THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, September 5, 1996 TAG: 9609050038
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: LARRY BONKO
LENGTH: 62 lines
TODAY'S LOCAL TV buzz:
Everything is coming up Rosie - Since Rosie O'Donnell's syndicated talk and variety show is so popular, WAVY is moving it to a better time period - from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting Monday. She swaps time slots with Jenny Jones.
O'Donnell will continue to do her show live in the morning from her Manhattan studio. That sometimes brings yawns from her guests. Garry Shandling was on the other morning, complaining that he didn't have time to brush, floss, shower or shave. So, he's a grunge. But funny.
Hello, Class of 2000 - When the seniors at Lafayette High in Williamsburg graduate in 2000, they'll have a neat record of their freshman year. A crew from CBS' ``48 Hours'' has been hanging out in Williamsburg, documenting the incoming class for tonight's special, ``Class of 2000.'' It airs at 10 p.m.
After this, CBS will be following the Class of 2000 here and elsewhere in the U.S. on its morning, Sunday and dinner hour newscasts. By the way, ``48 Hours'' has been around for a decade now, and marks its 10th birthday on Sept. 12 with a special, ``Incredible Journeys: A Decade of 48 Hours.''
Let the quest begin - The folks at New Dominion Pictures in Virginia Beach, who have been supplying oodles of programming to The Learning Channel over the last few years, celebrate a new enterprise with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres later this week at the Virginia Beach Center for the Arts.
Come Oct. 4, New Dominion launches ``The Quest,'' a series on TLC that deals with everything from the debate about life beyond Earth (``Is Anyone Out There?'') to people whose dreams are nightmarish events (``Violent Sleep'').
New Dominion used local talent and filmed all over Southside Hampton Roads for ``The Quest.'' The series is on at 8 and 11 p.m. Fridays starting Oct. 4.
Call it Olympic fever - Would you believe that we in Hampton Roads were far more addicted to the Atlanta Olympics than the rest of the country?
National Nielsens showed that during the run of the Olympics on NBC, the ratings averaged 21.6 with a 41 household share. In Hampton Roads, according to figures released by NBC affiliate WAVY, we watched in even greater numbers.
The ratings here were 28.1 with a 51 share.
That means more than 200,000 homes were tuned in locally, which is even better than ``ER'' numbers.
``Channel 10 has never had prime-time ratings' margins like that before,'' said WAVY general manager Ed Munson.
The summertime ratings for local news at 6 p.m. show WVEC doing better with Terry Zahn at the anchor desk than Jim Kincaid, who retired a few weeks ago. Channel 13's news at the dinner hour is No. 1 with a 14 rating and 27 share, which is up from the May numbers. Second at 6 p.m. is WAVY followed by WTKR.
They're back - There's a letter in my mailbag from Sharon Haring in Virginia Beach in which she says she's been sad since the fX cable channel dropped its breakfast show. ``A saddened addict of the show,'' she calls herself. When will Fox revive ``Breakfast Time,'' she asks?
It has been revived! With a new name - ``Fox After Breakfast''! Fox moved the show, co-starring Tom Bergeron and Laurie Hibberd, from cable to its broadcast network. WTVZ carries her at 9 a.m.
Lights, camera, locals - One of Tim Taylor's sons on ``Home Improvement,'' played by Zachery Ty Bryan, co-stars in a feature film, ``First Kid,'' that has several local actors in it, according to the folks at Talent Link inc. of Williamsburg.
They include Derek Leonidoff, John Cog, Van Hughes, Jennifer Coker, Greg Doucet, L.D. Durham, Blair Price, Shannon Bridges, Jennifer Garber and Matt Caplan. The film was shot in Richmond and Washington, D.C. by CNB