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2004:01:13:14:59:26 E20 CALENDAR LOSANGELESTIMES TELEVISION RADIO 4170548 GOING ON VACATION? Call 1-800-252-9141 to donate your newspaper for use in local classrooms. What: Power, Privilege and Justice: Martha Stewart on Where: Court TV When: Today, 10-11 p.m. Host Dunne Executive producer, Anthony Horn Stewart on tor for what is quickly shaping up to resemble a real-life of the As painted by Dunne, the portrait that emerges features ambitious prosecutors, faithless friends and a frightened young lackey set against glittering world of the rich and the super- a world that, according to Dunne, more dangerous than you can If Dunne comes across as unabashedly pro-Martha he fondly recalls spending an evening at her storied estate in Maine, where he was driven to exclaim, this is his slant is balanced by the unkind characterizations of friends and neighbors, who seize the opportunity to extemporize about shortcomings as a wife, friend and boss. As Christopher Byron, a former neighbor turned unauthorized biographer, recounts some of the nastier points of the Stewart divorce (Andy Stewart, who left Martha for one of her assistants, is portrayed as the injured party in the marriage), cheerleading starts to feel not only justified but necessary. The case against Stewart at least as it is presented here feels as though motivated by questionable factors.

a high-stakes gamble for the government as former United States prosecutor Robert Mintz explains. decided to take down one of the most recognizable faces in corporate America The first half of the show, which chronicles the hard-luck background and astonishing rise of the goddess of the good thing a childhood dominated by a domestic tyrant of a father through stints as a model, stockbroker, caterer and wife covers ground familiar to witnesses to the gleeful hatchet job of Martha Stewart It also slyly highlights some of the inchoate malice that Stewart seems to inspire in those who know her (or at least those willing to share their thoughts on camera). Alluding to her humble origins, for instance, Hamptons magazine editor R. Court Hay sneers, have to remember, basically, that Martha Stewart, you know, exactly born in Meow. The second half scrutinizes the circuitous, convoluted and potentially precedent- setting case against Stewart, which seems to have the ghost of Kenneth Starr hovering over it.

As a necessary primer for what is bound to be a landmark case, Stewart on is clear and thorough, explaining the charges against her in detail and raising some troubling questions about federal motivations for going after Stewart. help but think that the feds were taking great pleasure in putting her through this embarrassing says Dunne over footage of arraignment, in which the symbol of WASP perfectionism is seen being ushered through a throng of reporters in the rain. Stewart, whose sale of about $45,000 worth of ImClone stock shortly before the FDA rejected its application for approval of an experimental druginitially aroused the suspicion of federal prosecutors, has not been charged with insider trading. Instead, she faces up to 30 years in federal prison for allegedly lying to federal prosecutors, obstruction of justice and securities fraud. The third charge stems from her public airing of her version of events, which, according to prosecutors, was intended to keep the stock price of Martha Stewart Omnimedia from falling.

(Sam Waksal, the former chief executive of ImClone who dumped millions in stock, got seven years.) In what could turn out to be a bizarre twist on the Enron, Tyco and Worldcom cases, success could result in millions of dollars in losses of Martha Stewart Omnimedia stock value, making what has thus far been a relatively victimless alleged crime into a fully victimedone. As former Merrill Lynch securities analyst Henry Blodget who had his own high-cost, high- visibility run-in with securities law authorities wrote in the online magazine Slate.com: securities fraud charge Stewart and any other executive accused of wrongdoing in ano-win situation: Guilty or innocent, the accused cannot risk explaining his or her actions, even for the benefit of investors, for fear of getting slapped with the potentially more serious charge of securities In other words, it would seem that Stewart is being thrown into the pond to see if float. Not a good thing, but one that, ironically, may finally link her to the Puritan heritage been lambasted so often for faking. Speaking for the Stewart defense Associated Press CHARGED: Stewart leaves court last year. Dominick Dunne makes her case on Court Privilege and Chocano, from Page E1 Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Jan.

5-11) 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 CSICBS27.48 2 Playoff (Sun.) FOX27.09 3 Playoff (Sat.) CBS25.91 4 FriendsNBC25.48 5 ERNBC22.83 --------------------------------------------6 CSI: MiamiCBS20.40 7 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS19.10 8 ApprenticeNBC18.48 9 Without a TraceCBS18.18 10 Law OrderNBC17.99 --------------------------------------------11 Two and Half MenCBS16.75 12 CSI (8 p.m.)CBS16.43 13 The SimpsonsFOX16.30 14 Law Order: Criminal Intent NBC16.11 15 Law Order: SVUNBC15.36 --------------------------------------------16 Cold CaseCBS15.20 17 Fear FactorNBC14.78 18 Navy NCISCBS14.51 19 20 Choice --------------------------------------------21 Still StandingCBS13.55 22 King of QueensCBS13.33 23 The West WingNBC13.28 24 Las VegasNBC13.17 25 Yes, DearCBS12.69 --------------------------------------------26 Law and Order: Criminal Intent (10 p.m.) NBC12.65 27 Judging AmyCBS12.51 28 JAGCBS12.32 29 Joan of ArcadiaCBS12.05 30 Dateline: NBC --------------------------------------------31 60 Minutes IICBS11.97 32 60 MinutesCBS11.86 33 Simple Life 34 Third WatchNBC11.67 35 BeckerCBS11.65 --------------------------------------------36 8 Simple RulesABC11.59 37 The GuardianCBS11.48 38 My Wife and KidsABC11.42 39 Playoff (Sat.) FOX11.39 Bernie MacFOX11.39 --------------------------------------------41 According to JimABC11.35 42 FrasierNBC10.92 43 48 Hours InvestigatesCBS10.60 44 45 Happy FamilyNBC10.18 --------------------------------------------46 The PracticeABC9.69 47 Average Joe: HawaiiNBC9.59 48 With HerABC9.52 49 O.C.FOX9.37 50 American DreamsNBC9.35 --------------------------------------------51 Less Than PerfectABC9.33 52 24FOX9.31 53 Malcolm in the MiddleFOX9.07 54 AliasABC9.05 55 Hope FaithABC8.98 --------------------------------------------56 WhoopiNBC8.78 57 All RelativeABC8.70 58 George LopezABC8.36 59 Most WantedFOX8.35 60 Primetime ThursdayABC8.33 --------------------------------------------61 Life With BonnieABC8.27 62 EdNBC8.15 63 That ShowFOX8.05 64 After Extreme ABC7.90 65 CopsFOX7.84 --------------------------------------------66 Law Order: SVU 67 Tracy Morgan ShowNBC7.69 68 Funniest Home Videos ABC7.52 69 70 Line of FireABC7.38 --------------------------------------------71 The HandlerCBS7.32 72 Arrested DevelopmentFOX7.21 73 Celebrity Mole YucatanABC7.19 74 Married to the KellysABC6.84 75 Figure Skating ABC6.76 --------------------------------------------76 The Simpsons 77 Extreme MakoverABC6.59 78 Dateline: NBC 79 That Show 80 7th HeavenWB6.31 --------------------------------------------81 Craziest VideosFOX5.66 82 83 WWE 84 Surreal Life 2WB5.29 CharmedWB5.29 --------------------------------------------86 Threat MatrixABC5.25 87 Totally Outrageous Behavior FOX4.80 88 Law Order 89 Simple Life 9:30 p.m.) FOX4.35 90 Boston PublicFOX4.32 --------------------------------------------91 Tru CallingFOX4.15 92 RebaWB3.86 Average Joe: Hawaii (Sat.) NBC3.86 94 SmallvilleWB3.59 95 Half and HalfUPN3.52 --------------------------------------------96 GirlfriendsUPN3.47 97 Steve Big TimeWB3.34 98 7th Heaven 99 Simple Life 9 p.m.)FOX3.20 100 Gilmore GirlsWB3.14 --------------------------------------------101 EveUPN3.10 102 All of UsUPN2.88 103 The ParkersUPN2.79 104 All About the AndersonsWB2.76 105 Grounded For LifeWB2.75 --------------------------------------------106 Jamie KennedyWB2.72 107 Rock Me BabyUPN2.65 108 Smallville: BeginningsWB2.64 109 One Tree HillWB2.45 110 What I Like About YouWB2.37 --------------------------------------------Girlfriends 112 113 EnterpriseUPN2.29 One on OneUPN2.29 115 Like FamilyWB2.16 --------------------------------------------116 AngelWB2.06 117 Run of the HouseWB1.64 118 Jake 2.0UPN1.52 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 CBS15.6013.13 NBC12.1810.66 FOX11.509.39 ABC8.929.80 WB3.463.79 UPN3.123.42 CBS ruled in the ratings last week, with strong performances from regular series as well as sports and the Choice The top show was Crime Scene with fellow CBS series Loves and a also landing in the top 10, along with the American Football Conferencedivisional playoff game between Tennessee and New England. The Choice special ranked 20th. The most promising new entry belonged to NBC: in which would-be moguls vie to work for Donald Trump, opened for business Thursday to grab eighth place. For the week, CBS averaged 15.6 million viewers, while NBC had 12.2 million and Fox 11.5 million, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday.

ABC logged 8.9 WB had 3.5 million and UPN 3.1 million. NBC Nightly won the evening news ratings race, averaging 12.6 million viewers. News had 11.3 million, while the Evening had 9.7 million. From Associated Press Prime-Time TV Rankings Football and awards help propel CBS to No. 1 spot By Maria Elena Fernandez Times Staff Writer Top executives from the WB, remarking on strangest season we can chose Tuesday to look beyond the ratings struggles and instead announce the creation of a made-for-television movie division.

Headed by former TBS executive Tana Nugent Jamieson, the new WB unit will develop movies targeted toward its 12- to-34 demographic at a time when other networks are staying away from the genre, WB cochairman Garth Anciertold writers at the television mid-season press tour in Hollywood. always done well when done things other people are not said Jordan Levin, co-chief executive. an opportunity now to do selective movies-of-the-week that will provide something you see on broadcast television or any other kind of television at Recognizing that big hits is one of our trademarks and we done executives said they would add more reality shows to the lineup this spring and are developing new comedies and dramas for next year. Surreal the unscripted show that brings together notorious celebrities from yesteryear, returned on Sunday with a bang for its second season. In keeping with the movie theme, WB also confirmed it has purchased broadcast TV rights to such box office hits as Lord of the trilogy and Both were from New Line Pictures, which, like the WB, is part of the Time Warner family.

The three of the films will air over the next two years. you can do to give more variety in the schedule is good whether a reality show or a game show or a said Ancier, addressing the reluctance to add a lot of reality shows to its schedule. shows are a helpful scheduling tool, particularly when networks are having such erosion in repeat performance. really starting to look at the 52-week season. For Jordan and myself the challenge is how do we change the model of television we grew up with to reflect the 100-channel universe we live The viewers the WB is most concerned about losing, Levin said, are femalesages 15 to 24.

It is developing a dramatic series based on the American Girl dolls that interpret history through the eyes of young women. 2004, shake it up a bit with more reality, original made- for-TV movies and feature films that are targeted for teens, young adults and those who think like young Levin said. The executives said they are still hoping the freshman drama Tree will become a hit. Levin said the network was forced to put it on this fall, before executives felt it was ready, because another show fell through. put us in the position that we had to rush it onto Levin said.

have the promotional time or time to do the publicity and get attention in the Breaking away from the pack The WB is creating a made-for-TV movie unit, even though other networks are steering away from that area. When your turn to pick the flick. Tosubscribe, call 1-800 LA TIMES www.myaccount.latimes.com Schedule vacation holds online at I forgot to stop my newspaper!.