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2002:09:04:14:40:58 54 LOS ANGELES TIMES CALENDAR WEEKEND 3 RD A NNUAL A FRICAN ILLAGE EEKEND ULTURAL AIRE EPTEMBER 6-8, 2002 ANESHA ARK OMONA A The Bomani Drummers Friday Sept. 6 4:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Saturday Sept. 7 10:00 a.m.

9:00 p.m. Sunday Sept. 8 10:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Free and Open to the Public For Information, please call (909) 392-6907 www.africanvillageweekend.com Exhibits Entertainment Exotic Foods Afrikan Wholistic Health Black Film Festival Quilting Workshop Drum Circle Bid Whist Tournament Sunday Worship Service Storytelling and Much More he steadily building drumbeat for can continues, with record ratings for the show last week and higher tune-in for the penultimate episode on Tuesday, based on viewing estimates issued Wednesdayby Nielsen Media Research.

Overall, prime-time viewing this summer is up compared with last year, an improvement almost entirely attributable to the twice-a- week talent contest. In fact, next most-watched pro- gram last week attracted half the audience did, and the network still finished fourth in overall viewing. CBS ranked first by that measure, despite a dismal performance with an original movie, which told Princess story from the perspective of biographer Andrew Morton. experiment with run- ning the USA cable series meanwhile, has paid dividends, as the show has held its own despite compet- ing with on Tuesdays, adding viewers un- til this telecast. Presea- son Night coverage has also ticked up- ward by versus last sum- trend that may be as attributable to more competi- tive games and the arrival of commentator John Madden.

The major networks took a collective hit Thursdayfrom Music which averaged nearly 12 mil- lion viewers. Brian Lowry Picks Up Steam National Nielsen Viewership Here are the rankings for national prime- time network television last week (Aug. 26- Sept. 1) as compiled by Nielsen Media Re- search. 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 mil- lions. Program Net- work View- ersProgram Net- work View- ers 1 American Idol 2 American Idol 3 Everybody Loves RaymondCBS14.74 4 CSI 5 CSI 6 Law OrderNBC12.87 7 Dog Eat DogNBC12.10 8 Dateline NBC 9 NFL Exhibition Football ABC11.34 10 60 MinutesCBS10.77 11 Meet My FolksNBC10.72 12 Yes, DearCBS9.77 13 King of QueensCBS9.55 14 Fear FactorNBC9.44 15 Law Order: SVUNBC9.37 16 Law Order: Crim. IntentNBC9.31 17 Big Brother 3 18 MonkABC9.17 19 Primetime ThursdayABC8.78 20 21 30 Seconds (8:30 p.m.)FOX8.49 22 Every.

Loves Ray. 23 Big Brother 3 24 Law Order: SVU (9 p.m.)NBC7.87 25 FriendsNBC7.86 26 FrasierNBC7.81 27 The West WingNBC7.66 28 My Wife KidsABC7.51 29 JAGABC7.45 30 Accord. to Jim (8:30 p.m.)ABC7.44 31 30 Seconds to FameFOX7.38 32 Grounded for LifeFOX7.34 33 Judging AmyCBS7.32 34 Years Must See 36 According to JimABC6.98 37 The AgencyCBS6.91 38 That ShowFOX6.84 39 Forensic FilesNBC6.70 40 BeckerCBS6.69 41 ScrubsNBC6.66 42 The Drew Carey ShowABC6.62 43 Just Shoot MeNBC6.61 44 Most WantedFOX6.52 45 The GuardianCBS6.48 46 Funniest Home VideosABC6.40 Will Grace (9:30 p.m.) NBC6.40 48 Big Brother 3 49 Teen 50 Will GraceNBC6.27 51 Crime and PunishmentNBC6.25 52 Drew Carey 9:30) ABC6.16 53 HospitalABC6.08 54 Malcolm in the MiddleFOX6.05 55 ERNBC6.00 56 The SimpsonsFOX5.93 57 of My 58 King of the HillFOX5.87 59 48 HoursCBS5.77 60 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX5.50 61 62 WWE 63 The DistrictCBS5.22 64 The Agency 65 Football: Kickoff Classic ABC5.04 66 Grounded for Life 67 CopsFOX5.01 68 Liv. 69 The PracticeABC4.91 70 Beyond 71 72 Dateline NBC 73 Meet My Folks 74 WidowsABC4.43 75 76 EdNBC4.16 77 Tyler CBS4.07 78 One on OneUPN4.04 79 CBS4.03 80 Boston PublicFOX3.85 81 Dateline NBC 82 7th HeavenWB3.72 83 Dog Eat Dog 84 AliasABC3.54 85 PulseFOX3.52 86 GirlfriendsUPN3.48 87 SmallvilleWB3.43 88 Gilmore GirlsWB3.40 89 RebaWB3.35 90 Girlfriends (9:30 p.m.)UPN3.34 91 The ParkersUPN3.24 92 King of the Hill (7:30 p.m.)FOX3.05 93 Boston Public (9 p.m.)FOX2.92 94 95 96 Smallville 97 Raising DadWB2.58 Sabrina (8:30 p.m.)WB2.58 99 Sabrina, Teenage WitchWB2.55 Reba 101 102 EnterpriseUPN2.39 103 Buffy, the Vampire SlayerUPN2.28 104 Jamie Kennedy (8:30 p.m.)WB2.21 105 Jamie Kennedy (9 p.m.)WB2.16 106 CharmedWB1.94 107 Enterprise (9 p.m.)UPN1.89 108 Off CentreWB1.49 109 Charmed (7 p.m.)WB1.47 110 Girlfriends 111 AngelWB1.38 112 The Parkers 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 CBS7.6311.07 NBC7.3611.90 ABC6.758.63 FOX6.468.26 UPN3.083.87 WB2.563.37 By SUSAN KING TIMES STAFF WRITER he new may have been crowned last night in the star-studded two-hour finale of the Fox summer series but the competition to uncover the next pop superstar neces- sarily have to wait for Idol now slated to come to TV early next year.

The contest contin- ues with the Nov. 1 release of the Idol The game features a micro- phone, 20 different tunes, dance routines, two hosts and three the ingredients neces- sary to create the cyber And players can even post their performances online for a national voting competition. key portions of the show we were looking to re-create is that tension that people had perform- ing in front of the says Mike Eaton, an executive producer of the Fox series for FremantleMe- dia. wanted to be able to see the interaction between the judges and the contestants and also have the ability to Vivendi Universal Publishing approached Fremantle just before the series premiered in June with a game the company had been de- veloping for girls ages 10 to 16. year, we started seeing this phenomenon mainly with girls where girls wanted to become fa- mous and play the part of an aspir- ing pop says Leslie House, vice president of Vivendi Universal kids division.

developed the game and started looking for a partner. Sev- eral months ago we saw this phe- nomenon in the U.K. and when we heard it was coming to Fox, we contacted Fremantle in New York and presented the nuts and bolts of the game and then adapted and changed it so it would be suitable for The game features three judges who are similar in personality to Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, though the Cowell- esque judge quite so harsh as he is on the series. The game allows players to cus- tomize their cyber alter ego, who House says resemble the 10 finalists, though she admits never really got Cyber contestants must sing, dance, answer questions and han- dle difficult situations. The game allows winners to cre- ate a video of their and then post it on a Web site.

The CD-ROM is just one market- ing opportunity Fremantle is de- veloping to cash in on the atten- tion the television show has generated. are in a genre of television where this show going to live on for 13 years. We understand Eaton says. need to strike while the iron is hot, and we are moving forward with some partners that are really attuned to be able to get product in the mar- ket An of Their Very Own Games Developed with girls 10 to 16 in mind, a CD-ROM lets players plan routines, perform for judges and make a video. Plan your evening every morning.

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