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Vicki Liviakis :: Host Bio

Vicki LiviakisVicki has traveled the globe, hosting on-location from Hollywood to Hong Kong. She’s interviewed rogues and royalty; a baby-seller; and the virgin bride of “Night Stalker.”  Vicki’s dogged the Hell’s Angels and hung with LA’s notorious El Serrano girl street gang; she penetrated the Animal Liberation Front and profiled her gun-totting idol Hunter Thompson. She’s tackled such stories as terrorism in the Middle East to devastating floods in the American Midwest; and produced pieces ranging from the Olympic Truce in Athens to the opium trade in Afghanistan.     


A former news director, international correspondent, and TV host, she’s reported for NBC’s Real Life, CBS’s Day and Date, Fox’s Front Page, Paramount’s The West and PBS’s Nightly Business Report.  Vicki also anchored the evening news in Los Angeles.  In addition to Emmys, she continues to pick up journalistic awards including Best Investigative Reporting, Best Documentary, and Outstanding Contributions to Broadcasting.  Her half-hour Travel Update program and Consumer Travel Reports were syndicated on over  100 TV stations in the U.S. as well as several other countries.     


In her search for the heart of America, she jumped behind the wheel of an RV  in the PBS travel program Experience America on public broadcast stations  nationwide.  Vicki now anchors and reports the news in San Francisco.  

David Keith :: Host Bio

David KeithAn accomplished television and movie actor, David Keith brings a deep conviction for justice as co-host of California Prisons Under Pressure.  Keith serves on the national advisory board for the National Association to Protect Children (http://www.protect.org) and lobbies on behalf of stronger penalties for crimes against children.  His Hollywood credits include roles in An Officer and A Gentleman, Brubaker, and Men of Honor.  More recently Mr. Keith has appeared on television's The Class and Law and Order.  He owns a cattle ranch in Tellico Plains, Tennessee and resides in Knoxville. Mr. Keith graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Theater.
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Executive Producer
Suzanne Peppers
Peppers.TV

Coordinating Producer
Bill George

Segment Producers
Bill George       
Kristen Simoes

Hosts
David Keith
Vicki Liviakis

Researchers
Lora Prekeges       
Jonathan Burke       
Wes Shore
Virtual Set & Graphics Designer
Wil Wells, Creative Director

Studio & Crew provided by:
KVIE (PBS), Sacramento
 
Production Coordinator
Janice Davis
Nate Davis
 
Broadcast Coordinator
Suzanne Peppers
 
Broadcast Outlets
The California Channel
Access Sacramento
 
Location Videography
Jason Broussard       
Jose Luis Cosme
Brian Hamm        
Bob Kelley
Brendan Compton Esther Ritter          

             
 

Grip/Production Assist
Jason Broussard       
Kevin Kirkpatrick      
Curt Warburton
 
Editing
Wil Wells      
Jason Broussard      
Pat Crandley
Chris Stone
 
Edit Assist
Kevin Kirkpatrick

Makeup
Sydnie  Crissman
 
Wardrobe Assist
Jim Finnerty, KVIE
 
Virtual Set Team
Janice Davis, Director
Wil Wells, Creative Director      
Jason Broussard, Floor Director
KVIE Studio and Control Room Crew
 
Production Assistants
Jonathan R Burke
Aaron Peppers      
Ashlie Putnam      
Wesley A. Shore
 
Craft Services
Jennifer Lake
Ashlie Putnam      
Jonathan Burke
 
Production Finance Manager
Esther Darretta
 
             
 

Contracts
Chris Lauritzen
 
Business & Marketing Director
Kris Kirkpatrick

Transcriptionist
Janet Bardin
 
CCPOA Advisory Committee
Mike Jimenez, President
Chuck Alexander, Vice President
Lance Corcoran, Communications Specialist  
David Sanders, Legal Counsel
 
 
Peppers.TV offers thanks to :
The California Department of Corrections, George Nyberg and Terry Thornton
for the provision and use of archival prison interior and exterior video.
 
 
and to Elissa Lynn, for your insights, information and introduction. 

 

 This program was produced with the generous support of:
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association
Correctional Peace Officers Foundation
Corrections USA
 
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