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QUICK TAKES - March 26, 1996

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Comedian Sandra Bernhard starts production today on “Real Wild Cinema,” a new USA Network series that will feature Bernhard and a celebrity guest commenting each week on celebrated low-budget and off-beat movies. The hourlong series premieres on the cable network on April 21. . . . Sylvia Lopez took over Monday as co-anchor of KCAL-TV Channel 9’s “Noon Report,” joining co-anchor David Gonzales. Lopez’s previous post as weekend anchor-reporter will be filled by Gay Yee. Paula Lopez, who anchored the noon newscast for six years, has taken a position at Santa Barbara’s KEYT-TV. . . . Stockard Channing, a past Oscar nominee for “Six Degrees of Separation,” will star as a New York district attorney in a two-hour NBC pilot called “The Prosecutor.” Michelle Forbes and Judy Reyes also star in the pilot, which was created by Lynda La Plante (“Prime Suspect”). . . . “Frasier” stars David Hyde Pierce (Niles) and John Mahoney (Martin) go online Wednesday when they hold a 6 p.m. chat on the Microsoft Network (go word: NBC) and NBC’s World Wide Web site (https://www.nbc.com).

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