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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2001 F15oc LOS ANGELES TIMES TODAY ON TV National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime- ber of people who watched a program from time network television last week (July 9-15) start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They 260 million potential viewers in the U.S. age 2 CHANNELS Lot Angeles EB KVEA (Tele) 23 Orange County B3 KDOC lnd.) 55 KCBS (CBS) 02 DKNBCINBCKM SO KLCS (Edu 17 0KTLA(WB)O5 GS KRCA lnd.) 20 KABC (ABC) 07 Palm Spring KMIR NBC 04 tDKTTV(Fox)11 02 KESQ (ABC) 7. HKCOP(UPN) 13 25 Hi KEYT (ABC) 07 BDKCET(PBS)28 San Bernardino BDKPXN (PAX) 30 BRVO Bravo Profiles (TVPG) COM "Men at Work" '90 (PG-132hr 9492944 DISN Bear in the Big Blue House News Daily 802012 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 Strongest Man Competition FAM Digimon: Digital Monsters ITVY7) 916708 FSN Southern California Sports FX MASH (TVPG) HBO "The Enemy Within" '94 1hr30 348447 HGTV TIPical Mary Ellen HIST 20th Century (TVPG) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) MTV TRL (TVPG) NICK The Wild Thornberrys (TVY) SCI-FI Land of the Giants (TVG) TBS Mama's Family TLC Salty's Lighthouse (TVY) TMC "Foreign Body" '86 (PG- 13)1hr51 639128 TNT Lois Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TVPG) USA USAM News VH1 Rock Across America Top 20 Countdown (TVPG) 336654 KVCR (PBS) 24 BETVideolink BRVO "Queen Margot" '94 R)3hr 357437 CNN CNN Live Today COM The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (TVPG) 9495031 DSC Sizzlin' Summer Great Chefs DISN The Book of Pooh (TVY) The True Hollywood Story (TVPG) "River Phoenix" 348532 ESPN Racehorse Digest ESPN2 Bowling-PWBA Tour.

3250741 FAM The 700 Club FSN Tour de France Highlights FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HBO "Battlefield Earth" '00 (PG-13)1hr57 806857 HGTV At the Auction HIST Great Blunders in History LIFE Beyond Chance (TVPG) MTV DFX (TVPG) NICK Blue's Clues 234741 SCI-FI Dark Shadows4000012 TBS Hunter TLC A Dating Story (TVG) TMC "Enchanted" '98 1hr36 8453505 TNN WKRP in Cincinnati TNT ER (TV14) USA Working (TVPG) VH1 Morning Mix (TVPG) KCAL News ill KTTV Power of Attorney (TVPG)" 03 KCOP Maury (TV14) 75944 03 KSCI Mandarin Drama 241 KVCR Stokes Birds at Home SO KCET Caillou (TVY) 16321 (36 KMIR The People's Court BO KTBN The 700 Club KESQ News BD KOCE Anyplace Wild S3 KVEA Cotorreando 86654 BO KDOC Ironside (TVPG-V) BO KLCS In Focus EB KRCA Noticias 3 KADY Bloomberg Marketline Night Court CNN TalkBack Live 129514 COM Saturday Night Live (TV14) DSC The Christopher Lowell Show DISN Rolie Polie Olie (TVY) Celebrity Profile (TVPG-SV) ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAM Two of a Kind (TVG) FNC NewsSmith FSN Gymnastics- European Team Championships. 31128 FSN2 Southern California Team Golf Championships FX "The Best of Times" '86 (PG-13) 2hr 2095050 HBO Fatal Twisters: A Season of Fury (TVPG) 809944 HGTV Decorating With Style HIST History 10 (TVG) LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPG) MSNBC Mitch Albom 2093692 NICK Little Bill 706383 SCI-FI Battlestar Galactica (TVG) SUND "Genghis Blues" '99 1hr28 5037673 (12:05) TLC A Makeover Story (TVG) TNN The Wonder Years (TVG) USA "Exit to Eden" 887857 VH1 Storytellers (TVPG) 8:30 a.m. Net- Vtow- Program work era 65. Night Visions (9 p.m.) FOX 5.46 66. "Gold Rush" ABC 5.39 67.

Mysterious Ways NBC 5.36 68. Nash Bridges CBS 5.32 69. MalcolmMiddle (Wed.) FOX 5.31 70. Cops 8:30 p.m.) FOX 5.24 71. NYPD Blue ABC 5.21 72.

BlgBrotherll(Sat.) CBS 5:16 73. Ttlus2 FOX 5.14 74. Night Visions (8 p.m.) FOX 5.00 75. "Escape From LA' ABC 4.89 76. Futurama FOX 4.85 77.

ABC 4.84 Cops FOX 4.84 79. Grounded for Lite FOX 4.76 80. TheXFlles FOX 4.53 81. The Beast ABC 4.52 82. BestCommercials3" ABC 4.40 83.

-Falthl" CBS 4.33 84. You Don't Know Jack ABC 4.19 85. AllyMcBeal FOX 3.81 86. Boston Public FOX 3.75 87. MakingtheBand ABC 3.55 88.

Making Band (8:30) ABC 3.28 89. 7th Heaven WB 3.09 90. "Most Wanted" UPN 2.86 91. Rlx From Frog WB 2.75 92. TheHugtileys UPN 2.71 93.

The Parkers UPN 2.70 Charmed WB 2.70 95. Sabrina (8:30 p.m.) ABC 2.62 96. Moesha UPN 2.44 97. Girlfriends UPN 2.42 98. Nikkl WB 2.41 99.

Star Trek: Voyager UPN 2.35 100. For Your Love WB 2.29 101. Gilmore Girls WB Z20 102. Sabrina ABC 2.16 103. Buffy, Vampire Slayer WB 2.03 104.

7 Days UPN 2.02 105. ForYour Love WB 2.01 Popstars WB 2.01 107. Dawson's Creek WB 1.99 7 Days (9 p.m.) UPN 1.99 109. Star Trek: UPN 1.90 110. Angel WB 1.77 111.

Steve Harvey Show WB 1.68 112. BuffyVamplre Slayer WB 1.17 10:30 a.m. Prime-Time TV Rankings Baseball Has Star Appeal Baseball's All-Star Game proved to be a hit, topping the list of prime-time programs with an 8 increase over ratings for the previous year's contest, based on estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. Viewers probably were attracted in part by the final AU-Star appearance of Baltimore Oriole third baseman Cal Ripken who hit a home run for the American League and walked off with the game's most valuable player award. Aside from baseball, the most valuable players in prime time were game shows such as ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and NBC's "Weakest Link," as well as newsmagazines, which always enjoy a ratings hike during the rerun-laden summer.

CBS' unscripted "Big Brother 2," which has come under heavy fire from critics, saw a boost in viewership for Thursday's installment covering the ouster of a male contestant who had held a knife to the throat of a female occupant in the house. Viewing again dropped sharply, however, on Saturday. The curiosity surrounding Thursday's installment doubtless contributed to a slow start for "Night Visions, the new Fox horror anthology, which scared up only modest numbers with its two-hour debut. NBC came up a winner on Saturday night by repeating the original "Jurassic Park." STEVEN LINAN are based on the average num- Nat- Vtow- Program work 1. "MLB Alt-Star Game" FOX 16.03 2.

Millionaire (Tue.) ABC 13.35 3. Millionaire (Sun.) ABC 13.19 4. Weakest UnMMon.) NBC 12.96 5. Primetime Thursday ABC 12.65 6. Fear Factor (Mon.) NBC 12.59 7.

Millionaire (Thur.) ABC 12.15 8. Dateline NBC (Mon.) NBC 11.70 9. Every. Loves Raymond CBS 11.67 10. 60 Minutes CBS 11.57 11.

All-StarPregame- FOX 11.13 12.2020(Fri.) ABC 10.93 13. CSI CBS 10.90 14. NBC 10.73 15. Becker CBS 9.77 16. "Jurassic Park' NBC 9.34 17.

Big Brother II CBS 9.06 18. Dateline NBC (Tue.) NBC 8.85 19. "ToLiveAgaln" CBS 8.74 20. Law Order: SVU NBC 8.63 21. 48 Hours (Mon.) CBS 8.61 22.

48 Hours CBS 8.59 23. King of Queens CBS 8.56 24. The West Wing NBC 8.51 25. Frasler NBC 8.50 26. The Practice ABC 8.45 27.

60 Minutes II (Tue.) CBS 8.40 28. Millionaire (Frl.) ABC 8.39 29. Touched by an Angel CBS 8.34 30. "Rockford Files' CBS 8.33 31. 2020 Downtown ABC 8.31 Weakest Unk (Wed.) NBC 8.31 33.

BigBrotherlKTue.) CBS 8.27 34. 60 Minutes II (Wed.) CBS 8.24 35. ABC 8.20 36. Friends NBC 8.15 37. SpyTV(Tue.) NBC 7.99 38.

Will Grace NBC 7.97 39. The Simpsons FOX 7.80 40. Dateline NBC (Frl.) NBC 7.78 41. The District CBS 7.60 42. Spy TV NBC 7.57 Just Shoot Me NBC 7.57 44.

Yes. Dear CBS 7.54 45. America's Most Wanted FOX 7.42 46. "Crowned and Dangerous" ABC 7.40 MalcolmMiddle (Sun.) FOX 7.40 48. Whose Line? (8:30) ABC 7.00 49.

ER NBC 6.82 50. Judging Amy CBS 6.66 51. Geena Davis Snow ABC 6.48 52. Spin City ABC 6.44 Kristin NBC 6.44 54. WWFSmackdownl UPN 6.33 55.

Diagnosis Murder CBS 6.16 56. Family Guy FOX 5.99 57. "Legends of the Fall" NBC 5.92 58. The Drew Carey Show ABC 5.86 59. Walker.

Texas Ranger CBS 5.78 60. Whose Line? ABC 5.77 61. NBC 5.62 62. King of Hie Hill FOX 5.60 63. "World War III" FOX 5.59 64.

FearFactor(Sun.) NBC 5.56 UUKIBNlnd )40 Ventura tounty ffi KOCE (PBS) 50 Si KADY (UPN) 16 Cable Services 39 ESPN2 84 NICK 38 AMC 35 FAM 47 SCI-FI 87 BET 57 FNC 91 SHOW 41 BBVO 54 FSN 27 SUND 36 CNBC 31 FSN2 59 THS COM 79 FX 89 jru nn CSPN 29 HBO 33 ir CMAX 45 HIST 30 1 CNN 42 HGTV 80 DSC 37 IFC 21 TN 49 DISN 53 LIFE 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. (R) in the grid, denotes a repeat program. TV RATINGS (TVY) All Children (TVY7) Directed to Older Children (TVY7-FV) Directed to Older Children; FantasyViolence (TVG) General Audience (TVPG) Parental Guidance (TV1 4) Parents Strongly Cautioned ITVMA) Mature Audiences Only ID) Suggestive Dialogue L) Coarse Language (S). Sex jv) Violence Movie Ratings A CLASSIC FIRST RATE FLAWED: HAS MOMENTS DESPERATION TIME Morning GO KTTV Judge Hatchett KWHY Cine (241 KVCR Martha's Sewing Room 96! KMIR Mad About You (TVPG) BD KTBN Casey Treat.

BD KOCE Portrait of a Family BO KLCS in Me: Entrepreneur in You: 3-2-1 Classroom Contact (10:45) AMC "Cheyenne Autumn" '64 2hr45 24788895 (10:45) CMAX "Romeo Must Die" '00 R)1hr55 673418 COM Sports Night (TVPG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) ESPN America's Horse FNC NewsVester HGTV Collectible Treasures KCAL I Dream of Jeannie 03 KC0PI63J KADY Pepper Ann 03 KSCI Auto Show 24 KVCR Introductory Geology SO KCET Arthur (TVY) 12505 BD KPXN James Robison 0 KTBN Laverne and Edith Tripp BO KOCE Teletubbies 917383 BO KLCS Cursive Handwriting; Phonics in Context (8:45) BET Peter Popoff CMAX "The Joyriders" '99 (PG- 13) 1hr34 11345692 (8:45) Otter (TVY) News Daily (TVPG) 801383 ESPN2 Strongest Man Competition FAM Monster Rancher (TVY7) FSN National Sports Report FSN2 The Last Word 296437 FX MASH (TVPG) HGTV Smart Solutions IFC "The Tango Lesson" '97 (PG)1hr40 62036963 (8:45) LIFE Designing Women (TVPG-D) NICK Rugrats 735895 SUND "Small Faces" '95 (R) 1hr49 827741 TBS Cosby (TVPG) TLC NiNi's Treehouse (TVY) USA My Two Dads 12:30 p.m. HIST In Search Of (TVG) IFC Independent Focus NICK Blue's Clues 715031 SCI-FI Dark Shadows 3457168 SHOW "August" '96(PG)1hr39 SUND "lima Vep" '961hr39 5588302 TCM "Lady Be Good" '41 1hr51 3843760 TLC A Dating Story (TVG) TNN WKRP in Cincinnati USA Jesse (TVPG) KCBS The Bold and the Beautiful TV14 32645 KNBC EXTRA 99963 00 KTTV Power of Attorney (TVPG) S3 KWHY Cine 124) KVCR American Cinema SO KCET Mister Rogers 43963 BD KOCE Moneywise BO KLCS Reading Rainbow (TVY) G3 KRCA Los Angeles en Vivo NewsRadio (TVPG) CMAX "Jakob the Liar" '99 (PG-13) 1hr54 656741 DISN Winnie the Pooh (TVY) ESPN Games Trials ESPN2 NFL Yearbook FAMSCIub7(TVY7) HGTV Kitty Bartholomew: You're Home HIST History's Lost Found (TVG) NICK Little Bill 433925 SHOW "Return to Macon County" 75 (PG)1hr30 5014050 TCM "Texas Carnival" '51 lhr17 7114429 TLC A Makeover Story (TVG) TNN The Wonder Years (TVG) 7:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Network Averages Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season.

Last Season Network woek To date NBC 8.34 million 11.07 million KCBS Martha Stewart 45302 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) Outrageous videos. 85944 KABC 1 3 1 KEYT 42! KESQ Live With Regis and Kelly 70012 KCAL To Tell the Truth GO KTTV I Love Lucy 03 KCOP Maury (TV14) 61302 KWHY Cine i24i KVCR Sesame Street 87944 KCET Barney (TVY) R) 70337 BO KTBN Dr. Cherry BD KOCE Portrait of a Family KVEA M6nica 89302 BO KDOC Life in the Word BO KLCS Number 11.75 11.55 CBS ABC FOX UPN WB 8.00 7.49 7.23 3.18 2.23 8.90 3.64 3.52 1:00 p.m. Lowry: Staying Positive About Emmy KCBS The Early Show 18673 a KNBC 36, KMIR Today 777234 KTU Morning News 58215 KABC; 3 1 KEYT (42) KESQ Good Morning America 43383 00 KTTV Good Day A. 98857 09 KC0P3 KADY Bun Lightyear of Star Command 52401 KWHY El Desvan del Tio Ivan 24i KVCR Faces of Culture BD KCETZoboomafoo 84895 HD KPXN Employment Television EQ KMEX jDespierta America! EE) KTBN Rod Parsley HD KOCE Real Orange 196963 KVEA Esta Mariana KDOC New Zoo Revue (TVG) 729215 HI KJLA Shepherd's Chapel SO KLCS Learning English KRCA Nubeluz (TVY) 32895 Mystery of Genius: Masters and Madmen (TVG) BET Feed the Children CMAX "Another Thin Man" '39 1hr45 4788963 CNBC Market Watch 97383 CSPN U.S.

House of Representatives DISN Rolie Polie Olie (TVY) EIE! News Daily 293483 ESPN SportsCenter ESPN2 BodyShaping FAM Mega Man (TVY7) 154031 FSN Southern California Sports Report 53925 FSN2 You Gotta See This! FX MASH (TVPG) HGTV Decorating With Style HIST The Alaskan Oil Pipeline (TVG) LIFE Denise Austin's Fit Lite (TVG) MSNBC MSNBC Live 3542857 NICK CatDog 981 147 SCI-FI Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TVG) TBS Little House on the Prairie TCMVv' 'I Doodlt" '431hr45 9564876 TLC Skinnamarink TV (TVY) TNT CHiPs (TVPG) VH1 Morning Mix (TVPG) KCBS The Young and the Restless (TV14) 17944 (3) KEYT Port Charles (TV14-V) 5031 KNBC News KTLA Judge Mills Lane KABC News KCAL Moral Court (TVPG) 00 KTTV Divorce Court (TVPG) 03 KCOP Jenny Jones 19726 24 KVCR America Sews SO KCET Jay Jay the Jet Plane EB KMEX Vidas Prestadas 59654 I36I KMIR News BD KTBN James Robison 42 KESQ Montel Williams 56012 BD KOCE Living With Health BO KDOC Perry Mason (TVPG-V) BO KLCS Taxes in U.S. History 63 KADY Unhappily Ever After Magnum, P.I. BET BET.com Countdown CNBC Street Signs COM Whose Line Is It Anyway? CSPN U.S. House of Representatives DSC Sizzlin' Summer Great Chefs DISN Bear in the Big Blue House El The True Hollywood Story (TV14) "David Strickland" 243988 ESPN Inside the PGA Tour ESPN2 Billiards- WPBA Classic Tour, Finals. 3270505 FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time 546963 FSN Motorcycle Racing- Grand National Cross Country.

81708 FX Beverly Hills, 90210 (TVPG) HGTV The Carol Duvall Show HIST FBI: The Untold Stories (TVPG) IFC IFC Short Film Collection II LIFE Unsolved Mysteries (TVPG) MTV Hot Zone (TVPG) NICK Dora the Explorer 207437 SCI-FI Battlestar Galactica (TVG) TBS "Red Sonja" '85 (PG-13) 2hr 806418 TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TNN Newhart (TVG) TNT "Children of a Lesser God" '86 (R)2hr 420692 USA Veronica's Closet (TVPG) VH1 Cast Party (TVPG) A. Law BET Video Soul Gold BRVO Moonlighting CNBC Power Lunch 61470 CNN CNN Live Today DSC Home Matters (TVG) Otter (TVY) Fashion Emergency (TVPG) ESPN Baseball Tonight ESPN2 NBA Today FAM It's ItsyBitsy Time (TVY) FNC NewsAsman FSN The Last Word 58115 FSN2 Southern California Sports FX NYPD Blue (TV1 4) HGTV Appraisal Fair HIST Sworn to Secrecy (TVG) LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-D) NICK Bob the Builder 726147 SCI-FI The Sentinel (TVPG) SHOW "Can't Be Heaven" '99 IPG) 1hr27 38227418 (9:05) TBS Matlock TCM "Merton of the Movies" '471hr23 7508215 TIC A Baby Story (TVPG) TNN Taxi (TVPG) TNT ER (TV14) USA Something So Right (TVPG) 9:30 a.m. KCBS As the World Turns (TV14) 92050 KNBC 36 KMIR Days of Our Lives 94418 KTLA The Parent 'Hood (TVPG), KABC 1 3 KEYT 42 KESQ One Life to Live (TVPG) 34050 KCAL The People's Court ED KTTV Queen Latifah 48876 03 KCOP Ricki Lake (TVPG) 84692 SO KCET Storytime 83166 BD KPXN Big Valley (TVPG) E3 KMEX El Precio de Tu Amor BD KTBN John Hagee BD KOCE Watercolor Workshop B3 KVEA La Mujer del Presidente BO KDOC Streets of San Francisco EB KJLA Steals on Jewelry BO KLCS Between the Lions (TVY) KRCA Que Buena TV 63 KADY Bloomberg Marketline Law Order (TVPG) BET Cita's World BRVO "Belle de Jour" '67 (R)2hr297514, -CNBC Market Wrap CNN CNN NewsSite COM Saturday Night Live (TV14) DSC Home Matters (TVG) DISN Out of the Box (TVY) EIE! News Daily 643924 ESPN2 American Expeditions FAM Big Wolf on Campus (TVG) FNC Your World With Neil Cavuto FSN Off the Wall: Core Culture FSN2 Baseball- Dodgers at Pirates. 609302 HBO "First Knight" '95 (PG-13) 2hr1 2 99973673 HGTV Decorating Cents HIST China Beach IFC "The Silent Touch" '92 (PG-13) 1hr40 9202944 LIFE "Deadly Family Secrets '95 2hr 431692 MTV Mandy (TVPG) NICK Doug 980418 SCI-FI Battlestar Galactica (TVG) TBS The Cosby Show (TVG) 5 TLC A Dating Story (TVG) TMC "Inconceivable" '98 (R-1hr29 TNN The Waltons (TVG) TNT In the Heat of the Night (TVPG-v? VH1 Behind the Music (TV14) 7:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m.

KCAL To Tell the Truth DO) KTTV I Love Lucy SO KCET Between the Lions (TVY) (R) 49147 BO KTBN Unfolding Majesty BO KOCE Portrait of a Family BO KDOC Benny Hinn BO KLCS Number CNN Burden of Proof 779893 DISN Rolie Polie Olie (TVY) Celebrity Homes (TVPG) ESPN2RPM2Night FAM CBN Special Edition 635321 HBO The Making Of: The Perfect Storm (TVPG) 819321 HGTV Appraise It! LIFE Golden Girls (TVPG-D) MTV Music Videos (TVPG) NICK Bob the Builder 462437 TLC A Baby Story (TVPG) TNN Taxi (TVPG) USA Martin (TVPG) rekindled talk of reuniting the two groups. If a full-blown merger of the academies is too much to ask, those steering the Eastern branch should acknowledge they have credibility problems and seek an arrangement with the West Coast perhaps creating an alliance affording them a measure of autonomy while bringing the Emmy under one somewhat less leaky roof. Finally, the networks themselves can play a part in polishing up the Emmy by paying a reasonable sum when the academy renews its broadcast deal for the nighttime awards next year. As it stands, the West Coast academy receives a fee of roughly $3 million a year from the four major networks, who share the awards on a rotating basis. That's a puny fraction of what award showcases such as the Grammys and Oscars currently garner despite respectable Emmy ratings.

Because self-interest is the name of the game, the networks should know they'll benefit from prying open their pockets, since increasing the telecast fee is preferable to having the academy traipse around hat in hand pleading for money. Instead, the networks can allow the organization to preserve its dignity, sponsor programs that enhance its prestige and ensure that the Emmy gilded in 53 years of history remains worth winning. Admittedly, this column appears to have stumbled a bit on the road to niceness, so perhaps being cheery isn't as easy as it looks. If everyone adheres to these suggestions, however, the Emmys will produce fewer groans and less grumbling in the years ahead. And regarding that, at least, I'm positive.

Brian Lowry's column appears on Wednesdays. He can be reached by e-mail at brian.lowry&latimes position of chairman a voluntary post that will nevertheless be instrumental in charting the academy's future. Seeking to preempt concerns about a lack of hands-on production experience, Cole sent a letter to governors detailing his qualifications, including a description of a three-year stint more than two decades ago under director John Rich, where he "ended up running the company with him and was intimately involved in all aspects of television production," from working with writers to supervising editing sessions. The trouble is, Rich whose credits include "All in the Family" and "Maude" has another version of events. In a subsequent letter to governors, he said Cole served as an intern, calling Cole's characterization of his role "off the charts in hyperbole and inventiveness." When he read Cole's letter, Rich said in an interview, "I must confess, first my jaw went slack, then I went ballistic I would never allow him to talk to a writer unless he was delivering something." Although this is hardly reason to call in an army of lawyers to argue about hanging chads, one would at least think that academy governors mignt want a more formal explanation than the follow-up letter Cole distributed in which he stated that the two simply remember things differently and that Rich "viewed anyone who ever worked in his company, other than himself, as an intern" before casting their votes.

At this point, however, the matter is passing without any public discussion other than candidate statements scheduled for Aug. 1, a week before the election. Fortunately, the West Coast academy still looks far better than its Eastern counterpart. After the two underwent a bitter split in 1977, the New York academy experienced years of mismanagement under its late president, John Cannon, whose recent death has Continued from Fl ticed in hiring older people, even raising the issue of "reverse ageism" is borderline offensive. So, feel free to keep complaining, but only if you are determined to look like spoiled, pathetic losers.

In similar fashion, the major broadcast networks continue to chafe at HBO's "It's Not TV, It's HBO" slogan and the horde of nominations amassed by the pay channel, whose advantages include R-rated creative freedom, lavish budgets, huge marketing campaigns aimed at voters, and producing fewer installments of hit series (only 13 episodes a year of "The Sopranos," for example, compared with two dozen of "ER" or "The West These charges of an uneven playing field may indeed by true. Unfortunately, no one really cares except the executives grousing about it. To everyone else, these programs all spill out of the same box, and anything of high quality that emerges from TVs creative maze is laudable. Yes, the Emmys are imperfect, as are all awards shows. Yet if it's a choice between slightly stodgy Emmy voters and most of the alternativessuch as the 80-some-odd journalists who dole out the Golden Globes the old gal looks pretty good, warts and all.

As for the academy itself, injecting new blood into the organization would be easier if those involved stopped running things under a veil of secrecy. That would be a marked departure for a group approaching its upcoming election the way the College of Cardinals handles choosing the pope. The Times previously documented at some length infighting within the academy, but a separate issue involves its tendency to sweep issues under the rug. The latest case in point is the election for new officers, which pits writer-producer Bryce Zabel against the UCLA Center for Communication Policy's director, Jeff Cole, for the (31 KEYT News KTLA Caroline in the City KABC Port Charles (TV14-V) 30760 00 KTTV Judge Hatchett 03 KSCI Taiwan News '24i KVCR Kaye's Quilting Friends SO KCET Teletubbies (TVY) 78586 136! KMIR Real TV BD KTBN Benny Hinn BD KOCE Living With Health 03 KVEA Noticiero BO KLCS Big Changes, Big Choices 16708 BET 106 Park: BET's Top 10 Live KCAL Critter Gttters (TVG) 03 KCOP $3 KADY Recess EQ KSCI Kiss. Kiss, Kiss (Korean) KVCR Faces of Culture SO KCET Clifford the Big fled Dog (TVY) 63302 D3 KTBN Marilyn Hickey SB KOCE WaiLana Yoga ED KDOC Japanese News BO KLCS Clifford the Big Red Dog ES KRCA Chespirito BET Bill Winston DISN The Book of Pooh (TVY) EIE! News Daily (TVPG-D) 243168 ESPN2 BodyShaping FAM Flint the Time Detective FNC NewsQuinn FSN National Sports Report FSN2 Bluetorch TV FX MASH (TVPG) HGTV Room by Room UFE Denise Austin's Daily Workout NICK Hey Arnold! 960654 SHOW "Bagdad Cafe" '87 (PG)1hr32 6429789 TLC NiNi's Treehouse (TVY) 10:00 a.m.

1:30 p.m. KTLA Clueless (TVG) 03 KSCI Tea Time i24i KVCR American Cinema SO KCET Reading Rainbow TVY) 42234 8:00 a.m. BD KTBN Rod Parsley BD KOCE This Old House BO KLCS Club Write, Concepts ir cum Win Ben item Money DISN Otter (TVY) ESPN CART Midseason Pit Stop FAM It's Itsy Bitsy Time (TVY) HGTV Simply Quilts HIST History's Crimes and Trials NICK Dora the Explorer 208166 TLC A Wedding Story (TVG) TMC "Intern" '00 (R) 1hr30 TNN Newhart (TVG) USA Wings (TVPG-D) VH1 Aerosmith 2001 (TVPG) Afternoon KCBS The Price Is Right (TVG) 131 KEYT Martha Stewart 24234 KM KNBC Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus 22876 KTLA Sally Jessy Raphael (TVPG) 60050 KABC 1421 KESQ The View ITV14I62418 KCAL Judge Mathis (TVPG) GO KTTV Divorce Court (TVPG) 03 KCOP Montel Williams 12050 24 KVCR Creative Living 50 KCET Sesame Street 69586 KMEX Mujer Casos de la Vida Real BD KTBN Behind the Scenes BD KOCE Portrait of a Family 51 KVEA Fuego Verde BO KDOC Southland Today EH KJLA Jewelry for Everyone BO KLCS Working Together Interactions: Real Math, Real Careers (10:15) G3 KRCA "Amantes a la Mexicana" '81 2hr 69963 Murder, She Wrote mature 1 1 AMC "The Stranger Wore Gun" '53 1hr30 142370 DISN The Little Mermaid (TVY) Celebrity Homes ESPN The Life ESPN2 Sports Almanac "1 KCAL Bewitched (TVG) 03 KC0Pi63j KADY Sabrina. the Animated Series 66708 i24j KVCR Introductory Geology BD KCET Dragon Tales 13234 BO KTBN Kenneth Copeland BO KOCE Watercolor Workshop BO KDOC James flobison 558654 Qfl KJLA Hollywood Treasures BO KLCS Adventures From the Book of Virtues 37876 33 KRCA "La Maldicion de Oro" 2hr 82302 AMC "55 Days at Peking" '63 2hr45 39469586 Northern Exposure (TVPG) BET Amazing Facts FAM Weird Science (TVPG) Noon HGTV This Small Space MTV Say What? Karaoke (TVPG) NICK Doug 432296 SUND "Things to Do in -Denver When You're Dead" '95 fflZ KCBS Woman 2 Woman 44925 II KNBC Access Hollywood 62321 KTLA Little House KABC 31 KEYT All My Children (TVPG) 25302 inrbsbwjsuovivdiji TBS The Cosby Show (TVG) TIC A Dating Story (TVG) RADIO II a.m.-l p.m. Performance Today, KCSN-FM (88.5).

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The Whistler A man escapes from prison only to find his bigger problems lie ahead (originally broadcast Jan. 15, 1950), KNX (1070). a.m. Sheryl Brooks, KDIS (710). Foreign Language Spanish, KACD-FM (103.1), KAI.I (900), KBCD-FM (103.1), KBUA-FM (94.3), KBUE-FM (105.5), Kill (930), KLAX-FM (97.9 FM).

Kl.YY-FM (107.1), KLVE-FM (107.5), KNSE (1510), KRCD-FM (103.9), KRTO-FM (98.3), KSCA-FM (101.9), KSSE-FM (97.5), KTNQ (1020), KWIZ-FM (96.7), KWKW (1330), KWRM (1370), KXOL-FM (96.3),XI'RS (1090). Asian, KAZN (1300), KBLA (1580), KF.ZY (1240). KFOX (1650), KMHB (1430), KVMR (1480), KYMS-FM (106.3), KXMX (1 190). Farsi, KIRN (670). Classical 8-9 a.m.

Commuter Classic, KMZT-FM (105.1). 10-11 a.m. Morning Symphony: Dawson Folk Symphony," Neeme larvi conducts Detroit Symphony); llovhanness Mountain Symphony, Gerard Schwarz conducts Seattle Symphony), KCSN-FM (B8.5). Tips for Today 9-11 a. m.

Larry Manllc'i Alrtalk: "Changes at the Farmers Market" a.m.); "Diabetes" a.m.); highlights repeated 7-9 p.m., KPCC-FM (89.3). 1-2 p.m. To the Point: "The Cost of Defense," KCRW-FM (89.9). p.m. Rocldlne: Music and interviews wilh members of lethro Tuli, KCBS-FM (93.1).

10 p.m. -midnight Chicago Symphony Toch A Merry Min-nin (7th Symphony), Ives Unanswered Question," original version), Gershwin American in Gould (spirituals), KMZT-FM (105.1). p.m., a.m. Dragnet: Sgt. Friday (lack Webb) tracks down a gang of safe crackers (originally broadcast March 22, 1953, KNX (1070).

Drama-Comedy-Family Wendt, KDIS (710). 9-11 a.m. Mickey and Minnie's Tune Time, KDIS (710). 11 p.m. B.B.Goode, KDIS (710).

1-5 p.m. lust Plain Mark ft Zippy, live from Disneyland, KDIS (710). 5-10 p.m.-Ernle KDIS (710). More than the score Turn to The Times Sports section for Southern California's most complete sports coverage. Country-Folk-Jazz-Pop 9 a.m.

-noon Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW-FM (89.9). 10 a.m.1 p.m. Global Village, KPFK-FM (90.7). Noon-1 p.m. K-lazz Kale: "Mill Jackson," 1-2 p.m.

Mid-Day )azz: "July Birthday Artists," KLON-FM (88.1), KCRW-FM (89.9). Mldnlghl-3 a.m. Nocturna, KCRW-FM (89.9). Mldnlght-8 a.m. Overnight Jukebox, KCSN-1M (88.5).

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