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E6 Friday August 29 1997 The Fresno Bee TELEVISION puts Ch 18 in the money Take a shot at our Emmy contest During a problem-plagued sportscast last Sunday virtually every video pop up ae scheduled Takata rolled with each glitch witii good grace No bashing off-camera folks either a welcome sign of on-screen maturity Biondi's good movo: Matt Biondi the man Takata replaced will become weekend ports anchor at Milwaukee CBS affiliate WDJT Not only is Milwaukee the 29th biggest market Biondi get to cover the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers and cohost a weekly show with Packers defensive star Reggie White Biondi wants to clarify that leaving KJEO happened because he and the station couldn't agree on terms of a new contract not that his previous contract renewed as reported here al reporter for Fox News and will be stationed in Denver the 18th biggest market Stevie Guadian whom Acuna replaced two years ago has already departed KSEE and will become a reporter and substitute anchor at independent powerhouse KTVK in Phoenix market No 19 Fresno is the nation's 55th biggest TV market Acuna was at KGET Channel 17 in Bukersfleld before taking the KSEE job at which she has showed the same spark and be-lievubility as her predecessor Guadian returned to KSEE a year ago after moving to Germany with her fiance a year earlier When the marriage happen Guadian became a reporter at KSEE No word yet on replacement but it would be intriguing if weekend anchor Laura Garcia who just happens to be married to 5 pm co-anchor Brent Schweigert If the two get together on the air be Fresno first husband-and-wife anchor duo New name: He was George Smith on KSEE but now that the weekend sports guy on KJEO Channel 47 George Takata And he handles adversity with the skill you expect of someone much more experienced BEST COMEDY SERIES Larry Sandora Show About "3rd Rock from the BEST COMEDY SERIES ACTRESS Ellen DeGcnerea Fran Dreacher Helen Hunt Patricia Richard non Cybill Shepherd BEST COMEDY SERIES ACTOR Michael Fox Kelsey rammer John Lithgow Paul Reiner Garry handling BEST DRAMA SERIES Blue" BEST DRAMA SERIES ACTRESS Gillian Anderson Roma Downey Christine Lahti Julianna Margulica Sherry Stringfleld BEST DRAMA SERIES ACTOR David Duchovny Anthony Edwards Dennis Franc Jimmy Smits Sam Waterston BEST MINISERIES Cold Last Odyssey" Yes critical of Fresno PBS affiliate KVPT Channel 18 every so often But not today just too much positive energy coming ofT that station Starting with the nicest 20th anniversary present any public IV station can get: an over-the-top fund drive Yes KVPT looked like All the most of August but it paid off like a leprechaun's pot of gold The August drive netted a record $235000 nearly $100000 more than lost record -setting August Nearly $68000 of that total came from offering tickets to a Fresno performance of next May for donors who pledged at least $240 during the seven airings of the stage celebration of Irish music song and dance That compares with the big draw lust August "Les which attracted $37269 The pledge drive take was $100000 more than the $135000 goal said development director Paula Castadio Nice twist: Without question KVPT showings of beginning last winter whetted the huge appetite for live Fresno performances May 19-24 KVPT had an exclusive on tickets and 10 days after it expired only 5000 (of the 18400 scuts available) were left This Garth Brooks say the promoters where you offer a new concert the minute one sells out so people who waited see in Fresno LLUiWiia Sheraton four folnta Hotel Bjackstone 4 Dakota Ejttertainmpnt Saturday Rights 9:50 pm LANNY LARSON BROADCAST BEAT More good bows: At 9 pm Wednesday Anally draw the winning ticket for a 1961 Rolls-Royce There were 1000 tickets available for $100 apiece and KVPT still has a few left to sell) Good news for the rest of us: no more buy-the-tickets promos Bad news: new promos for a new raffle with a house as grand prize KVPT's second transmitter (the first served years beyond its design life) should begin operating by next weekend A capital fund drive and grant paid Air the new transmitter which should improve reliability and dramatically cut power bills of Hope: The Story of the Mormon whose national airing conflicted with the pledge drive will air at 8 pm Wednesday KVPT added the documentary to its post-pledge lineup after Mormons expressed disappointment the show on as advertised nationally Going gone: Two of KSEE Channel brightest lights are moving to much bigger markets Alicia Acuna the 5 pm co-anchor and a featured reporter at 11 o'clock will become a na turn suggested LacetedleMdo'i plenty of secured parking 438-0314: Compelling drama i 25 OFF ENTIRE MEAL CjMidirLundiarDinnir ExduckxAluuhDiic Hcvuuhcs Nor wM wSl Mr oHm EapmeM-Sr 41 7'ir '222 Suspect 5: Errors of King's The Shining BEST MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE Out of These Walls Could Talk" CJ the Boys" WHICH SHOW WAS MISTAKENLY USTED AS AN EMMY NOMINEE DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENT CEREMONY IN JULYf 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(THIS IS A TWO-PART QUESTION) 1 Please clip and send to: Emmy Contest Feature Department The Fresno Bee 1626 St Fresno CA 93786 Your name Address Daytime phone All entries must be received by Sept 13 ing scared They never forget that everything and everyone they cherish can be taken away in a heartbeat as it was before Then comes word that one of Paula's children is alive and on his way to America She thought he was killed in the death camp Now she suddenly is as alive with hope as she was deadened emotionally by what she survived Needless to say the news changes everything for the Tobias family The four principal cast members give incredibly realistic performances And so do Spano and Rita Zohar (as supportive friend) a Holocaust survivor in her own right Jack direction is as flawless as the acting and as inspired as words Minimal explicit language and on-screen lovemaking make it more suitable for adults than for children Call to is a dramatically compelling vivid reminder to never become so numb to the Holocaust we forget the individuals and their families still suffering Nor the victims of other less-publicized genocides Vintage House Dine la the atmosphere of a Romantic European Villa! 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