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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. PRIME-TIME TV RANKINGS The premieres of the ABC comedies and both won their time slots last week, while and received lackluster responses from viewers in their debuts.

which stars Kelsey Grammer as an ousted chief executive who moves his family to a small Virginia town, won its p.m. Wednesday slot with 8.34 million viewers. was 39th among prime- time programs on the five major broadcast networks between Sept. 28 and Sunday, according to figures released Tuesday by the Nielsen Co. which stars Patricia Heaton as a wife, mother and automobile saleswoman, won its p.m.

Wednesday time slot with 8.71million viewers, finishing 38th for the week. The CBS medical drama was third in its Sunday 9-10 p.m. slot and 35th for the week with 8.97 million viewers. The NBC paramedics drama was fourth in its 9-10 p.m. slot Sept.

28 and 57th for the week, averaging 6.68 million viewers. With 11 of the 17 most-watched prime-time programs, CBS was the most- watched network for the second time in the two weeks of the 2009-10 television season. Compared with the second week of last season, viewership was up for Fox, for ABC and for CBS. It was down for NBC and for the CW. Wins from ABC comedies city news service head of biggest dysfunctional family, backed by a wing of moderates whose famous faces include Tom Hanksand George Clooney.

main campaign pledge was to reunite SAG with its longtime collective bargaining partner, the smaller American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which also represents recording artists and news announcers. He also wants to bring a tone of civility back to a union beset by destabilizing infighting under the leadership of the scrappier and, yes, shorter Alan Rosenberg. In contrast to his predecessor, Howard has a decidedly more low-key style. of the things that make actors good is their capacity to says Howard in a restaurant near his Santa Clarita home. keep reminding myself that.

If ever there was a job that requires a lot of listening, this one. To be in any way tone deaf or have a tin ear is disastrous at this Abear-like presence in black trousers and a black vest, Howard exudes easygoing con- fidenceand a gift for gab. also keenly aware that his mug, with its distinctive hang-dog eyes, is probably more famous than his name, given 40years in showbiz, seven series (including and multiple moviesand plays too numerous to count. He might be the SAG member with the most U.S. presidents on his including portraying George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincolnand even Warren G.

Harding on a camping trip. Always cool It was natural inclination to calm the waters that caught the attention of Ned Vaughn, a leader in moderate camp. The two acted together on the 2007 TV series was playing a nefarious sugar baron, and the actors were shooting for hours in 110-degree weather in a sugar field in El Centro, east of San Diego. was hotter than hell, and people were losing their tempers left and said Vaughn. never lost his cool.

He said, on, guys, get this He pitch a fit when work to be Howard actually had gotten his first taste of SAG several years earlier, when his friends Mike Farrell and James Cromwell urged him to witness firsthand the free-for-all at SAG meetings. He ran for the national board in 2008 because figured I could When his moderate group, which goes under the rubric Unite for Strength, first began considering presidential candidates, Howard initially demurred, believing he famous enough to run. Past presidents have included Ronald Reagan, Charlton Heston and Ed Asner, and name recognition can tilt elections. Howard and his colleagues tried to enlist better- known actors, such asSally Field and William H. Macy.

Finally, the moderates turned to Howard. said whatever he could do to help us achieve our goal he would said Amy Aquino, who was elected secre- tary-treasureron slate. never seen an actor with so little Not everyone has such a high opinion of the new leader, however. done nothing in his board service to show what kind of leader he will said backed opponentand bitterly clashed with supporters over bargaining strategy, the split with AFTRAand the firing of the former executive director. skeptical of his motivation and Off and running Howard had an unusually fast break to his Hollywood career.

He was raised in Long Is- land, the son of a stockbroker, and he played basketball and sang in a choir that traveled to Carnegie Halland Europe. He attended Amherst and opted for a fellowship to Yale Drama School, in part to escape the Vietnam draft. He quit after only two years to join the cast in Neil on Broadway, and soon afterhe won a Tony for his turn in That perform- ancesnagged the attention of director Otto Preminger, who cast the square-jawed classic hunk opposite Liza Minnelli in Me That You Love Me, Junie was a wise 23. Talk about born in a trunk and professional. I was 25, wet behind the recalls Howard.

One day, a fan came up to Minnelli, asked for her autographand then turned to Howard for his. He scribbled down his name demurely, just like writing a check. Minnelli was appalled. no. You got to work on this! You got to have an autograph that you do says a laughing Howard, who subsequently upped the panache of his signature.

In 1978, he hatched and starred in the groundbreaking TV series White inspired in part by his own experience as the only white player on his high school basketball team. Howard brought the idea to TV producer Bruce Paltrow, whose wife, Blythe Danner, worked with numerous times. was always sleeping with, kissingor dancing with his jokes Howard. Says Danner, got a great brain. He was so quick to learn his lines.

He saved me many, many, many a Paltrow and Howard sold the pitch to CBS, but when the network picked up the show, the brass warned them, away from sex, drugsand says Howard. not going to be Back, That CBS TV series lasted three seasons, and many othershowsfollowed, although in the Howard got disillusioned by showbizand did a three-year stint at Harvard, teaching acting and public speakingas well as a course in oral argument at Harvard Law School with famed legal scholar Charles Ogletree. In 2000, he came close to dying of kidney failurebut was saved when his and his friend, Jeannie Epper, a prominent Hollywood stuntwoman, offered him one of her kidneys. Howard thanked Epper by name in his recent Emmy speech, noting, you, I be here on this planet, let alone at this Of late, perhaps because of his natural air of gravitas and intelligence, Howard often plays beleaguered patriarchs. needed someone who the audience would perceive as carrying a lot of weight on his shoulders, the weight of sadness and says director Curtis Hanson, who cast him as Toni Collette and Cameron father in Her In he played the unscrupulous head of a pharmaceutical company.

In his patrician Phelan Beale is the rational counterbalance to hiswife and daughter, played by Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore, respectively. Beale was harsh and stern and determined to have his way, but I wanted to make sure he was infused with a certain level of says writer-director Michael Sucsy, could understand why he was exhausted by his wife and daughter, who take things Ready to reunite Asked about this recent turn in his screen persona, Howard notes, we are, the experiences had, come to the As for his new volunteer job, Howard seems leery about making any grand pronouncements about his plans for the union, except for noting the importance of merging with AFTRA. After their split last year, AFTRA snagged of the contracts for new prime-time shows an area that SAG has traditionally dominated. Howard calls the status quo a self-destructive and saysthat both unions will be better served by joining forces. This said, Howard insists that everybody in SAG will get their say.

want to very much serve the task of president as written, which means me serving the wishes of the national boardand chairing the meetings fairly. he emphasizes. I can manage that, accomplished rachel.abramowitz richard.verrier@latimes.com All things in moderation Howard, from Mark J. Terrill Associated Press EMMY WINNER: Ken Howard accepts the award for supporting actor in a miniseries or movie last month. In his speech, he thanked the woman who gave him one of her kidneys.

Peter Stranks HBO That suit was custom made. of the things that make actors good is their capacity to listen. keep reminding myself Howard Screen Actors Guild president.