TELEVISION - March 16, 1992

Penalty: Chet Forte, a former producer and director of “Monday Night Football,” was sentenced to five years on probation in U.S. District Court in New Jersey for mail and wire fraud, as well as failure to file income tax returns. Forte, 56, who lives in San Diego and hosts a radio talk show, pleaded guilty to those charges Sept. 14. He has admitted to a compulsive gambling problem that cost him his $900,000-a-year job at ABC Sports.