"Capture," the new CW competition series filmed at Shaver Lake in April and May, debuts at 9 p.m. Tuesday on KFRE (Channel 59.1).
The new 10-episode series has 12 teams of two enter a fenced-in enclosure in the middle of the wild where they must live for one month and compete against each other for resources. The last team standing takes home the $250,000 prize.
It's hosted by Luke Tipple, an Australian marine biologist who has hosted shows on Discovery, National Geographic and Animal Planet.
Kristi Johnson, of the Fresno County Film Commission, says they were contacted by producers in February about finding a location for an entire season of the new series. Construction on the set started in mid-April by a crew of more than 150 and included a dozen locals.
The commission estimates the economic impact of the filming at more than $1.5 million, including lodging, transportation, equipment rental, supplies and vendor services used during the eight-week stay.
Larry Sprague, owner of the Shorthorn Bar & Grill, says his business had the biggest April and May it's ever had thanks to the "Capture" crew.
"My old body is glad, but my wallet will miss them," Sprague says.
Out of action
You won't see A.J. Fox handling weather duties for a little while because he's been sidelined by a knee injury.
The KSEE (Channel 24.1) weatherman had reconstruction surgery on his right knee last week and has started physical therapy.
"I needed it because I tore my ACL during a live shot at a trampoline place last November. The theme of the live shot was for our 'Coats for Kids' campaign," Fox says. "The therapist said I have a good range of motion to start with. I hope to be back on air soon."
Fox, a 20-year veteran of broadcasting in Fresno, worked at KFIG (AM 1430) before joining the KSEE team in 1995. He became the station's first weekend weather forecaster in 1996 and became chief meteorologist in 2009.
Special recognition
Fresno's Colin Feist is in the running for two awards at the "65th Primetime Emmy Awards."
The compositing supervisor is part of the creative team behind the Netflix series "Hemlock Grove" that's up for Outstanding Special Visual Effects. He's also part of the team that picked up a nod in the Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Supporting Role division for their work on the first episode of the NBC series "Revolution."
Feist explains that compositing is at the end of the line after all of the elements in a scene have been generated. His job is to put all the pieces together.
The 1998 Bullard graduate spent two years at Fresno City College before he transferred to the Art Institute of California, Los Angeles. He's worked on TV and film projects such as "Mad Men," "FlashForward," "Fringe," "Falling Skies," "Eli Stone," "True Blood" and "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader."
His nominations go along with the two nods picked up by Hanford High graduate J.G. Quintel in the Outstanding Animated Program division for his Cartoon Network program "Regular Show: The Christmas Special" and in the Outstanding Short-format Animated Program category for his "Regular Show" episode "A Bunch Of Full Grown Geese."
The Emmys will be awarded during the "2013 Creative Arts Awards" scheduled for Sept. 15.
Still going strong
The Valley's representation in the new NBC competition series "Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls," which airs 9 p.m. Mondays on KSEE (Channel 24.1), continues to shine. Jim Vach, 61, of Fresno, and Royce Wadsworth, 25, of Corcoran, are among the 14 competitors left from the original 20.
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