VVB's "Popstars" losing more than 2 million and 1 million viewers, respectively, from their initial installments. ABC's weaker Tuesday ratings where NBC's new sitcom "Three Sisters" hammered "The Geena Davis Show" at 9:30 p.m. appeared to take its toll on "NYPD Blue," which declined 13 compared to its season premiere, finishing behind CBS' competing "Judging Amy." I'irst-year dramas and "Gilmore Girls" drew their highest ratings since October, while coverage of the U.S.

Figure Skating Championships scored 14 higher with the Nielsen judges than a year ago. -BRIAN I.OWRY With most hit series in reruns, the Golden Globe Awards and "Temptation Island" floated to the top of the prime-time standings, as the former helped NBC snap a four-week ABC winning streak, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. Buoyed by an all-star turnout, including Al Paci-no, who was honored with a lifetime achievement award, the Globes again surpassed viewing of the most recent Nighttime limmy Awards, despite unusually stiff competition on TNT from the Tom Sel-leck western "Crossfire Frail," one of the highest-rated made-for-cable movies ever. "Temptation Island," meanwhile, capitalized on a rerun of "The West Wing" in the same time slot to increase its audience by 1.5 million viewers over National Nielsen Viewership KCAL To Tell the Truth i EH KTTV Divorce Court (TVPGI HD KCET Between the Lions (TVY) i (R) 12095 EG) KTBN Unfolding Majesty With Dean Mary Brown KDOC Benny Hinn i BET AM at BET 811989 i CMAX "Three Fugitives" '89 (PG-131hr36 22184637 (9 45) CNN Burden of Proof 800231 DISN RoliePolie Olie(TVY) Mysteries Scandals (TVPG) ESPN2 NFL 2Night 1838502 FAM CBN Special Edition 475569 FSN Grand Prix Showumping Report FSN2 Gilad's Bodies Motion HGTV Appraise It! LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-D) MTV MTV News Now Golden Globe Special 46681 1 NICK Blue's Clues 262057 TCM "Far From the Madding Crowd" '67 (PGI 2hr49 1 3245724 TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) TNN WKRP in Cincinnati USA Hearts Afire (TVPG) CHANNELS Los Angeles EE KVEA (Tele 23 Orange County BD KDOC find 1 56 fl KCBS (C8SI 02 BHOAlndl25 KNBC (NBC) 04 HD KLCS (Edu 1 1 7 0 KTLA (WB 05 tr2 KRCA (Ind 1 20 KABC (ABC) 07 pam Springs OKCALIWI09 36KMIR(NBC04 CDKTTV(Fox)11 KESQIABC7 EKCOPIUPN1 13 25 mIS2n'ii Santa Barbara BDKCTPBS)28 3 SB KPXN (PAX) 30 San Bernardino gDKMFXlUn, 1 14 24 KVCR (PBS) 24 HQKTBNlnd 40 Ventura County HDKOCE (PBS) 50 63 KADY (UPN) 16 Cable Services 39 ESPN2 84 NICK 38 AMC 35 FAM 47 SCI-H 87 BET 57 FNC 91 SHOW 41 BRVO 54 FSN 27 SUND 35 CNBC 31 FSN2 59 TRS COM 79 FX 89 CSPN 29 HBO 33 'p CMAX 45 HIST 30 CNN 42 HGTV 80 OSC IFC 21 49 DISN 53 UFE 46 TNT 52 63 MSNBC 90 USA 44 ESPN 34 MTV 48 VH1 62 Use numbers after call letters to set VCR Plus Where there are two numbers, repeat the procedure fi in the grid, denotes a repeat program TV RATINGS (IVY) All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVY7 FV) Directed to Older Children. fantasy.Violence IIVGI General Audience TVPGI Parental Guidance (TV14 Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only (D) Suggestive Dialogue (I) Coarse Language (S Sex IV! Violence Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Jan.

1F21) 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.

10:00 a.m. Net- View-Program work era 82 Bette CBS 6 61 83 Scream 2 rox 6 44 84 Michelle Kwan ABC 643 85 Catehne NBC 1 NBC 6 32 86 rhe Fugitive CSS 6 22 87 Most Am.vmg Vifeos NBC 5 71 88 rreakylinks FOX 5 58 89 Charmed WB 5 44 90 Gilmore Girts WB 4 83 Wetome to New York CBS 4 83 92 Dawson Creek WB 4 49 93 7th Heaven WB 4 47 94 Star Trek Voyager UPN 4 14 95 Angel WB 4 11 96 Sabnna the Teenage Witch WB 3 78 97 Moesha UPN 3 98 Popstars WB 3 46 99 The Parkers UPN 3 36 100 Bulfy the Vampire Slayer WB 3 29 101 TTieHughlevs UPN 2 97 102 The Steve Harvey Show WB 2 93 103 Girlfriends UPN 2 68 Curse 'jt the Talisman UPN 2 68 106 Niku WB 2 60 106 Jacks Jill WB 2 53 :07 7 Days UPN 2 49 108 Popular WB 2 45 Roswell WB 2 34 Gar. Mike UPN 2 34 1U The Jamie Fo Show WB 2 24 112 ThePJs WB 2 21 113 Hype WB 2 19 114 Celeonty Deathmatch JPN 192 116 GrossePointe WB 166 116 level 9 uPN 0 96 Al Pacino Net- View-Program work ere 1. Golden Globe Awards NBC 22.49 2. Millionaire (Wed.) ABC 20.75 3.

Millionaire (Thur.) ABC 19.77 4. Millionaire (Sun.) ABC 18.90 5. 60 Minutes CBS 18.67 6. Millionaire (Fn.) ABC 18.42 7. Law Order NBC 18.19 8 Frasier NBC 17.86 9.

Temptation Island FOX 17.64 10. Friends NBC 17.40 11 CSt CBS 15 91 12 Three Sisters NBC 15 '8 13 Everyrjody loves Raymond CBS 15 67 14 til NBC 15 55 15 judging Amy CBS 15 43 16 )AG CBS 15 24 NBC 15 24 18 Malcolm the Middle FOX 14 89 19 Just Snoot Me NBC 14 28 20 rtie Simpsons fOX 14 2 1 21 NYPD Blue ABC 14 12 22 the West Wing NBC 13 85 23 US Order SVU NBC 13 59 24 rheOrsuncl CBS 13 58 25 Ally McBea4 CBS 13 55 26 Boston Puolic FOX 13 47 21 third Watch NBC 13 45 28 King ol Queens CBS 28 29 Becker CBS 13 12 30 the Weber Show NBC 13 09 31 The Practice ABC 12 90 32 Willy Wonka, ractory ABC 12 86 33 rhe Dre Care, Sho ABC 12 59 mat rOsShovi ABC 12 59 35 Fd NBC 12 54 36 Touched ov an Angel CBS 12 43 ABC 12 41 38 ramrhtan CBS 12 00 39 Grounded For life FOX 1 1 96 40 Pnmetime TiursoViy ABC 1 1 92 41 the Files FOX 1187 42 Aosolute Poer CBS 1163 43 Oharma I Greg ABC 1 1 56 44 the Mole ABC 1 1 54 4 5 60 Minutes II CBS 1151 46 Dateline NBC (Mon NBC 1139 4 7 Dateline NBC (Fn NBC 28 48 Diagnosis Murder CBS 10 92 49 Dark Angel FOX 10 91 50 Whose line Is It? 18 301 ABC 10 86 51 Walker Twas Banger CBS 10 8.3 KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) 3 KEYT Martha Stewart Living 86892 KNBC Men Are From Mars. Women Are From Venus 84434 0 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael 46298 Si KABC 42 KESQ The View 31366 0 KCAL Judge Mathis ED KTTV Power of Attorney (TVPGI EB KCOP Montel Williams 98298 2 KVCR Creative Living HD KCET Sesame Street 38434 KJ KMEX Marta Susana 89540 36 KMIR Dr Laura 179908 EG) KTBN Behind the Scenes EH KVEA "Ay Rateros No Se Raien" '97 (R) 1 hr30 979989 S3 KDOC Southland Today SB KJLA Glen Cole SD KLCS Working Together Interactions. Real Math. Real Careers (10 151 S3 KRCA Cine 63; KADY Unhappily Ever After (TV14-DLI Murder.

She Wrote BRVO "Gorky Park" 83 (R) 2hr45 99369231 CNN CNN Today COM The Daily Show 4207618 DSC Home Matters (TVG! OISN The Book of Pooh The E1 True Hollywood Story (TV14) "The last Oays of Judy-Garland" 374347 ESPN Tennis Australian Open. Mens Fourth Quarterfinal 637347 ESPN2 Super Bowl Highlights FAM The 700 Club FSN2 Yoga Zone FX Beverly Hills. 90210 (TVPGI HGTV At the Auction HIST 20th Century With Mike Wallace (TVPG) IFC "Vernon Florida" '81 1 hr 90250 LIFE Who Knows You Best' (TVPG-D) MTV MTV Uncensored 453347 NICK Bob the Builder 242219 SCI-FI Dark Shadows 5130231 TBS Hunter TLC A Oatmg Story (TVGI TNN Newhart TNTERITV14L) USA Doctor. Doctor HGTV Room by Room LIFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout MTV MTV Jams (TVPG) NICK Hey Arnold! 793502 SUND "Aileen Wuornos The i Selling of a Serial Killer" '92 lhr27 397144 i TCM "In Name Only" 39 lhr34 1182521 TLC NiNi's Treehouse TMC "Martin's Day" '85 (PG) 1hr39 2768434 8:00 a.m. 0 KCAL Bewitched (TVG) EB KCOP 63 KADY Sabnna, the Animated Series 28366 24 KVCR Nature (TVPGI BD KCET Dragon Tales (TVY) 88540 EE KTBN Kenneth Copeland 1 E3 KOCE Art of Bill Alexander QB KJLA Hollywood Treasures SI KLCS Adventures From the Book of Virtues 88502 ffl KRCA Cine Northern Exposure (TVPGI BET Amazing Facts BRVO Bravo Profiles (TVPG) CMAX 5650417 CNN In the Money COM "Trapped in Paradise" '94(PG-13)2hr 4297231 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House (TVY) Fashion Television ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Super Bowl Highlights FAM Angela Anaconda (TVY7 FSN2 National Sports Report FX MASH (TVPGI HGTV TIPical Mary Ellen HIST Civil War Journal (TVGI LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) MTV Direct Effect (TVPG) NICK The Wild Thornberrys (IVY) SCI-FI seaQuest DSV TBS Mama's Family TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TNT Lois Clark The New Adventures of Superman TVPG USA Carol Burnett and Friends (TVPGI 8:30 a.m.

KCAL I Dream of Jeanme EB KCOP 63 KADY Pepper Ann 27637 HD KCET Arthur (TVY) 87811 B3 KPXN James Robison EE KTBN Laverne and Edith Tripp BD KOCE Teletubbies 773569 SD KLCS Cursive Handwriting, Phonics in Context (8.451 BET Peter Popoff DISN Otter (TVY) Fashion Emergency (TVG) ESPN2 NBA 2Night FAM Kids From Room 402 (TVY7I FSN Regional Sports Report FX MASH (TVPGI HGTV Smart Solutions LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Rugrats 535415 SHOW "The Nuns Story" 59 2hr31 260786 TBS Cosby (TVG) TLC NiNi's Treehouse USA Carol Burnett and Friends (TVPG) 9:00 a.m. KCBS Martha Stewart 33360 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPGI 47502 tM KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ Live1 With Regis 72298 KCAL Family Feud ED KTTV Divorce Court (TVPGI EB KCOP Maury (TVPGI 30250 EE KSCI Kiss. Kiss. Kiss (Koreanl KWHY Cme 24 KVCR Sesame Street 49502 HD KCET Barney (TVY) 78163 EG) KTBN Or Cherry ffl KOCE Instructional TV KVEA Monica 41960 E3 KDOC Life the Word ELD KLCS Teaching Algebraic Concepts AMC Sergeant Rut'edge 60 2hr 433618 A Law BET Amen BRVO St Elsewhere CNBC Power Lunch 30328 CNN Newsday DSC Assignment Discovery (TVG) DISN Otter (TVY) Celebrity Homes ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NBA Today FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) FNC NewsAsman FSN The Last Word 70521 FSN2 Regional Sports Report FXNYPD Blue (TV14-DLSV) HBO "Anna and the King 99 (PG 13) 2hr27 583863 HGTV Appraisal Fair HIST Weapons at War (TVGI LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG Di MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK little Bear 559095 SCI-FI The Sentinel (TVPGI SUNO "Joe's So Mean to Josephine" '97 hr29 324521 TBS Matlock TLC A Baby Story (TVPGl TMC Ronin '98 (Rl 1 hr58 97564989(9 10) TNN WKRP norman TNTFRHV4I USA Something So RigntlTVPGl 1 Graphs, Tables. Charts and Diagrams AMC "The Third Man" '49 2hr 310328 Magnum.

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week to date NBC 13.12 million 12.19 ABC 12.15 13.27 CBS 11.53 11.84 FOX 10.77 9.96 UPN 353 4.02 WB 342 3.97 Lovvry: TV Isn't Everything; It's the Only Thing 10:30 a.m. Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Morning 7:00 a.m. KCBS The Early Show 70231 a KNBC 36 KMIR Today 500182 El KTLA Morning News 27163 a KABC 3 KEYT42 KESQ Good Morning America 12231 01 KTTV Good Day A 67705 fH KCOP 63 KADY Lightyear of Star Command 80279 KWHY Blzbirge 80873 24. KVCR Time to Grow BD KCET2oboomafoo(mi20415 H3 KPXN Employment Television EQ KMEX jDespierta America1 3 KTBN Rod Paisley KOCEReal Orange 912521 KVEA Esta Mahana KDOC New Zoo Revue (TVG) 545873 SB KJLA Shepherd's Chapel ED KLCS Learning English EB KRCA Nubelw (TVY) 87347 The Planets (TVG) BET Feed the Children CNBC Market Watch 99569 DISN Rolie Polie Ohe E1 News Daily 899231 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Super Bowl XXXV Press Conference FAM Mary-Kate Ashley (TVY) FSN Regional Sports Report FSN2 Gilad's Bodies Motion FX MASH (TVPGI HGTV Decorating With Style HIST The Heal West (TVG) IFC The Victim "Tempest '82 IPG) 2hr22 70841927 17 151 LIFE Demse Austin's Fit Lite MSNBC MSNBC live 2122618 NICK Doug 714095 SCI-R Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TVG) TBS Little House on the Prame TIC Skmnamannk TV (TVY) TNT CHiPs (TVPG) VH1 Morning Mix (TVPGI 7:30 a.m. KCAL Critter GitterslTVGI IB KCOP63 KADY Recess EQ KSCI lran-SimaFarsi)71786 24 KVCR Time to Grow HD KCET Clifford the Big Red Dog (TVY) 32250 EE) KTBN Marilyn Hickey HD KOCE Martha's Sewing Room S3 KDOC Japanese News BD KLCS Clifford the Big Red Dog EB KRCA Los Polivoces 99182 AMC "A Lady Takes a Chance" '43 1hr30 399502 BET Bill Winston CMAX Rats Roaches (TV14 7 45) DISN The Book of Pooh El Talk Soup (TVPG-0) 818366 FAM Two of 3 Kind (TVG) FNC NewsQuinn FSN National Sports Report FSN2 Yoga Zone FX MASH (TVPG) HBO Police Academy 6 Ci'v Under Siege" 'HS IPGI 3044J4 ED KTTV Power of Attorney (TVPG) 24 KVCR Sew Creative EG) KTBN Casey Treat S3 KDOC June Cain Miller Si KJLA Topo Gigio 81637 S3 KLCS The World of Work Series.

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Staged by the World Wrestling 1'ederation and NBC (which was pretty bitter about losing its NI-'L contract in the last round of negotiations), the XI-T. promises to take all of this a step further. Michael Weissman, a broadcasting consultant to the new league, characterized the telecasts as "very viewer-friendly." How friendly? Cameras in the locker room friendly. Dozens of players outfitted with microphones so you can hear whatever they're saying (on a brief delay to omit obscenities). Announcers confronting players as they come off the field.

is promoting this approach as "innovative all-access television coverage," and according to NBC Sports Chairman Dick libcrsol, a vast screen inside the stadium will provide fans "a lot of what the home viewer will be watching." In other words, even those who sit in the stands will wind up watching much of the action on television. If that sounds odd, anyone who has spent an evening in a luxury box at Staples Center can already vouch for this experience. From that perch high above the court, surrounded by gourmet potato salad and free-flowing drinks, deals may get done and sales closed, but there isn't a heckuva lot of basketball being watched. Moreover, the basketball that is seen often gets viewed on the TV screens in each suite, meaning big bucks are shelled out so people can trek downtown to watch a sporting event on TV. Beyond the social and networking side of this exercise that status-conscious little thrill of gaing down upon the masses like a modern Roman Colosseum it becomes increasingly difficult to understand from a viewer or fan perspective the rationale behind watching one of these major sports spectacles in person.

Ihe Super Bowl, after all. has become equally renowned as a showcase for the 30-second commercials advertisers pay more than S2 million to place during the RADIO Radio Station Guide All stations AM unless otherwise noted MUSIC: ADULT CONTEMPORARY li'-i 1 KIK CM 94 3 MIT FM MftTFM KOSTFM 1115 KYSft CM MUSIC. COUNTRY KFRG-FM 1 UlA FM RELIGIOUS KSRt It fN KfSM FM 9 KKU FM KTVM 460 KWVt IM MUSIC CLASSICAL ing the role of cheerleaders: "In the you're really going to get to know these girls. These girls are going to become stars in and of their own right." Uh huh. Vince I.ombar-di would be proud.

If the XI I. has accomplished anything even before its launch, the new league has simply underscored what some disenchanted sports fans already know: that franchises no longer belong to the fans, the city they currently call home, even the lavishly compensated players and owners. No, sports belongs to television, and the sooner everyone realizes it, the sooner we can crack open a beer, sit our butts down, decide not to worry about jogging off those It) extra pounds this week and watch a little football just the way the television gods intended. So if you want to share an appreciation for sports with your kids, forget about mortgaging their college tuition on tickets and teach them something that will serve them well into the future. You might want to start by telling them how to identify the computer-generated first-down marker and tint) Ihe time and score on those convenient bug-sied graphics in the corner of the screen.

Brian Imtry's column appears on Wednesdays, lie can be reached In e-mail at brian.louryfrlatimes.com. broadcast. Television breaks will be front-loaded into the game to diminish the repercussions of a lopsided outcome, which has given us the annoying pattern of having a commercial break, the kickoff, and then another commercial break, as if viewers needed a chance to catch their breath afler those riveting seven seconds. Admittedly, the major pro and collegiate sports championships do possess some history fans who have cheered for a team such as the lakers and passed (he experience down to their children. Yet while the college game still boasts that sense of school pride and loyalty, the same can't always be said of the where links to fans have been frayed by franchises seeking rich packages in new cities, including one of this year's Super Bowl entries, the Baltimore Ravens, nee Cleveland Browns, and last year's battle of two relocated teams.

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