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20, 1949), KSUR 1260). 9-10 p.m., 2-3 a.m.—The Drama Hour: Episodes of Oct. 4, 1945) and McGee June 3, 1947), KSUR 10 p.m.-midnight—Chicago Symphony Retrospective: Tchaikovsky (excerpts from Handel Part 1), KMZT-FM (105.1). DRAMA, COMEDY, FAMILY 6-9 a.m.—Don Crabtree, KDIS (1110). 9-11 a.m.—Playhouse Disney, KDIS (1110).

11 a.m.-1 p.m.—B.B. Good, live from Walt Disney World Resort, KDIS (1110). 1-5 p.m.—Squeege, KDIS (1110). 5-10 p.m.—David Jordan, KDIS (1110). 10-11 p.m.—Imagination Theatre, KSUR Radio The Early Show Cher; Uma Thurman.

7a.m. KCBS Today Neve Campbell. 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News Las Vegas; Sea World. 7a.m.

KTLA Good Morning America Uma Thurman; Elijah Wood; Maggie Gyllenhaal.7 a.m. KABC Living It Up! Elisabeth Hasselbeck; Ted Allen Eye for the Straight finalist. 9 a.m. KCBS Live With Regis and Kelly Elijah Wood; Barbara Walters; Pearl winner. 9 a.m.

KABC Good Day Live Stephen Collins. 9 a.m. KTTV John Walsh Guests say they cannot trust their mothers anymore; Dr. Tian Dayton talks about forgiveness. 10 a.m.

KNBC The View Maggie Gyllenhaal; Diane Sawyer. 10 a.m. KABC Wayne Brady Members of the audience get surprise holiday gifts; John Tesh performs. 10 a.m. KCAL Sharon Osbourne Guest host Kelly Osbourne; Mila Kunis; Ruben Studdard.

11 a.m. KTLA Ellen DeGeneres Greg Kinnear; Kathy Baker; Nicole Richie Simple 3p.m. KNBC Oprah Winfrey Elizabeth Smart and her family. 3 p.m. KABC Dr.

Phil Parenting, including how to calm a crying baby in seconds. 4 p.m. KNBC Larry King Live Michael Jackson case: Diane Diamond, Nancy Grace, Chris Pixley. 6and 9 p.m. CNN Life Times 7and 11 p.m.

KCET The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Julia Stiles. 11 p.m. COM Charlie Rose Jennifer Connelly; architect Rafael Vinoly. 11:30 p.m. KCET Late Show With David Letterman Neve Campbell; Wellwater Conspiracy performs.

11:35 p.m. KCBS The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Charles Barkley; Norm Macdonald; Enrique Iglesias. 11:35 p.m. KNBC Jimmy Kimmel Zach Galifianakis; George Lopez; Brian Unger. 12:05 a.m.

KABC The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn Aaron Eckhart; Rhona Mitra; author Mitch Albom. 12:35 a.m. KCBS Late Night With Conan Elijah Wood; Liz Phair. 12:35 a.m. KNBC Last Call With Carson Daly Amanda Peet; Dido performs.

1:35 a.m. KNBC Listings include talk shows that provide a guest list. Talk Shows SERIES Christmas in New York: Ed (Tom Cavanagh) plans to meet Carol (Julie Bowen) in New York for a romantic holiday but is distracted by an attractive ex-classmate who is interested in him, (8 p.m. NBC). Daughters of rock: Chastity Bono, Jade Jagger and Bijou Phillips are among those featured on True Hollywood (8 p.m.

Blame Canada: birth parents come to town to take him home to Canada and up to Kyle, Stan, Kenny and Cartman to save Christmas on the season finale of (10 p.m. Comedy Central). SPECIALS Aviation anniversary: to Kitty Hawk: 100 Years of Flight (8 p.m. Discovery) features a re-creation of the Wright flight using an accurate reproduction of the Wright Flyer, scheduled to take off just a few hours before the program airs. Bizarre stories: Bill Bastone and Danny Green, editors of thesmokinggun.com a websitedevoted to celebrities and their legal woes, present their five favorite stories of the year on Smoking Gun (8:30 p.m.

Court TV), with host Mo Rocca Daily Top ten list: The Fab 5 Eye for the Straight Knowles; Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Siegfried Nicole Kidman; Martha Stewart; Jennifer Lopez; Ben Affleck and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are among the celebrities profiled on Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of (9 p.m. ABC). Oprah in Africa: The effort by talk-show host Oprah Winfrey to help thousands of South African children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic is featured on Special (10 p.m.

ABC). MOVIES Saved by the wedding bell: Michelle Rodriguez stars as a young boxer who falls in love while honing her skills at a Brooklyn gym in (7 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. IFC). Explosive: Burt Reynolds stars as a Brooklyn private eye who finds a warehouse full of stolen munitions in (8 a.m.

and 2 p.m. Holocaust survivors: Last (11 a.m. HBO) tells the stories of five Hungarian survivors who endured the desperate fury of the Nazis during the final year of World War II Solo effort: James Stewart plays Charles Lindbergh who flies across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in 1927 in the 1957 biography Spirit of St. (5 p.m. TCM).

Entrepreneur: Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornaystar in the 1983 comedy (8 p.m. AMC). SPORTS Basketball: UCSB at UCLA (7:30 p.m. FSN); Bucks at Clippers, (7:30 p.m. FSN2).

Highlights Anton Lesser in series, KCET at 8 p.m. In the battle of reality shows, proved still the champion. The conclusion of the Pearl Islands the seventh edition of game, reached 25.2 million viewers Sunday, Nielsen Media Research said. That enabled to beat two other big reality events, the finale of and Trista wedding on ABC. The penultimate episode of broadcast Thursday, was seen by just under 22 million people.

The reality game has been a consistent winner, and the promise of an all-star with favorite contestants starting in February makes CBS executives smile. drew a hearty 17.4 million viewers for NBC last week, upsetting opulent wedding. NBC has a second version of the show filmed and ready to go in January. Trista and wedding was seen by 17.1 million people. The popular Christmas show the Red-NosedRein- drew 13.7 million viewers for CBS, helping the network to another easy ratings win.

CBS averaged 13.7 million viewers for the week, and also won among the 18-to-49-year-old demographic that NBC usually dominates. won the evening news ratings race, averaging 11.2 million viewers. News had 10.4 million, and the Evening had 8 million. In the hotly contested cable news race, Fox claimed the most viewers when news of Saddam capture was first announced, from 2to3 a.m. Sunday, while CNN said it was No.

1 among cable news outlets from 6 to11 a.m. From Associated Press National Prime-Time TV Rankings shows its talent for survival Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Dec. 8-14) 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 CSICBS26.81 2 Survivor: Pearl Islands (Sun.) CBS25.23 3 Survivor: Pearl Islands CBS22.39 4 Survivor: Pearl Islands: Reunion CBS21.86 5 ERNBC19.72 --------------------------------------------6 60 MinutesCBS18.76 7 Average JoeNBC17.44 8 ABC17.08 9 Without a TraceCBS16.39 10 Monday Night FootballABC15.27 --------------------------------------------11 Law OrderNBC15.21 12 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS15.12 13 FriendsNBC14.84 14 Fear FactorNBC13.95 15 the Red-Nosed CBS13.69 --------------------------------------------CSI: MiamiCBS13.69 17 Law Order: SVUNBC13.16 18 According to JimABC12.95 19 NFL Monday ShowcaseABC12.90 20 Will GraceNBC12.82 --------------------------------------------21 JAGCBS12.56 22 Law Order (9 p.m.)NBC12.53 23 24 Two and Half MenCBS12.46 25 FrasierNBC11.71 --------------------------------------------26 Still StandingCBS11.60 27 Good Morning MiamiNBC11.34 28 The SimpsonsFOX11.28 29 My Wife and KidsABC11.09 ScrubsNBC11.09 --------------------------------------------31 Yes, DearCBS10.86 32 The Simple LifeFOX10.81 33 Less Than PerfectABC10.62 34 Happy FamilyNBC10.38 35 Joan of ArcadiaCBS10.31 --------------------------------------------36 Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie ABC10.21 37 Dateline: NBC 38 Music 39 NFL Sunday 40 --------------------------------------------41 All RelativeABC9.37 42 Third WatchNBC9.22 43 Bernie Mac ShowFOX9.13 44 The DistrictCBS9.09 45 Line of FireABC9.05 --------------------------------------------46 24FOX8.87 47 Dateline: NBC Is 49 Funniest Home Videos ABC8.84 50 Malcolm in the MiddleFOX8.71 --------------------------------------------51 Hope FaithABC8.64 52 King of QueensCBS8.61 53 60 Minutes IICBS8.58 54 Extreme MakeoverABC8.31 55 Primetime ThursdayABC8.12 --------------------------------------------56 BeckerCBS7.96 57 King of the HillFOX7.94 58 Most WantedFOX7.91 59 Law Order: Criminal Intent NBC7.87 60 News WhoopiNBC7.78 62 EdNBC7.74 63 That Show 8 p.m.) FOX7.65 64 The Tracy Morgan ShowNBC7.64 65 HackCBS7.57 --------------------------------------------66 Primetime MondayABC7.52 67 Judging AmyCBS7.45 68 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX7.44 69 The HandlerCBS7.32 70 Be Home for ABC7.31 --------------------------------------------71 Life With BonnieABC7.30 72 George LopezABC7.04 73 CopsFOX6.78 74 Charlie Brown ABC6.72 75 The PracticeABC6.64 --------------------------------------------76 Married to the KellysABC6.58 77 a Wonderful 78 Naughtiest Blunders FOX6.30 79 Arrested DevelopmentFOX6.11 80 48 Hours InvestigatesCBS6.00 --------------------------------------------81 Miss MatchNBC5.91 82 The GuardianCBS5.71 83 WWE 84 Professor 2: The FOX5.38 85 The Simple Life 9:30 p.m.) FOX5.26 --------------------------------------------86 AliasABC4.81 87 The Simple Life 9 p.m.) FOX4.50 88 Tru CallingFOX4.48 89 7th HeavenWB4.43 90 Threat MatrixABC4.16 --------------------------------------------91 With Stan FOX4.10 92 SmallvilleWB3.81 93 With Stan (9:30 p.m.) FOX3.67 94 RebaWB3.62 95 EveUPN3.54 --------------------------------------------96 Got Run Over by a WB3.52 The ParkersUPN3.52 98 GirlfriendsUPN3.32 99 Half and HalfUPN3.22 100 CharmedWB3.09 --------------------------------------------101 All of UsUPN2.89 102 One on OneUPN2.83 103 Grounded for LifeWB2.82 104 EverwoodWB2.81 105 Gilmore GirlsWB2.62 --------------------------------------------106 Smallville: BeginningsWB2.60 107 What I Like About YouWB2.57 108 Like FamilyWB2.52 109 Half and Half AngelWB2.48 --------------------------------------------111 Rock Me BabyUPN2.37 112 One Tree HillWB2.21 113 Jamie KennedyWB2.15 114 EnterpriseUPN2.09 115 --------------------------------------------116 Jake 2.0UPN1.64 117 Run of the HouseWB1.44 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 CBS13.6813.47 NBC11.2411.02 ABC9.529.75 FOX7.729.87 UPN3.023.55 WB2.944.03 GOING ON VACATION? Call 1-800-252-9141 to donate your newspaper for use in local classrooms..