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Show penatects = staying In In ABC news anchor Vargas pregnant And now,some good news for the folks at ABC's “World NewsTonight”: Co-anchor oreh eeis expecting DVD/Video releases ‘Saw iI’ 1. (1) “American Idol-Tuesday,” Fox, HY Inillion viewers. 2. “American idol-Wednesday,” Fox287 millon views 3.3) “CSI,” CBS, 27.4 million viewers. 4, “Grey's Anatomy,” ABC, 25.4 ‘The fright franchise that has nothing to offer but blood, sweat,toiland blood returns nnvows 5. (4) “Desperate Housewives,” henmericens te 6. “Winter Olympics-Sunday,” berg as the cop at the center of the story, the sequel puts maniacal murderer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) into the hands of police, who must race to discover the whereabouts of a house wherethe wacko hasi hoe232 mon newer 4.0 “Winter Olympics-Saturday,” NBC, 23.23 million viewers. a (28) "House," Fox, 22.2 million 9. 00) *Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony,” NBC, 22.2 million viewers. 10. (5) Thopiogete be CBS,20.3 trillion viewers. 11.7) “Dania wh ie a ‘ABC, 20.0 million viewers 12. (11) “Survivor: Panama-Exile Island," CBS, 18.8 million viewers. Beverly Mitchell and director Darren Lynn Bousman = provide audio comment: 13. (14) “Lost,” ABC,18.73 million DVD,$28.98. (Gonsgste)” ASTON 14, (8) “CSI: Miami," CBS, 18.68°mil- ‘Zathura’ isGee “Grammy Awards,” CBS, 17.0 It could havebeen a hit, if knew how to pronounce it at the ticket counter. lion viewers, am 16. (12) “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 16.3 million viewers. 17. (12) “NCIS,” CBS, 16.1 mil. viewers. 18. (20) “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” ABC, 15.9 million viewers. 19.(16) "Lan & Order: 1,” NBC, Soe a ees 20. (17) Dencegwi te Seas Results,” ABC, 14.6 million viewers. NewYorkTimes BestsellerList HARDCOVERFICTION 1. CELL, by Stephen King 2. THE DA VINCI CODE, by Dan Brown 3, MEMORY IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb 4, GONE, by Lisa Gardner Frey 4, FREAKONOMICS,by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J Dubner 5, FORLACI, by Sharon Rocha from Madden, who also pro-* Mr.Lincoln,’ who must learn to put their differences aside to escape the Henry Fonda stars as the rail-splitter who grows up to be a struggling lawyer and the nation’s eventual emancipator in John Ford's 1939 classic about Abraham Lincoln's . early years. The two-disc set has archival interviews with Ford and Fonda and a radio mentary, while the DVD has a dramatization of “Young nice range of background ma- Mr.Lincoln.” With 1990's terial about casting, creature “Metropolitan,” Whit Stillman creation, miniatures and visual made an impressive writingeffects. There's also a feadirecting debut on this indie turette on the artistic style of hit spinning an insightful comicportrait oflife among New York City’s young upper-crust. DVDextras include commentary by Stillman on both the full film and outtakes. “Young Mr.Lincoln” 4 Friedman 3. MY FRIEND LEONARD,by James speare in Love” director John Maddenfor this adaptation of the stage play about an woman living in fear that she has inherited not only the brilliance of her math genius dad (Hopkins), but also his madness. Gyllenhaal, an Oscar nominee for “Brokeback Mountain,” co-stars as a mathstudent with a personal and professional interest in Paltrow.Deleted footage is accompanied remarks ‘Metropolitan’ HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan 2, THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Thomas L. NewsTonight”until shortly STEVE WILKIE/Lionsgate Addison (Emmanuelle Vaugier) in a scene from “Saw II.” “Young 5. THE LAST TEMPLAR, by Raymond Khoury ruff,in Iraq late last month. “This is joyous newsfor Marc and our family,” Vargas says in a statement. ‘Vargas is expected to remain at the anchor desk on “World vides commentary for the full film. DVD,$29.99. (Miramax) | DVD set, $39.95; “Metropoli- tan” DVD,$39.95.(Criterion) Shakespeare around to love? That Anthony Hopkins has plenty of tooth left in his acting bite? That Jake Gyllenhaal is more than just the cowboy- Tiieea por Friday that she’s pregnant; she and her husband, singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, also havea 3-year-old son. The newscomes as a welcome bit of relief for the ABC Newsteam, which has been dealing with the TV on DVD: Dempsey star in the hip hospital drama about hotshot surgical interns. A two-disc set packs year one’s nine episodes, along with commentary and _ deleted scenes. DVD set, $29.99. (Disney) “The Golden Girls: The Complete Fourth Season” — Bea Arthur and her gaggle of old broads return in a three-disc set that packsall 26 episodes from year four, along witha segment on the season’s top guest stars. DVD set, $39.99. (Disney) before her due datein late summer. She'll also continue as coanchor of“20/20.” CBS breaks up with ‘Love Monkey’ We're not sure if CBS gave “Love Monkey”the It’s-not-youit's-me speech, but we do know that just a few days before Valentine's Day, the network has brokenthings off with the show.Afterjust three episodes, none of which brought very strong ratings, “Love Monkey” has been pulled from the sched- ule. CBS is officially saying the dramedy is “on hiatus,” but the networkcurrently has no plans for its return. ‘Everwood’,‘Bedford’ rescheduled by WB four-disc sets pack year three of Will Smith's sitcom about a hip-hop teen in the hoity-toity “hood and the first season of Queen Latifah’s series about four Brooklyn house mates. The “Fresh Prince” set has 24 The WBhas fiddled a bit with its March schedule, delaying the premiere date for the new drama “The Bedford Diaries” and the return of “Everwood.” “The BedfordDiaries,” will now debut March 29, a week set has 27. DVD sets, $29.98 each. (Warner Bros.) * debut. The changewill allow the networkto run the eight episodes it’s ordered through most of May sweeps. A “GilmoreGirls” episode will run in the 9 p.m. EST Wednesday spot on March22. episodes, the “Living Single” The Complete Fifth Season” — It’s your last chance to see Don Knotts as a series regular as Andy'sjittery deputy. Year five of the '60s sitcom classic has 32 episodes in a five-disc package. DVDset, $39.99. (Paramount) “The Pretender: The Complete Third Season” — Michael T. Weiss is back as the human chameleon whose abil- ity to blend in helps keep him outof the grip of the shadowygroupthat once held him captive. A four-disc set has 24 episodes. DVDset, $39.98. + (20th Century Fox) David Germain The Associated Press after its originally scheduled “Everwood,” meanwhile,will return to The WB on March 27, rather than March20. The show has beenoff the air since Decemberandis moving from its Thursday home toits former Mondayspot. On the 20th, the networkwill air back-to-back episodes of “Related,” with the second constituting the show’s season finale. “Everwood”will return with twoepisodes the following week before settling into the post-"7th Heaven"slot on April 3. Zap2it.com 9007 ‘91 Auenugay ‘Aepsiny, ‘presay Ajieg ‘Nielsen Media Research for the week that ended Sunday. p e vee compiled by |