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SALT 12:20, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:30 TOY STORY 3 (G) 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 JACKASS 3D (R) 11:20, 1:30, 3:40, 5:50, 8, 10:05 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE 3D (PG) 11:30, 1:50, 4:10, 6:30 MY SOUL TO TAKE 3D (R) 8:50 P.M. SECRETARIAT (PG) 11:15, 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT 11:10, 1:35, 4, 6:30, 9 MY SOUL TO TAKE (R) 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:25, 9:30 JACKASS 3 (R) 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:10, 8:10, 10:10 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT 12:30, 2:45, 4:55, 7:05, 9:15 JACKASS 3D (R) 11:45, 1:55, 4:05, 5:15, 6:20, 7:30, 8:35, 9:40, 10:45 RED 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 THE TOWN (R) 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 SECRETARIAT (PG) 11:15, 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT 11:10, 1:35, 4, 6:30, 9 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE (PG) 11:30, 1:50, 4:10, 6:30 WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS 11:25, 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 8:50, 10:05 MY SOUL TO TAKE 3D (R) 11:55, 2:20 RED 11:55, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 SECRETARIAT (PG) 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:30 JACKASS 3D (R) 11:10, 12:15, 1:25, 2:30, 3:40, 4:45, 5:55, 7, 8:10, 9:15, 10:25 RED 11:30, 12:45, 2, 3:15, 4:30, 5:45, 7, 8:15, 8:30, 10:45 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE (PG) 11:05, 1:30, 3:55, 6:20, 8:45 YOU AGAIN (PG) 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS 11:20, 2:15, 5:10, 8:05 THE TOWN (R) 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30, 10:10 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT 11:15, 12:35, 1:50, 3:10, 4:25, 5:45, 7, 8:20, 9:35 SECRETARIAT (PG) 11:30, 12:20, 2:10, 3, 4:50, 5:40, 7:30, 8:20 MY SOUL TO TAKE 3D (R) 11:05, 1:30, 3:55, 6:20, 8:45 TOY STORY 3 3D (G) 11, 1:30, 4:30, 9:30 SALT 11:25, 1:50, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 CATS DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE 3D (PG) 11:30, 2, 4:15, 7:30, 9:35 THE EXPENDABLES (R) 11:10, 1:40, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 THE AMERICAN (R) 11:15, 1:45, 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 Times for only latimes.com/ entertainment Announce your love. Then make it last a lifetime. tocommemorateyourbignews inourTogethersectioninImage. latimesreprints.com/Together.asp 09CL434 CBS has made it a straight month.

Powered by procedurals such as and the network has won the first four weeks of the new TV season in all key measures for the first time since 1987, according to the Nielsen Co. CBS had six of the 10 most-watched programs for the week ending Sunday, including (19.2 million viewers) and Los (16 million). But CBS again took the victory without actually hav- ing the No. 1program in either total viewers or adults ages18 to 49. New series continued their record of underper- forming.

In fact, the only freshman show to crack the Top 20 in young adults last week was the CBS sitcom No new series made the Top 20 list among total viewers. The most- watched program on basic cable was Monday night football matchup between the Jets and the Vikings, with 17.3 million viewers. scott.collins@latimes.com PRIME-TIME RANKINGS CBS takes lead as new series underperform Scott Collins ProgramNet- work Viewers ProgramNet- work Viewers 1 Dancing With the Stars ABC19.53 2 NCISCBS19.20 3 Football: Indianapolis at Washington NBC19.11 4 Dancing With the Stars (Results) ABC16.08 5 NCIS: Los AngelesCBS16.04 --------------------------------------6 The Mentalist CBS15.13 7 CSICBS14.45 8 NFL pregame 9 Criminal MindsCBS14.00 10 Two and a Half MenCBS13.47 --------------------------------------11 60 MinutesCBS12.83 12 Desperate Housewives ABC12.67 13 The Big Bang Theory CBS12.56 14 Undercover BossCBS12.41 15 Survivor: NicaraguaCBS12.32 --------------------------------------16 AnatomyABC12.11 17 The Good WifeCBS11.81 18 Modern FamilyABC11.45 19 GleeFOX11.36 20 The OTFOX11.34 --------------------------------------21 The Amazing RaceCBS10.94 22 CSI: MiamiCBS10.89 23 Football Night America (Part 3) NBC10.82 24 Mike MollyCBS10.72 25 Hawaii --------------------------------------26 CastleABC10.65 27 Blue BloodsCBS10.40 28 My Dad SaysCBS10.16 29 The DefendersCBS9.90 30 HouseFOX9.69 --------------------------------------31 BonesFOX9.58 32 CSI: NYCBS9.57 33 Baseball playoffs: Giants at Phillies FOX8.83 34 Brothers SistersABC8.81 35 MLB pregame (Sun.) FOX8.67 --------------------------------------36 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC8.59 37 How I Met Your Mother CBS8.48 38 Law Order: SVUNBC8.13 39 Private PracticeABC8.07 40 Rules of Engagement CBS7.99 --------------------------------------41 The MiddleABC7.98 42 No Ordinary FamilyABC7.72 43 KitchenFOX7.36 The OfficeNBC7.36 45 Law Order: LANBC7.26 --------------------------------------46 Cougar TownABC7.23 47 Baseball playoffs: Giants at Phillies FOX7.13 48 The Biggest LoserNBC7.04 49 Detroit 50 Funniest Home Videos ABC6.86 --------------------------------------51 30 RockNBC6.70 52 The EventNBC6.50 53 Better With YouABC6.38 54 Football Night America (Part 2) NBC6.37 55 Kitchen 8 p.m.) FOX6.30 --------------------------------------56 57 Raising HopeFOX6.01 58 UndercoversNBC5.93 MediumCBS5.93 60 Soy Tu (Mon.) UNI5.80 --------------------------------------61 48 Hours MysteryCBS5.57 62 Soy Tu Lie To MeFOX5.44 64 OutsourcedNBC5.40 65 NASCAR CharlotteABC5.34 --------------------------------------66 ChuckNBC5.32 67 FringeFOX5.22 68 Soy Tu 69 Crimetime SaturdayCBS5.12 70 Dateline --------------------------------------71 ChaseNBC4.92 72 CommunityNBC4.81 73 74 Hasta que el Dinero nos Separe (Thu.) UNI4.73 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 CBS11.0512.62 ABC8.789.56 Fox7.567.35 NBC7.148.05 UNI3.793.93 Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Oct. 11-17) as compiled by the Nielsen Co.

They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 295 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions. of David has such fire and presence and specificity in his work.

He has this intensity that is That intensity is the saving grace, literally, of of and in the closing days of the first theatrical run the 39-year- old is in a reflective mood. He and the producers hope the show, based on the 1992 Steve Martin move onto Broadway. know the hope. I know how quickly that will he says. want to lose momentum on this thing.

a lot of money involved, a lot of people involved, a lot of word ofmouthnow. I hear buzz coming back from New York that Yet Esparza just gave up his New York apartment. pursuing movie gigs, but more interested in developing the one role he never has that of the son of Cuban exiles. clearing the slate, cleaning house a little he says. just giving myself a few months to see what the future holds.

thinking that it might be time to take a look at my own life and my own family story and histories and see what I can share. been considering writing some of my own work. Maybe tell my Although he was born in Delaware, Esparza grew up in Miami, which he still considers home. A Spanish teacher at Belen Preparatory school changed his life. have a theater department; we would have he says.

was something about the curiosity of engaging with art, humanities, history, politics. I loved telling stories about our Esparza studied English, theater and psychology at New York University. But he really become an actor until he moved to Chicago in 1992 and worked with the Remains Theater. His manager discovered him in Second City and brought him back to New York for the 2000 run of Rocky Horror where he played Riff Raff opposite Joan Columbia. was just extremely says Jett.

was worried about whether I could pull my weight, and he was so helpful in being kind and giving as an actor and singer. To me he seemed like an established Broadway star. He just seemed very confident but not In 2001Esparza starred as the writer Jonathan Larson in Tick It was after he performed in the Kennedy 2002 Sondheim Celebration that doors split wide open for the actor says. The four-month event featuring six musicals in repertory probably the greatest summer of my life, to get to work with Steve Sondheim every week. To me, our Chekhov.

Hell, even our Parts in shows from to Chitty Bang rolled in, as did acclaim. Winner of several Drama Desk and Theatre World awards, Esparza has been nominated for the four Tonys for which an actor can be nominated: best featured actor in a musical for best actor in a musical for best featured actor in a play for Har- and best actor in a play for He has yet to win. This rapid rise has not been without bumps. In 2006 Esparza spoke about his confused sexual identity to a New York Times reporter, a candor he regretted. He now will not discuss his personal life.

Perhaps most infamously, bedeviled by poor reviews and a public spat between Esparza and pro- ducerRosie the Boy George musical sank 100 performances after its opening. The actor is philosophical about the experience. used to think the best way to get things accomplished was to scream and yell and be a big Cuban. Rosie is ultimately one of the most generous people I have ever worked with. I learned my lesson.

teach you a he adds. doing a musical, very easy to make shifts and changes and cuts over the course of time without realizing that you have in some way intrinsically damaged the These are lessons Esparza brings to of He has been involved with the show since 2006. At first, he was reluctant to take on a musical based on a film: atrend that I But he found something in the story of Jonas Nightingale, the rock roll evangelical He shares the marquee with Brooke Shields, but the charismatic, big-voiced con man leaves the prim, thin-voiced waitress in the dust. part allows him to show all of his dimensions, from the showman to some of the more tender moments to also more introspective says of director and choreographer Rob Ashford. colors within the lines of this guy but fills it out so Both Esparza and Ashford say that he will remain with the show if it moves on to New York.

The musical, a conversion fable complete with a miracle or two, is hampered by an earnestness that not even dastardly ennui can erase. He knows this, but he has, well, faith in the script. mind sentiment at all, but I do mind he says. a show about letting go letting go of things you love and people you love, and letting something else in, a different kind of love. I had thought it was just about faith, but about letting go, graceand The actor grew up Catholic, not Protestant, but he draws on his upbringing to play this faux preacher, who might not be so faux after all.

The duplicitous playboy ends a soul-wrenching finale with a solemn Esparza says that he means it in its original Hebrew definition: be people say that they believe in God, I tell them to go drive up Highway 1and go to Big he says. defy you to tell me that there something greater than us in the universe. Is it a conscious man floating in the sky? No. But something there, something extraordinary. So what I tap into, more than my Catholicism: some sort of sense of standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon and going, Then Esparza pauses.

Catholic side of it, kick me out of high school if they saw me doing this Broadway hopes in play Craig Schwartz PERFORMER: Esparza really become an actor till he moved to Chicago in 1992 and worked with the Remains Theater. Now a four-time Tony nominee. Esparza, from part allows him to show all of his dimensions, from the showman to some of the more tender moments to also more introspective Ashford, of director and choreographer.