ENTERTAINMENT
January 18, 2004 | By Baz Dreisinger, Special to The Times
It's early evening in a midtown Manhattan studio, and several dozen teenagers have assembled for music television's daily ritual: a broadcast of their top-voted music videos. The lucky fans who make up the studio audience are sprinkled about the set like pieces of decor. Unlucky ones stand on the street in gloves and scarves, peering through the studio's enormous windows, angling for screen time or a glimpse of today's musical guest, rock group Brand New.