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LOS ANGELES TIMES WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001 F11 TODAY ON TV Prime-Time TV Rankings NCAA Hoops on CBS Can't Stop ABC's Ratings Win KNBC EXTRA 58570 ED KTTV Judge Hatchett 70605 F2D KCET Mister Rogers 28470 BD KOCE Financial Success BO KLCS Reading Rainbow 26112 OS KRCA A en Vivo 42150 NewsRadio (TVPGI BRVO Actors Studio (TVPG) Meg Hyan DISN Winnie the Pooh i FAM Bobby's World 140605 "Big Apple," which proved no match for NBC's "The West Wing." In fact, more than two-thirds of the "Survivor" audience looked elsewhere at 9 p.m., with roughly 10 million viewers switching to NBC. ABC's "Gideon's Crossing," starring Andre Braugher, benefited from a crossover story line with "The Practice," delivering the show's highest rating since its October premiere. In similar fashion, "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" drew its biggest audience in seven weeks with "Survivor" vacating its Thursday slot. XFL football hit a new ratings low against NCAA basketball Saturday on NBC, whose weekly average was also dragged down by the little-seen miniseries "The Ixst Empire." -BRIAN LOWRY CBS' coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament boosted the network's audience among male viewers but drew modest ratings overall, allowing ABC to score a weekly ratings victory, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. The networks continue to roll out midseason replacements, with ABC's Denis Leary sitcom "The Job" putting up respectable numbers, while Fox's "The Lone Gunmen" following a Sunday launch in "The X-Files' slot misfired on Friday night, losing more than 30 of its lead-in audience from "Police Videos." "Survivor" exhibited no ill effects from its temporary shift to Wednesday to make room for the NCAA basketball tournament, but viewers declined to take a bite out of CBS' new crime drama series National Nielsen Vlewershlp Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (March 1218) 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. HIST 20th Century (TVPG) LIFE Intimate Portrait (TVPG) NICK Bob the Builder 139624 SCI-H Dark Shadows 4897006 TBS Hunter TCM "Moulin Rouge" '52 2hr 99733537 (10:15) TIC A Dating Story (TVG) TNN Newhart(TVG) TNTER (TV14I USA Doctor, Doctor 10:30 a.m.

ED KTTV Power of Attorney QD KTBN Casey Treat BO KDOC June Cain Miller BO KLCS in Me: Entrepreneur in You. 3-2-1 (1045) BETVideolink COM Whose line Is It Anyway' ITVPGI DISN Out of the Box (TVY) ESPN America's Horse ESPN2 NCAA Final Four Highlights FNC NewsVester HBO Tracey Takes On (TVPG) HGTV Collectible Treasures NICK Franklin 220315 SCI-FI Dark Shadows 2663150 SUND "Flirt" (R) 475266 TIC A Dating Story (TVG) TNN Newhart (TVG) USA Ned and Stacey (TVPG-D) 11:00 a.m. KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV1 4) 51518 a KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane a KABC News KCAL Moral Court (TVPG) ED KTTV Queen Latitah 46624 EB KCOP Jenny Jones 841 31 KWHV Roseanne BO KCET Noddy (TVY) 69792 B3 KMEX Pobre Diabla (TVPG) EH KTBN James Robison BO KDOC Headline News EH KJLA A Tu Salud BO KLCS Using Maps, Globes. AMC "Operation Pacific" '51 2hr 834792 Magnum, PI CMAX "Anywhere but Here" 99 (PG-13)1hr54 888841 CNBC Street Signs COM Don't Forget Your Toothbrush CSPN House of Representatives DSC Jennings Design (TVG) DISN Bear in the Big Blue House Hollywood Spirituality 456711 ESPN Skiing-World Nordic Championship. 223537 ESPN2 Soccer- UEFA Champions League.

Lazio vs. Leeds United. 241831b FAM Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 345565 HGTV Bartholomew You re Home HIST Crimes and Trials (TVPG) MTV Hot Zone (TVPG) NICK Blue's Clues 979179 TCM "All This and Heaven Too" '40 2hr23 4352711 TLC A Makeover Story (TVG) TNN Taxi (TVPGI USA John Larroquette (TVPGI VH1 VH1 Specials 1:00 p.m. KCBS As the World Turns (TV14) 68957 KNBC 36 KMIR Days of Our Lives (TV14) 86353 KTLA Sister, Sister (TVPG -D) KABC 3 KEYT 42 KESQ One Life to Live (TVPG) 21547 KCAL The People's Court ED KTTV I Love Lucy EB KCOPRicki Lake (TVPG) 84042 KWHY "La Escondida" 78150 50 KCET Storyline 42773 BD KPXN Big Valley B3 KMEX Siempre Te Amare EB KTBN John Hagee BD KOCE Watercolor Workshop KVEA Escandalo 94537 BO KDOC Streets of San Francisco KJLA Pelicula (TVG) BO KLCS Between the Lions (TVY) EB KRCA AquiContrgo 47605 AMC "Come Blow Your Horn" '63 2hr 598353 Law Order (TVPGI BET BET: INY CMAX "Ed and His Dead 911315 CNBC Market Wrap CNN CNN NewsSite COM Saturday Night Live (TVPGI DSC Home Matters (TVGI DISN Out of the Box (TVY) News Daily 434599 ESPN Inside the PGA Tour ESPN2 Fly-Fishing the World FAM Bad Dog (TVY7) 191911 Nat- VMW- Progmm work era 77 Spin City (Wed ABC 5.96 78 "Rumble in me Brora" FOX 5 78 79. 7th Heaven WB 569 80.

Norm ABC 5.44 81 Chained WB 542 82 The Lone Gunmen FOX 538 83 Two Guys and a Gil ABC 528 84 The Giknore Gilts WB 417 85. TheHughleys UPN 4.09 86 Saortna.the Teenage Witch WB 3 79 87. The Partus UPN 35B 88 Popstars WB 349 89 Star Tick: Voyager UPN 347 90 Moesha UPN 342 91 The Gilmore Girts (Mon) WB 328 92. "HotBoyj" UPN 320 93. Giftmends UPN 3.19 94.

Butty Die Vampire Slayer WB 306 95. Nikki WB 2.78 96. For Your Love (Sun WB 2 64 97 The Steve Harvey Show WB 2 63 98 Angel WB 252 99 Dawson 's Creek W6 2 42 100. ThePJs WB 2 41 101 FnVouiLove WB 233 102. Popular WB 221 103 XR Football NBC 2 16 104.

Deathman 9:30 p.m) UPN 207 105 The Jamie Fon Show WB 2 03 106. Gary Mike (9 pm) UPN 202 107. Jack Si WB 198 108. Qitfnends(Fn, 8:30 p.m.) UPN 195 109 The Parkas (Fti 8pm) UPN 183 110. XFL football UPN 1.59 Andre Braugher Ntt- Vim Program work tn 1.

Survivor II CBS 28.46 2. Millionaire (Sun.) ABC 21.30 3. Friends NBC 20.84 4. The Practice ABC 19.72 5. Order NBC 18.70 6.

Millionaire (Tue.) ABC 17.27 7. The West Wing NBC 17.17 8. Every. Loves Raymond CBS 16.87 9. Will Grace NBC 16.84 10.

Millionaire (Thur.) ABC 16.26 11. DwWebtfSrm NBC 1624 12 Milbonaiie(Fri) ABC IS 66 13 60 Minutes CBS 1540 14. Just Snoot Me NBC 143 15 res. Dear CBS 14 56 16 The Simpsons Fox 14 31 17 NYPOBlue ABC 14.30 18. King ol Queens CBS 1394 19.

Providenos NBC 1380 20. Gideon's Crossing ABC 13.59 21. Touched by an Angel CBS 13 51 22 ER NBC 1340 23 JAG CBS 1339 24. Baileys Mistake" ABC 1300 25 Malcolm in De Middle FOX 12 90 26. 2020 (Fri) ABC 1281 27.

"Coiumbo: Too Many Notes" ABC 12.52 28. Pnmetime Thursday ABC 12 30 29 DtarmaSGreg ABC 1227 30 Foster NBC 1212 31 "Some ol My Best fronds" CBS 1207 32 Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 1145 33. Dateline NBC (fil NBC 1133 34 Law Older SVU NBC 1100 35 ThatTOsShow FOX 10 75 36. Oar Angel FOX 10 69 37 60 Minutes II CBS 10 52 38 Three Sisters NBC 10.49 39 The Drew Caiey Show ABC 1038 40 Titus FOX 10.28 41. America's Most Wanted FOX 10.02 42 The Job ABC 999 43.

Judging Amy CBS 989 44 Whose Line Is It? (8 30 ABC 984 45 48 Hours (Wed CBS 9 79 46. "Foi Love ot Olivia" CBS 951 47. King of die FOX 949 48. TheDetnct CBS 928 FX MASH (TVPG) HBOAIi-Frazierl (TVPG) HGTV TIPical Mary Ellen HIST Civil War Journal (TVG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) MTV Direct Effect (TVPGI NICK Wild Thornberrys 241808 SCI-FI seaQuest 2032 SHOW "Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights" 7424686 SUND "Joe's So Mean to Josephine" '97 1hr29 429112 TBS Mama's Family TIC Salty Lighthouse (TVY) TNT Lois Clark (TVPG) USA USAM News VH1 Top 10 Countdown (TVPGI 8:30 a.m. KCAL I Dream of Jeannie SB KCOP 63 KADV Pepper Ann BO KCET Arthur (TVY) (R 97150 BD KPXN James Robison QD KTBN Laverne and Edith Tripp HD K0CE Teletubbies 386228 SO KLCS Cursive Handwriting, Phonics in Context (8:45) BET Peter Popoff CMAX Mutual Love Life (8:45) DISN Otter (TVY) Inside the Academy Awards ESPN2 NBA 2Night FAM Kids From Room 402IIVY7) FSN Regional Sports Report FX MASH (TVPG) HGTV Smart Solutions LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Rugrats 240179 TBS Cosby (TVG) TCM "Naughty Marietta" '35 (G)1hr46 44280063 TLC NiNi's Treehouse (TVY) USA Carol Burnett and Friends 9:00 a.m.

KCBS Martha Stewart 37247 KTLA Sally Jessy (TVPG). 77889 KABCI3I KEYT 42 KESQ Live With Regis and Kelly 62957 KCAL Family Feud ED KTTV Divorce Court (TVPG) EB KCOP Maury (TVPG) 53247 KSCI Kiss, Kiss, Kiss 17976 KWHV Cine BO KCET Barney (TVY) R) 88402 KTBN Dr. Cherry S3 KOCE Instructional TV KVEA Monica 71247 SO KDOC Life in the Word BO KLCS Turn on to Algebra AMC "Bang the Drum Slowly" (PG 1hr55 53438537 (9:051 A. Law BET BET.com Countdown BRV0 St Elsewhere CMAX "Arlington Road" '99 R)1hr59 392131 CNBC Power Lunch 60605 CNN Newsday DSC Tunnels 752624 DISN Otter (TVY) Celebrity Homes ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 NBA Today FAM Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 402957 FNC NewsAsman FSN The Last Word 80860 FSN2 Regional Sports Report FXNYPDBIue(TV14) HBO "Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story" 839247 HGTV Appraisal Fair HIST Weapons at War (TVG) LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-D) MTV Music videos (TVPGI NICK Dora the Explorer 224131 SCI-H Wonder Woman (TVG) TBS Matlock TIC A Baby Story (TVPG) TNN WKRP in Cincinnati TNTER(TV14-V USA Something So Right (TVPG) VH1 Music Videos 9:30 a.m. KCAL To Tell the Truth EH KTTV Divorce Court (TVPG) F20 KCET Between the Lions (TVY) EH KTBN Unfolding Maiesty BO KDOC Benny Hinn BO KLCS Here's How (9 45) BET AM at BET 440686 CNN Burden of Proof 500063 CSPN Public Affairs Programming DISN Rolie Polie Olie (TVY) Mysteries Scandals (TVPG) ESPN2 RPM 2Night FAM CBN Special Edition 146889 FSN Grand Prix Showumpmg FSNZ Gilad's Bodies in Motion HGTV Appraise It! IFC "House of Cards" '93 (PG-131 1hr47 4744792 (9:45) LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-DI NICK Blue's Clues 968063 SHOW "The Price of Kissing" '97 (PG-13)1hr33 50205353 (9:35) SUND "Living With Pride: Ruth C.Ellis 312624 TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) TMC "The Run of the Country" '95 (R 1hr49 820006 TNN WKRP in Cincinnati USA Hearts Afire (TVPG) CHANNELS Los AngeleV rSB KVEA (Tele) 23 Orange County H3 KDOC (Ind 56 KCBS (CBSI 02 SB KJLA (Ind 25 KNBC (NBC) 04 00 KLCS (Edu 1 17 HKTLA(WB05 BB KRCA (Ind 20 KABC (ABCI 07 Palm Springs 0KCALlndO9 Jjl KMIR (NBC) 04 KmiFnlll 42 KESQ (ABCI 7, HKC0PIUPN1 13 25 00 KSCI (Ind 18 '7 B0KCET(PBS28 3 KtYI 1ABL107 SDKPXN(PAX30 San Bernardino EDKMEXIUni.) 14 24 KVCR PBS)24 EE KTBN (Ind 40 Ventura County KOCE (PBS) 50 JKADY(UPNi16 Cable Services 39 ESPN2 84 NICK 38 AMC 35 FAM 47 SCI-H 87 BET 57 FNC 91 SHOW 41 BRV0 54 fSN 27 SUND 36 CNBC 31 FSN2 59 roc COM 79 FX 89 bp CSPN 29 HBO 33 CMAX 45 HIST 30 CNN 42 HGTV 80 58 DSC 37 IFC 21 TNN 43 DISN 53 LIFE 46 TNT 52 El 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.

(R) in the grid, denotes a repeat program. TV RATINGS TVY All Children (TVY7 Directed to Older Children (TW7FV) Directed to Older Children. FantasyViolence TVG) General Audience ITVPGI Parental Guidance ITV14) Parents Strongly Cautioned (TVMA) Mature Audiences Only ID) Suggestive Dialogue Coarse Language Sex IV) Violence Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWE0 HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Morning I 7:00 a.m. 1 KCBS The Early Show 52247 a KNBC 38 KMIR Today 146179 KTLA Morning News 98745 KABC Good Morning America ID KTTV Good Day LA 47353 EH KCOP 63; KADYBuh Lightyear of Star Command 96976 KWHV Bizbirije 97060 HO KCETZoboomafoo(TVY) 43402 SO KPXN Employment Television ffl KMEX jDespierta America1 BD KTBN Rod Parsley K0CE Real Orange 565808 SB KVEA Esta Mariana SO KDOC New Zoo Revue (TVG) 99 KJLA Shepherd's Chapel SO KLCS Learning English I GB KRCA Nubeluz (TVY) 91402 Joy Adamson: Born Wild? BET Feed the Children CMAX "Home Alone" '90 (PG1hr43 9945082 i CNBC Market Watch 96518 CSPN Senate (6 30) (live) DISN Rolie Poire Olie (TVY) News Daily 435228 ESPN SportsCenter i ESPN2 EXPN 2Day i FAM The Adventures of Mary Kate Ashley (TVY) FSN Regional Sports Report FSN2 Gilad's Bodies in Motion FX MASH (TVPGI HGTV Decorating With Style i HIST The Real West (TVG) LIFE Austin's Fit Lite (TVG) I NICK Doug 844044 SCI-FI Voyage to the Bottom of i the Sea (TVG) i TLCSkinnamarinkTV(TVY) TNT CHiPs (TVPG) VH1 Top 20 Countdown (TVPG) 7:30 a.m. KCAL Critter Gitters (TVG) OS KCOP 31 KADV Recess 1 EEI KSCI Iran-Sima (Farsi) 85841 50 KCET Clifford the Big Red Dog I EE KTBN Marilyn Hickey 00 K0CE Martha's Sewing Room HO KDOC Japanese News SO KLCS Clifford the Big Red Dog i 133 KRCA Los Polivoces 10537 AMC "The Shocking Miss Pilgrim" '47 1hr35 2299131 BET Bill Winston DISN The Book of Pooh (TVY) Talk Soup (TVPG-D) 447063 FAM Two of a Kind (TVG) FNC NewsQuinn FSN National Sports Report FSN2 Yoga Zone FX MASH ITVPG) HGTV Room by Room IFC Short Film Collection II (7:45) I LIFE Austin's Daily Workout (TVG) Net- View-Program work an 49.

Cops (8:30 pm) FOX 9 27 50. Big Apple (Wed) CBS 9.24 51. "Face Oh" NBC 920 52 The GeenaDavs Show ABC 919 53. Boston PuUc FOX 912 54. The Lone Gunmen (Sun FOX 890 55.

AlyMcBeal FOX 889 56 "WatewonYJ'' ABC 835 57. The Simpsons (Wed FOX 8 81 58. Fairrty Law CBS 860 59 Dateline NBC (Sun, 8 pm.) NBC 8.37 60 foe Fighting Fiugerakjs NBC 809 61 Frasier(8pm) NBC 7 99 The Simpsons (Wed 9 FOX 7 99 63 PMceVWeos FOX 781 64 Cops FOX 768 Futurama FOX 768 66 Ed NBC 7 54 67. WWFSmackdownl UPN 7.33 68. Whose Une Is It Anyway? ABC 7 28 69 That '70s Show (8 p.m.) FOX 7.23 70.

Once and Again ABC 6 98 71 Basketball 7 pm) CBS 6 91 72 Grounded Mr Lite FOX 6.82 73 NCAA Basket (Fri, 7 p.m.) CBS 6 65 74. The Drew Carey Show (Wed ABC 654 75 "The Lost Empire" Pan 2 NBC 615 76 Thin) Watch NBC 606 Network Averages Here is the number of viewers that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. weak ttdate ABC 12.22 million 12.94 CBS 11.25 12.59 NBC 9.95 11.95 FOX 8.60 9.92 UPN 3.36 3.86 WB 3.22 3.88 I FX Beverly Hills. 90210 (TVPG) HBO "I Dreamed of Africa" '00 (PG-131 1hr54 849624 HGTV The Carol Duvall Show HIST True Action Adventures (TVG) LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPG) I MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Dora the Explorer 331860 SCI-FI Space Above and Beyond SHOW "The Opera Lover" '99 I 1hr33 28519537 (11:15) i TBS "First Target" 268063 1 TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN The Wonder Years (TVG) TNT "Deadbolt" (R) 882247 USA Wings (TVPG-DI 1 VH1 Behind the Music (TVPG) i 11:30 a.m. El KTLA The Nanny (TVPG) KABC Port Charles (TVPG) EB KSCI Taiwan News KWHV The Cosby Show F20 KCET Teletubbies (TVYI 60421 EH KTBN Benny Hinn EB KVEA Noticiero SI KJLA Mexico Confidencial i BO KLCS Teen Issues I BET 106 Park: BET's Top 10 Live COM Ben Stein's Money (TVPG) DISN Otter (TVY) FAM Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) 995024 FSN Street Pace Film Festival HGTV Simply Quilts HIST Great Blunders in History IFC 'Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern" NICK Little Bill 349889 TIC A Wedding Story (TVG) TMC "The Portrait of a Lady" i '96 (PG-13)2hr24 772957 i TNN The Wonder Years (TVG) i USA Jesse (TVPG) Britain Resists Colonization by Hollywood FNC Your World 7198112 FSN Winter Celebrity Sports FSN2 Pro Basketball 76ers at Clippers.

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complained that British banks are generally reluctant to finance films because of the high risks. Only about 1 in 10 films ever achieves commercial success. Another problem is that distribution is entirely in the hands of big American companies. "We are blessed and damned with having the English language," said Woodward. "The advantage is that we can get to the biggest markets in the world.

The curse is we are wide open for all their films coming here. This makes it difficult for Britain to define what its film culture is." The film council has been given a total of $224 million for the next three years to finance its various projects. The biggest amount, $15 million a year, will be divided among 10 or 12 films that have a "real chance of finding bigger audiences," Parker said. Producer Robert Jones will be in charge of this fund. It is, of course, a modest amount of money, and Woodward acknowledged that steadily rising expenditures make it increasingly difficult to produce films at the current $6-million average.

Filmmakers can expect to get as little as $150,000 from the council, but subsidies may range up to $3 million. Woodward said the council would act like any other investor, expecting to recoup its money if a film is a hit. Just where the overall film council involvement will lead remains to be seen. Woodward said he would be satisfied when Britain has two or three major companies involved in development, production and international distribution. That, he said, will take seven or eight years to achieve.

"In the end, the business will not be driven by the stale but by the private sector," he said. Jenny Borgars, a former script editor with major U.S. independent film companies, will head a development fund designed primarily to improve the quality of screenplays and bring writers and producers together. "We will work with a writer who wants to develop a script idea but doesn't have a producer," she said. "Writers can use us for any idea that has ambition at its heart." She said her fund also would work with up to 15 production companies, both start-up and experienced firms, for up to three years, and encourage them to consolidate.

"We will look at genres we are good at, such as period films, and those we are not so good at," she said. "We have an incredible wealth of talent in Britain. We want to develop the next generation of talent and nurture what's there already. We also want to woo people back to the U.K. who have gone to the U.S.

to work." Dutch producer Paul Trijbits has been put in charge of the film council's new cinema fund. He said his emphasis would be on innovative, experimental films, including low-budget digital shorts, documentaries, music videos and adaptations of plays. Sarah McKenzie of the British Film Commission, an arm of the council, is in charge of promoting inward investment by foreign film producers. That investment, she said, has increased almost 1,000 in eight years, to $805 million last year from just $88 million in 1992. Hollywood films in production here last year included "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "The Mummy Returns," "Chocolat," "Tomb Raider," "51st State," "Proof of Life," "Possession" and "Pearl Harbor." McKenzie said 81 of Hollywood films made outside the U.S.

last year went to Canada, but 10 came to Britain, more than other parts of the world combined. The film commission has even managed to attract 10 producers from Bollywood, as the Indian film industry is known. The Indians have developed a taste for using British castles and stately homes in their films, and the commission is hoping Britain can replace Switzerland as their main overseas location. In recent years the British government has introduced tax incentives to help lure foreign producers, and also made changes in child labor and animal quarantine laws to help them to work here. Hollywood producers have been attracted to Britain for the quality of special-effects work done here for a long time.

It started with the "Superman" and "Star Wars" films, and this sector of the British industry has flourished since. KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) a KNBC Men Are From KTLA Sally Jessy (TVPG) 82402 KABC 42 KESQ The View Jon Bon Jovi 77570 KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPG) ED KTTV Power of Attorney EB KCOP Montel Williams 69745 120 KCET Sesame Street 51421 EB KMEX Marta Susana 69727 QD KTBN Behind the Scenes KVEA "Fuego Hielo" 515976 BO KDOC Southland Today KJLA Aguay Chocolate 68711 BO KLCS Working Together, (10:15) ffl KRCA "Juego Peligroso" '66 Murder. She Wrote BRVO "Box of Moonlight" '96 (R2hr45 15797334 CNN CNN Live Today COM Daily Show (TVPG) 5854841 0SC Home Matters (TVG) DISN The Book of Pooh (TVY) The E1 True Hollywood Story (TVPG-DV) "Jenny Jones" 443247 ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2 NCAA Final Four Highlights FAM The 700 Club FSN2 Yoga Zone FX Beverly Hills. 90210 (TVPGI HGTV At the Auction LONDON Britain has long been a magnet for I lollywood filmmakers, both because its special-effects technicians arc regarded as being among the world's best, and because it is usually cheaper to work here than in the United States. But Britain's home-grown movie industry never has taken full wing, despite a string of box-office successes like the latest, "Billy Elliot," and a slew of Oscars over the years.

There are several reasons for that, all of them to do with money, and the situation isn't likely to change suddenly. But a start is being made. The government has set up a film council to make the first concerted effort to pump more life into the British industry. Headed by producer Alan Parker Commitments," "Evita," "Angela's the council will help fund movies that appear to be likely box-office hits; help bring struggling scriptwriters and producers together; encourage innovative, low-budget features and short films; and seek out co-production projects with other European countries. The film council also has expanded an existing office in las Angeles to try lo sell Hollywood on making more of its films here.

"We have a disproportionate number of highly talented people who historically have delivered high-quality film," said lohn Woodward, (he chief executive. "But we have no big distribution companies and very few big film companies employing more than a few hundred people. This is essentially a cottage industry. The government wants us to try to correct that." Iast year saw the production of just 52 home-grown British films, made at a total cost of $316 million. That works out to just over $6 million a film less than major I lollywood stars can command for a single movie.

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p.m.. p.m. Paul Harvey. KABC (7901. Noon I p.m.

The World. KCRW-FM (B9.9) Noon-1 p.m. Noon Business Hour. KI'WB (980). 1- 2 p.m.

To the Point. KCKW-I (B9 9). 2- 2:30 p.m. Marketplace. KCRW 1 (89 9); and p.m., KPCC -I (89.3).

p.m. The Politics of Culture. KCRW I :II9.9I. Sports Sports Repoi, -15 ami past Iheh. KFttT; CaLall: Piego Padr; KLC 4- 7p.m.

Ba.eball: i' rs vs. New Yurk Mi ls. KA I A (1 5- 7:30 p.m. Pro Basketball 1 akers at Milwaukee Burks. MAC (570), KWKW Ill'lO).

p.m. Pro Hockey: Mighty Ducks at Dallas Stars, XTRA (690). p.m. Pro Hockey: F.dmonlon Oilers at Kings. KSI'N (111(1).

Talk-Interview 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Al Rantel. KARC (790). 11 a.m. Noon Sam Rubin.

KI.S.X 1 (97.1). 11 a.m. I p.m. Talk of the Nation. KPCC-I i89.3).

Noon-3 p.m. Laura Schiessinger. KFI (640). Noon-3 p.m. -Michael Medved.

KRIA (B70). Noon-3 p.m. Frosty, Heidi and Frank. Kl.SX-1'M (97.1). Noon-3 p.m.

Al Kresta. KIM (830). p.m. Talk of the City, highlights repeated. 9-10 p.m..

KPCC-F'M (89.31. 1-3 p.m. Allied ft Taylor. KABC (7901 3 4 p.m. Clark Howard.

KIT (6411). 3 5 p.m. George Putnam. KKI.A 870i 3-7 p.m. Larry Elder.

KABC (790) 3-8 p.m. Tom Levkis. KISX I MI97.il TtMS, TRUCKS, SUVS. SJTo, used, move mjjj with Lo Angeies Going. Going.

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