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Meanwhile, they were scrambling to find a liaison, someone to help manage the frenzy of media requests. exposed on the Em- Kevin Morrow said, just opened up the doors for a whole other entity, a whole other level. started out as evacuees, and now the stage has turned with all the media attention. A lot of people are telling him talented. They want to adopt him.

The whole table has Indeed, Charles himself is struggling to put this adventure in some kind of perspective. He vacillates between lost little boy and clever kid from the projects. On Monday morning, as he awaited his flight back to Texas, he answered a call by asking for a last name and media affiliation. you see he asked. been on TV all the But when the questions came, he decided to converse in gibberish, insisting he speak English, only Spanish, French and eating it Kevin Morrow said.

never gets Charles know his parents. His 76-year-old great- grandmother, Ophelia Evans, raised him from infancy. Over time, Charles has grown to be her caretaker too, giving Ophelia insulin shots. After the hurricane, he foraged for food for her as well as for his extended family. When his great-aunt, Kevin mother, died en route to Texas from the sidewalk they shared outside the New Orleans Convention Center, Charles wrote an obituary for the elderly woman.

will always remember her sweet and gentle he wrote. Campbell Brown, co-anchor of discovered Charles on Sept. 2, after Charles had spent all week camped on an unshaded stretch of sidewalk. He was hungry, she said, but his main priority was finding food for Ophelia and the younger kids in his family. Brown choked back tears as she recalled that day.

walked me around and described very matter-of-factly the horrible things he had she said in a phone interview. people screaming and crying for help out people who had died and their bodies had been left there for days. The whole time, he somehow still had this wonderful innocence and openness about him. I know how he has maintained that, given what been through. It broke my During the week that followed, Charles and his family were evacuated by helicopter to amall in San Antonio.

Then, a few days later, they moved in with the Morrows and their six children. Around the same time, thousands of TV viewers started bombarding NBC with offers of help for Charles. The network established the Charles Evans Fund and Evans Morrow Family Fund with Bank of America and set up an e-mail address for them: bal.net. Charles and his great-grandmother were booked on the show, undoubtedly in anticipation of a pint-sized performer and a lively interview with Katie Couric. In fact, Couric introduced Charles, bragging about his articulate nature.

Instead, America saw the child side of Charles, a little boy who, outside the comfort zoneof his family, was just like any other 9-year- old shy and overwhelmed under the harsh spotlight of national media. Couric got only monosyllabic answers from Charles. That same wide-eyed wonder was on display Emmy night as Charles stood onstage, frozen in front of an audience of celebrities. He contain his glee, even as Hates star Williams described the horrors of Hurricane Katrina and pleaded for donations to Habitat for Humanity. The incongruity was irresistible.

Yet, as Brown pointed out, story is far from a typical rags-to-riches tale. The fund has taken in some donations, but whether there will be long-term financial benefit for him and his family remains to be seen. He still has a long way to go to recover from the traumas that preceded this chaos. The media storm found himself in only complicates that journey. not just this cute little she said.

this boy been severely just by the hurricane. He needs stability desperately. In this situation, which, to acertain extent created, not going to get NBC HAND IN HAND: Charles Evans leads Campbell Brown on a tour of his devastated New Orleans neighborhood. Hurricane survivor finds himself in eye of a media storm Charles, from Page E1 Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Sept. 12-18) 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 277.93 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions. Program Network View- ersProgram Network Viewers 1 Monday Night FootballABC19.59 2 Emmy AwardsCBS18.63 3 Survivor: GuatemalaCBS18.41 4 HouseFOX15.90 5 NFL Monday ShowcaseABC14.92 --------------------------------------------6 CSICBS14.48 7 NFL Postgame ShowCBS14.36 8 CSI (10:30 p.m.)CBS13.02 9 Two and a Half Men (9:30 p.m.) CBS10.86 10 BonesFOX10.78 --------------------------------------------11 CSI: MiamiCBS10.65 12 Law Order: SVUNBC10.54 13 Two and a Half MenCBS10.50 14 The SimpsonsFOX9.99 15 Law OrderNBC9.76 --------------------------------------------16 Family GuyFOX9.59 17 Law Order: CriminalIntent(Wed.) NBC9.29 18 Prison BreakFOX9.14 19 War at HomeFOX8.61 20 ThresholdCBS8.60 NCISCBS8.60 22 American DadFOX8.59 23 Dateline NBC 24 Dateline NBC 25 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS8.20 --------------------------------------------26 CSI: NYCBS8.18 27 Law Orders: SVU 28 So You Think You Can Dance FOX8.11 29 Big Brother 6 30 Biggest Loser 2NBC7.79 --------------------------------------------31 King of QueensCBS7.78 32 Crossing JordanNBC7.62 33 Law Order: Criminal Intent NBC7.36 34 Most WantedFOX7.24 35 MediumNBC7.23 --------------------------------------------36 King of the HillFOX7.14 37 Outrageous Moments on NBC7.02 LostABC7.02 39 Big Brother 6 40 PrimetimeABC6.83 --------------------------------------------41 42 News AnalysisABC6.68 Wife SwapABC6.68 44 Rock Star: INXS 45 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX6.58 --------------------------------------------46 Primetime (9:15 p.m.)ABC6.49 47 College Football 48 Head CasesFOX6.23 49 Gilmore GirlsWB6.22 50 The O.C.FOX6.21 --------------------------------------------51 Law Order 52 53 Las VegasNBC6.02 54 George Lopez (8:30 p.m.) ABC5.81 55 Rock Star: INXS --------------------------------------------The Simpsons (7:30 p.m.) FOX5.81 57 Outrageous Moments on (Mon.) NBC5.78 58 SupernaturalWB5.68 59 60 CopsFOX5.46 --------------------------------------------61 According to JimABC5.41 62 George Lopez ABC5.26 63 Rodney (8:30 p.m.)ABC5.24 64 Prison Break JoeyNBC5.21 --------------------------------------------66 World Music AwardsABC5.17 67 Will GraceNBC4.69 68 Outrageous Moments on TV (Sat.) NBC4.55 69 CBS Sneak PeeksCBS4.51 70 Tommy Lee Goes to College NBC4.41 --------------------------------------------71 SupernannyABC4.35 72 ERNBC4.30 73 Scrubbs (9:30 p.m.)NBC4.29 74 Yes, DearCBS4.27 75 RebaWB4.26 --------------------------------------------76 Bones 77 The West Wing 78 Biggest Loser 2 79 War at Home 80 WWE --------------------------------------------81 Supernatural 82 of the Rings: Two WB3.36 83 TwinsWB3.32 84 Living With FranWB3.27 85 The Simpsons (7 p.m.)FOX3.24 --------------------------------------------86 Hope FaithABC3.14 87 the Girl: Tboz and Chili UPN2.98 88 Less Than PerfectABC2.95 89 Reunion 90 What I Like About YouWB2.86 --------------------------------------------91 GirlfriendsUPN2.83 92 Smallville 93 Half and HalfUPN2.55 94 7th HeavenWB2.53 95 All of UsUPN2.50 --------------------------------------------96 7th Heaven (9 p.m.)UPN2.46 97 One on OneUPN2.39 98 Girlfriends 99 Cuts 100 EveUPN2.11 --------------------------------------------Veronica MarsUPN2.11 CutsUPN2.11 103 Smallville 104 Half and Half 105 the Girl --------------------------------------------106 Eve 107 One Tree HillWB1.50 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 CBS10.498.83 ABC7.318.60 FOX7.4911.24 NBC6.898.60 WB3.372.94 UPN2.552.81 From Times wire reports The Emmys and the start of a new edition helped CBS end the summer in a familiar locale first place in the ratings. fall season officially began Monday, although a few programs have jumped the gun. For the second consecutive week, an ABC football telecast was the most-watched program. The Night game between the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles drew 19.6 million viewers. 57th annual prime- time Emmy Awards on CBS attracted 18.7 million viewers, up from last year to make it the most-watched Emmy telecast since 2002, when 20 million viewers tuned in.

Although it was the third most-watched show of the week, the start of a new edition had a slightly smaller audience than the series has reached lately. was last most-watched series premiere with 10.8 million viewers, good enough to make the Top 10. The CBS science-fiction series also had a winning debut as most- watched program with 8.6 million viewers, tying for 20th with Most television executives are reserving judgment, however, until seeing how these early starters do against first-run competition. won the evening news ratings race, averaging 9.3 million viewers. News had 8.9 million viewers and the Evening 6.4 million.

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