THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, July 5, 1996 TAG: 9607040074
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: LARRY BONKO
LENGTH: 68 lines
NOBODY ASKED ME, but . . .
I'd be happier if Cox added Nick at Nite's TV Land to its cable lineup instead of another news channel (MSNBC). I am not alone. Nancy Leedy in Virginia Beach is among readers who called to say they already get enough news on cable. She prefers reruns of ``Hill Street Blues'' to seeing more of Tom Brokaw.
Local TV at 6 p.m. is a parade of new-car spots with a little news, weather and sports thrown in.
I feel like I've discovered a big secret when I see local TV anchors without their contacts. Alveta Ewell of the WAVY is the latest to get caught wearing glasses on camera.
I haven't previewed all the new fall TV shows, but of those I watched, I like the scary Fox drama ``Millennium'' best. It's creepier than ``The X-Files.''
I can't be the only one who thinks that Evan Stewart, WVEC's substitute weatherguy, looks like he's all of 16.
If your daughter hasn't been asking for Olympic Barbie, she soon will be. Saturday morning TV is one big Barbie infomercial.
You are correct if you think that Julian Crews, a reporter on WGN in Chicago - seen on cable systems here - has a familiar face. He used to work at WVEC.
I've been a big ``Star Trek'' fan from the beginning, but I can't get interested in the ``Deep Space Nine'' spinoff. The Ferengi turn me off.
Just once, I'd like to meet a woman whose hair looks as great as the hair on the models in shampoo commercials.
Speaking of hair, I think I like Jan Callaghan's new bob. She's WTKR's weekend anchor.
``60 Minutes,'' which is already TV's best news magazine, will just get better when CNN's Christiane Amanpour soon joins Mike, Morley and the gang.
Mark Warner, campaigning for John Warner's job in the Senate, doesn't impress me when he says in his commercials he won't accept any Congressional pay raises. Of course not. That same spot promotes him as a self-made millionaire.
Dan Rather today is as old as Walter Cronkite was when CBS forced Uncle Walter to retire. So, why is Rather still anchoring?
I sleep better now than WAVY's crack ``10 on Your Side'' staff alerted me to the hidden dangers of vinyl miniblinds.
Just when I thought the daytime talk shows were running out of tasteless topics, Maury Povich introduced us to Erika, who loves to wear revealing suits to the beach despite the fact she doesn't have a perfect body.
I'll never believe that WTKR reporter Mary Kay Mallonee swallowed the alligator kabob she bit into while doing a report on Harborfest. Bet it tasted like chicken.
I like Don Slater's rooftop forecasts on WAVY better than Greg Padgett's rooftop forecasts on WTKR because Slater shows me superior scenery - the gray hulls, masts and cranes of the naval shipyard in Portsmouth. So nautical.
It's not likely to impress the CBS bosses, but I'll let them know that my readers like the prime-time soap, ``CPW.'' The votes on Infoline were 50-to-0 to keep it on the air. ``It's more exciting than `Dallas,' '' said Bernice Nelson of Chesapeake. (Sheriff Buck alert! ``American Gothic'' this week takes the ``CPW'' timeslot Wednesday at 9 p.m. with two new episodes back to back).
It was sure a surprise to see John Tesh hosting NBC's coverage of pre-Olympics' gymnastics the other day. I thought he quit ``Entertainment Tonight'' to spend more time writing music.
It was a hoot the other morning to catch Barbara Walters substituting for Kathie Lee on ``Live.'' She and Reege make a cool team.
With MTV about to bring on the fifth edition of ``Real World,'' I doubt if any of the new gang will be as interesting as Alabama-born Julie of Real World I. by CNB