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Aug 14 2008 Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008 WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM C-4 TONIGHT ON TV 8 8:30 9 9:30 10 10:30 11 11:30 2 KDKA Ghost Whisperer Home but Not Alone. (CC) 4581757 NUMB3RS (9:01) Black Swan. (CC) 4040573 Swingtown (10:03) Get Down Tonight. (N) (CC) 2370 News (N) 6104467 Late Show 20095775 4 WTAE (2001) Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair. 8931 Vanished: Coeds.

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KDKA: The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson Radha Mitchell; Aaron Karo. (N) (CC) 2705054 talk shows cussed but little-seen battle- strewn period in the timeline as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker battle droid armies. Initially, the new was intended just to be a TV series, but impresario George Lucas liked what he saw enough as the series got off the ground to give it a big-screen premiere before the weekly episodes kick in. For Filoni, the opportunity to become a master of the universe was a dream come true. He previously directed episodes of The Last Before that he did animation work for of the The WB series and and Disney shows such as and has always liked science fiction, the whole thing, said his father, Albert, president of the Pittsburgh architecture firm MacLachlan, Cornelius Filoni.

think we have all the Godzilla movies at home yet. From the beginning he was a fantastic artist, and he loved drawing and using cardboard and materials to make things he would see. He was just fascinated by all of the names, the costumes. The fantasy of it all has always been a part of what he A 1992 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School, Dave Filoni majored in applied media arts with a focus in animation at Edinboro University, south of Erie.

But he traces his earliest memories of feeling supported in his artistic interests to Mt. Foster Elementary. first grade, Mrs. Rhodina set up an easel in the back of the classroom, and, providing I finished my assignments, she let me go in the back of the room and Filoni said by phone Wednesday from Lucas- film headquarters outside San Francisco. kind of thinking by a teacher early on was important.

When young, you can so easily lose confidence about something creative, like drawing, but I found in my school system that creativity was supported and fostered along the After graduating from Edinboro in 1996, Filoni moved to Los Angeles and began working as a layout artist, refining drawings and plotting the movement of characters within a scene. His whole career was spent in hand-drawn, 2-D animation until is the first job where used a computer at he said. Friends knew he was a buff and suggested him for when Lucas decided to launch an animation division. got a shocking call out of the blue someone at Filoni recalled. almost hung up on her.

I thought it was my friends having fun with me. Here I am, three years later. When I got here, the studio had only eight people total. Now 75- plus people here, and the company is worldwide with offices in Once a kid, Filoni finds himself having a hand in creating more stories for a new generation of toy lightsaber-wielding fans. was this big thing when we were all kids and now people ask, is for kids? But I suppose always has Filoni said.

mean not for adults, but an interesting point of view to see come out of the movie. interesting to watch as it gets closer to opening Mt. Lebanon native directs FILONI, FROM PAGE C-1 when they attempt to rescue kidnapped son, whom they nickname (As a cartoon character, Stinky is not quite as regrettable as Lumpy, son from the live-action Wars Holiday but close.) offer much in the way of quality humor, although old-school fans will get a kick out of words of wisdom from a doctor droid first glimpsed in Empire Strikes But at 100 minutes, is about 20 minutes too long for small children and too overstuffed with repetitive battle scenes for discerning adults. Perhaps it will be greeted with more enthusiasm from tween and teen boys. Despite missteps in this feature film, Clone holds promise as a new, half- hour, weekly TV series set to premiere this fall on Cartoon Network.

A preview episode from the show was screened for TV critics last month in Los Angeles and generated a more positive response. The story was smaller and more focused and felt less overburdened with weighty universe political baggage. Animated Wars: falls short CLONE, FROM PAGE C-1 Eleanor Schano returning to WTAE 50 years after debut ust in time for the 50th anniversary of her WTAE debut, Pittsburgh broadcaster Eleanor Schano will return to Channel airwaves next month in Long With Eleanor Created and owned by Schano and veteran Pittsburgh Gina Catanzarite, will air as a series of 90-second mini-programs that will be anchored in the first commercial block of noon news starting Sept. 4. Schano most recently hosted (formerly which aired on WQED from 1991-2007.

WQED canceled it last year. reinventing myself Schano said. While was aimed at an older crowd, Schano said is designed to have broader appeal. is not an over-50 kind of she said. wants to live well and live Catanzarite said the plan is to eventually have sponsors for spots to air Monday through Friday with each day geared to a different topic.

The 24 initial programs will air Thursdays with a focus on health and wellness. Shop Save is the sponsor, and has taped segments in its stores. the last 17 years at WQED, I was on a studio-based show and never had enough money to go out and do field Schano said. will all be field-based. This is going back to my reporting Catanzarite and Schano continue to seek sponsors for segments on financial and legal issues, travel and entertainment, wellness and exercise and home and garden that are targeted to air Monday through Wednesday and Friday.

having conversations with a lot of people who could fulfill these different themes that we think would serve viewers and give the best breadth and depth in Catanzarite said. Schano said the sponsorships be intrusive. are partnering with us with the understanding that we go in there and do what we she said. not standing there saying, this week are three for a dollar and full of In addition to airing during noon news, the segments will also stream online at ThePittsburghChannel.com and on digital sub-channel devoted to weather and traffic. Schano said she initially approached WTAE about doing a half-hour series, but the available time slots were not attrac- tive.

Slotting 90-second spots at the same place in the noon news was a better option, she said. so much information everywhere you look about what you should do, but nobody shows you how to do Schano said of other tip-driven programs. took a bunch of kids to the grocery store and let them go wild with a grocery cart. They were pulling out all this junk food and sugary treats. Then I come in with Leslie Bonci and we do a shopping cart makeover with the same kids.

showing how eat not telling them what to Schano began working at WTAE in 1958, the year the station began broadcasting, and later moved on to WPXI. She worked in Channel news department, offered weather forecasts and hosted assorted programs. Schano was interviewed this week for a WTAE 50th anniversary special slated to air at 8 p.m. Aug. 28.

I got there they could have called the newsroom the room. There was not a woman in she said. the news was 15 The news business has certainly changed in the past 50 years, but some familiar faces, including remain Pittsburgh constants. online In April the documentary about regular Mr. McFeely (David Newell), had its local premiere.

Now director Paul Germain, a graduate of Lafayette College and Carnegie Mellon Heinz School, has gotten the film into the Feel Good Film Festival, where in contention for the No. 1 spot. Viewers can watch online and vote for it at myfest.indieflix.com/ feelgood. Voting ends Aug. 21, and the winning entry will receive $1,000 and will be shown at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood.

is currently being formatted for a future airing on PBS TV stations, including WQED. Channel surfing A new season of begins airing at 10 p.m. Monday. Former KDKA-TV meteorologist Valerie Abati is now freelance forecasting evenings at Dayton, Ohio, stations WKEF and WRGT, according to John Kiesewetter at Cincinnati.com. 2002 Plum High School grad Steven Fabian Lisowki, going by Steven Fabian for TV, has landed a gig as a New York- based reporter for Channel One, the in-school news channel.

Past TV One reporters include Anderson Cooper and Lisa Ling. 2006 Plum Senior High School graduate Emily Graham has been named ABC News campus bureau chief at Arizona State University in Tempe, where she is a student. TV This TV responds to questions about actor salaries and WTAE news in HD. Read it online at post- gazette.com/tv in the lower right. Tuned In Podcast In this podcast, entertainment editor Sharon Eberson and I are joined by Post-Gazette staff writer L.A.

Johnson to discuss the only show on the tube these days: The Olympics. Listen or subscribe at post- gazette.com/podcast. Contact TV editor Rob Owen at or 412-263-1112. Read the Tuned In Journal blog at tv. tuned in ROB OWEN Harry Productions reinventing myself says longtime television figure Eleanor Schano..