The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 58

Miami Herald Friday Nov 5 1982 16D With ratings under way stations vie for viewers Sandra Earley Television to answer Both Chs 7 and 10 sent their feature reporters Dan Tasciotti and Morry Alter on extended tours of Epcot the new Walt Disney attraction near Orlando Each of the Epcot reporters did five similar parts on the place Area stations were also airing commercials featuring a radio Epcot-relat-ed promotion during the newscasts There was no intentional connection but the cumulative effect was Epcot overload On Ch 10 Susan subject was another major segment of the South Florida population the elderly the Folks Get looked at the problems and emotions families face in caring for their elderly members Candiotti interviewed a number of old people and families But the series was surprisingly cold detached and unmoving Again the problem was focus If Candiotti had let viewers get to know a few people well and used them to demonstrate the points of her series viewers might have cared more Ch only ratings-period series featured Eliott Rodriquez inside small claims court There consumers can air beefs about small amounts of money without hiring a lawyer Rodriquez has a history of solid reporting particularly a November 1981 ratings period series on slum housing But this three-part series seem to have his full attention He tantalized viewers with useful bits of information about the court then follow through completely To make the point that collecting money owed after a court decision can be difficult he deviated from his focus on real people anS used the example of a finance efforts to repossess a piano Rodriquez can do better The October ratings period had its standouts: Both were on Ch 7 But generally the stations fell short at a time when they are supposedly putting forth their best effort the cities he mastered the complicated issues and their relation to South plan he explained it all simply with a light touch Discussing the charge that Dolphins owner Joe Robbie was blackmailing the county for a new stadium Londner made the point by using an electronic device to turn picture momentarily into a police mug shot In the last segment Londner stood atop his research and gave his opinion: The special tax was worth voting for It was a logical final part and a brave step for the sta- tion Medical subjects dominated the October ratings period On Ch 7 anchor Sally Fitz reported on two eating disorders Ch health reporter Art Carlson produced two clear useful three-parters one on heart disease the other on eye disease Two more health series are planned for the November ratings period Nov 8 Ch 7 begins a series on genital herpes later in the month Ch 4 will look at stress series Too took a news event and looked beyond it Anorexia nervosa is a con dition in which people particularly young girls diet themselves to near-starvation It recently caused the suicide of a Coral Gables teenager Fitz blended emotion and information for a series that engaged both heart and head The parents talked about their feelings freely and at length So did anorexics For the hard facts Fitz went to a Chicago center for research on eating disorders then filled in other information from South Florida health professionals On the other hand ratings periods too often mean extended silliness with series designed to make viewers feel good about themselves or the station Last May Ch 4 toadied to civic boosters with the flabby Good About In October Ch Rick Sanchez stroked South Hispanic population with I Left Cuba" a five-parter characterized by interesting pictures in a cigar factory for instance but little internal focus The series jumbled together history sociology and economics Sanchez never seemed to know the questions he had set out the stress season for local television news departments: back-to-back ratings periods when their popularity with viewers is measured by Arbitron and the AC Nielsen Co It is during these ratings surveys that stations often make an extra effort to produce well-researched cleverly written and edited series to attract viewers It is also a good point to stop and evaluate the variety and quality of journalism practiced locally During the first four-week sur-'vey which ended Oct 27 South three major network affiliates produced special reports ranging from hurricanes to new drunk driving law The four-week November period officially began Wednesday but get rolling until Monday Reports will feature everything from policewomen (WTVJ-Ch 4) to priests (WCKT-Ch 7) South Florida ratings periods often produce some distinguished investigative reporting During last ratings period for example WPLG-Ch 10's Clarence Jones examined the state's faulty bailbond system But not so in October and no investigative pieces have yet been announced for November The most significant series produced by local television news during October was Ch examination of Dade proposed sales tax increase to build sports stadium The plan was before voters in election Columnist Mark Londner reported the five-part series Sporting and provided a notable public service For four nights Londner compared the South Florida proposal to methods used to build facilities in other cities including St Louis Seattle Minneapolis and New Orleans and their results He went to Broadway comes to TV with I -Homing Highlights 6:30 am 13 Today on 5 i Today in Florida CD ABC News This Morning 7:00 am Morning News 60 Today Energy Secre tary James Edwards Good Morning Amer- ica Phil Mahre captain of the Olympic ski team 9:00 am Donahue Guest: Pat Jester author of the Micro- wave Cookbook 1 hr i 9:30 am i tD Financial News Wrap-Up 1 10:00 am iO Merv Griffin Power corrupts Livia evil stepgrandmother wants her offspring Tiberius to inherit the throne so she plots against Postumus cousin who is next in line Such were the tribulations that rocked the Roman Empire under thq rule of the Claudius family I Claudius 13-episode serial on the long-ruling Caesars embarks on its sixth week of reruns with The scheming starts at 9 pm on Ch 2 Christie mystery And Then There Were None (later remade as Ten Little Indians) is the suspenseful Agatha Christie yarn about 10 guests invited to a lonely island estate and murdered one by one With an all-star cast Louis Hayward Walter Huston and Roland Young and directed by Rene Clair Show time is at 8 pm on Chs 6 and 33 Radio Shirley Peters Show noon WNWS (AM 790) Rona Jaffe author of Class Reunion 3 hrs Nocturne 11 pm WTM1 (FM 931) Sym No 3 in flat Op 55 (Eroi-ca) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra 1 hr Larry King Show 12:05 am WGBS (AM 710) San Francisco columnist Herb Caen 5 hrs 25 mins Complete information on sports broadcasts appears in The Sports section ticated here is $35 although two-fors are available keeping current theater capacity at 80 per cent to 85 per cent Westergaard also says plans a national touring company and productions in Las Vegas in December and London next June Oak Media Corp which is selling the broadcast to pay systems projects a 10 per cent sign-up of the 15 million potential viewers That would be a gross of $225 million short of the break-even mark according to spokesman Art Reynolds Other broadcasts on a pay-for-(view basis have been a Rolling Stones concert and several major boxing matches There also have been theater productions on cable and commercial television which took two weeks to tape was on Home Box Office on the Entertainment Channel and on NBC But these live and the originals had long since left Broadway not stopping and starting going straight through" says Bruce Brandwen executive producer of the telecast a certain excitement and energy for anything By FRED ROTHENBERG Associated Press NEW YORK You have to come to New York to see Broadway Tonight the Great White Way comes home to 150000 subscription TV viewers Rather than theater in the round it will be theater in the living room It also will be television-theater history will be the first ongoing first-run Broadway production available live on television a musical compilation of Duke Ellington tunes airs at 10 pm on ON-TV we were a straight book show with a beginning middle and an end then this could damage our national tour and hurt our box office with says Louise Westergaard one of the five producers the kind of show that people want to see again and At least the belief motivating the producers of in their one-shot presentation over pay-for-view systems tonight in Los Angeles Chicago Miami Washington and 34 other cities The $15 home ticket is not available in New York and its neighboring areas The top ticket price for Louis Hayward: Then There Were Noon IvchI You Asked for It IvnyI Movie Man in Istanbul" 1 7 a 1 Movie on a IhboI Movie "Paternity" I spn I Muriel Stevens 1:30 pm 0 As the World Turns Jimmy Swaggart Itch! 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