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IDDLE Los Angeles Times Clifton Davis, Phylicia Rashad and Diahann Carroll in at the Pasadena Playhouse. Liveentertainment and the arts. Every Sunday in Calendar, Part II. 03AP061 Prime-Time TV Rankings Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Sept. 29-Oct.

5) 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 there are 272.04 million potential viewers in the U.S. age 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions.

Program Network View- ersProgram Network Viewers 1 CSICBS26.65 2 FriendsNBC22.37 3 ERNBC20.76 4 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS20.47 5 Survivor: Pearl IslandsCBS19.68 --------------------------------------------6 Monday Night FootballABC17.73 7 Law OrderNBC17.50 8 CSI: MiamiCBS17.32 9 ScrubsNBC17.15 10 Will GraceNBC16.80 --------------------------------------------11 The West WingNBC16.32 12 Two and a Half MenCBS16.18 13 8 Simple Rules 14 Baseball Playoffs 15 Without a TraceCBS15.25 --------------------------------------------16 NFL Monday Night Showcase ABC15.16 17 Law Order: Criminal Intent NBC14.28 18 Cold CaseCBS13.95 19 King of QueensCBS13.64 20 Still StandingCBS13.42 --------------------------------------------21 JAGCBS13.42 22 CouplingNBC12.93 23 Fear FactorNBC12.64 24 Joan of ArcadiaCBS12.49 25 60 MinutesCBS12.31 --------------------------------------------26 The GuardianCBS12.11 27 Navy NCISCBS12.08 28 With HerABC11.95 29 According to Jim (9 p.m.)ABC11.85 30 FrasierNBC11.82 --------------------------------------------31 Judging AmyCBS11.81 32 Yes, DearCBS11.79 33 34 My Wife and KidsABC11.64 35 Las VegasNBC11.50 --------------------------------------------36 Law Order: SVUNBC11.48 37 Third WatchNBC11.31 38 Baseball Playoffs 39 All RelativeABC10.79 40 The HandlerCBS10.51 --------------------------------------------41 NYPD BlueABC10.43 42 Less Than PerfectABC10.16 43 60 Minutes IICBS10.15 44 The BachelorABC10.13 45 DenNBC10.07 --------------------------------------------46 The PracticeABC9.94 47 Hope Faith ABC9.90 48 The DistrictCBS9.89 49 AliasABC9.40 50 Karen SiscoABC9.13 --------------------------------------------51 WhoopiNBC8.94 52 53 Happy FamilyNBC8.81 54 55 Baseball Playoffs --------------------------------------------56 Good Morning MiamiNBC8.68 57 Paradise Hotel 58 Extreme Makeover (Thur.) ABC8.43 59 and 60 Dateline NBC --------------------------------------------61 EdNBC8.24 62 HackCBS8.12 63 Life With BonnieABC8.06 64 Married to the KellysABC8.04 65 Law Order: SVU --------------------------------------------66 Primetime ThursdayABC7.78 67 George Lopez ShowABC7.61 68 Most WantedFOX7.48 69 Funniest Home VideosABC7.47 70 American DreamsNBC7.36 --------------------------------------------71 7th HeavenWB7.24 72 Threat MatrixABC7.18 73 Brotherhood of Poland NH CBS7.15 74 48 Hours InvestigatesCBS6.84 75 Smallville WB6.82 --------------------------------------------76 Primetime MondayABC6.79 77 Paradise Hotel 78 BoomtownNBC6.65 79 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX5.96 80 Miss MatchNBC5.93 --------------------------------------------81 CharmedWB5.84 82 EverwoodWB5.74 83 CopsFOX5.72 84 Dateline NBC 85 TarzanWB5.45 --------------------------------------------86 Temptation Island 3 FOX5.18 87 AngelWB5.16 88 Las Vegas 89 Gilmore GirlsWB4.92 90 L.A. DragnetABC4.91 --------------------------------------------91 All of UsUPN4.70 92 Boston PublicFOX4.55 93 Wanda at LargeFOX4.54 94 EnterpriseUPN4.51 95 Half and HalfUPN4.48 --------------------------------------------96 GirlfriendsUPN4.36 97 Las Vegas 8 p.m.)NBC4.26 98 WWE 99 EveUPN4.19 100 RebaWB4.13 --------------------------------------------101 One on OneUPN3.93 102 LuisFOX3.84 103 The ParkersUPN3.65 104 Jamie Kennedy Experience WB3.34 105 Life Family WB3.33 --------------------------------------------106 One Tree HillWB3.30 107 Steve TimeWB3.23 108 Smallville 109 Rock Me BabyUPN3.08 110 Grounded for LifeWB2.82 --------------------------------------------111 All About AndersonsWB2.69 112 Jake 2.0UPN2.66 113 What I Like About YouWB2.51 114 The MulletsUPN2.42 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. Network Last week Season to date CBS13.0813.54 NBC10.8911.73 ABC9.7810.19 FOX9.56 7.89 WB4.614.31 UPN3.383.39 NEW YORK CBS handily won the prime-time ratings race for the second week of the television season, with Crime Scene continuing as the most popular show, according to Nielsen Media data released Tuesday. NBC was tops among the 18- to 49-year-old age demographic that advertisers care about most, but its popularity is off from last year. The two networks still dominate series television.

Among the 28 most-watched programs in prime time last week, the only nonsports show from another network was Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Viewership for NBC on Friday night was down from the same night a year ago, with and failing to catch interest so far. NBC has also seen viewership decline for longtime comedies and Kelsey was second in its time slot to to last week. TLC recorded its highest ratings ever on Sunday night when 9.1 million people watched a special edition of It beat For the week, CBS averaged 13.1 million viewers, NBC had 10.9 million viewers, ABC had 9.8 million, Fox had 9.6 million, the WB had 4.6 million, UPN had 3.4 million and Pax TV had 950,000. won the evening-news ratings race, averaging 9 million viewers. News had 8.8 million and the Evening had 7.5 million.

From Associated Press helps CBS stay in ratings lead By Scott Sandell Times Staff Writer lives. Those two words could be cause for celebration or dismay, depending on tastes. More likely, they might elicit a shrug, along with a who? Is that still Yet this sitcom, starring Ted Danson as gruff Dr. John Becker, will begin its sixth season tonight at 9:30 on CBS. A minor miracle, because the network almost axed it over the summer.

The question now is, will anyone notice, given that running opposite West and Although it qualify for the Trio but showcase so far, been neither is a solid if fairly standard comedy. Danson leads the ensemble cast and exudes suitable grouchiness, in contrast to Sam on the role that made him famous. When Becker tries to quit smoking by chewing on candy cigarettes, he says, a fastrace to death. Emphysema was in the lead; just giving diabetes a chance to catch crotchety demeanor is thrown into question tonight, however, as he wrestles with strong feelings for his upstairs neighbor, cafe owner Chris (Nancy Travis). As Chris heads into the operating room for an appendectomy, Becker says those three little words that many men have such a difficult time saying with sincerity.

His friends newsstand operator Jake (Alex head nurse Margaret (Hattie Winston) and aide Linda (ShawneeSmith) tease him relentlessly over his moment of weakness. When Chris recovers, she seems as repulsed as Becker does over the admission. Which might just summon four more words in your mind: Paging Sam and Diane. TUNED IN miracle revival SERIES Highly illogical: Crew members contend with Vulcan zombies on a new episode of Trek: (8 p.m. UPN).

Infectious: The detectives attempt to stop aSARS outbreak on a new episode of (10 p.m. NBC). SPECIALS Legal doings: Kobe (10 p.m. previews the upcoming court proceedings against Laker star Kobe Bryant. No statute of limitations: The Discovery Channel reopens a case in the special Killed (10 p.m.).

MOVIES cuts: tribute to the late Elia Kazan includes the (6:30 p.m.) and Streetcar Named (8:30 p.m.) SPORTS Baseball: The Chicago Cubs play the Florida Marlins (5 p.m. Fox); the New York Yankees meet the Boston Red Sox (5 p.m. FX). Hockey: The Mighty Ducks open their season against the Dallas Stars (5 p.m. ESPN).

Highlights The View Michael Moore. 10 a.m. KABC Wayne Brady Rob Morrow. 10 a.m. KCAL Sharon Osbourne Peter Facinelli; John Salley; Wade Robson.

11 a.m. KTLA Ellen DeGeneres Kevin Bacon; Phyllis Diller. 3 p.m. KNBC Oprah Dangerous situations. 3 p.m.

KABC Dr. Phil Racial issues. 4 p.m. KNBC The Daily Show Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 11 p.m.

COM Late Show Tom Dreesen. 11:35 p.m. KCBS Tonight Show George Carlin; Chris Matthews; Dido. 11:35 p.m. KNBC Talk Shows TIPS FOR TODAY 1-4 p.m.—Charles Andrews: Tchaikovsky Lake: Herbert von Ka- rajan conducts the Vienna Philharmonic) p.m.), KUSC-FM (91.5).

p.m., a.m.—Tales of the Texas Rangers: Aman uses a deadly ship explosion to change places with a dead man (originally broadcast Sept. 9, 1950), KNX (1070). SPORTS Sports 15 and 45 minutes past the hour, KFWB (980), KNX (1070). 10-11 p.m.—Sports Wrap, KPLS (830). Radio Pick up your life on Thursdays.

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