`CHANNEL 4 NEWS,' `SPRINGER' CONQUER ALL-IMPORTANT SWEEPS.

Byline: Keith Marder Daily News Television Writer

NBC's ``Channel 4 News'' has now gone where no news program has gone before. In an unprecedented sweeps triumph, the local NBC affiliate won all six time periods in which another broadcast station had a competing newscast, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The ratings, released Monday, included viewership during the November sweeps period (Oct. 30 to Nov. 26).

Perhaps the most astounding result in the Los Angeles market came in the late-night talk competition. Jay didn't beat Dave. And, Dave didn't beat Jay. ``Jerry Springer'' was the surprise winner. Springer, whose show airs at 11 p.m. on KCAL (Channel 9), crushed ``Vibe'' with Sinbad and ``The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show.'' Springer's tabloid show of self-discovery also outpointed ``The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,'' ABC's ``Nightline,'' and ``The Late Show with David Letterman.''

Talking about talkers, ``Oprah Winfrey'' barely nudged out ``Rosie O'Donnell'' for the daytime talk crown. Rosie, whose best ratings ever came on Nov. 21 during a much ballyhooed interview with Barbra Streisand, was only one-tenth of a ratings point behind Oprah. The two shows attracted the same share of the audience.

On the national scene, CBS serviced the most viewers, taking the household and total viewers crown for prime time. It was the first such victory for CBS since November 1994. Since that time, NBC has attracted the most viewers.

But the ratings contained good news for NBC, which finished second in households and viewers, ahead of ABC and Fox, respectively. From NBC's perspective, it won the sweeps. NBC topped all comers in the the most important demographic - 18- to 49-year-olds. CBS was fourth in that category.

Fox, continuing to reach the viewers that advertisers covet, finished second in the 18-to-49 demographic, followed by ABC.

As for the two fledgling networks, UPN finished ahead of the WB, which had its best-ever performance.

Back on the local news front, NBC won at 5:30 and 6 a.m. and 4, 5, 6 and 11 p.m. This was its 20th consecutive sweeps win in the late news time period, but the first time it garnered the most viewers for every one of its news broadcasts when it was up against other newscasts.

Some special reports that led NBC to its stellar performance were an expose on ``lemon'' cars, outrageous lawsuits, worker's compensation fraud, a new test for diabetes, how employers spy on you during work, and rip-off roofers.

KCBS (Channel 2), buoyed by an investigative series on health violations at local restaurants, scored relatively high ratings at 11 p.m. Its rating on Nov. 23, the series finale, was its highest in the decade. It finished first from Nov. 16 to Nov. 23, the period that included the restaurant series.

At 10 p.m., Fox's KTTV's (Channel 11) news beat out KTLA (Channel 5), KCOP (Channel 13) and KCAL (Channel 9).

Nationally, CBS averaged 15.1 million viewers during prime time in the sweeps period, compared to 14.8 million for NBC. CBS' strongest outing was the Nov. 23 Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, ``What the Deaf Man Heard,'' starring Matthew Modine. It was the most-watched show during sweeps, attracting 36.8 million viewers.

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Photo: CBS' Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, ``What the Deaf Man Heard,'' which co-starred Frankie Muniz and Bernadette Peters, drew the largest audience of any show during the recent sweeps period.