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Viewers, in fact, seemed to echo at least the me out of sentiment, as a a consecutive-night stunt that made its debut Wednesday after saw its ratings steadily decline through the weekend. Shifting to Sunday night, meanwhile, was apparently what the doctor ordered for the Grammy Awards, which surged roughly over last undernourished telecast. Moving the show to New York had no impact on local viewing, as ratings in the Los Angeles area mirrored year-ago results. drew its biggest audience since October, while spinoff Victims continues to hold its own against reruns of The news as good for producer Dick revival of however, which booked its smallest audience yet against the Grammys. The week was also characterized by a massive outbreak of Michael Jackson mania, with specials on and Fox drawing respectable but unspectacular ratings relative to the British documentary that made Jackson the King of the February sweeps, with 10 prime-time hours devoted to him.

Lowry Reality: still on top Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Feb. 17-23) 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 1Joe Millionaire (9 p.m.)FOX40.03 2 Joe Millionaire (8 p.m.)FOX29.28 3 CSICBS28.05 4 Grammy Awards CBS24.83 5 ERNBC22.36 --------------------------------------------6 The BacheloretteABC20.39 7 Survivor: AmazonCBS20.34 8 Law OrderNBC19.81 9 American Idol 10 FriendsNBC19.52 --------------------------------------------11 Idol: Best of FOX19.46 12 CSI: MiamiCBS18.31 13 Friends (8:30 p.m.)NBC18.13 14 Without a TraceCBS17.78 15 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS17.46 --------------------------------------------16 Will GraceNBC16.41 17 60 MinutesCBS16.37 18 American Idol 19 to 20 JAGCBS15.36 --------------------------------------------21 Law Order: SVUNBC14.98 22 Judging AmyCBS14.97 23 Dateline NBC 24 Jackson FOX14.16 25 The GuardianCBS13.63 --------------------------------------------King of QueensCBS13.63 27 28 ScrubsNBC13.45 29 24FOX13.14 30 Still StandingCBS13.05 --------------------------------------------31 Yes, DearCBS12.94 32 CSI 33 That ShowFOX12.81 34 FrasierNBC12.80 35 The West WingNBC12.23 --------------------------------------------36 Fun. Home Videos (9 p.m.) ABC11.84 37 NYPD BlueABC11.71 38 Fun. Home Videos (8 p.m.) ABC11.68 39 Fear FactorNBC11.45 40 a --------------------------------------------41 The Simpsons (7:30 p.m.) FOX11.03 42 The DistrictCBS10.69 43 8 Simple Rules 44 HackCBS10.60 45 Star Search --------------------------------------------46 The AgencyCBS10.51 47 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX10.50 48 Are You 49 Star Search 50 Primetime Special Edition ABC10.15 --------------------------------------------51 According to JimABC9.85 Game Show Moments NBC9.79 53 Dateline NBC 54 55 --------------------------------------------56 Most WantedFOX9.16 57 CopsFOX9.12 58 Mr. SterlingNBC9.07 59 EdNBC8.93 60 48 Hours InvestigatesCBS8.92 --------------------------------------------61 Dateline NBC 62 The Simpsons (7 p.m.)FOX8.61 AliasABC8.61 64 Touched by an AngelCBS8.56 65 Life With BonnieABC8.51 --------------------------------------------66 DragnetABC8.46 67 60 Minutes IICBS8.38 68 7th HeavenWB8.34 69 Less Than PerfectABC8.23 70 A.U.S.A.NBC7.85 SmallvilleWB7.85 72 a 73 a 74 KingpinNBC7.50 75 a --------------------------------------------76 of 77 Professor 2: The FOX6.87 78 a 79 Gilmore GirlsWB5.75 80 --------------------------------------------81 WWE 82 EverwoodWB5.29 83 Fear Factor 84 EnterpriseUPN4.62 85 RebaWB4.54 --------------------------------------------86 One on OneUPN3.59 87 Buffy the Vampire SlayerUPN3.43 88 The ParkersUPN3.26 The Twilight ZoneUPN3.26 90 Greetings From TucsonWB3.15 --------------------------------------------91 GirlfriendsUPN3.06 92 Gilmore Girls: BeginningsWB2.97 93 of 94 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch WB2.80 95 What I Like About YouWB2.63 --------------------------------------------96 Half and HalfUPN2.52 97 and 98 Surreal Life 9 p.m.)WB2.32 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 CBS15.5612.95 FOX15.049.87 NBC12.3211.89 ABC10.3210.73 WB3.814.31 UPN3.463.70 Los Angeles Times Prime-Time TV Rankings SERIES Bonded duo: Kitty signs Red and Eric up for afather-son competition in an effort to bring them closer together. But things heat up at the charity event when they meet their match, Charlie and Mitch (Seth Green, Fred Willard), who will do anything to win on (8 p.m. Fox). DealyPlaza images: The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is reconstructed on (9 p.m.

Discovery) using images from more than 20 people who photographed the motorcade in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Making the rounds: Evan Marriott, the star of guests on the Entertainer (9:30 p.m. Fox). Jailhouse interview: Actor and accused murderer Robert Blake talks with Barbara Walters on (10 p.m.

ABC). SPECIALS On the brink of war: Four Russian submarines sent to Cuba in October, 1962, each armed with a nuclear torpedo that could destroy several aircraft carriers, are the focus of Subs: Cuban Missile (8 p.m. Discovery). workshop: Charles S. Dutton, Dus- tin Hoffman, David Hyde Pierce, Kevin Kline, Cynthia Nixon and Liev Schreiber explore the writings of the Bard in workshops by John Barton and Peter Hall on Shakespeare (10:30 p.m.

KCET). MOVIES Sidewalk The 2001 documentary and (6 a.m. and 10:15 p.m. Starz) examines the local origins of the skateboarding lifestyle. Aussie girl: Toni Collette and Bill Hunter star in director P.J.

delightful 1994 comedy (6:45 a.m. Cin- emax). Earthly delights: Warren Beatty learns that Can (8 a.m. and 2 p.m. in this hit 1978 drama.

Romance and music: John Garfield stars as aclassical violinist who falls in love with a married socialite (Joan Crawford) in the 1946 drama in (9 a.m. TCM). When in Hollywood: Filmmaker David Heely profiles Universal Studios in the 1995 tribute film Universal (9:05 a.m. Starz). Survivors: Filmmaker James Moll tells of five Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust in Last (9:45 a.m.

IFC). Is he Haley Joel Osment stars in director Steven disappointing 2001 sci-fi fable Artificial (10:30 a.m. Cinemax). Missiles of October: Kevin Costner and Bruce Greenwood star in the 2000 historical drama (11:15 a.m. Starz).

Hearts and hooves: Olivier Martinez and Juliette Binoche star in the sweeping 1995 period romance Horseman on the (4:35 p.m. TMC). Fight scenic: Jackie Chan retells Legend of Drunken (6:15 p.m. Encore) in this 1994 martial arts masterpiece. The man vanishes: Claude Rainsstars in the 1933 classic thriller Invisible (8:30 p.m.

TCM). SPORTS College basketball: Duke plays at Georgia Tech (4 p.m. ESPN). Pro basketball: In NBA action, the Utah Jazz meet the Minnesota Timberwolves (6 p.m. ESPN).

Highlights By David R. Scheiderer Times Staff Writer With apologies to David Letterman, here are the top 10 ways that the Lone movie (airing at 8 tonight) is different from any other incarnation of the Masked Rider of the Plains that you might have seen or heard before (the show ran on radio from 1933 to 1955 and on television from 1949 to 1957): 10. In its original versions, the Lone Ranger really was a Texas Ranger, a square-jawed lawman named John Reid. The hero is a slack-jawed Harvard Law School student by the name of Luke Hartman (played by Chad Michael Murray). 9.

Originally, the Lone Ranger was the sole survivor of a nasty daylight ambush in which his brother and other Rangers were killed. Hartman is the sole survivor of a vicious nighttime ambush in which his brother and other rangers are killed. 8. The daylight attack was carried out by the Butch Cavendish gang; in the new show, the raid is conducted by a gang of Regulators in the hire of crooked businessmen. They are led by a dude in granny sunglasses named Kansas City (Dylan Walsh).

7. In previous incarnations, a solitaryIndian rider named Tonto happens upon the survivor and nurses him back to health; on the WB, an Indian named Tonto (Nathaniel Arcand, channeling Jackie Chan) happens upon Hartman and takes him back to his village, 6. Hartman is nursed back to health by the healing hands of sister, Alope (newcomer Anita Brown), a major babe. (The earlier Lone Ranger have much interest in the opposite sex; Hartman not only notices them, he fantasizes about them.) 5. The original Lone Ranger, being a Ranger, knew how to fight, shoot and track bad guys; Hartman needs all the help he can get from Tonto, who reminds him that is and to with the and from the tribal shaman (Wes Studi), who tells Hartman, is sight and then there is 4.

The great white horse Sil- ver was always a swift and courageous steed; in the new show, he also acts as 3. The includes some trite characters and predictable dialogue. Oh, wait, that is one way in which it is similar to the earlier shows. 2. Three words: No silver bullets.

And the No. 1 way the new version is different: The Tell rocks on electric guitar. That alone tells you that the audience for whom this is intended probably old enough to remember the earlier versions. But then, each generation deserves its own Lone Ranger, Spider-Man or other mythic hero. While the WB awaits rating numbers to help determine whether to turn its Lone into a series, those who would like to hear and see the originals can catch the radio show on Mondays at 9:30 p.m.

on the on KNX-AM (1070). The television version, with the square-jawed Clayton Moore, can be seen weeknights on Westerns Channel. TELEVISION REVIEW Carol Kaelson WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN? Chad Michael Murray, left, as the Lone Ranger and Nathaniel Arcand as the trusty Tonto. This Lone Ranger is a Harvard Law School student. a new ranger in town By Scott Sandell Times Staff Writer In the quintessential fraternity movie Tim Matheson tells his brothers in their moment of despair: think this situation absolutely requires a really stupid and futile gesture be done on Apparently, MTV has answered the call.

Rather than ruining any big homecoming parades, though, the network is premiering Life and tonight at 10 and 10:30, respectively. To be fair, this exercise is probably not entirely futile. It was only last summer that MTV scored a big ratings hit with the first edition of which focused on six pledges of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi house at UC Davis. Never mind that students nationwide wrote commentaries in school newspapers saying that the series did not reflect their experiences in the Greek system. Never mind that MTV reportedly paid for contrived living circum- stances for the pledges, la Real Never mind that the governing bodies of many national sororities and fraternities have barred their members from participating in such shows.

This time around, the subjects are pledges for the Delta Xi Omega sorority and the Sigma Chi Omega fraternity of the University atBuffalo. If the premiere episodes are an indication, partying and the angst of gaining acceptance will be emphasized much more than academic or charitable activities. Shocking, but true. What drew viewers to will doubtless do the same for its sequel and its testosterone-drenched sibling: an opportunity to watch the dynamics of a group laced with drama queens (and kings), and, admit it a chance to check out the hotties. Frankly, though, there seem to be more entertaining options for eavesdropping or ogling.

TUNED IN MTV THE SISTERHOOD: Members and pledges of the Delta Xi Omega sorority at the University at Buffalo. MTV gives it the old college try Early Show Ralph Fiennes. 7 a.m. KCBS Today Bono; Dr. Susan Love.

7 a.m. KNBC The Caroline Rhea Show Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn. 8 a.m. KCAL Live With Regis and Kelly Ralph Fiennes; Yasmine Bleeth. 9 a.m.

KABC The View Peri Gilpin; Steve Martin; Kathy Bates.10 a.m. KABC Dr. Phil Troubled children. 4 p.m. KNBC Life Times Tonight L.A.

City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo. 7 p.m. KCET Charlie Rose Shimon Peres; Christopher Walken. 11:30 p.m.

KCET Late Show Dan Rather; Bruce Willis; John Mayer. 11:35 p.m. KCBS The Tonight Show Nicolas Cage; Lyle Lovett. 11:35 p.m. KNBC The Late Late Show Jami Gertz; Donnie Wahlberg.

12:35 a.m. KCBS Late Night Dana Carvey; John Ritter; Ted Nugent. 12:35 a.m. KNBC Talk Shows TIPS FOR TODAY p.m.—Talk of the City With Kitty Felde: p.m.); Kurds of p.m.); Angeles Council District 6 p.m.), KPCC-FM (89.3). 10-11 a.m.—Morning Symphony: Josh historic 1940 Library of Congress concert celebrating the anniversary of the 13th Amendment; work songs, blues and ballads, performed by the Golden State Quartet, KCSN-FM (88.5).

p.m.—The Treatment: Writer- director Ron Shelton KCRW-FM (89.9). 4-8 p.m.—Duffy and of the p.m.); After the p.m.), KKLA-FM (99.5). p.m., a.m.—The Third Man: Lime (Orson Welles) helps a woman in trouble escape from Budapest, KNX (1070). DRAMA-COMEDY FAMILY p.m., a.m.—Tales of the Texas Ranger Rangers try to capture an escaped mental patient, KNX (1070). SPORTS p.m.—Pro Basketball: Warriors at Clippers, XTRA (690) (1150).

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