TELEVISIONTelethon Results: KCET Channel 28 reported that...

TELEVISION

Telethon Results: KCET Channel 28 reported that more than 4,000 calls came in Sunday during its special 11 1/2-hour telethon for “Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement.” A station spokeswoman called the telethon a “tremendously successful experience,” and said that $100,000 was pledged. The money will go toward educational and community outreach materials related to the four-part series, which is expected to air on PBS during the 1996-97 season.

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Emmy Ratings Look Good: Fox didn’t do well in the Emmy Awards this year, winning only one, but it apparently did fine with the Emmy telecast. Nielsen ratings released Monday from 33 major markets showed the awards show attracting 24% of the available audience, easily winning the 8-11 p.m. time slot Sunday. In Los Angeles, the Emmy program grabbed 30% of the audience--about 988,000 homes. National figures will be released today.

RADIO

A Stern Defense: Howard Stern told his radio audience Monday that he was shocked and saddened to learn that his employer, Infinity Broadcasting Corp., had agreed to pay the federal government $1.715 million to resolve more than 100 claims of indecency against his syndicated morning show. Still, Stern defended the decision as a reasonable course of action given the prospects of battling the Federal Communications Commission. Returning from a week’s vacation, Stern said he hadn’t been consulted about the company’s Sept. 1 announcement. “This was the biggest case of extortion in the history of U.S. government,” he said. Even as Stern was belittling the indecency charges, KLSX-FM (97.1) deleted several of his descriptions of what he had allegedly done wrong.

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Radio Awards: Two Los Angeles radio stations picked up honors at the National Assn. of Broadcaster’s annual Marconi Radio Awards in New Orleans during the weekend: KROQ (106.7 FM) won in the rock category and KKLA (99.5 FM) won in the religious/gospel category.

ART

New Fare at Old Globe: The 1996 season at the Old Globe Theatre’s main stage in San Diego will begin with the Mary Murfitt/Betsy Howe musical revue “Cowgirls” (Jan. 18-Feb. 18), followed by “The Gate of Heaven” by Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge (March 7-April 7), and the new musical “Time and Again,” based on Jack Finney’s time travel novel, with a score by Walter Edgar Kennon and a book by Jack Viertel (May 9-June 9). Two shows also have been announced for the theater’s Cassius Carter Centre Stage: Jon Robin Baitz’s “The Substance of Fire” (Jan. 13-Feb. 18) and a new play about the jury system, Joe Sutton’s “Voir Dire” (May 4-June 9).

POP/ROCK

Jarreau Sings for a Cause: Al Jarreau will perform a benefit concert for the California Institute of Professional Psychology on Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. at the Palace in Hollywood. The Grammy winner has some special insight into the profession--he holds a master’s degree in psychology.

MOVIES

Federico of the Spirits : The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will hold a gala tribute to the late Italian director Federico Fellini on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at Academy headquarters. Scheduled to participate in the program, which will include film clips, are Sophia Loren, Carlo Ponti, Martin Scorsese, Anthony Quinn, Donald Sutherland and John Landis. The academy tribute will inaugurate a series of events honoring Fellini.

PEOPLE WATCH

A Beef with Roseanne: A longtime writer for the New Yorker has some words for Roseanne: This magazine isn’t big enough for both of us. Ian (Sandy) Frazier resigned from the weekly after the sitcom star was brought in to help with a special issue on women. Frazier said Friday the magazine has lost its faith in writing and is trying “to party” its way to success. Editor Tina Brown asked Roseanne to help with the women’s issue, due out next year, after the magazine ran a 19-page profile on the TV star in July.