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Show ABC yanks poor 'Prosperity d ABC has pulled the freshman comedy "The Knights of Prosperity," leaving the show's remaining episodes in limbo. The network announced on Monday that the next three episodes of Donal Logue-centrheist comedy will be off the schedule, starting this Wednesday. The episode titled "Operation: Rent Money" will be replaced by a repeat of "According to Jim," while repeats of "George Lopez" will take the "Prosperity" slot the following low-rate- TV Ratings viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week that ended Sunday. Prime-tim- e 1. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 30.65 million viewers. 2. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 29.78 million viewers. 3. "American Idol" (Thursday), Fox, 27.39 million viewers. 4. "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" (Tuesday), 26.48 million viewers. Fox, 5. "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" (Thursday), Fox, 23.46 million viewers. 6. "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" (Wednesday), Fox, 23.37 million viewers. 7. "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 18.31 million viewers. 8. "CSI: Miami," CBS, 17.42 million viewers. 9. "Deal Or No Deal" (Monday), NBC, 1726 million viewers. 10. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 16.58 million viewers. 11. "NC1S," CBS, 16.16 million viewers. 12. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," 1 5.69 million viewers. CBS, 13. "Without a Trace," CBS, 14.88 million viewers. DVDV"ideo releases 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' One of the most crude, crass yet beloved overseas observers of the glorious nation of U.S. and A. blusters his way into your homes. Reprising one of the alter egos he created on "Da Ali G Show," British comic Sacha Baron Cohen delivered a $100 million hit with this uproarious assemblage of sketches, documentary-styl- e two weeks. ' 1 ft. i f k 5 9 Li S11JI 15. (15) "Survivor: Fiji," CBS, 14.67 million viewers. New York Times Bestseller List HARDCOVER FICTION 1 . INNOCENT IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb 2. STEP ON A CRACK, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge 3. SISTERS, by Danielle Steel 4. THE DOUBLE BIND, by Chris Bohjalian 5. FOR ONE MORE DAY, by Mitch Albom HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, by Barack Obama 2. SOMEBODY'S by Neal Boortz GOTTA SAY IT, 3. A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah 4. MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan 5. THE INNOCENT MAN, by John Grisham f 1 --4 i f encounters and moments of cultural ridicule. Cohen plays, the clueless, buf foonish Borat, a Kazakh TV journalist traveling across the United States to report back on the nation and its people to his homeland and hopefully, to wed Pamela Anderson in the process. The DVD includes five deleted scenes plus a montage of deleted footage, along with coverage of the publicity tour Cohen did last year, always maintaining the Borat persona. DVD, $29.98. (20th Century Fox) bulled its way into the 1997 race at the Academy Awards gets a DVD makeover in set with a huge range a two-dis- c of extras. Robert Carhle, Tom Wilkinson and Mark Addy lead 'Literary Classics the cast in the story of unemCollection' ployed steelworkers who find a Three decades of films adapted new avocation as a team of male from classic literature debut on strippers. The set includes 10 DVD. The five-dis- c set includes deleted scenes; featurettes on the 'Peter Pan' Vincente Minnelli's 1949 rendiscore, the ShefAnother of the most cherished tion of Gustave Flaubert's "Mafield, England, locations, and director Peter Cattaneo; and a look dame Bovary," with Jennifer cartoon features ever is Jones as the doomed adulteress. at Britain's film industry in the from the Walt Disney Also in the set: the 1948 take on 1990s. Addy and Cattaneo team set with a vaults in a two-dis- c Alexandre Dumas' "The Three digitally restored version of the up for audio commentary. DVD 1953 classic. The adaptation of set, $19.98. (20th Century Fox) Musketeers," starring Gene J.M. Barrie's tale follows the Kelly as the dashing iyArtagnan; 1962's "Billy Budd," with Robert adventures of three children, TV on DVD: Wendy, John and Michael DarRyan and Peter Ustinov in an "Hawaii Five-O- : The First ling, who are whisked to a magiadaptation of Herman Melville's Book 'em, Danno. cal land of pirates, fairies and shipboard saga; Gregory Peck in Season" Peter Pan, the boy who can fly the title role of C.S. Forester's na- Jack Lord's and refuses to grow up. Among val adventure "Captain Horatio cop drama resurfaces on DVD. Lord and James MacArthur the highlights of the DVD extras Hornblower"; and a double-featur- e is a segment about alternate apdisc containing the 1937 and star in the show that debuted in 1952 versions of Anthony Hope's 1968, following a team of tough proaches Disney considered for the film but abandoned, including "The Prisoner of Zenda." Terence Hawaiian detectives. The seven-dis- c set has the first 24 episodes, a different opening that would Stamp, who plays the title role in have started the story in the "Billy Budd," and his director on plus the original movie pilot and a 1996 retrospective featuring "The Limey," Steven Soderbergh, fantasy world of Never Land, offer commentary for that film, cast interviews. DVD set, $54.99. instead of the Darlings' London home. The set includes a couple while the other discs feature (Paramount) of deleted songs, games and sto"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: vintage cartoons and short films. The First Season" Melissa Joan DVD set, $59.92; single DVDs, rybooks, a making-o- f featurette and an essay from Walt Disney Hart returns as the sweet-1- 6 $19.97 each (Warner Bros.) himself on why he made the film. sorceress, who lives with her two witchcraft-mentorin- g aunts and Walt's nephew, Roy Disney, The Full Monty: Fully is host for audio commentary balances her magic studies with Edition' Exposed teen life. The first 24 episodes that includes Disney animators, set. DVD set, come in a four-dis- c critics such as Leonard Martin, It's been 10 years since a of and Kathryn Beaumont, who bunch $42.99. (Paramount) scruffy Brits dropped their drawers and provided the voice of Wendy. David Germain The set also has a preview of the endeared themselves to movie audiences. The comedy that The Associated Press re upcoming straight-to-video ABC's scheduling release stops short of calling the series canceled, but merely says "Not yet rescheduled" next to the three pulled episodes. Despite somewhat positive reviews, through its first 8 airings, "Knights" averaged just over 5.03 million viewers. Twentieth Century Fox Borat Sacha Baron Cohen, center celebrates with his neighbors in Kazakhstan his planned visit to America in "Borat." lease "Tinker Bell," centered on the tiny flying pixie who is best pals with Peter. DVD set, $29.99. (Disney) best-pictu- re Oscar-nominat- 14. (23) "Extreme Makeover Home Edition," ABC, 14.71 million viewers. ic Engvall sitcom collars Meadows Tim Meadows will take a lead role in Bill Engvall's upcoming TBS comedy series. The multicamera sitcom stars "Blue Collar Comedy" veteran Engvall as a family counselor whose family could use some counseling. The series is appropriately titled "The Bill Engvall Show." Nancy Travis was previously cast as Engvall's wife and, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Meadows will play Engvall's doctor buddy. Meadows's feature credits include "Mean Girls" and, of course, "The Ladies Man." Carrie-Ann- e Moss enters pilot matrix "The Matrix" star Carrie-Ann- e Moss has joined ABCs drama pilot "Suspect," marking her first television work in nearly a decade. Moss will play a tough- but tender police lieutenant in "Suspect," the showbiz trade papers report. The Guy d crime drama begins with a list of suspects in a case and narrows it down to the actual perpetrator. Ed Zuckerman ("Law & Order," "JAG") wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Ritchie, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly. The pilot will be Moss' first TV work since "The Matrix"; she had previously starred on "Models Inc." and a USA series called, "Matrix." Ritchie-directe- . L Zap2it.com |