Sally Jessy Raphael

After more than an hour waiting in line in the hot sun Tuesday to see an episode of the "Sally Jessy Raphael" show being taped at Sea World, Angie Giacalone was growing impatient. "I like the lady, but this is ridiculous," she said. Hundreds of fans stood in line, while inside the park another segment was being taped.

Newspaper giant Gannett Co. emerged as the surprise winner Monday in the five-month auction of newspaper and television company Multimedia Inc., offering $1.7 billion in cash for a company probably best known for such syndicated talk shows as "Donahue," "Rush Limbaugh: The Television Show," "Sally Jessy Raphael" and "Jerry Springer." In addition to paying $45.25 for each of Multimedia's 37.87 million shares, Gannett will assume or pay off about $530 million of debt at Greenville, S.C.

Sally Jessy Raphael has learned to live with the question: Is she upset that talk-show competitors such as Oprah Winfrey are far better known? "Oh, gosh, no. I don't feel bad," maintains Raphael. "I'm grateful to be where I am." It would be only human, of course, if she really felt otherwise. Last year, in a TV Guide interview, her husband was quoted as saying that the Oprah phenomenon was discussed "ad nauseam." But Raphael simply and diplomatically said the other day, "Oprah is magic."

For the first time in ages, there was something truly engrossing and entertaining on Thursday evenings for viewers with an IQ quotient above the wattage of a small appliance bulb--"Homicide: Life on the Street" (NBC). Instead of following the cliches of typical cop shows, this superb program with its incredible cast took on the exploration of the whys found in the human mind. If the powers at NBC don't give this series longer than four episodes, they have bricks where their brains should be. Kathryn Caro, San Diego Kid Shows, Adult Commercials How wonderful to find family entertainment promoted.

Newspaper giant Gannett Co. emerged as the surprise winner Monday in the five-month auction of newspaper and television company Multimedia Inc., offering $1.7 billion in cash for a company probably best known for such syndicated talk shows as "Donahue," "Rush Limbaugh: The Television Show," "Sally Jessy Raphael" and "Jerry Springer." In addition to paying $45.25 for each of Multimedia's 37.87 million shares, Gannett will assume or pay off about $530 million of debt at Greenville, S.C.

Talk show hostess Sally Jessy Raphael, to nudists who appeared on her show Monday wearing only watches and necklaces: "Where do I look?"

Raphael Resumes: Sally Jessy Raphael, in seclusion with her family after the death of her daughter, plans to resume taping her talk show Feb. 17, her publicist said. Raphael's daughter, Allison Vladimir, died of respiratory arrest Feb. 2.

A daughter of TV talk show hostess Sally Jessy Raphael died at her mother's bed-and-breakfast inn at Erwinna, Pa. Allison Vladimir, 33, was found dead by a friend at the Isaac Stover House, a mansion on the Delaware River, Bucks County Dist. Atty. Alan Rubenstein said. The coroner, Dr. Thomas J. Rosko, said there was no sign of suicide or foul play. Raphael, of the "Sally Jessy Raphael" show, was unavailable for comment.

I didn't realize how much I had missed Rosenberg until I read his hilarious articles on Sally Jessy Raphael ("It's Raphael's Patriotic Duty to Tell," July 20) and Moyer. His humorous put-downs of what is wrong with television always hit the mark. Welcome back, Howard. LOUIS MARTIN Studio City

Hot on the heels of receiving an Emmy Award as outstanding talk/service show host, Sally Jessy Raphael is moving her syndicated talk show into New York City. Raphael started the program in St. Louis in 1983, moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1987 and will be located in the Big Apple starting next month. Executive producer Burt Dubrow said Monday from New Haven that "we're moving for the betterment of the show.

I didn't realize how much I had missed Rosenberg until I read his hilarious articles on Sally Jessy Raphael ("It's Raphael's Patriotic Duty to Tell," July 20) and Moyer. His humorous put-downs of what is wrong with television always hit the mark. Welcome back, Howard. LOUIS MARTIN Studio City

Oh, my. What's a poor talk show host to do? It's always something. Take Sally Jessy (There's Nothing She Won't Do for Ratings) Raphael, for example. Imagine her dilemma. On July 13, the first day of the Democratic National Convention, a public relations firm faxed her office a release about a woman (not Gennifer Flowers) claiming to have had an affair with Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton, who on Thursday was named the party's presidential nominee.

For Sale Sign: Talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael is selling her Bucks County, Pa., bed-and-breakfast inn and the family retreat next to it where her daughter died in February. The asking price is $1.8 million for the 155-year-old Isaac Stover House and the barn that was converted into a seven-bedroom retreat for her eight unmarried children. Neither Raphael nor her manager-husband, Karl Soderlund, has visited the property since the Feb. 2 death of her daughter, Allison Vladimir, 33.

A daughter of TV talk show hostess Sally Jessy Raphael died at her mother's bed-and-breakfast inn at Erwinna, Pa. Allison Vladimir, 33, was found dead by a friend at the Isaac Stover House, a mansion on the Delaware River, Bucks County Dist. Atty. Alan Rubenstein said. The coroner, Dr. Thomas J. Rosko, said there was no sign of suicide or foul play. Raphael, of the "Sally Jessy Raphael" show, was unavailable for comment.

The final episode of "Sun Up San Diego," which aired Friday, was much like the thousands of episodes that preceded it. The San Diego Zoo brought animals. Co-host Kathi Diamant smiled constantly, hugging members of the studio audience. Her partner, Jerry G. Bishop, sang his own version of "Yesterday." Natasha Josefewitz read a poem. Above all, though, the show had the warmth and relaxed atmosphere that has symbolized "Sun Up" for 30 years.

"This is crazy! Why aren't these people in jail?" Joan Rivers is incredulous. She is outraged. And no wonder. She has just heard three divorced parents charge on her syndicated talk show that their young children had been sexually abused while in the court-ordered custody of the other parent. Each has told Rivers a similar story of a separate cold, indifferent judge who had ignored or rejected the evidence presented by the "good" parent and perpetuated a child's stay with the "bad" parent.