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Ladies and gentlemen, Jay hard to see it so much as a dig as a comradely wink. Like Liz Lemon, who seem to accept that she is no longer the homely misfit of her youth, can no longer claim underdog status. With all those Emmys, viewers expect a lot, and two episodes in, is prepared to deliver, serving up the self-conscious, fast-moving, quick-witted comedy it has all but trademarked. (You help but wish that every American industry had a similar flagship.) Providing the irresistible drumbeat through it all is the relationship between Jack and Liz. Lucy and Ricky meet Oscar and Felix.

Jack and Liz are, in their own warped way, hottest couple, by turns ruthless and tender, the bickering parents of the over-diagnosed post-modern family. Because like every classic of the genre, is not something you watch, a place you visit. Where everybody knows your name. And your withholding status. And your medical history.

Where nothing wrong with being fun and popular and giving people what they want. Ladies and gentlemen, mary.mcnamara@latimes.com strikes playfully Ali Goldstein NBC UNITED: Kenneth (Jack McBrayer, right) leads his fellow NBC pages (including one played by Steve Buscemi, third from left) in a strike after their overtime is cut. from Outside of Los and Good viewers clearly preferred returning series to new entries during the third week of the prime-time television season. Los and Good were the third- and 11th-most-watched prime-time programs on the five major broadcast networks between Oct. 5 and Sunday.

The next most-viewed new series was which was 29th, according to figures released by Nielsen Co. Few new series in recent seasons have been able to draw large audiences early. Los benefits both from being a spinoff of most-watched series, and from following it. With five of the seven most- watched programs on broadcast television, CBS was the most-watched network for the third time this season, averaging a season-high 12.19 million viewers. five-week streak as most-watched network in prime time ended, as coverage of Major League playoffs helped it average 5.41 million for its prime- time programming, the most in its 33-year history.

New shows are faltering city news service ProgramNet- work Viewers ProgramNet- work Viewers 1 NCISCBS20.70 2 Dancing With the StarsABC16.35 3 NCIS: Los AngelesCBS16.31 4 NFL Football: Indianapolis at Tennessee NBC16.02 5 CSICBS14.90 ------------------------------------------6 The MentalistCBS14.70 7 60 MinutesCBS14.54 8 Anatomy 9 p.m.) ABC14.13 9 Criminal MindsCBS14.05 10 HouseFOX13.74 ------------------------------------------11 The Good Wife CBS13.69 12 CSI: MiamiCBS13.43 13 Desperate HousewivesABC13.42 14 Two and a Half MenCBS13.30 15 The Big Bang TheoryCBS12.51 ------------------------------------------16 CSI: NYCBS12.43 17 Dancing With the Stars (results) ABC12.42 18 NFL PregameNBC12.32 19 SurvivorCBS11.69 20 The Amazing Race CBS10.52 ------------------------------------------21 College football: Florida at LSU CBS10.50 22 BonesFOX10.29 23 Football Night America (Part 3) NBC9.82 24 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (8 p.m.) ABC9.81 25 Private PracticeABC9.50 ------------------------------------------26 The OfficeNBC9.42 27 The Biggest Loser NBC9.24 28 CastleABC9.23 29 FlashForwardABC9.00 30 Brothers SistersABC8.97 ------------------------------------------31 Family GuyFOX8.97 32 Modern FamilyABC8.82 33 Ghost WhispererCBS8.78 34 Law Order: SVUNBC8.29 MediumCBS8.29 ------------------------------------------36 How I Met Your MotherCBS8.08 37 Lie to MeFOX8.06 38 The Cleveland ShowFOX7.87 Cold CaseCBS7.87 40 Cougar TownABC7.84 ------------------------------------------41 The SimpsonsFOX7.60 42 The Forgotten ABC7.55 43 MercyNBC7.43 44 KitchenFOX7.43 45 Funniest Home Videos ABC7.39 ------------------------------------------46 Numb3rsCBS7.34 47 Es Para Siempre (Mon.) UNI7.33 Three RiversCBS7.33 49 GleeFOX7.28 50 Law OrderNBC7.22 ------------------------------------------51 Accidentally on PurposeCBS7.17 52 Dateline 53 The New Adventures of Old Christine CBS6.86 54 Gary UnmarriedCBS6.84 55 The MiddleABC6.79 ------------------------------------------56 American DadFOX6.75 57 HankABC6.45 58 59 So You Think You Can Dance (Wed.) FOX6.22 60 Jay Leno Show ------------------------------------------61 FringeFOX5.83 62 Jay Leno Show 63 Football Night America (Part 2) NBC5.59 64 So You Think You Can Dance (Tue.) FOX5.47 65 HeroesNBC5.46 ------------------------------------------66 Most Wanted: America Fights Back FOX5.41 67 TraumaNBC5.36 68 Cops 2FOX5.33 69 Jay Leno Show 70 Shark TankABC5.15 ------------------------------------------71 EastwickABC5.14 72 CopsFOX5.11 73 Law Order: SVU 74 CommunityNBC4.87 75 Jay Leno Show ------------------------------------------76 Parks and RecreationNBC4.75 77 College Football: Michigan at Iowa ABC4.58 78 Sortilegio 79 Jay Leno Show 80 Sortilegio ------------------------------------------81 Sortilegio 82 En Nombre del Amor (Thu.) UNI4.09 83 Cristina 84 En Nombre del Amor (Wed.) UNI4.02 85 En Nombre del Amor (Tue.) UNI3.89 ------------------------------------------86 En Nombre del Amor (Fri.) UNI3.87 87 Sortilegio FriUNI3.86 88 The Cleveland Show 7:30 p.m.) FOX3.70 89 Vampire DiariesCW3.52 90 Un Gancho al (Tue.) UNI3.32 ------------------------------------------91 College Football Pregame ABC3.28 92 Next Top Model CW3.16 93 Un Gancho al (Mon.) UNI3.11 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 CBS12.1912.17 ABC8.4110.01 NBC7.527.81 FOX6.547.56 UNI3.743.75 Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Oct. 5-11) as compiled by the Nielsen Company. 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 Where: NBC When: 9:30 tonight Rating: TV-14-D (may be unsuitable for children under the age of 14 with an advisory for suggestive dialogue).