From: mschmidt@cory.Berkeley.EDU (SCHMIDT MARGRET BUCKLEY)
Subject: HF: Viewers for Quality Television
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 21:45:00 GMT

Here is some information about Homefront that I received from:
	Viewers for Quality Television Inc.
	P.O. Box 195
	Fairfax Station, VA  22039
	(703) 425-0075
	Fax (703) 425-0075

Homefront is on indefinite hiatus with 9 original episodes left to air.

HOW TO HELP SAVE "HOMEFRONT"
1.	Write to:
		Ted Harbert
		Entertainment President
		ABC-TV
		2040 Avenue of the Starts
		Century City, CA  90067

2.	Copy your ABC letter to your local TV critic and to any of the
	following critics who are supportive of Homefront.
		Matt Roush
		USA Today
		1000 Wilson Blvd.
		Arlington, VA  22209

		Lon Grahnke
		Chicago Sun Times
		401 N. Wabash
		Chicago, IL  60611
	
		John Kiesewetter
		Cincinnati Inquirer
		617 Vine Street
		Cincinnati, OH  45201

		Jon Burlingame
		United Features Syndicate
		502 E. Magnolia Blvd.
		Burbank, CA  91501

		Michael McWilliams
		Detroit News
		321 W. Lafayette Blvd.
		Detroit, MI  48231

3.	Write to your local AMC affiliate station.

4.	Write a positive letter to any of the following Homefront Sponsers:
		Bayer Asprin
		Sterling Drug Inc.
		90 Park Avenue
		New York, New York  10016

		Advil
		American Home Products Corporation
		Whitehall Laboratories Division
		685 Third Avenue
		New York, New York  10017

		J.C. Penny Co.
		14841 North Dallas Parkway
		Dallas, TX  75240

		Dominos Pizza
		30 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
		P.O. Box 997
		Ann Arbor, MI  48106

Here are their suggestions for writing letters:
	Television journalists are teh ones who keep the news of the campaign
alive.  Already, a number of them continue to print comments from viewer
letters they are receiving.  In all your letters, demonstrate you familiarity
with the show, state your desire to continue watching it, and say how you FEEL.
	If you can't type your letter, write legibly in ink.  DO NOT WRITE THE
NAME OF THE SHOW ON THE ENVELOPE to the network.  If you do, it will just be
considered fan mail and sent to the show.  Do not mention in your letter that
you were "told" to write the letter.  It must come from your own heart and mind
-your idea.

Here is more information about VQT:
	Viewers for Quality Television, the 8 year old non-profit organization
with no agenda other than encouraging the networks to keep quality series 
rather than cancel them, seeks more viewer involvement.  There is no set
subscription fee to VQT's monthly newsletter (which is read by the media, the
networks, and the TV industry).  In order to participate, just select a rate of
tax-deductible contribution that is comfortable for you:  a Basic bulk rate one
year donation of $5, $10, $15, or $20; or any of the established level of
contribution.  This donation entitles you to 10-11 FREE newsletters per year,
plus participation in all VQT surveys, polls, and ballots, and its annual
industry-attended convention. 
	Named in Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 Most Influential People
in Entertainment for 1992 and widely respected by the TV industry, VQT can only
be as influential as its membership numbers.  VQT polls its memebers through
its monthly newsletter and viewer surveys that challenge the networks' relience
on the Nielsens as the sole determinant of what is successful on television.
2000 of us are not enough to have the impact that would really make a
difference.  VQT seeks broader participation in order to be more influential. 
We want to empower you, to deliever your voice, your opinion, your vote to the
networks in hopes of convincing them that a wider audience exists for programs
of quality.  You can take a participatory role in commercial television
programmming, through Viewers for Quality Television.  ... (the sales pitch
goes on) ...

They would be happy to take a check or money order for any amount from $5 to
$500, or charge it to your Visa or Mastercard number.  All you have to do is
send your name and address to the P.O. Box above.

--Margret


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