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CHANNEL SURFING with Sharon Pisinski MTV HIGHLIGHTS... Tired of wearing 10 layers of clothing? Dazed from staring at your computer monitor? You need a vacation. Who doesn’t at this time of the year? And what better way to get your groove back than partying it up on the beach with MTV? MTV hits the sandy beaches of Cancun this month and you could be part of it all. Enter their “Spring Break Sweepstakes” for a chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to Cancun. They’ll fly you and a guest round-trip, put you up at a swanky hotel for three nights, and give you $2,000 spending cash to party the days and nights away in style. Just fill out the form on MTV.com for your chance to win. Then check back on MTV.com starting March 1 for more Spring Break action. And hey... if you win, I have some vacation time coming from work. I’m available to go with you! A&E HIGHLIGHTS... “Sunny days...” and “Rubber ducky you’re the one...” With these few words (are you humming yet?) I am sure you will know that I’m talking about “Biography Close-Up: Sesame Street.” Biography was the first program series granted permission to witness and film all aspects of production. For the very first time ever, viewers will see Muppeteers rehearsing and working with their Muppets. Viewers will also learn how the idea for a “Sesame Street” show arose by accident in a dinner conversation. This show premieres on Sunday, March 18 at 7p.m. Also on Biography this month: Vera Wang shows the designer at work in her New York atelier. Viewers will also see her fashion district workroom where designs go from sketch, pattern, and sewing machine to the back of a beautiful bride. This all happens on March 19 at 7 p.m. The following evening, Biography premieres Giorgio Armani the story of a seemingly quiet and reserved man who has become an icon of the fashion world. Did you know..that it wasn’t until the success of the film “American Gigolo” with Richard Gere, that the public was introduced to Armani suits. ABC-TV HIGHLIGHTS... All eyes and TV’s will be tuned into ABC on at 7 p.m. on March 25, for “The 73rd Annual Academy Awards,” hosted by that wild and crazy guy – Steve Martin. Tune in to see all the glamour and glitz of the most spectacular night in Hollywood. CMT HIGHLIGHTS... CMT will become “all things Faith Hill” for “Gotta Have Faith Weekend” on March 17 and 18 when the network leads fans down Hill’s path to stardom through retrospective CMT specials and programs from 1993 to the present. The weekend’s programming will culminate with a re-telecast of Hill’s recent CBS concert special “FAITH!” |