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D12 You can help save kids just like Jason by donating to your Miracle Network hospital today! www.ChildrensMiracleNetwork.org Join with these sponsors to support your Miracle Network hospital: Four-year-old Jason was born with severe heart and stomach malformations spent most of his life in the hospital Today going home to his family. a real miracle With its three NBA Finals games sweeping the top three spots in the ratings, ABC had its most-watched week between Memorial Day and Labor Day in six years. Game 5 of the series between the Lakers and Boston Celtics on Sunday was the most-watched program between June 7 and Sunday, averaging 18.65 million viewers, according to live-plus- same day figures released Tuesday by the Nielsen Co. Game 4 onThursday was second for the week, averaging 16.37 million viewers, the most for a Game 4 since the Lakers-Detroit Pistons se- ries of 2004. Game 3 onTues- day was third, averaging 15.96 million, the most for a Game 3 since 2004.

ABC was the most- watched network for the second consecutive week, averaging 7.96 million viewers, its most for a week between Memorial Day and Labor Day since the week of June 7, 2004, when it aired three games of the Lakers-Pistons series. CBS finished second, averaging 7.07 million viewers. CBS had 13 of the 14 most-watched scripted programs. coverage of Tony Awards was 22nd, averaging 6.98 million viewers, 5.8% less than last year, but more than four of the previous six years. Fox was third, averaging 5.32 million viewers.

Its most-watched program was the season finale of sixth overall averaging 11.07 million viewers, its most for an episode that did not follow NBC was fourth, averaging 5.11million viewers. It had the most-watched program other than the NBA Finals, Got fourth overall averaging 13.09 million viewers. PRIME-TIME TV RANKINGS NBA makes ABC a winner Three games between the Boston Celtics and Lakers help the network score another victory. city news service Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times LAKERS STAR: Kobe Bryant (24) battles for a loose ball in Game 5. ProgramNet- work Viewers ProgramNet- work Viewers 1 NBA Finals, Game 5: Lakers at Celtics ABC18.65 2 NBA Finals, Game 4: Lakers at Celtics ABC16.37 3 NBA Finals, Game 3: Lakers at Celtics ABC15.96 4 Got Talent (Tue.) NBC13.09 5 NCISCBS11.26 --------------------------------------6 GleeFOX11.07 7 Two and a Half MenCBS9.84 8 NCIS: Los AngelesCBS9.57 9 Big Bang TheoryCBS9.12 10 60 MinutesCBS9.04 --------------------------------------11 The Mentalist CBS8.91 12 CSICBS8.51 13 Criminal MindsCBS8.47 14 CSI: NYCBS8.42 15 NHL Finals, Game 6: Blackhawks at Flyers NBC8.28 --------------------------------------16 So You Think You Can Dance (Wed.) FOX8.14 17 CSI: MiamiCBS7.97 18 The Bachelorette ABC7.91 19 Got Talent 8 p.m.) NBC7.53 20 CSI (8 p.m.) CBS7.41 --------------------------------------21 Miami MedicalCBS7.02 22 The 64th Annual Tony Awards CBS6.98 23 KitchenFOX6.96 24 So You Think You Can Dance (Thu.) FOX6.80 25 FlashpointCBS6.76 --------------------------------------26 The Good WifeCBS6.73 27 Lie to MeFOX6.06 Dateline 29 Losing It With JillianNBC5.70 30 Rules of Engagement CBS5.45 --------------------------------------Dateline 32 NBA Countdown (Tue.) ABC5.26 33 NBA Countdown (Thu.) ABC5.20 34 How I Met Your Mother CBS5.16 35 Last Comic Standing NBC5.04 --------------------------------------Modern FamilyABC5.04 37 48 Hours MysteryCBS4.96 38 NHL Pre-game (Wed.) NBC4.91 39 True BeautyABC4.81 40 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe (Wed.) UNI4.75 --------------------------------------41 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe (Mon.) UNI4.69 42 The Good GuysFOX4.56 43 NBA Countdown (Sun.) ABC4.53 44 Glee (Thu.) FOX4.51 45 The MiddleABC4.49 --------------------------------------46 Family GuyFOX4.48 47 48 Most Wanted: America Fights Back FOX4.45 49 The Middle (8 p.m.)ABC4.44 50 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe (Thu.) UNI4.39 --------------------------------------51 Persons UnknownNBC4.38 52 Soy Tu (Wed.) UNI4.35 53 Law Order: SVU (Sat.) NBC4.31 54 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX4.30 55 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe (Tue.) UNI4.27 --------------------------------------56 Soy Tu (Mon.) UNI4.26 57 Soy Tu 58 Rules of Engagement (Wed.) CBS4.15 59 Jimmy Kimmel Live (Thu.) ABC4.08 60 Soy Tu --------------------------------------61 MediumCBS4.02 62 The SimpsonsFOX4.00 63 How I Met Your Mother (Wed.) CBS3.97 64 American DadFOX3.96 65 ClevelandFOX3.82 --------------------------------------66 Soy Tu 67 CopsFOX3.78 68 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe (Fri.) UNI3.73 69 Friday Night LightsNBC3.66 70 Cold Case --------------------------------------Law Order Cougar TownABC3.65 73 2010 FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert ABC3.40 74 Jimmy Kimmel Live (Tue.) ABC3.27 75 Aqui AhoraUNI3.26 --------------------------------------76 Castle 77 Got Talent (Sat.) NBC3.19 78 Don Francisco Presenta UNI3.17 79 Three Rivers 80 Last Comic Standing (Sun.) NBC3.08 --------------------------------------81 Mi Pecado 82 Mi Pecado 83 House 84 Mi Pecado 85 Jimmy Kimmel Live (Sun.) ABC2.75 --------------------------------------86 Mi Pecado 87 The OfficeNBC2.71 88 Losing It With Jillian (Sun.) NBC2.69 89 30 RockNBC2.64 90 The Office (10 p.m.) NBC2.62 --------------------------------------91 CommunityNBC2.53 92 Happy TownABC2.52 Pedro Sus 30 UNI2.52 94 Mi Pecado 95 Rosa de Guadalupe UNI2.49 --------------------------------------96 Parks and Recreation NBC2.21 97 100 QuestionsNBC2.18 Cristina UNI2.18 99 Til Death FOX2.07 Sabado GiganteUNI2.07 --------------------------------------101 Hora PicoUNI1.99 102 Sons of Tucson FOX1.94 103 The Good Guys (Fri.) FOX1.88 104 Tiempo Final UNI1.83 105 The Bachelorette (Sat.) ABC1.75 --------------------------------------106 Familia P.

Luche UNI1.72 107 Humor a Quien Humor Merece (Sun.) UNI1.66 108 Hora Pico 109 Mujeres AsesinasUNI1.51 110 Vampire DiariesCW1.35 --------------------------------------111 Next Top Model CW1.20 112 MoonlightCW1.17 113 Next Top Model (9 p.m.) CW1.08 114 Supernatural 115 SmallvilleCW0.92 --------------------------------------116 One Tree HillCW0.71 117 90210CW0.66 118 Life Unexpected CW0.57 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 ABC7.968.56 CBS7.0711.49 FOX5.329.74 NBC5.118.04 UNI3.173.47 Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (June 7-13) 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 286 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older.

Viewership is listed in millions. is much as you might predict, given the venue: shot with multiple cameras before a live studio audience, with laughs sweetened to taste; starring actors already famous from other, older sitcoms; and made to appeal to people no longer as young as they were, an audience raised on the very series that make up the rest of TV programming day. So here are Valerie Bertinelli, 50, eerily still the image of little Barbara Cooper from Day at a (CBS, 1975-84); Jane Leeves, 49, Daphne from (NBC, 1993-2004); Wendie Malick, 59, best known for Shoot (NBC, 19972003); and oldster-of-the- moment Betty White, 88, whose sitcom career began in 1953, only two years after the birth of Love but whohit the heights with Mary Tyler Moore (CBS, 1970-77) and Golden (NBC, 1985-92), of which this is a kind of (mostly) younger variant. The younger stars are semi-fabulous best friends flying from Los Angeles to Paris on an impulsive getaway when an emergency grounds them in Cleveland, where divorcing writer Bertinelli meets plumber John Schneider, 50 of CBS, 1979-85) in a bar and decides, also impulsively, to stay. White, in a pink tracksuit, is the caretaker who comes with the house Bertinelli rents at some undisclosed low rate impossible to imagine in L.A., a house big enough, of course, to fit them all.

From the get-go, the jokes are almost all on the subject of age and aging body partsand, once the women arrive in the Midwest, about how great it is to be in a place where those things matter, or matter as much. think we spent all that time and effort and money trying to look 10years younger and 10pounds says Malick, a recently unemployed soap star now being offered grandma roles, all we had to do was crash-land in That Bertinelli, Malick and Leeves (as a high-end eyebrow specialist) are by any normal measure extraordinarily attractive and fit Leeves would very much like you to see her impressively sculpted legs does make it seem a case of protesting too much. But this is also part of the point: They are escaping Hollywood, where normal measures do not apply, for a land where people eat without shame and grow old gracefully. (Or, in case, disgracefully. Leeves: anyone else smell White: are you, That this series is on TV Land and not on one of those big networks where they used to work is proof of that pudding.

There is nothing particularly new under this sun, but thatalsois part of the point. in is determinedly traditional, old- fashioned even in that it finds room for stars over 50. They seem delighted to be there, can sell even the least and most obvious of lines and are called on to embarrass themselves not much more than is usual in these things. Like the women in it, the show is solid and professional and holds together well. robert.lloyd@latimes.com Evans WardPictureGroup NEW IN TOWN: Victoria (Wendie Malick), left, Joy (Jane Leeves) and Melanie (Valerie Bertinelli) chat up some local guys in TV in Familiar faces and feel to new sitcom latimes.com/ arts Everyday Special: Saveup Get home delivery of The Times at up to off the newsstand price.

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