kgtv

Fear not, commitment phobes: Fall TV comes to you in 4 neat little packages
By Karla Peterson
UNION-TRIBUNE TELEVISION CRITIC

September 23, 2007


The devil and others get their due, while cavemen and co. belong on endangered list


Tune in next week! Or don't!
They would never say that out loud, of course. But after betting heavily on serialized dramas last September and dumping many of them by Christmas, the networks are rolling out a shiny new TV season designed with commitment-shy audiences in mind.

Instead of testing viewers' patience, stamina and DVR capacity with dizzying plots and weekly cliffhangers, this fall's prime-time schedule features zippy, high-concept shows that won't make you sign a loyalty oath before tuning in.



CRISTINA MARTINEZ BYVIK / Union-Tribune
In the fall of 2007, Must-See TV has been replaced by No-Sweat TV. From the caffeine-junkie buzz of "Reaper" to the soapy seduction of "Dirty Sexy Money," the new offerings are powered by the pleasure principle. These shows just want to have fun, with fewer plot strings attached.

In keeping with the playing-the-field theme, this season gives viewers four trends to sample. The "Heroes" faithful can get their sci-fi fix with "Bionic Woman" and meet their geek needs with "Chuck." Fans of "Grey's Anatomy" get some new gal pals thanks to "Private Practice," and "Gossip Girls" gives voyeurs another peek at the messy lives of the rich and famous.

Geeks. Ghouls. Power women and moneyed freaks. Here are the TV trends to watch for while you're watching TV:


Nerds rule
In addition to saving the world, "Heroes" made the world safe for geeks. Inspired by the power of the NBC hit's everyday superheroes, the networks are betting on underdog protagonists with high IQ's and lab-rat social skills.

FALL TV SEASON


CHICK CLIQUES in "Women's Murder Club," friendship has its legal rewards. ABC



NERDS RULE: It's time for the guys in "The Big Bang Theory" to learn about life. CBS



TWILIGHT ZONES: The hero of "Reaper" has the boss from Hell. Literally. The CW



THE FILTHY RICH: The rum barons in "Cane" are buried in a wealth of secrets. CBS

"SAMANTHA WHO?" stars Christina Applegate as a nice amnesiac stuck with a bad-girl's karma. ABC

"CASHMERE MAFIA" puts Lucy Liu in the hot seat as a power woman with a stormy life. ABC

"CHUCK" stars Zachary Levi as a tech expert who becomes his own nightmare. NBC

"DIRTY SEXY MONEY" is the root of all evil in this soapy, satirical drama. ABC

"GOSSIP GIRL" lets troubled rich kids go for broke in New York City. The CW

"JOURNEYMAN" sends its hero on time-traveling missions. NBC

"BIONIC WOMAN" stars Michelle Ryan as a gal with something extra. NBC


In "Chuck," the cuddly Zachary Levi stars as a computer nerd who gets a taste of the spy life when a pile of top-secret files gets downloaded into his brain. The sweetly twisted "Aliens in America" spotlights the oddball friendship between a high-school loser and a brainy Pakistani exchange student. And "The Big Bang Theory" gives us Two Nerds and a Babe, as two genius roommates attempt to bond with the bombshell next door.

Let's hope the geniuses at home are tech-savvy, too. All three shows air between 8 and 9 p.m. Mondays.

"Chuck," Mondays at 8 p.m., NBC (KNSD/Channel 39); "Aliens in America," Mondays at 8:30 p.m., The CW (KSWB/Channel 69); "The Big Bang Theory," Mondays at 8:30 p.m., CBS (KFMB/Channel 8).


Twilight zones
Are they optimists or amnesiacs? Just two years after busting out a slew of supernatural dramas that failed to bewitch viewers, the networks are going to the dark and spooky side again. Vampires, time-travelers and that scary dad from "Twin Peaks," oh my!

Mondays will be sci-fi night on NBC, with "Heroes" leading in to "Journeyman," a mystery drama featuring a time-traveling journalist. Tuesdays it's "Reaper," a riotously spooky comedy about a home-improvement store drone who discovers his parents have sold his soul to Satan. The wonderful Ray Wise (Leland Palmer in "Twin Peaks") plays a very dapper devil.

On Wednesdays, ABC takes a chance with "Pushing Daisies," a whimsical drama in which a pie maker brings the dead back to life. That same night, NBC takes a flier on a big-budget remake of "Bionic Woman." On Fridays, CBS gives "Ghost Whisperer" a playmate with "Moonlight," starring Alex O'Loughlin from "The Shield" as a private detective who is also a vampire.

"Journeyman," Mondays at 10 p.m., NBC (KNSD/Channel 39); "Reaper," Tuesdays at 9 p.m., The CW (KSWB/Channel 69); "Pushing Daisies," Wednesdays at 8 p.m., ABC (KGTV/Channel 10); "Bionic Woman," Wednesdays at 9 p.m., NBC (KNSD/Channel 39); "Moonlight," Fridays at 9 p.m., CBS (KFMB/Channel 8).


Chick cliques
"Sex and the City" may be gone, but the lure of female bonding has not been forgotten. Not with those "Grey's Anatomy" doctors ruling the ratings' roost. The networks aren't always big on handing the prime-time wheel to a woman driver, but the "Grey's"-empowered ABC is giving a fleet of female-dominated shows a spin.



Your TV coaches call the plays (PDF)


The likely leader of the pack is "Private Practice," the "Grey's" spinoff that finds the fiery Dr. Addison Montgomery (the fabulous Kate Walsh) remaking her professional and personal lives in sunny L.A. Former "Law & Order" star Angie Harmon is back on the legal beat in "Women's Murder Club," where she plays a police detective who solves cases with the help of a close-knit group of crime-fighting girlfriends.

The heroine of "Samantha Who?" needs all the help she can get, seeing as she just woke up from a coma and has no memory of her hell-on-wheels life. The sitcom stars Christina Applegate, with the infallible Jean Smart and Jennifer Esposito providing expert backup. And later in the year, we'll see how the kick-butt women of corporate America deal with the rest of their lives in "Cashmere Mafia," starring Lucy Liu.""Private Practice," Wednesdays at 9 p.m., ABC (KGTV/Channel 10); "Women's Murder Club," Fridays at 9 p.m., ABC (KGTV/Channel 10); "Samantha Who?," Mondays at 9:30 p.m., ABC (KGTV/Channel 10); "Cashmere Mafia," Tuesdays at 9 p.m. (beginning Nov. 27), ABC (KGTV/Channel 10).


The filthy rich
As ABC discovered last year with "Brothers & Sisters," there is plenty of room in our TV lives for the lives of the rich and dysfunctional. This season, the networks hope viewers have an appetite for more decadent drama, including the appearance of not one, but two transvestite playmates (on "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Big Shots").



Grid yourself for the new fall season (PDF)


The classy Jimmy Smits heads a clan of sugar-and-rum barons in "Cane," which also stars Hector Elizondo and Rita Moreno. Sex, drugs and Internet intrigue are the order of the day in "Gossip Girl," an "O.C."-style soap about Manhattan's private-school set. When these spoiled kids grow up, they could turn into the cast of "Dirty Sexy Money," a black-hearted romp starring Peter Krause ("Six Feet Under") as the in-house lawyer for a family of messed-up billionaires. And finally, there is "Big Shots," in which troubled captains of industry (including Dylan McDermott and Michael Vartan) bond over golf, champagne and big-time lady problems.

"Cane," 10 p.m. Tuesdays, CBS (KFMB/Channel 8); "Gossip Girl," 9 p.m. Wednesdays, The CW (KSWB/Channel 69); "Dirty Sexy Money," 10 p.m. Wednesdays, ABC (KGTV/Channel 10); "Big Shots," 10 p.m. Thursdays, ABC (KGTV/Channel 10).


You're in controlSan Diego Union Tribune
- Sep 23, 2007
- Sep 23, 2007
27), ABC (KGTV/Channel 10). As ABC discovered last year with "Brothers & Sisters," there is plenty of room in our TV lives for the lives of the rich and ...
clipped from Google - 10/2007
In Asian film, Kim's the edge of our Pacific RimSan Diego Union Tribune
- Oct 07, 2007
- Oct 07, 2007
Kim is trim, buzzy, beautiful and, at 37, highly visible as an anchor and reporter for KGTV/Channel 10. To a growing "in" crowd, she is also the mama dynamo ...
clipped from Google - 10/2007
'Slow avalanche' gobbles road, homes in upscale La JollaSI.com
- Oct 04, 2007
- Oct 04, 2007
Authorities told KGTV that most residents were at work and only seven people were in their homes when the landslide occurred. ...
clipped from Google - 10/2007
San Diego Asian Film Festival 4-Pack GiveawayKGTV, 10News.com, USA
- Oct 09, 2007
- Oct 09, 2007
... Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Winners will be notified via e-mail and will have to claim their passes at the KGTV television station. KGTV
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article needs additional citations for verification.
Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2007)
KGTV

San Diego, California
Branding San Diego's 10
10 News
Slogan San Diego's News Leader
Your News. Your Way. On Your Side.
Channels Analog: 10 (VHF)
Digital: 25 (UHF)
Affiliations ABC
Owner McGraw-Hill
Founded September 13, 1953
Call letters meaning K Great TeleVision
Former callsigns KFSD-TV (1953-1961)
KOGO-TV (1961-1972)
Former affiliations NBC (1953-1977)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
Height 227 m (analog)
205 m (digital)
Facility ID 40876
Transmitter Coordinates 32°50′20.7″N, 117°14′59.5″W
Website www.10news.com

KGTV is the ABC television affiliate in San Diego, California. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 10, and its digital signal on UHF channel 25. It is currently owned by McGraw-Hill. Its transmitter is located atop Mount Soledad above La Jolla, California.

Contents
1 History
1.1 Logos
2 Personnel
3 Personalities
3.1 Current
3.2 Former
4 See also
5 External links



[edit] History
The station went on the air on September 13, 1953 as KFSD-TV (First in San Diego), and was affiliated at the time with NBC. In 1961, KFSD-TV and its then-sister radio station KFSD-AM 600 changed their call letters to KOGO-TV and KOGO-AM. The broadcasting division of the Time-Life magazine company purchased the stations, which also included a FM station, in 1962 from a locally based firm, Fox, Wells & Rogers.

In 1972, the McGraw-Hill publishing company purchased Channel 10 (along with Indianapolis' WFBM-TV Channel 6, now WRTV) and changed its call letters to the present KGTV. The radio stations were sold separately to other interests. KGTV joined ABC in 1977, after ABC chose to disaffiliate itself from UHF station KCST Channel 39 (now KNSD). Channel 10 has remained with ABC since then.

Famous KGTV alumni include Regis Philbin, who hosted his first talk show on KGTV in the 1960s.

Syndicated programs airing on KGTV this fall include: Rachael Ray, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Merv Griffin's Crosswords , as well as the new TMZ TV newsmagazine.


[edit] Logos

KGTV logo from 1973




KGTV logo from 1987






[edit] Personnel
Station General Manager: Derek Dalton
News Director: Gary Brown


[edit] Personalities

[edit] Current
Anchors

Steve Atkinson - 5 p.m. weekdays; also Special Assignment reporter at 11 p.m.
Hal Clement - 6:30 p.m. weeknights and 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays
Bill Griffith - weekday mornings
Nina Jimenez - weekend mornings
Lee Ann Kim - 4 p.m. weekdays
Lisa Lake - weekday mornings
Carol LeBeau - 4 and 5 p.m. weekdays, 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays; also medical reporter
Kerstin Lindquist - weekend mornings
Elizabeth Sanchez - early evening weekends and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings
Reporters

Michael Chen - also a Digital Correspondent
Marti Emerald - Troubleshooter
Steve Fiorina
Charisse Yu
Michael Gleeson - Digital Correspondent
Bob Lawrence
Rett Lawrence - photojournalist/Digital Correspondent
Claudia Llausas - Digital Correspondent (in Spanish)
Kyle Majors - Digital Correspondent
Adrienne Moore
Lauren Reynolds
Erica Simpson - Digital Correspondent
Juliette Vara
Weather

Geni Cavitt - early evening weekends, 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Loren Nancarrow - early evening weekdays and 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays
James Qui?ones - weekday mornings
Sports

Ben Higgins - early evening weekdays and 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays
Steve Smith - early evening weekends, 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday

[edit] Former
Adrienne Alpert - longtime anchor/reporter (1978-1997, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
Mike Ambrose - weather anchor (1973-2001)
Fred Blankenship - early evening weekends and 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday evenings, (now at WSB-TV in Atlanta Ga.)
Herb Cawthorne - reporter (1990-2002)
Phoebe Chongchua - anchor/reporter (1990-2000, now a speaker, fitness host and realtor [1])
Stephen Clark - anchor (1989-1997, now at WXYZ-TV in Detroit)
John Culea - reporter/anchor (1975-1977)
Kim Edwards-reporter/digital correspondent (1999-2007)
Susan Farrell - anchor (1976-1986)
Gene Gleeson - anchor (1976-1980, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
Harold Greene - anchor/reporter (1977-1982, now at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles)
Byron Harlan - reporter (1986-1994, now at WFLD-TV in Chicago)
Kimberly Hunt - anchor (1987-2002, now at KUSI)
Paul Magers (1981-1983, now at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles)
Mark Matthews (1987-2003, now at KGO-TV in San Francisco)
Susan McBride - anchor/reporter (1979-1987, now Susan McPeters at WQPT-TV in Moline, IL)
Regis Philbin - hosted his first talk show at this station (1961-1964)
Sarah Purcell - talk show host (late 1970s)
Margaret Radford - reporter (1986-1994, now at KNSD)
Salvador Rivera - Reporter/digital correspondent
Larry Roberts - anchor/reporter (1982-1989)
Danny Romero - weathercaster (1994-1995, now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles)
Larry Sacknoff - sportscaster (1978-1992)
Billy Ray Smith - sportscaster (1993-1997, now at XX Sports Radio)
Mike Smith (1982-1986, now a partner in Ad-Lib Productions)
Michael Tuck - anchor (1984-1990)
Leonard Villareal - reporter/anchor (1976-2004)
Bree Walker - anchor/reporter (1980-1987)
Jack White - anchor (1967-2002)
Melanie Wingo - reporter (2004-2006)
Steve Wolford - anchor (1998-2000, now at KTNV in Las Vegas)

[edit] See also
KZSD-LP (Azteca America affiliate owned and operated by KGTV)