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The U.S.-backed Uzbek forces are pitted against Al Qaeda-supported Islamic rebels, but the most interesting battles are between Dansmore and his media rivals. news magazine reporter Gayle Phelan (Louise Lombard), a blond bombshell who hunts down stories and lovers with equal gusto. Ian Rhys (Jeffrey Nordling), a strutting peacock of a cable newsman who never met a mirror he like. And then Abdurain Tamarov (Noam Jenkins), a maverick spy of negotiable virtue. But Dansmore saves his most vitriolic exchanges for a colleague from his own newspaper, agreen, idealistic photographer named Nora Stone (Lake Bell).

When Stone tells him that her goal is to capture the true essence of the conflict on film, Dansmore responds with world- weary disdain. kid yourself, no such thing as he tells her. why we call them with joltingly effective combat action balanced nicely by the interpersonal skirmishes and sexual entanglements, is still a pilot in search of acommitment from NBC. Adecent showing on the ratings battlefield tonight could help it survive to fight another day. TUNED IN is a very timely pilot NBC DIFFICULT BEAT: Jeff Goldblum plays veteran newspaper correspondent Ben Dansmore in By Paul Brownfield Times Staff Writer Actress Minnie Driver guest stars as a woman going after brassy ex-husband on the NBC sitcom next week.

A week later, Demi Moore will play ex-babysitter. Meanwhile, on ABC, Ethan Hawke drops in on the spy drama And on the WB, Christopher Reeve, formerly Superman, guest stars on a series about the teen years. The cavalcade of celebrities is standard operating procedure during February, one of several ratings sweeps months when program planners play all the angles to draw viewers. Like the other main sweeps months, November and May, February sweeps helps broadcast networks and local stations set their advertising rates. Among the programming strategies, is the most obvious and least disruptive way to suggest that doing something special (networks are increasingly shying away from big-event miniseries, for instance, as too costly and too risky).

Although landing a star for a one-time-only guest spot hardly guarantees a huge spike in ratings, nobody dares sit out the dance. NBC routinely sets out to prove it has the coolest shows on the block yet another way to sell advertisers that it is the network of choice for the coveted 18- to-49-year-old demographic. In recent seasons, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Susan Sarandon showed up on while Michael Douglas and Matt Damon visited Movie stars routinely flirt with networks, taking big money just to consider doing series television. NBC, which has a deal with Driver to develop a series, figured it would strike while the iron was hot, brokering a role for her to appear on one of its comedies.

Driver will appear on the Feb. 6 episode of met with her and knew she loved the said Marc Hirschfeld, executive vice presi- dent of casting at NBC. took that information to the producers, and they were inspired to find something for Hirschfeld said he is constantly on the lookout for any sign that a big-name celebrity has a soft spot for a particular NBC series. Weekly will have sidebar your favorite Hirschfeld said. they say, West believe me calling the producers of West to say is a fan of the More often than not, stunt casting operates on one of most time-honored traditions: connections.

Hawke, according to his publicist, Robert Garlock, has a friend who to know one of the of the ABC drama starring Jennifer Garner as a sexy, double agent. ABC has an easily accessible promotional angle on episode with the actor who starred opposite Denzel Washington in the feature Because networks tend to do things in concert, stunt casting each year tends to take on the dizzying parade of an awards show, with so many names on so many shows that the average viewer can hardly be expected to keep up. This month, to name a few, Kelsey Grammar will guest star with his former cast mate Ted Danson on the CBS sitcom (Feb. 9 at 8 p.m.) and Farrah Fawcett will appear on the CBS drama (Tuesdayat 9 p.m.) ABC has Robin Williams on its struggling sitcom Bonnie Hunt on Tuesday. Wesley Snipes guest stars on Bernie Mac on Feb.

5 at 9 p.m., while Jennifer Aniston does a guest voice on episode of of the at 7 p.m. Singer Ashanti turns up Feb. 11 on the Vampire NBC has Jon Lovitz and Jeff Goldblum doing (Feb. 6and Feb. 13, respectively), and Rick Schroder on the sitcom beginning Thursday.

Sally Field returns to on Feb. 13, reprising a role that earned her an Emmy. Arguably the most interesting stunt-casting move of the month is on the WB, with appearance on the drama starring Tom Welling as a teenage Clark Kent. Reeve became famous starring in the movies as Superman, before his public image and life were changed dramatically by a 1995 horse-riding accident that left him a quadriplegic. On Feb.

25 at 9 p.m., Reeve will guest star on as ascientist who gives the young Clark Kent key clues about his history, said Al Gough, the co-creator and executive producer. Gough says he and fellow show creator Miles Millartalked to Reeve about the role, and the actor agreed with one condition. He wanted the show to run apublic service announcement at the end of the episode for the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. The producers readily agreed. always wanted Chris to be on the Gough said.

we were breaking stories for this season, we had a character who would give Clark a big piece of the puzzle his origins the new Superman getting sage advice from a Superman of the Ken Regan SUPERMEN: Christopher Reeve, right, who played the Man of Steel in films, guest stars on as a scientist who gives Tom Welling, the young Clark Kent, key clues about his history. Networks bet on big-screen names to boost series ratings Rather than disrupt the schedule with miniseries, stunt casting can draw attention to regularly scheduled shows. Chris Haston MUST-SEE MATCH: Minnie Driver, with series co-star Sean Hayes, shows up on on Feb. 6. Although Super Bowl XXXVII dominated the weekly standings for ABC, Fox stole some of the thunder with its two-night launch of and the dating show based on viewing estimates issued Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research.

Even with the Super Bowl siphoning viewers from all competitors on Sunday, Fox posted its most-watched week in five years thanks to 3 1 2 hours of which, along with accounted for nearly a third of its prime-time schedule. As anticipated, the Super Bowl significantly boosted average for the season, lifting the network into second place behind NBC among adults 18 to 49 the demographic networks generally sell to advertisers and leaving ABC, CBS and Fox closely bunched by that measure behind NBC. CBS remains on top when total viewers are measured, with a million viewers separating it from second-place NBC and ABC in third by the same margin. Fox the only network with unscripted standouts last week. My fared well in a telecast after and held its own against the similarly themed which did depress viewing of and were reruns last week, letting some air out of Thursday lineup.

On the plus side, the shows that followed and Morning, retained a higher percentage than usual of the audiences from those series. In a bit of a milestone for the Learning was last top cable program. Lowry Fox horns in on the ABC party National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime- time network television last week (Jan. 20-26) 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 Super Bowl XXXVIIABC88.64 2 Super Bowl: Postgame 1ABC71.63 3 Super Bowl: Postgame 2ABC48.19 4 American Idol 8 p.m.)FOX26.50 5 American Idol 6 CSICBS24.46 7 American Idol 9:30 p.m.) FOX23.60 8 Joe MillionaireFOX18.82 9 FriendsNBC16.65 10 Law OrderNBC16.60 11 Law Order: SVUNBC16.08 12 Everybody Loves RaymondCBS15.92 13 Fear FactorNBC15.54 14 Without a TraceCBS15.50 15 Star SearchCBS14.86 16 Yes, DearCBS14.47 17 CSI: MiamiCBS14.40 18 JAGCBS14.30 19 King of QueensCBS14.20 20 ScrubsNBC14.09 21 Meet My Folks 22 Star Search 23 Judging AmyCBS13.40 24 The BacheloretteABC13.39 25 Primetime ThursdayABC12.66 26 Fear Factor (9 p.m.)NBC12.51 27 Will GraceNBC12.28 28 That ShowFOX11.97 29 Still StandingCBS11.92 30 The GuardianCBS11.90 31 Funniest Home Videos 32 Dateline NBC 33 Good Morning, MiamiNBC11.33 34 My Wife KidsABC11.30 35 8Simple Rules 36 Meet My Folks 37 Celebrity Mole HawaiiABC10.60 38 EdNBC10.41 39 According to JimABC10.23 40 Mr. SterlingNBC10.20 41 ERNBC10.16 42 The DistrictCBS9.82 43 Boston PublicFOX9.78 44 The West WingNBC9.47 45 46 Most WantedFOX9.07 47 8Simple Rules According to Jim 49 HackCBS8.92 50 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX8.90 51 My Wife Kids 52 53 Law Order: Criminal IntentNBC8.13 54 60 Minutes IICBS8.00 55 NYPD BlueABC7.83 56 Less Than PerfectABC7.68 57 Joe Millionaire 58 Meet My Folks 59 Touched by an AngelCBS7.62 60 7th HeavenWB7.54 61 The AgencyCBS7.46 62 Presidio Med 63 George LopezABC7.29 64 CopsFOX7.04 65 Law Order 66 FrasierNBC6.81 67 Hidden HillsNBC6.78 68 EverwoodWB6.67 69 SmallvilleWB6.62 Law Order: SVU 71 End of the 72 Queens SupremeCBS6.22 73 74 Whose Line Is It 75 Presidio MedCBS6.09 76 WWE 77 Super 78 79 vs.

80 Style: Celebrity 81 FastlaneFOX5.41 82 Gilmore GirlsWB5.19 Super Bowl Half NBC5.19 84 King of Queens 85 Dateline NBC Funniest Home Videos (Sat.) ABC5.02 87 John DoeFOX4.94 88 The Drew Carey ShowABC4.85 89 BeckerCBS4.84 90 RebaWB4.68 91 Fear Factor 92 One on OneUPN4.02 93 The ParkersUPN3.97 94 Surreal LifeWB3.72 95 Buffy the Vampire SlayerUPN3.61 96 Greetings From TucsonWB3.56 97 CreekWB3.55 98 AngelWB3.46 99 Sabrina, the Teenage WitchWB3.42 100 GirlfriendsUPN3.40 101 Half and HalfUPN3.07 102 What I Like About YouWB3.02 103 Ventura: When Nature UPN2.97 104 Jamie Kennedy ExperimentWB2.82 105 High School Reunion 9 p.m.) WB2.72 106 EnterpriseUPN2.47 107 High School Reunion 108 High School Reunion 8 p.m.) WB1.98 109 The Twilight ZoneUPN1.68 110 Girlfriends 111 High School Reunion 7 p.m.) WB1.29 112 AbbyUPN1.02 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 ABC22.5110.77 FOX12.129.32 CBS10.6912.80 NBC9.9911.80 WB3.994.30 UPN3.393.75 TIPS FOR TODAY 6-10 a.m.—Mornings With Rich Capparela: Holst Planets, Zubin Mehta conducts the L.A. Philharmonic) a.m.), KMZT-FM (105.1). 9-11 a.m.—Larry Airtalk: of the Union (9-10 a.m.); Simon Louvish, author of and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and a.m.); actor Alfred Molina a.m.), KPCC-FM (89.3). p.m.—The Treatment: Actor- director Todd Louiso KCRW-FM (89.9).

4-8 p.m.—Duffy and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) p.m.); of the p.m.); p.m.), KKLA-FM (99.5). p.m., a.m.—The Third Man: Harry Lime (Orson Welles) recounts his only marriage (originally broadcast Sept. 14, 1951), KNX (1070). DRAMA-COMEDY FAMILY p.m., a.m.—Tales of the Texas Ranger Rangers search for a cattle rustler (originally broadcast Jan.

27, 1952), KNX (1070). CLASSICAL 11 a.m.-3 p.m.—Charles Andrews: Beethoven (Piano Sonata No. 8, pianist Rudolf Serkin), a.m.), KUSC- FM (91.5). p.m.—Masterpiece of the Day: Schubert (8th Symphony, Hanover Band), KMZT-FM (105.1). Radio The Early Show Marisa Tomei; Has a a.m.

KCBS Today Insurance scams. 7 a.m. KNBC Good Morning America Winter treats; Athina Onassis turns 18. 7 a.m. KABC The Caroline Rhea Show Kathy Griffin; Steve Valentine; David Gray.

8 a.m. KCAL Live With Regis and Kelly Joan Lunden; Marisa Tomei; 9 a.m. KABC Oprah Winfrey Women respond to the secret thoughts of fathers. 3 p.m. KABC Life Times Tonight Who will represent East L.A.

on the City Council; Chicano films. 7 p.m. KCET Charlie Rose Author Norman Mailer. 11 p.m. KCET The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Dennis Miller; Santana and Michelle Branch.

11:35 p.m. KNBC Talk Shows SERIES Amateur hour: Contestants compete on (8 p.m. CBS), with host Arsenio Hall. jealousy: When summer love visits from California, Jackie hides her reaction from Hyde on (8 p.m. Fox).

Finding the answers: Amy Eldon seeks visionaries who are searching for solutions to some of the greatest challenges on Up first, the Philippines (8 p.m. KCET; 10 p.m. KVCR) and Mexico (8:30 p.m. KCET; 10:30 p.m. KVCR).

MOVIES No marriage: Jean Harlow plays a Holly- wood star whose agent (Lee Tracy) plots to keep her single in (6 a.m. TCM). Bird of prey: Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor head an all-star cast in director John 1941 mystery Maltese (6:15 a.m. Cinemax). All hands on deck: Henry Fonda and Jack Lemmon star in the 1955 World War II drama (6:35 a.m.

AMC). SPORTS Basketball: The Lakers play the Phoenix Suns (6 p.m. KCAL). Hockey: The Ottawa Senators are at the Mighty Ducks (7:30 p.m. FSN2).

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