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LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2001 Fl3oc TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings New Shows, NCAA Hoops Deliver for ABC, CBS CHANNELS Loj Angeles Eg KVEA (Telel 23 Orange County B3 KDOC (Ind 1 56 KCBS (CBS) 02 HI KJLA lnd. 25 KNBC(NBC)04 BDKLCSEdu.17 0 KTLA (WB) 05 OS KRCA (Ind.) 20 DKABCABC07 pam Soring! HKCAUWI09 S3 KLCS in Me; Entrepreneur irf You; 3-2-1 Classroom Contact (10:45) BETVideolink COM Whose Line Is It Anyway? DISN Out of the Box (TVY) ESPN America's Horse FNC NewsVester HGTV Collectible Treasures IFC At the Angelika NICK Franklin 115655 SCI-FI Dark Shadows 6014988 SHOW "Teacher's Pet" '58 2hr 5023891 (10:35) TLC A Dating Story (TVG) TNN Newhart (TVG) USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG-D) MKESQABC7. 25 Santa Barbara A KEYT (ABC) 07 San Bernardino EH KTTV (Fox) 1 1 EB KCOP (UPN) 13 EQKSCI (Ind) 18 HB KCET IPBSI 28 24! KVCR Time to Grow BO KCET Clifford the Big Red Dog (TVY) 82146 00 K0CE Martha's Sewing Room B3 KDOC Japanese News SO KLCS Clifford the Big Red Dog 03 KRCA Chespirito AMC "The Matchmaker" '58 1hr55 57330704 (7:351 BET Bill Winston DISN The Book of Pooh (TVY) Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 478742 ESPN2 NBA 2Night FAM Two of a Kind (TVG) FNC NewsQuinn FSN National Sports Report FSN2 Yoga Zone FX MASH (TVPG) HGTV Room by Room LIFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout MTV MTV Jams (TVPG) NICK Hey Arnold! 360278 TLC NiNi's Treehouse (TVY) reasonably well Sunday with the NCAA women's championship game, up slightly from last year. "Survivor," which shifted to Wednesday for two weeks due to NCAA tournament coverage, picked up where it left off on Thursday, though almost three-quarters of that audience fled by the time "Big Apple" was over, prompting CBS to pull the crime drama. "Survivor" producer Mark Burnett's "Eco-Chal-lenge" drew 2.7 million viewers Sunday, 20th among last week's cable offerings.

"Semper Fi," a Steven Spielberg pilot NBC chose not to order as a series, ran fourth among the major networks and was also upstaged by cable's most-watched show, "The Sopranos." BRIAN LOWRY CNN CNN Live Today DSC Assignment Discovery DISN Otter (TVY) El Celebrity Homes ESPN Baseball Tonight ESPN2 NBA Today FAM It's ItsyBitsy Time 399655 FNC NewsAsman FSN The Last Word 47297 FSN2 National Sports Report FX NYPD Blue (TV14) HGTV Appraisal Fair HIST Weapons at War (TVG) LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-D) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Dora the Explorer 119471 SCI-FI The Sentinel (TVPG) SHOW 'The Last Great Ride" '98 1hr29 TBS Matlock TCM 'The Tender Trap" '55 1hr51 7468520 TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) TNN WKRP in Cincinnati TNTER(TV14-L) USA Something So Right (TVPG) VH1 Top 10 Countdown (TVPG) ED KPXN (PAX) 30 ABC successfully used the Academy Awards to generate sampling for its new comedies last week, while CBS shot a much higher percentage with the NCAA Final Four, leaving the two networks in a virtual weekly tie based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. Both "What About Joan," starring Joan Cusack, and the Damon Wayans vehicle "My Wife and Kids" capitalized on ads during the Oscars and opened strongly on ABC. The former improved on its "Dharma Greg" lead-in and helped "NYPD Blue" book its biggest audience in nine weeks, while the latter easily won its Wednesday time slot. CBS' prime-time NCAA basketball coverage Saturday climbed 20 versus a year ago, rebounding to its highest level since 1998. ESPN also performed National Nielsen VIewership 24 KVCR (P8S) 24 HDKTBN (Ind 40 Ventura County HDKOCEIP8SI50 S3 KADY (UPN) 16 11:00 a.m.

Cable Services 39 ESPN2 84 NICK 38 SCI-FI 87 SHOW 41 SUND 36 ASE AMC BET BRV0 CNBC COM CSPN 35 57 54 31 79 29 TBS 8:00 a.m. FAM 47 FNC 91 FSN 27 FSN2 59 FX 89 HBO 33 HIST 30 HGTV 80 IFC 21 LIFE 46 MSNBC 90 MTV 48 CMAX 45 KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV1 4) 46278 1.31 KEYT Port Charles (TV14-LSV) 1297 KNBC News El KTLA Judge Mills Lane KABC News KCAL Moral Court (TVPG) DO KTTV Oueen Latifah 26452 I DO KCOP Jenny Jones (TVPG) 38810 S3 KWHY "Rostro Infernal" '64 2hr 192920 I241 KVCR America Sews 50 KCET Noddy (TVY) 13471 SO KMEX Pobre Diabla (TVPG) Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (March 26-April 1) 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. TCM TLC TMC TNN TNT USA VH1 9:30 a.m. KCAL Bewitched (TVG) SB KCOP 631 KADY Sabrina, the Animated Series 88742 (24) KVCR Nature (TVG) 50 KCET Dragon Tales 22988 HQ K0CE Simply Painting Around the World BO KDOC James Robison 941988 CNN 42 DSC 37 DISN 53 63 ESPN 34 KCAL To Tell the Truth DO KTTV Divorce Court (TVPG) 03 KWHY Rosea'nne 50 KCET Between the Lions (TVY) SO KDOC Benny Hinn 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.

Net- View-Program work an 94. 7 Days UPN 2.89 95. Nikkl WB 2.88 Buffy. die Vampire Slayer WB 2.88 97. The Steve Harvey Show WB 2.86 9a TheHughieys UPN 2.79 99.

Gilmore Girts WB 2.71 Angel WB 2.71 101. Popular WB 2.68 Star Trek: Voyager UPN 2.68 103. Oolongs (8 30 pm.) WB 2.66 104. Oolongs (9:30 p.m.) WB 2.40 106. Dawson's Creek WB 235 107.

XFl Football (Sat) NBC 2.29 108. Gary (Mike (9:30 p.m.) UPN 2.28 109. Gary Mike UPN 2.25 110. The Jamie Fon Show WB 2.19 111. Oblongs (7:30 p.m.) WB 2.16 WB 2.16 112.

TheHughleyslFn.) UPN 1.86 113. The Parkers (Ffi.) UPN 1.77 114. A Football (Sun.) UPN 1.14 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 "Visit to a Small Planet" '60 1hr30 21 1704 BET AM at BET 471365 CNN Burden of Proof 477907 DISN RoliePolieOlie (TVY) El Mysteries Scandals (TVPG) ESPN2 RPM2Night FAM CBN Special Edition 331597 FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion HGTV Appraise It! LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-D) NICK Blue's Clues 822433 SUND "Portraits Chinois" '96 2hr1 6 967471 TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) TMC 'The First to Go" '97 (PG-131hr30 329278 TNN WKRP in Cincinnati USA Hearts Afire (TVPG) (TVY) (TVY7) nVY7-fV) (TVG) (TVPG) TV14I (TVMA) (D) IU (SI IV) KJLA Hollywood Treasures SO KLCS Adventures From the Book of Virtues (TVY) 55278 KRCA Cine Northern Exposure (TVPG) BET Amazing Facts BRVO Bravo Profiles (TVPG) COM "Weekend at Bernie's II" '93 (PG) 2hr 440361 7 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House FashionTelevision ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NHL2Night FAM Angela Anaconda (TVY7) FSN Southern California Sports FSN2 Preps: Chicago Hoops FX MASH (TVPG) HGTV TIPical Mary Ellen HIST Civil War Journal (TVG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) MTV Direct Effect (TVPG) NICK The Wild Thornberrys (TVY) SCI-FI Wonder Woman (TVG) SUND "Finding North" '98 1hr33 450891 TBS Mama's Family TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TMC "Ghost Chase" '89 (PG) 1hr29 502433 TNT Lois Clark (TVPG) USA USAM News VH1 Top 20 Countdown (TVPG) Jt KMIH News W2 KESQ Montel Williams 92636 S3 KDOC Headline News BO KLCS Taxes in U.S. History 631 KADY Unhappily Ever After- AMC Stagecoach" '39 2hr 970704 Magnum, P.I. CNBC Street Signs COM Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'.

CSPN U.S. House of Representatives-DSC Lynette Jennings Design DISN Bear in the Big Blue House The True Hollywood Story (TVPG-D) "Dudley Moore" 454162 ESPN NBA Fantastic Series ESPN2 American Muscle FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time 725167 FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HGTV The Carol Duvall Show HIST True Action Adventures (TVG). IFC IFC Short Film Collection LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPG) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Dora the Explorer 667433 SCI-FI Space: Above and Beyond TBS "Sam Whiskey" '69 (PG)' 2hr 299742 TCM "The Catered Affair" -'56 1hr33 9687346 TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TMC "The Witness Files" '98 (R) 1hr30 7856278 Joan Cusack 10:00 a.m. 58. 59.

That '70s Show (Wed.) Grounded for Life FOX FOX Cable Top 10 Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Morning 60. Every. Loves Raymond (Wed.) CBS Here are Nielsen's top 10 cable programs in prime time last week, also ranked by total viewers (in millions). Net- View-Program work em 1. Survivor II CBS 28.12 2.

ER NBC 24.49 3. CSI CBS 21.57 4. Millionaire (Tue.) ABC 18.68 5. NCAA Basket(Sat) CBS 18.32 6. The Practice ABC 17.89 7.

Millionaire (Sun.) ABC 17.84 8. Friends NBC 17.81 9. Every. Loves Raymond CBS 16.94 10. Will Grace NBC 16.66 11.

Millionaire Ota.) ABC 16.62 12. "South Pacific" ABC 1583 13. Boot Camp FOX 15.82 14. Fiasier NBC 16.67 15. law Order NBC 15 65 16.

Millionaire (Fn.) ABC 15.41 17. 60 Minutes CBS 15.17 18. What About Joan ABC 1492 19. Just Shoot Me NBC 14.85 20. NYPD Blue ABC 14.84 21.

Becker CBS 14.25 22. JAG CBS 14.08 23. Dharma Greg ABC 13.81 24. My Wife and Kids ABC 13.72 25. Malcolm In the Middle FOX 13.71 26.

The Weber Show NBC 13.60 27. The Simpsons FOX 13.28 28. The West Wing NBC 13.17 29. Ed NBC 12.78 30. Providence NBC 12.73 31.

The X-Files FOX 12.57 32. king of Queens CBS 12.55 33. Yes, Dear CBS 12.42 34. Ally McBeal FOX 12.39 35. The Drew Carey Show ABC 12.17 36.

Boston Public FOX 12.11 37. Primeume Thursday ABC 12.00 38. "And Never Let Her Go" CBS 11.67 39. 48 Hours (Mon.) CBS 11.52 40. 2020 (Fn.) ABC 11.42 41.

That 70s Show FOX 11.21 42. Touched by an Angel CBS 11.06 43. Three Sisters NBC 10.77 44. LawS Order SVU NBC 10.66 45. Titus FOX 10.56 46.

60 Minutes C8S 1040 47. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 10.09 48. Judging Amy CBS 10.08 49. America's Most Wanted FOX 9.89 50. "Disclosure" ABC 9.83 51.

RghtingFrageralds NBC 9.82 52. The Job ABC 9.71 53. Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 9.67 54. Dateline: NBC (Ri.) NBC 9.62 55. Dark Angel FOX 951 56.

Nash Bridges CBS 9.27 57. "Rubber" ABC 9.24 61. 62. 63. 64.

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Net- View-Program work en 1. The Sopranos HBO 8.44 2. Wrestling 10 p.m.) TON 6.46 3. Wresdlng 9 p.m.) TON 5.68 4. Women's Basket (Post) ESPN 4.10 5.

TNT 3.94 6. NCAA Women's Basketball ESPN 3.73 7. Wrestling 9 p.m.) TNT 3.61 8. Rugrats NICK 3.60 9. Fairly Odd Parents NICK 3.59 10.

WiktTnomberrys NICK 3.20 KCAL I Dream of Jeannie KCBS The Early Show 47907 a KNBC 136) KMIR Today 240758 KTLA Morning News 94839 KABC 1 3 KEVTt42 KESQ Good Morning America 89907 ED KTTV Good Day A. 27181 SB KCOP S3 KADY Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 40655 fB KWHY Bizbirije 57549 K4I KVCR Time to Grow 50 KCET Zoboomafoo 80891 BO KPXN Employment Television 'Twilight" "Crocodile Hunter" Diagnosis Murder Whose Liners It? (8:30) WWFSmackdown! Police Videos Cops Dag Once and Again "Semper King ol the Hill Big Apple Third Watch Some of My Best Friends The Fugitive Whose Line Is It? Dateline: NBC (Sun.) Futurama The Lone Gunmen King of Queens (Sal) Two Guys and a Girt Norm 7th Heaven first Years "Wag the Dog" "Demolition Man" Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Gilmore Girts (Mon.) KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) 1 3 KEYT Martha Stewart 53568 KNBC Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus 44810 El KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) 73346 a KABC 42: KESQ The View 91742 KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPG) 03 KTTV Power of Attorney DO KCOP Montel Williams 25346 KWHY La Corte Familiar 241 KVCR Creative Living 50 KCET Sesame Street 98810 KMEX Marta Susana 23988 (36! KMIR Dr. Laura 739384 S3 KVEA "Absuelto Para Matar" '95 1hr30 539365 50 KDOC Southland Today 51 KJLA Pelicula (TVG) SO KLCS Working Together; Interactions: Real Math, Real Careers (10:15) KRCA Cine Murder. She Wrote BRVO "The Godfather, Part II" '74 (R)4hr 127461 CMAX "Funny Bones" '95 (R) 2hr06 47023704 (10:20) CNN CNN Live Today COM The Daily Show 4406704 DSC Home Matters (TVG) 9.12 8.77 d.67 864 8.62 8.56 8.39 8.10 8.05 7.93 790 7.89 7.76 7.52 7.51 734 7.24 7.12 6.96 6.39 6.37 613 568 5.44 543 531 5.17 429 4.18 3.65 3.46 3.43 3.07 3.07 2.93 2.93 CBS NBC CBS ABC UPN FOX FOX NBC ABC NBC FOX CBS NBC CBS CBS ABC NBC FOX FOX CBS ABC ABC WB NBC FOX UPN WB WB WB WB UPN UPN UPN Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. 09 KCOP 631 KADY Pepper Ann 50 KCET Arthur (TVY) (R 27487 BD KPXN James Robison S3 KOCE Teletubbies 300617 53 KLCS Cursive Handwriting; Phonics in Context (8:45) BET Peter Popoff CMAX "When Time Ran Out" '80 (PG)1hr49 6232100 DISN Otter (TVY) Fashion Emergency (TVPG) ESPN2 NBA 2Night FAM Kids From Room 402 (TVY7) FSN National Sports Report FSN2 Southern California Sports FX MASH (TVPG) HBO "Wit" '01 1hr38 4253013 HGTV Smart Solutions IFC "Isabelle Eberhardt" '91 1hr53 308297 LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Rugrats 195891 TBS Cosby (TVG) TLC NiNi's Treehouse (TVY) USA Carol Burnett and Friends Utt Season week data ABC 12.74 million 13.03 CBS 12.73 12.57 NBC 10.03 11.76 FOX 9.61 9.88 UPN 3.32 3.81 WB 2.96 3.81 TNN The Wonder Years (TVG) TNT "Rising Son" '90 2hr 813926 USA Wings (TVPG-D) VH1 Road to Fame (TVPG) 467636T 11:30 a.m.

(31 KEYT News El KTLA The Nanny (TVPG) KABC Port Charles (TV14-LSVV 69094 DO KSCI Taiwan News (24 KVCR Quilt in a Day 50 KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 14100. I36l KMIR Real TV SB KVEA Noticiero SO KLCS Teen Issues I BET 106 Park: BET's Top 1 0 Live -COM Win Ben Stein's Money DISN Otter (TVY) ESPN NBA Finals Films I ESPN2 Soccer-UEFA Champions-League: Arsenal FC vs. Valencia CF 71005162 FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) HGTV Simply Quilts HIST Great Blunders in History NICK Little Bill 668162 SUNDfV 1hr26 221 181 TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN The Wonder Years (TVG) USA Jesse (TVPG) Afternoon 90. 92. Charmed Girlfriends The Parkers Moesha til kmca jUespierta America! SS K0CE Real Orange 589297 KVEA Esta Mahana S3 KDOC New Zoo Revue 112549 EH KJLA Shepherd's Chapel SO KLCS Learning English B3 KRCA Nubeluz (TVY) 47723 The Rise of Christianity: The First 1000 Years (TVG) BET Feed the Children CNBC Market Watch 26617 CSPN U.S.

House of Representatives DISN RoliePolieOlie (TVY) El News Daily 466907 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 BodyShaping FAM Mary-Kate Ashley (TVY) FSN Southern California Sports FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion FX MASH (TVPG) HBO "The King and '99(G) 1hr27 557758 HGTV Decorating With Style HIST The Real West (TVG) LIFE Denise Austin's Fit Lite MSNBC MSNBC Live 5372891 NICK Doug 374471 SCI-FI Voyage to Bottom of Sea SHOW "Operation Thunderbolt" '77 (PG) 49788742 TBS Little House on the Prairie TCM "Athena" '54 7063926 TLCSkinnamarinkTV(TVY) TNT CHiPs (TVPG) VH1 Morning Mix (TVPG) 9:00 a.m. Lowry: Entangling Alliances in Big Media DISN The Book of Pooh (TVY) El The True Hollywood Story (TVPG) "John Candy" 474926 ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2 Drag Racing- NHRA Sportsman Series. 9711471 FAM The 700 Club FSN2 Yoga Zone FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HBO "Sublet" '991hr30 25009181 (10:15) HGTV At the Auction HIST 20th Century (TVPG) LIFE Intimate Portrait (TVG) "Patricia Richardson" 535520 NICK Bob the Builder 634365 SCI-FI Dark Shadows 7563029 TBS Hunter TIC A Dating Story (TVG) TNN Newhart (TVG) TNTERITV14) USA Doctor, Doctor VH1 Morning Mix (TVPG) Noon KCBS Martha Stewart 74636 El KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) 14278 KABC 1 31 KEYT 1421 KESQ Live With Regis and Kelly 86966 0 KCAL Family Feud 03 KTTV Divorce Court (TVPG) DO KCOP Maury (TV14) 40146 DO KSCI Kiss. Kiss, Kiss (Korean) KWHY The Cosby Show 84 KVCR Sesame Street 16278 50 KCET Barney (TVY) (R) 45839 SO KOCE Instructional TV S3 KVEA Monica 18636 SO KDOC Life in the Word SO KLCS TEAMS LA Law BET BET.com Countdown BRVO St. Elsewhere CNBC Power Lunch 90704 KCBS Woman 2 Woman 80549 a KNBC Access Hollywood 75617 El KTLA Little House: A New Beginning a KABC 3 1 KEYT All My Children (TV14) 54636 KCAL News Please see TV LOG F14 7:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m. KCAL Critter Gitters (TVG) SB KCOP 63) KADY Recess 29162 DO KSCI Iran-Sima (Farsi) 31162 SB KTTV Power of Attorney (TVPG) 1241 KVCR Martha's Sewing Room SO KDOC June Cain Miller RADIO the seriousness of my own dangerous liaison from a journalistic standpoint. The Times' Howard Rosenberg summed it up in 1999, writing in regard to highly paid TV news stars who hobnob with celebrities in the same social strata, "Perceptions do have a way of becoming reality in the public eye." News organizations don't always tell you when these situations crop up, and the truth is they should. Because while most of you probably don't care, those who do deserve to know. As Bob Steele, senior faculty and ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, recently stated regarding the seldom-mentioned corporate ownership of "Access Hollywood" and "Entertainment Tonight," "Even if some viewers don't want it, it's valuable information, upon which people can make decisions about journalistic quality and credibility." In other words, you should be able to decide whether this influences how you perceive my work.

Because the plain fact is, credibility and fairness are all I have to offer, my most marketable commodity. Unless you're Brad Pitt, boyish charm and good looks only go so far. So now you know, and to be honest, the confessional process wasn't as tough as I anticipated. In fact, as long as I'm baring my soul, now seems a good time to unburden myself of a couple of other biases I harbor, just for the record. As a UCLA graduate, I become ill at the sound of USC's fight song.

urge to wave dollar bills at them. Also, I find it hard to believe anyone can relay messages to us from dead relatives with an 0 or in their names who "need to be acknowledged." So if you see me discuss "Crossing Over With John Edward," a series on the Sci-Fi Channel bound for local TV stations later this year, let's just say I'm skeptical. Other than that, I reserve my opinions for television, and there's a wide world of it out there beyond UPN. So as Indiana Jones would say, trust me or don't. It's your call.

An afterthought: Ruminating about journalistic ethics brought to mind Tom Pryor, the former editor of Daily Variety who died March 19. Pryor was nearing the end of nearly three decades at the trade paper when I began my own 9-year tenure there. Pryor had his sacred cows I recall a negative review of a Bob Hope special that never found its way into print but he was staunchly committed to the sanctity of news coverage and keeping it wholly separate from business considerations. In short, Pryor radiated integritya trait that seems increasingly rare and precious. While I have no idea what he would say about my current predicament, all 1 can say is thanks for the memories.

Brian Lowry's column appears on Wednesdays. He can be reached by e-mail at brian.lowrylatimes.com. Talk-Interview 3-1 1 a.m. Howard Stern, KLSX-FM (97.1). a.m.

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10 p. Chocolate City, urban Continued from Fl than one occasion, he would come in, pick up archrival Daily Variety and announce in a loud voice his wife had stabbed him in the back, albeit in somewhat more colorful terms. In another parallel, CBS' senior vice president of public relations is married to a former producer at "Entertainment Tonight" and "Access Hollywood," a conflict eliminated when his wife had the audacity to choose seeing her children during daylight hours over haggling with publicists. Currently, Bernard Weinraub, an entertainment reporter at the New York Times, is married to Amy Pascal, chairman of Columbia Pictures. And with all due respect to UPN, I'm pretty sure Pascal ranked ahead of UPN's publicity chief on Premiere magazine's annual "power" list.

As for TV journalists, Christiane Amanpour, CNN's respected international correspondent, married then-State Department spokesman James Rubin in 1998. Other couples facing possible two-career issues include NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell (married to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan), ABC News' Diane Sawyer (wed to director Mike Nichols) and Willow Bay, co-anchor of CNN's "Moneyline" program, the wife of Walt Disney Co. President Robert Iger. Journalists must also be wary of the appearance of being in bed with those they cover in less literal fashion. New York Times TV reporter Bill Carter, for example, has sold rights to two nonfiction books as the basis for made-for-TV movies HBO's 1996 production "The Late Shift" and TNT's upcoming "Monday Night Mayhem" and worked on the scripts for both.

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