The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 57

SATURDAY OCTOBER 3 1992 7 THE MIAMI HERALD I TV RADIO Imaginative Scott looks promising popular broadcaster WCIX-ChannN 6' Bob Soper will continue to anchor the ongoing relief effort Rebuilding: Neighbors Helping Neighbors a pairing that news director Paul Stueber still tickled over hiring the former WSVN-Channel 7 weatherman calls marriage made in is exactly the sort of thing we were looking for Bob licrt ntprtia rcsscu shert The only thing Martin waited was a nice quiet family vacation Instead he got Cj pm UiiUvi Qrrn -1 I 17 A 5TencftOM Mcivm Turn 8-830 tonight CBS Channels 6 12 The fate of Turn the sitcom about a Staten Island seamstress and her Cuban American husband rides on episode The series came in No 87 last week fourth in its time slot episode was written by Dottie Dartland a Miami native who also has written for China Beach and Civil Wars In the show husband Joseph (Tomas Milian of Coral Gabies) helps their smart-alecky son study his Spanish The season is only officially 2 weeks old but this will probably be the first casualty No wonder TV is so mixed up: Series no matter their quality need some time to establish themselves and find their audience T914WAP Dade fibs Beach 1400-54MWAF FREE DEADER SPACE MON 4 fHUAS MISS an Important ca III (fi) MOTOROLA BEEPERtSALE $Q95 service charge 6 Memory Beeps or Vibratct 900 MHZ Key West to Vero Beach SUNSHINE BEEPER 441-2110 obouf our eeratee impressive resume in his hometown: have had tremendous experience I had a great time with the station WINZ and have been able to do TV as His TV work includes three years as a sub for WPBT-Chanrtel Nightly Business Report anchor Paul Kangaa work for Channel 7 and WPLG-Channal 10 where he wrote for Ann Bishop and Dwight Laudsrdalo and the job as overnight reporter for WTVJ-Channei 4 when the station began its News programming in January 1991 departure Thursday for Los Angeles follows that of Channel 4 reporter Beverly White who just moved to KNBC From reporting to acting Yet another South Florida broadcaster is making a career change former Channel 7 reporter Olga Bichachi whose children still ask her what she wants to be when she grows up Bichachi left television to return to a position with the Dade County school system that allowed her to spend more time with her family But in May she found something that offered even more flexibility: acting --''The novice actress says her on-air television experience has been useful in her new field on-camera so much having to do everything so quickly has helped says Bichachi a slow-paced medium compared to Since May appeared in both Spanish and English language commercials done voiceovers and snagged a role on Most Wanted for a segment on next episode In the show which airs Friday at 8 pm on Channel 7 and WFLX-Channct 29 in West Palm Beach Bichachi plays a wealthy VUr Palm Beach socialite who falls for a con artist II II AKMArt 1 1 I Mottek heads west xt a3ri filmed at the Colony res-One of own WINZ-940 taurant in West Palm Beach AM radio reporter and freelance where the two actually met Robin TV journalist Frank Mottek leaves Weinman who lives in Hollywood tbwn this week for KNX the CBS Florida and starred as the little station in Los Angeles girl in Three fen andg fittlq A 1980 graduate of Norths Lady with-Tora -Selleck plays- Soper to do help us in our community says Stueber Negotiations with Soper had 'been under way for weeks before he finally signed with the station one week after Andrew struck Although Stueber says he and general manager Alan Shaklan thought Soper would be great for main weathercaster maria Genaro and part-timer Gary Travora in case of a hurricane quite make the wanted to highlight work in the community where I sib a Swo-waj tie broadcasting' in terms of really going out there and working for causes betweer Khambral Marshall and Bob Sope and there is no Soper is slated for weather reports once a week and reports four days a week The Neighbors Helping Neighbors effort a perfect vehicle for Channel 6 debut began Aug 29 Cosponsored by the Fort Laudardala Jaycaaa and housed in their clubhouse the computer-assisted project has already thatched more than 1000 families needing help with donors offering it many others have been helped with donations of food and clothing Gnat Scott! 7-730 pm Sunday Fox Channels 7 29 Scott Melrod has fantasies Oh boy does the 14-year-old have fantasies Forced to wrestle a stronger boy in gym class the gawky freshman imagines becoming a muscular superhero who sends momammmmammam his opponent flying Hounded by his protective mother he envisions her turning into an Alien-like creature Stopped by police while strolling with a girl he admires he daydreams that the lawmen consider him a crime-fighting expert In reality his worried mom sent the cops looking for him The embarrassed Scott later tells hen just helped the police crack the case of the boy who took a Great Scott! is an imaginative sitcom with identifiable characters good actors and mercifully no annoying laugh track The creators Tom Gammill and Max Pross push the sitcom 5 C- NOW SHOWING AMCIHEATFCt MANNA 6 15741 MtCAVNI KVD 931-2573 flVtEBA CINEMA 1540 DIXIE HWY COAAL GAALS 545-1514 AMCHCAflES 0M 10 OfcWf MTEBNADONAL 355-2304 AMC MAli OF HCAMEBGAI PAUCTTO WAY 5 5)4 AMC TMEAWO OCEAN WAU 10 353HAflSI80N ST HOLLYWOOD 5CACM 92D-5130 AMCnCATKS D48NDAN 7 4099 SHEMOAN IT HOLLVWOOO 947-4480 UNTIED Affflfll MOVIES AT PEMBROKE SMI UMV5LVD ON NNO BLVD 435-1700 -backup Miami Beach Senior High -Mots tek began his broadcasting career here when he started working for v8SX radio now Power 98 as a 16--'year-old He then worked for WFTL-1400 AM radio in 1981 before beginning an 1 1-year stint with WINZ Mottek has managed to fill an and A- Also mroward at Gateway Coral Ridge Pox Sgnnse Movies at Plantation Sawgrass Cinema 4 Fox Festival Movies at Towncenler Mission Bay OeertieW Movies Maraate Coral fNQPASSFS 00 COUPONS ACCFPTPD I COMAAMJkJi WCMCTCO MIRACLE 4 MOMAACLc 4 43-5201 MUWLAKES 10 ATMAMALUOUW 555-3810 OUTXOAOt WCMfTCO UMVERSfPr? W'07AWOH) 223-2700 to -HCAM wouctco KENCALL 9 kmu carc 698-5000 BYRON CARLYLE 600-71 ST 866-9523 1 mtSKXI BAT OHRAftLD Cl BEI88 HIT Lit) format in smart new directions They also vividly remember what it was like to be a teen and as played by Tobey Maguire the shy Scott seems a lot more real than the glamorous sophisticated teens populating the Fox schedule The sympathies are obviously with him But they balance the parent-bashing with an excellent scene of Scott cruelly blowing up at his mother (Nancy Lenehan who finds the irritating and poignant sides) As the square but more understanding father Ray Baker has an easy rapport with Maguire The daydreams might be outlandish but the show also has a sweet understated style The big challenge will be sustaining the running gag of the daydreams the first episode winds down toward the end Great Scott! is the final new fall series of 33 to premiere because Fox has delayed its Tuesday offerings Class of and Key West to midseason If only more new sitcoms had this unexpected pleasures and quirky charm watching TV this fall would be more enjoyable Great Scott! might not be great yet but it has promise and definitely worth a look 't GCNENAL CINEMA 8 HI ALLAH 8 PALMTTO £XTWV8 NW 10MD IT 57-9848 AMC THEATRES KENDALL TOWN 5 COUNTRY 10 RAIPKL AT KBOAUDt 271 8195 CMEMA 10 JffMHMOECfNia 3301 CORAL WAY 442 2290 MLLEB SQUARE 8 MIUER8D 5 IW 137TH A VC 387 3404 WOMETCCt MAM LAKES 19 AT MAN 5 IUDLAM 588-3819 WOKCTCOt 8YRON-CAJBYU 7 800-7 1ST STREET MAM8EACH 845-942) V- I 'j W0ACTCO THEATRES KB40ALL9 KB10ALLDR OF FLA TURNPIKE AMC THEATRES COCO WALK 9 9919 GRAND AYE WCMETCO mra ST TUPLE 1249 NE 1OR08T 945394 AMC MALL OF THE AMERICAS PALMETTO WAY ASM in Broward at Fountains Sawgrass Coral Ridge Sunrise Mizner Park Coral Square Shadowood NO PASSES OR COUPONS ACCEPTED Mottek my daughter It was fuff because she told me all the gossip about Another local actor Chrit Camp-Mi plays the con artist Stephanie Channels 1 column appears every Saturday 4 PM Gil Auto Racing NASCAR Winston Peak Antifreeze 500 From Dover (Del) Downs International Speedway (Taped 1:30) 4:30 PM HE Golf Senior PGA Vantage Championship Second Round From Tangle wood Park Clemmons NC (Live 2:00) 5 PM 013 College Football Alabama State vs Central State From Indianapolis (Live 4:00) 7:30 PM HE College Football Tennessee at Louisiana State (Live 3:00) 11:30 PM College Football Boston College at West Virginia MIDNIGHT Auto Racing Late Model 150 From the North Wilkesboro (NC) Speedway (Taped 1:30) 3:30 AM HE College Football (R) Tennessee at Louisiana State (3:00) 4 AM 13 BoxeoDesde Mexico (5:00) Ipsi Real Personal MIDNIGHT Arsenio Hall Sandra Bernhard Slaughter Is-iah Thomas (1:00) (cc) IcnbI Real Story 12:30 AM HEH Dick Cavett Ed Koch 1 AM HI DonahuePozner 1:30 AM HU Talk Live 2 AM A Current Affair Extra 8 PM Queer Talk (wftlam 1400) 8 PM Piano JaZZ (WLRHFM91J) 9 PM Bluesstage (wlbnfm 13) 6 PM Ballroom (WMRZAM780) 10 PM Am Jazz Radio Festival (WLRNFM91-3) 10 PM Night Rhythm with Mitch Lewis and Anna-marie (WK3OAM010) Bichachi NOW SHOWING AMC TKUTXH COCOWALK 0 SQAAMOAVE COCCNoTGtcvt MX WOO0 WOMCTCO FLOniOA 4 MOLL VWOCO MILL 987 9350 iMTfo Amwrs MOVIES AT PEMBROKE 11960 8INESBLV0 4354700 HIALEAH CINEMA nvrtwu MTRACOASTALS hcei va sm cmo it 945-7416 mm mmt DQFFfilAU DAVIS GAOOIA Li Li NOON CD Football Florida State at Miami (Live 3:30) CQ College Football Boston College at West Virginia (Live 3:30) College Football North Carolina State at Georgia Tech (Live 3:30) 12:30 PM College Football Georgia at Arkansas (Live 3:30) IEsnI College Football Ohio State at Wisconsin (Live 3:00) 1:30 PM 0 College Football Stanford at Notre Dame (Live 3:30) 3:30 PM CD College Football USC at Washington (3:30) College Football USC at Washington (Live 3:30) TesnI Horae Racing Turf Clas-sicVosburgh Stakes From Bel-' mont Park Elmont NY (Live 1:00) fvMi College Football Iowa at Michigan or USC at Washington (3:30) NOW SHOWING! 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The Sound of Freedom PG13I M88in STR8MUT C99TTOTH Maitriat May maepwptHH CWWmi Unde 9 NOW SHOWING AMC THEATRES MARINA 9 19741 MSCAYNE BLVD 1914979 il If 1 1 I 1:30 PM Sun Bank Opera Theater Tosco (wn FM931) 2 PM Man Talk with the Radio Outlaw (wocnammso) 2 PM Rick Seiderman (wm AM 1400) 2 PM Fla Power 35 (wpow FM9SJS) 7 PM Le Jazz Club (wumfm na) 7 PM Super Gold (wrmffm 9T 1) 8 PM WaxWorks (wmrzam 70) MIC THEATRES 09M19 I OMi WTERNATWML WOMETCOt mm LAKES 19 AT MAM 4 LU DUN 9654119 GENERAL CM BAA'S MALEAH9 PALMETTO RPWY A NW WWD ST 9674881 UNITED MTWTS I8WE8 AT PB48R0KE JMW UNfYBLVD ONRNB91VOL 4394700 AMC THEATRES OCEAN WALK tft 939 HARR180N ST HOLLYWOOD SEACH 9204330 Also Fox.