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Former Sync member Joey Fatone earned strong reviews for his work as host of the game, which tests memories of song lyrics. version of the same show, Forget the did well last week with episodes finishing at No. 11 and 12 but it come close to NBC. Eager for any good news, NBC moved swiftly to announce the series would return in September. Fox claimed the ratings crown, however, due largely to the 12.5 million people who watched All-Star Game.

It was the second-smallest audience on record for the game, which was seen by 12.3million in 2005. The TNT police drama was the most- watched program on cable television for the fourth consecutive week, with 7.41 million viewers, which would have put it 19th among the programs on the five major English-language broadcast networks. With 16 of 25 most- watched programs, Disney Channel was the most- watched cable channel in prime time, averaging 3.18 million viewers, thanks in large measure to its Gone programming event of wish-related episodes of Suite Life of Zack and in the which premiered Friday and was rerun Saturday and Sunday. helps NBC score with youthful set Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (July 9-15) 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 283.5 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions. Program Network View- ersProgram Network Viewers 1 The Singing Bee 2 League All-Star FOX12.53 3 Got Talent (Tue.) NBC11.38 4 So You Think You Can Dance (Thu.) FOX9.69 5 NCISCBS9.68 --------------------------------------------6 CSICBS9.39 7 CSI: NYCBS8.71 8 League All-Star FOX8.57 9 Two and a Half MenCBS8.55 10 Law Order: SVU --------------------------------------------11 Forget the Lyrics (Thu.) FOX8.43 12 Forget the Lyrics (Thu.) FOX8.28 13 SharkCBS8.23 14 CSI: MiamiCBS8.08 15 60 MinutesCBS7.98 --------------------------------------------16 So You Think You Can Dance (Wed.) FOX7.74 17 Got Talent (Wed.) NBC7.56 18 KitchenFOX7.51 19 Cold CaseCBS7.30 20 Criminal MindsCBS7.21 --------------------------------------------21 Primetime: Family Secrets ABC7.20 22 Dateline: NBC 23 The Next Best Thing ABC7.04 24 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? FOX6.96 25 Last Comic Standing 5NBC6.94 --------------------------------------------26 America 27 How I Met Your MotherCBS6.83 28 Big Brother 8 29 Without a TraceCBS6.41 30 Big Brother 8 --------------------------------------------31 Law Order: SVU 32 The New Adventures of Old Christine (8:30 p.m.) CBS6.20 33 The New Adventures of Old Christine (8 p.m.) CBS6.02 34 Big Brother 8 35 Law Order: Criminal Intent NBC5.91 --------------------------------------------36 Dateline: NBC 37 American InventorABC5.71 38 Wife SwapABC5.65 39 40 Law Order --------------------------------------------41 48 Hours MysteryCBS5.49 42 Most WantedFOX5.35 43 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC5.33 44 1 vs. 100NBC5.14 45 Numb3rsCBS5.13 --------------------------------------------46 King of Queens CBS5.10 47 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX5.02 48 Most Outrageous Moments NBC4.92 49 Extreme Makeover ABC4.90 Funniest Home Videos (Sun.) ABC4.90 --------------------------------------------51 The Singing Bee 52 Age of Love (9 p.m.)NBC4.69 53 Cops (8 p.m.)FOX4.67 54 SupernannyABC4.63 55 Pirate MasterCBS4.60 --------------------------------------------56 King of Queens (8 p.m.)CBS4.59 57 Destilando Amor 58 According to Jim ABC4.43 59 Crimetime SaturdayCBS4.40 60 My Name Is EarlNBC4.33 --------------------------------------------61 According to Jim (8 p.m.)ABC4.30 62 Big ChallengeABC4.22 63 Destilando Amor 64 Destilando Amor 65 Got Talent (10p.m.

Sat.) NBC3.99 --------------------------------------------66 Las VegasNBC3.93 67 Destilando Amor 68 The Office (9 p.m.)NBC3.90 69 World: Jurassic Park FOX3.85 70 Friday Night SmackdownCW3.82 --------------------------------------------71 Funniest Home Videos (Sat.) ABC3.81 72 La Copa Age of Love (8 p.m.)NBC3.76 74 Wonderful World of Disney ABC3.75 75 The Office (10 p.m.)NBC3.66 --------------------------------------------76 Duelo de Pasiones 77 George Lopez (8 p.m.)ABC3.63 78 George Lopez (8:30 p.m.)ABC3.56 Ugly BettyABC3.56 80 TravelerABC3.55 --------------------------------------------81 Duelo de Pasiones 82 Desperate HousewivesABC3.48 83 BonesFOX3.41 84 Primer ImpactoUNI3.39 85 CristinaUNI3.37 --------------------------------------------86 Men in TreesABC3.32 87 Duelo de Pasiones 88 JerichoCBS3.24 89 Duelo de Pasiones 90 AnatomyABC3.20 --------------------------------------------91 30 RockNBC3.18 92 Aqui AhoraUNI3.10 Got Talent 8:30 p.m.) NBC3.10 94 StandoffFOX2.97 Return to JerichoCBS2.97 --------------------------------------------96 ScrubsNBC2.94 97 Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Wed.) UNI2.91 98 The UnitCBS2.91 99 Don Francisco PresentUNI2.77 100 GreekABC2.75 --------------------------------------------101 The Singing Bee 102 On the LotFOX2.52 103 Brothers SistersABC2.40 104 Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Mon.) UNI2.18 105 Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Thu.) UNI2.10 --------------------------------------------106 Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Tue.) UNI2.02 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 FOX6.699.45 CBS6.3411.27 NBC5.768.09 ABC4.408.84 UNI3.323.59 CW1.842.90 TEL1.150.89 Prime-Time TV Rankings Are we allowed to mention how lovely and good-spirited a new TV actress seems? We hope so, because we want to saythis about Michelle Ryan. She thoroughly impressed us during the panel to promote what NBC is hoping will be a big hit. Ryan appeared at the Television Assn. gathering in Beverly Hills with the producers and fellow cast members Miguel Ferrer, Will Yun Lee and Chris Bowers.

Katee Sackhoff there, we were told, becauseof a scheduling conflict. There was a minor ruffle about that in the Beverly Hilton ballroom because of rumors that the deal with set yet. Producers said that was not the case. But the more significant absence was of another actor: Our thoughts were very much with Isaiah Washington. On Monday, NBC announced that the actor had signed up for a five-episode arc on the sci-fi drama.

Washington, you will recall, has had some troubles lately related to the ugly F-word used to describe homosexuals. Of course, this issue came up during the question-and-answer session. A reporter asked whether a white actor used racial epithets would be given the same second chance. Executive producer Jason Smi- lovic said, a theoretical It continued: Are producers concerned that the gay community might not take this well and boycott the show? Smilovic answered. embrace the gay community.

We hope they are going to watch the show. We are in no way making judgments or statements what was said and done. This is about making great entertainment and agreat show, and we found a great So will hemake amends by giving his character an opportunity for a gay kiss? would do a lot more than break down the third, fourth and fifth wall of television. trying to make a show, and got to be contained, and not going to deal with anything true to our Elena Fernandez One less real OC housewife Real Housewives of Orange will be returning for a third season, Bravo announced today. That is, all the cast members but two: Slade Smiley and Jo De La Rosa.

The off-again, on-again couple are in negotiations with the network for their own spinoff project, the pair said in phone calls. While Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, Tammy Knickerbocker, Lauri Waring and new housewife Tamra Barney will all be showing off their real-life the Smiley and De La Rosa are focusing on her music career in Los Angeles. kind of like Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey when they were De La Rosa said. Smith Braff veers away from car talk If you ever run into star Zach Braff and feel tempted to ask him about his personal possessions, control yourself. Braff was part of a press tour comedy panel on Monday at the Beverly Hilton that included the show-runners and other stars of Night Done lineup.

Afterward, reporters followed Braff to ask about the last season of his comedy and other matters. When one said, saw the nice car you drove in. What was your first Braff responded like someone had just crossed a dangerous boundary: not going to answer A beat later, he added, that note, going this heading away from the gaggle and into the safety net of backstage. Afew minutes earlier on the panel, creator and star Tina Fey and executive producer Lorne Michaels were asked if they had to talk Alec Baldwin into returning to the show for a second season. never even met Alec Fey quipped.

Michaels: have. such an important part of the show and he loves the There was no one moment where we made eye contact and discussed his coming back to the show. I think brilliant on the show and just absolutely essential to the show and proud of the show. I have a feeling the show will take a big leap this Michaels said. way or the Fey added.

Elena Fernandez TOUR TALK Washington a no-show ter the death of longtime anchor Peter Jennings and 18 months after one of successors, Bob Woodruff, was nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, the news flagship broadcast has rebounded with a speed that has startled even the top executives at ABC. Since January, has averaged the largest network evening audience, beating the perennially first-place Nightly News With Brian And the ABC newscast is tantalizingly close to stealing the crown for the season: As of last week, had drawn an average of 8.51million viewers since September, compared with 8.6million. Evening News With Katie trails with 6.95million.) Much of the credit has gone to the genial anchor who seems delighted to find himself behind the desk every night. should know how good these jobs said Gibson, grinning unabashedly. all be is the real said Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney-ABC Television Group.

had a strong belief in Charlie, as did many people inside our company. Was the timing faster than what would be considered normal? Probably. But was the result surprising? However, Gibson, who joined ABC in 1975, came close to leaving the network without ever getting the top job. News President David Westin approached him in the fall of 2005 about taking the post after Jennings died, but they agree on the length of his term. Instead, Westin named Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas co-anchors, and Gibson readied to retire.

After Woodruff was wounded, Westin again turned to Gibson, saying he knew the popular anchor would bring sense of stability to a staff that had really been Still, even after Gibson took the seat last Memorial Day, the news president said he expected the program to fall behind CBS for a time after Couric made her much-hyped debut. But within four weeks into tenure, ABC was back in second. And by February, the only evening newscast to increase viewership was challenging NBC for first. Westin attributes the gains, in large part, to ability to offer a that has come across as somebody who is talking down to he said. the combination of talking in a collegial, respectful way, but at the same time, having something to say.

not just anyone just walking in off the street and someone just handed them something that reading and they really know what reading, and they just look good and sound For ABC News, success on has not justmeant bragging rights, but also a revenue boost that helps alleviate financial pressure at a time of industrywide cutbacks. (Sweeney said the company had been able to the ratings gains, although she would not specify how much.) But perhaps more significant has been the boost in spirits at anews division that was left emotionally battered by back- to-back tragedies. presence is like a tonic, staffers said. a completely new said correspondent Dan also serves as the Sunday broadcast anchor. at times it was tense or really sad, now some joy in the air.

Clearly, he was the right anchor for us at the right time in terms of the broadcast, but internally he also was the right guy at the right time, because he is this healing figure who everyone Westin said he believed Gibson had helped ABC News move beyond its trials and focus on DNA of our things get really difficult, you need to go back to basics. And for this organization, about said Westin, citing recent scoops by chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross and Diane run of interviews in places like North Korea and Syria. and foremost, Charlie is a reporter, and what the broadcast is Gibson downplays the idea that had a transformative effect on his colleagues, saying simply, hope a little more bounce in their step. I hope a feeling that that getting back to cruising As for his appeal to viewers, think they would watch a network where the anchor made them feel Gibson said. said that, that only gets you in the door.

They will sample you, but going to make them stay? still come back to the idea, that a half hour hesaid, adding that out of five days, Jon Banner, executive producer of said it took some time for Gibson feel comfortable and assume the real role of anchor, which he is in the true sense of the word Still, focus is on him, and think he likes it very the producer added. rather just sit down and do his Gibson is so uneasy with the historic emphasis placed on the evening news anchor that he wants to get rid of the massive desk that dominates the set, originally designed for Jennings in 2004. like sitting up on a said the anchor, who said he wants more intimate. take a folding chair and a card That kind of self-effacement persists throughout the newsroom, a place where the staff seems to still be absorbing its change in fortune. think we still have a second- place mentality, which is that we still have a lot of work to Banner said.

going be a long time before we have a danger of becoming too matea.gold@latimes.com Carolyn Cole Los Angeles Times BACK TO BASICS: come across as somebody who is talking down to News President David Westin says. After tragedy, Gibson is a tonic Gibson, from Page E1.