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2002:11:19:14:58:06 TELEVISION RADIO CALENDAR E13 LOSANGELESTIMES TIPS FOR TODAY 9-11 a.m.—Larry Airtalk: Between Rural and Urban Life in the a.m.); Edward Ball, author of Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated a.m.), KPCC-FM (89.3). p.m.—Talk of the City With Kitty Felde: Rights and the War on p.m.); p.m.), KPCC-FM (89.3). p.m.—The Treatment: Filmmaker Rebecca Miler KCRW-FM (89.9). 4-8 p.m.—Duffy and Broadcast live from the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles, KKLA-FM (99.5). p.m., a.m.—Have Gun, Will Travel: Ablind man asks Paladin (John Dehner) to teach him how to shoot a gun (originally broadcast May 31, 1959), KNX (1070).

DRAMA-COMEDY- FAMILY p.m., a.m.—X-Minus 1 organization sends people through time (originally broadcast July 17, 1956), KNX (1070). CLASSICAL 7 p.m.-midnight—Jim Svejda: Berlioz in Boston Symphony Orchestra) p.m.), KUSC-FM (91.5). POP-COUNTRY- FOLK-JAZZ 9 a.m.-noon—Morning Becomes Eclectic: French band Tahiti 80 guests (11:15 a.m.-noon), KCRW-FM (89.9). NEWS-COMMENTARY Continuous KFWB (980), KNX (1070). 7-9 a.m.—The Morning Show, KPFK- FM (90.7).

a.m., 11:45 a.m.-noon, p.m.—Paul Harvey, KABC (790). Noon-1 p.m.—The World, KCRW-FM (89.9). Noon-1 p.m.—Noon Business Hour, KFWB (980). 1-2 p.m.—To the Point, KCRW-FM (89.9). 1-2 p.m.—Business Hour, KNX (1070).

p.m.—Marketplace, KCRW-FM (89.9); p.m. and p.m., KPCC- FM (89.3). 2-3 p.m.—Hi Tech Hour, KNX (1070). p.m.—All Things Considered, KPCC-FM (89.3); also, 4-7 p.m., KCRW-FM (89.9). 5-6 p.m.—Beneath the Surface, KPFK-FM (90.7).

6-7 p.m.—Evening News, KPFK-FM (90.7). p.m.—Which Way, L.A.? KCRW- FM (89.9). SPORTS Sports 15 and 45 minutes past the hour, KFWB (980), KNX (1070). p.m.—Pro Basketball: Lakers at San Antonio Spurs, KLAC (570). TALK-INTERVIEW 3-11 a.m.—Howard Stern, KLSX-FM (97.1).

a.m.—Ken Company, KABC (790). 5-9 a.m.—Bill Handel, KFI (640). 5-9 a.m.—Gil Gross, KLAC (570). 5-9 a.m.—Don Imus, KPLS (830). 6-9 a.m.—Mark Larson Larry Marino, KRLA (870).

6-10 a.m.—Mark and Brian, KLOS-FM (95.5). 9-11 a.m.—Bill KABC (790). 9 a.m.-noon, 6-7 p.m.—Dennis Prager, KRLA (870). 9 a.m.-noon—Rush Limbaugh (640). 9 a.m.-noon—Michael Jackson, KLAC (570).

9 a.m.-noon—Laura Ingraham, KPLS (830). 11 a.m.-11:45 a.m., p.m.—Al Rantel, KABC (790). 11 a.m.-1 p.m.—Talk of the Nation, KPCC-FM (89.3). Noon-2 p.m.—George Putnam, KPLS (830). Noon-3 p.m.—Sean Hannity, KABC (790).

Noon-3 p.m.—Laura Schlessinger, KFI (640). Noon-3 p.m.—Frosty, Heidi and Frank, KLSX-FM (97.1). 1-2 p.m.—Dean Edell, KLAC (570). 2-3 p.m.—Right Brothers, KPLS (830). 3-6 p.m.—Hugh Hewitt, KRLA (870).

3-7 p.m.—Larry Elder, KABC (790). 3-7 p.m.—John Ken, KFI (640). 3-8 p.m.—Tom Leykis, KLSX-FM (97.1). 4-5 p.m.—Marc Cooper, KPFK-FM (90.7). 4-7 p.m.—Michael Savage, KPLS (830).

Radio Highlights By Josh Friedman Times Staff Writer Talk show host Rob Nelson is promoted as, man who He may listen, but apparently not enough people were watching Rob Nelson so the 2-month-old daytime talk fest has been overhauled. The result is like a menu makeover at the Olive Garden: More palatable but not exactly fine dining. In its original form, the program, which airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on KTTV in the L.A. market, played up do-gooder nature as a Gen Phil Donahue.

In the 1990s, Nelson wrote the book A Survival Guide for Our and co-founded the political group Lead Leave. In its first six weeks, Rob Nelson took the standard approach to such familiar topics as female body image and the dangerous lure of gang life, bringing half a dozen or so guests on stage to hash things out. It sent a positive message in a dull way. New executive producer David Armour has quickened the pace and given the show a more colorful look with graphics, building each episode around a broad theme such as or and The set has been redone and Nelson has traded in his sweater for a snazzy gray suit. To keep things hopping, he dashes around the studio getting interactive with the audience, Donahue-style, but most of all he has gotten in touch with his inner Jerry Springer.

The recent episode on selling out featured a man raising money on the Internet to cut off his feet with a guillotine; a mother who became a legal prostitute in Nevada; and a human guinea pig whose weirdest experience was testing an anti- narcolepsy drug for 10 days six days like, I got a lot of extra hours in the day, more free By day, like, nine, I started seeing Streaming factoids come fast and furious some more illuminating guillotine blade falls at 21 feet per than others amputees experience issues with body Nelson may have summed it up best at the end of the selling- out episode: your he asked viewers. still trying to figure out TUNED IN Do-gooder warms up to weird Twentieth Television LISTEN UP: After just two months on the air, Rob Nelson has overhauled his talk show to give it a snappier look and feel. SERIES Behind the scenes: Taken: Behind the Scenes (7 p.m. Sci-Fi) looks at the making of Steven new miniseries Footloose: Bernie thinks Vanessa should invite him to a father-daughter dance on Bernie Mac (8 p.m. Fox).

Obsession: The erratic behavior of the crew is more than troubling on (8 p.m. UPN). Titanic: Scientists use modern technology to determine the identity of Eino Panula, an infant whose body was recovered from the 1912 disaster and buried in Nova Scotia, on of the (8 p.m. KCET, KVCR). choice: Will he choose the 22 year- old student from Alabama or the 28-year- old psychologist from New Jersey? (9 p.m.

ABC). All dolled up: Atalking doll (voiced by Pat helps a working man (Wallace Langham) find success in business and ro- mance, for a price, of course, on Twilight (9 p.m. UPN). SPECIALS Come the revolution: Congress sends (9 p.m. KCET, KVCR) to France, where he employs his political skills, wit and guile to secure support for American independence in the final episode of the documentary miniseries.

The story of an orphaned infant who survived the 1890 battle at Wounded Knee creek and was adopted by a U.S. general and hissuffragette wife is featured in Bird of Wounded (10:30 p.m. KCET, KVCR). MOVIES alive! Gene Wilder is the doctor and Peter Boyle plays the monster in director Mel 1974 comedy (8 a.m. Comedy Central).

SPORTS Basketball: Lakers at San Antonio Spurs (5:30 p.m. KCAL). Highlights Today Hulk Hogan and Michael Jan Friedman. 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News Rabbi Shmuley Bo- teachon marriage.

7 a.m. KTLA Live With Regis and Kelly Halle Berry; Michael Caine. 9 a.m. KABC The Wayne Brady Show Toni Braxton; cast of the musical 10 a.m. KCAL Good Day Live Venus and Serena Williams.

10 a.m. KTTV Jenny Jones Paternity tests. 11 a.m. KTLA The Rob Nelson Show Compulsive liars. 11 a.m.

KTTV The Other Half Comparison with a former lover. 3 p.m. KNBC Oprah Winfrey requests for favors are answered. 3 p.m. KABC Dr.

Phil Couples deal with threats to their marriages. 4 p.m. KNBC Ricki Lake Unsigned rappers. 4 p.m. KCOP Charlie Rose Al and Tipper Gore.

6:30 p.m. KLCS Life Times Tonight Israeli and Palestinian parents in America. 7 p.m. KCET Late Show With David Letterman Adam Sandler. 11:35 p.m.

KCBS The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne. 11:35 p.m. KNBC Listings include talk shows that provide a guest list. Talk Shows The eclectic roster of Order: Criminal and all recorded season-high ratings to help NBC post its first overall ratings victory this fall and extend its winning streak in young-adult demographics, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesdayby Nielsen Media Research. NBC also nabbed its biggest Saturday audience since March with a movie based on the series while once-formidable Sunday movie continues to struggle, as the second part of Spy: The Robert Hanssen ran fourth in its slot.

CBS has finished second in the weekly standings twice this season, the other time coming when Fox carried the World Series. ABC, meanwhile, again benefited from combining (which out-rated West for the second straight week) with a pop-culture interview, in this case Jennifer Lopez on The network ranked second among adults age 18 to 49 for the first time this season, as Night drew its biggest audience since September 2001. has cooled considerably from its premiere, hurt in part by last migration to brush-with-death story line. Another critically acclaimed show, Your closed its season Sunday, with HBO channels amassing 4.7 million viewers in that half-hour solid for the pay service but still a drop from tune-in during Lowry NBC tops CBS; ABC shows new signs of life National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime- time network television last week (Nov. 11-17) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research.

They are based on the average num- ber 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 CSICBS29.94 2 FriendsNBC23.35 3 ERNBC24.28 4 Survivor: ThailandCBS21.62 5 Everybody Loves RaymondCBS20.76 6 CSI: MiamiCBS20.06 7 ScrubsNBC19.93 8 Monday Night FootballABC19.62 9 Will GraceNBC19.09 10 Law OrderNBC19.02 11 FrasierNBC17.25 12 Women Tell 13 Law Order: Criminal IntentNBC16.23 14 Still StandingCBS16.21 15 Law Order: SVUNBC16.12 16 The West WingNBC15.78 17 NFL Monday ShowcaseABC15.45 18 Without a TraceCBS15.41 19 Primetime 20 JAGCBS14.89 21 Good Morning MiamiNBC14.77 22 Dateline: NBC 23 60 MinutesCBS14.75 24 Yes, DearCBS14.24 25 King of QueensCBS13.96 26 Fear FactorNBC13.55 27 The SimpsonsFOX13.34 28 Judging AmyCBS13.29 29 The GuardianCBS13.02 30 My Wife and KidsABC12.94 31 8Simple RulesABC12.83 32 EdNBC12.58 33 Wonderful World of DisneyABC12.54 34 According to JimABC12.45 35 The PracticeABC12.27 36 NYPD BlueABC12.06 37 Third WatchNBC12.01 38 Hidden HillsNBC11.79 39 George LopezABC11.54 40 60 Minutes IICBS11.47 41 Dateline: NBC 42 King of the HillFOX11.17 43 ProvidenceNBC10.95 44 Malcolm in the MiddleFOX10.92 45 Everybody Loves Raymond (Sun.) CBS10.89 46 BoomtownNBC10.62 47 BeckerCBS10.57 48 Funniest Home Videos ABC10.50 49 Return to 50 American DreamsNBC10.15 51 24FOX9.88 52 Crossing JordanNBC9.87 53 HackCBS9.70 54 The DistrictCBS9.67 55 AliasABC9.65 56 Dateline: NBC 57 Malcolm in the Middle (9:30 p.m.) FOX9.43 58 Law OrderNBC9.10 60 Boston PublicFOX9.02 61 48 Hours InvestigatesCBS8.93 62 Less Than PerfectABC8.61 63 The AgencyCBS8.51 64 Life With BonnieABC8.50 65 The Simpsons 66 That ShowFOX8.38 67 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX8.25 68 Funniest Game Shows FOX8.23 69 Amazing Race: 3CBS8.04 70 Touched by an AngelCBS8.02 71 That Show (8:30 p.m.)FOX7.82 72 7th HeavenWB7.80 73 74 Most WantedFOX7.72 75 Bernie Mac ShowFOX7.65 76 Cedric the 77 SmallvilleWB7.35 78 Part 2CBS7.27 79 CopsFOX7.26 80 MonkABC6.99 81 FastlaneFOX6.87 82 Gilmore GirlsWB6.82 Just Shoot MeNBC6.82 84 Sixth 85 John DoeFOX6.77 86 Robbery Homicide DivisionCBS6.37 87 The Drew Carey ShowABC6.23 88 EverwoodWB5.94 89 FuturamaFOX5.89 90 Presidio MedCBS5.76 91 WWE 92 Best 93 Whose Line Is It 94 GirlfriendsUPN5.14 95 CharmedWB5.08 96 One on OneUPN5.02 97 30 Seconds to FameFOX4.90 98 Buffy the Vampire SlayerUPN4.83 99 30 Seconds to Fame (8 p.m.)FOX4.80 100 The ParkersUPN4.78 101 CreekWB4.77 102 for World ABC4.70 103 FireflyFOX4.49 104 EnterpriseUPN4.46 105 RebaWB4.39 106 Fastest Police FOX4.35 107 Half and HalfUPN4.33 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 NBC13.5712.63 CBS12.7313.19 ABC10.609.94 FOX7.689.82 WB4.674.76 UPN4.174.11 Staged, from Page E1 king of the staged TV screen trashing particularly during their ITMs (reality-show- speak for the There was conflict in those 600 hours, and finding it involved reducing the men to easily recognized stereotypes and then conjuring whatever tension there was to be conjured in the editing room. Around a conference table littered with pizza boxes, there was talk of and nerd and you could tell, was an emerging character. Casting, Fleiss said, involves weeding out the people simply looking for a way into show business, something the syndicated dating shows like do, he claimed. People try out for shows like because an adventure and a new experience and I think attractive to a larger sector of people than you would Fleiss said. Background checks, a subject Fleiss learned about the hard way, include blood tests for sexually transmitted diseases.

A third of the people brought in for casting, Fleiss said, get dismissed because they test positive for herpes. a whole industry of these background-check companies, and whenever I hire one of them they all come in and thank me, because I put them all in He was referring to Wants to Marry a When Fleiss was making the show for Fox, he says, the network had only one vague directive: sure the a good The title for the show came from Darnell, who then turned to his old friend Fleiss to produce it. This was at the end of 1999. At the time, Darnell and Fleiss were going to crash a planein the desert for a special called Jet Crash: The Ultimate Safety before Fox backed down. Instead they did concocting a sensation on the fly, only to touch off a media backlash.

An ex-girlfriend of it was revealed, had taken out a restraining order against him. Further questions arose surrounding status and bride Darva claims of being a Gulf War veteran. The debacle, some said, was the result of a producer in over his head. Today, Fleiss says he would attempt the show again, because it was good TV. Further, he feels vindicated that subsequent reality series, including and encountered some of the same problems with contestants that Wants to Marry did.

take this stuff Fleiss said of the notion that his shows are corrosive or harmful. really Even Darva herself made millions posing for Playboy. You think not happy she did that? Call her at her beach house and find Fleiss said of the hidden videos job. wanted it so At first, Fleiss proved adept at canvassing the country for videotape, cold-calling and trolling the Internet for footage to license, something you could package as, say, Scariest Police the course of his early travels in the frontiers of shock TV, he befriended others who today play a big role in the genre Mike Darnell, executive vice president of alternative programming and specials, and Bruce Nash, with whom Fleiss worked on such shows as the Ma- before the two had a falling out and became rival Aformer Fleiss show staffer summed up his talents this way: If anyone could pitch a show in which you either win a Range Rover or get killed on national TV, Fleiss. never given away a Range Fleiss deadpanned.

even like Range Recycled Around the office, Fleiss has a reputation for wearing shorts and flip-flops, but Friday he was dressed professionally jeans, black boots, a black shirt and black leather jacket. During an interview, he took a call from Trista Rehn. are you doing, he said. Rehn, a former cheerleader for the Miami Heat, was the hard-luck loser on the first installment of surviving the cut from 25 women to become one of two finalists, before Alex Michel, the Stanford MBA, chose to ride off into the TV sunset with Amanda Marsh, an events planner from Kansas. But Fleiss the master recycler has recast Rehn for Bach- This time, Trista gets to choose from her own pool of pining men, all of whom, like the female contestants on are conventionally attractive, in the kind of objectified way that prompted the National Organization for Women recently to state: exploitation has reached a new low on programs like Fleiss is running too fast to care about such matters.

In the opening minutes of Bach- Rehn, looking a little terrified but determined, stands in front of her soft-core Cinderella pad (a giant rented home in Encino) as a series of square- jawed and moussed men climb out of limousines and greet her awkwardly. According to Fleiss, 600 hours of footage of Trista being wooed, Trista wooing back, Trista being fought over and Trista being discussed have already been shot; now the job is to whittle the raw film down to six hours of prime- time television. thing an enemy of the show is camaraderie among the Fleiss told 25 of his staffers during a story meeting. He wanted footage of three other Fleiss series are either in production or have received network pickups: for ABC; School for the WB; and in which an actual family will fight over an actual rich will. The show, picked up by ABC, is still in search of a family amenable to airing its dirty laundry on national TV.

It seems safe to say Fleiss will locate one. Should all four of these shows fulfill their network orders, Fleiss will be responsible for more prime-time shows than many top producers in the business, including David E. Kelley and Steven Bochco. ascension, you could say, mirrors the deepening commitment to staged reality television, despite howls of protest from social commentators and embarrassing behind- the-scenes gaffes like the Rockwell imbroglio. Today, none of that matters.

is outperforming West Wednesday nights at 9, averaging nearly 14 million viewers and, more importantly, outpacing the competition among young viewers, particularly females. From an economic standpoint, is doing what countless costly ABC situation comedies and dramas have failed to do: Draw young viewers to the network and create a PR splash, featuring civilians as stars neophytes who are both grateful for the opportunity and easily replaced. Tonight on millions will watch Missouri banker Aaron Buergechoose either Helene or Brooke, the final beauties culled from a crop of 25. a programmer, I love this show. As a woman, really intrigued by said Susan Lyne, entertainment president at ABC, which recently signed Fleiss to a multiyear development deal.

not a mean-spirited show. If anything, like the big debutante ball where there are lots of eligible girls and aguy deciding which one he wants to ask to Fleiss knows his shows lack complex, fully developed characters, and that reality concepts tend to flame out of their own accord. In this universe, the concepts currently in fashion matter less than the ability to keep generating new twists on working, something that will have a short, but spectacular, run on TV before the next distraction comes along. This is a game that Fleiss who grew up in Fullerton and attended UC Berkeley, where he gravitated toward journalism has been playing since he landed his first real job in television in the early writing stunts for the Fox show Hidden He was in his 20s, his wife pregnant, writing up treatments for funny stuff you could do to unsuspecting people with a hidden camera. wanted it so bad, Get street smart at home.

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