Clio Awards

Winners of this year's Clio Awards honoring the top TV commercials from around the world will be screened in Los Angeles Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Wilshire Ebell Theater, 4401 West 8th St. The awards were handed out at Lincoln Center in June, but the L.A. screening is the only time all of the winning commercials will be seen here. The Clios, now in their 27th year, are judged by advertising professionals gathered in 15 cities.

Imagine a small California company, headquartered in Venice with 15 full-time employees, running off with some of the top New York awards in the advertising industry. It came true Monday night for Joe and John Pytka, two brothers whose production company, Pytka Productions, picked up six prestigious Clio awards for four notable television advertising campaigns, including the Pepsi "Archaeology" commercial.