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818-547-3352 All Theatres in Digital Stereo EXCHANGE 10 128 N. Maryland Ave 818-549-0045 All Theatres in Digital Stereo Special Engagement (No Passes or Red Carpet Tickets) No Passes Times for Wednesday, October 21, 2009 FH www.manntheatres.com www.movietickets.com latimes.com/ nation says Josh T. Ryan at the start of every episode of new reality series premiering tonight on Showtime, new gun is manufactured every 10sec- onds. And all sorts of people are buying As that works out to 3,153,600 new guns ayear about three-quarters the number of new people who are manufactured in America over the same period one would think that, yes, there will have to be some variety. That number does not seem to be too high, or too Ryan, who works at the Shootist gun shop outside of Denver it is not his family that owns it where he keeps up a steady stream of chatter as he puts customers in the gun of their dreams.

Hidden cameras record their conversations it is sort of in a gun store, without the profound glimpses into the human condition that can afford, or the sex. Ryan prompts the patrons to talk, but the stories really develop into much; and although the arms-buying demographic is indeed wider than one who has not spent much time in a gun store might imagine, their reasons for buying tend to be variations on the same few themes: I was robbed; want to be robbed; guns are fun to collect and shoot. (At cans and watermelons and paper targets mostly; in the whole six-episode run there is, interestingly and happily almost no talk of hunting.) Every once in a while, asnippet of non-gun-talk flashes by, but those roads are not really explored. And when the store is robbed, the ramifications of big weapons disappearing into the criminal underworld are never discussed. When you go outside the series itself which runs from kind of dull to mildly diverting the newsreleases that herald it you learn that Ryan, one of the co-creators, is also an actor.

(He has, or possibly had, a stint in of a scheduled.) And ultimately, the show is less about the customers, who come and go, than it is about him. He is not particularly a gun person, anyway, he is a gun salesman, with the big-laugh bonhomie of one born to retail, as well as the ability to identify with a product and with his various customers. (Marriage, he tells an Orthodox Jew, is He calls them and and according to how he gauges their self- image; he widens his eyes in amazement at any even slightly amazing story they have to tell. he says. But his own talk also becomes repetitious after a while.

For variety, he leaves the store at some point in each episode and goes out into the world (or to the downstairs shooting gallery) to fire guns, although his employers mock his marksmanship. As one who has never spent any time in a gun shop, and indeed would be happy to see all your Glocks beaten into plowshares (in spite of the pastor here who finds in gun ownership biblical principle very I do feel now that Ihave sort of spent some time in at least one. Gun people are not all gun-crazy, clearly, the series shows, and are sometimes amusing; but there is still something in the sight of a small child aiming a grown-up weapon that I will find awful to the end of my days. Why not try model railroading? robert.lloyd@latimes.com TELEVISION REVIEW Gun sales, seen aimlessly ROBERT LLOYD TELEVISION CRITIC Customers. Hidden camera.

That might sound diverting but really. Where: Showtime When: 8 tonight Rating: TV-MA-L (may be unsuitable for children under the age of 17, with an advisory for coarse language) frankly are nothing more than he said. made any decisions. This is a deliberate process. And while it may be hard for some people to understand that deliberate process, it is a process that has served us well in the past and we think we will serve us well decision to retire triggered a scramble at where top producers learned that Sawyer would succeed him just a day before the news went public, according to their colleagues.

Her departure could deal a huge blow to the second-place morning show, which brings in the bulk of the revenue for ABC News $400 million out of a total of $700 million in 2008, according to calculations by the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Without star power behind them, producers fret that they will be unable to go head-to-head with in the race to book exclusives, the lifeblood of morning news. Many staffers wonder why ABC already identified her successor. commitment to has technically been short-term since she and Gibson joined the show in 1999 at the request of Westin, who asked them to temporarily help stabilize the program. is surprising is how few choices they have, despite knowing they would have to make this choice for 10 said a network news veteran with close knowledge of the situation.

Schneider rejected the idea that ABC was unprepared for the change, saying the network is always working to develop a new generation of stars. some networks obsessively work these things over years in advance and frankly, you end up with a Conan and Jay he said, referring to how NBC pushed Jay Leno to hand over Tonight to Conan amove that has yet to pay off in the ratings. The lack of a clear heir to the throne speaks to how few of broadcasters command the kind of name recognition that once went hand-in-hand with a network job. in large part because television news does not offer the lofty platform it once did, industry veterans said. Facedwith declining viewer- ship and an explosion of other media, particularly on cable, network air time no longer translates into instant prominence.

era of the superstar has been fading for some said AvWestin, a former senior vice president of ABC News. outlets like MSNBC and CNN and Fox have essentially subtracted from the glamour and the importance of the Indeed, cable hosts who command a small following are now seen as viable players. ABC recently made overtures to Willie Geist, a one-time producer for Tucker Carlson who now co-hosts to join the network for apossible future role on according to multiple sources. He remains under contract at MSNBC. think television news is grooming or developing the big stars said agent Michael Glantz, who represents broadcasters such as co-host Meredith Viei- ra.He noted that the networks have curtailed the major salaries they used to dangle to woo correspondents.

And the decline of local television stations, which long operated as farm teams for the news divisions, gives talented anchor fewer places to shine. Glantz regularly fields calls from network talent executives asking for suggestions. calling me and everyone else who does what I do, saying, there somebody else out he said. asking often with sounds of near desperation. They know the answers, a particularly ironic situation for ABC, famous for its deep bench of anchors such as Sawyer, Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel and Barbara Walters, who were built by legendary news division president Roone Arledge.

But the culture he created may have also unintentionally damaged the news long-term prospects. In having his anchors vie against one another for favor, Arledge gave them little incentive for them to mentor a new generation, ABC veterans noted. are dealing with the residual effects a decade or two on of star system and the way they were pitted against each said one newsroom employee. As a result, staffers are hard-pressed to name an ABC figure other than Stephan- opoulos who has the prominence of Sawyer or Gibson. The former Clinton aide, who joined ABC in 1997 as an analyst and now serves as the chief Washington correspondent, was just appointed primary substitute on If he also assumes her former spot on as well, that would put Stephanopoulos in the remarkable position of holding key posts in the mornings, evenings and on Sundays.

matea.gold@latimes.com Sawyer leaves a big chair to fill from Getty Images EVENING NEWS: Sawyer is stepping in for Gibson. Mark LaFleur Showtime GUNS: Josh T. Ryan sells sometimes shoots is becoming an exception to the prime-time television trend of new series generally struggling to find viewers. After seeing its audience shrink each of the previous two weeks, the viewership rose last week to 9.35 million, making it the most- watched new comedy between Oct. 12-18, according to figures released Tuesday by the Nielsen Co.

was 27th among all prime-time programs on the five major broadcast networks. The NBC nursing drama was another new series with ratings success last week, winning its 8-9 p.m. Wednesday time slot. With six of the eight most-watched programs, CBS was the top-rated network for the fourth time in the four weeks. Its was the most- watched show on broadcast television for the fourth time, and Los was the most-watched new series for the fourth time.

This is the first time that the same network has had the same No. 1 show and No. 1 new show for each of the first four weeks of the season since 1998, when and accomplished the feat. PRIME-TIME TV RANKINGS ABC bucks season trend city news service ProgramNet- work Viewers ProgramNet- work Viewers 1 NCISCBS21.03 2 NFL Football: Chicago Bears at Atlanta Falcons NBC18.17 3 Dancing With the StarsABC16.79 4 NCIS: Los AngelesCBS15.38 CSICBS15.38 ------------------------------------------6 The MentalistCBS15.08 7 60 MinutesCBS14.32 8 Two and a Half MenCBS14.17 9 Dancing With the Stars: Results ABC13.95 10 Criminal MindsCBS13.92 ------------------------------------------11 Anatomy 9 p.m.) ABC13.79 12 Desperate HousewivesABC13.68 13 HouseFOX13.50 14 CSI: NYCBS13.40 15 CSI: MiamiCBS13.27 ------------------------------------------16 The Big Bang TheoryCBS13.07 17 The Good WifeCBS12.98 18 NFL Pregame 19 Survivor: SamoaCBS11.78 20 The Amazing RaceCBS10.92 ------------------------------------------21 Private PracticeABC10.36 22 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (8 p.m.) ABC10.33 23 CastleABC9.77 24 Brothers SistersABC9.72 25 BonesFOX9.59 ------------------------------------------26 Baseball: ALCS Game 2: Angels at Yankees FOX9.38 27 Modern FamilyABC9.35 28 The Biggest LoserNBC9.14 29 FlashForwardABC9.07 30 Law Order: SVUNBC8.77 ------------------------------------------31 The SimpsonsFOX8.69 32 How I Met Your MotherCBS8.56 33 Baseball: ALCS Game 1: Angels at Yankees FOX8.44 34 Family GuyFOX8.13 35 MediumCBS8.10 ------------------------------------------36 Ghost WhispererCBS8.05 37 KitchenFOX8.04 38 The OfficeNBC8.03 39 Numb3rsCBS8.01 40 Cougar TownABC8.00 ------------------------------------------41 Lie to MeFOX7.87 42 Three RiversCBS7.83 43 Law OrderNBC7.73 Accidentally on PurposeCBS7.73 45 Funniest Home Videos ABC7.72 ------------------------------------------46 GleeFOX7.65 47 The Cleveland ShowFOX7.62 48 The ForgottenABC7.43 49 MercyNBC7.37 50 So You Think You Can Dance (Wed.) FOX7.21 ------------------------------------------51 52 The New Adventures of Old Christine CBS6.99 53 Gary UnmarriedCBS6.91 54 Football Night America (Part 3) NBC6.83 55 The MiddleABC6.77 56 30 RockNBC6.39 57 American DadFOX6.25 58 48 Hours MysteryCBS6.24 59 The Jay Leno Show (Wed.) NBC6.15 HankABC6.15 ------------------------------------------61 FringeFOX5.78 62 The Jay Leno Show (Tue.) NBC5.77 63 Secrets of the Lost Symbol NBC5.72 64 HeroesNBC5.55 65 TraumaNBC5.49 ------------------------------------------66 Bank of America 500ABC5.48 67 The Jay Leno Show (Thu.) NBC5.37 68 Law Order: SVU 69 Shark TankABC5.24 70 The Jay Leno Show (Mon.) NBC5.10 ------------------------------------------71 EastwickABC5.08 72 Ugly BettyABC5.07 73 Crimetime SaturdayCBS5.06 74 The Jay Leno Show (Fri.) NBC5.02 75 CommunityNBC5.01 ------------------------------------------76 Crimetime 8 p.m.) CBS4.95 77 Sortilegio 78 Sortilegio 79 The Simpsons 7:30 p.m.) FOX4.55 80 Parks and RecreationNBC4.53 ------------------------------------------81 Sortilegio 82 Sortilegio 83 En Nombre del Amor (Mon.) UNI4.30 84 Sortilegio 85 En Nombre del Amor (Tue.) UNI4.24 ------------------------------------------86 En Nombre del Amor (Thu.) UNI4.10 87 En Nombre del Amor (Wed.) UNI4.08 88 Vampire DiariesCW3.88 89 Cristina 90 En Nombre del Amor (Fri.) UNI3.59 ------------------------------------------91 Football Night America (Part 2) NBC3.29 ------------------------------------------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 CBS11.88 NBC7.41 FOX8.41 CW2.26 UNI3.36 Season to date numbers not available Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Oct.

12-18) 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..